"ON TIE MISSISSIPPI TIMES WHENG UERRILLAS MADE LIFE UNPLEASANT ON STEAMERS, Confederate Partisans Fishing for Fed. eral GudgeonseSteamboat Passengers Under FireHow the Robbery of a Widow Was Peremptorily Stopped. One of the amusements of the period was take a run on 4 steamer up to Cairo. It merally an exciting amusement. The jo haunted by guerrillas, who somes ban ¥ times carrled with them a six pound gun, ud who quite often made life on the steamer ufipleasant, They were skillful fishermen, these guerrillas: they angled foi Federals, and they employed the most tempting bait, One of the forms of bait used was cotton, A boat pushing along the stream would spy a half dozen or a dozen bales of cotton piled on the bank, and would at once steer for it with a view of buying it if there was an owner, or cribbing or “confiscating” it if nobody was in the vicipity., The steamer would run alongside, throw out the gangplank, and get ready to tie up to soe tree, when there would suddenly be heard shrill yells, a vol ley of musketry would follow, and a whoop. ing crowd of butternuts would board the boat, “go through” the safe and the passen- gers, take everything valuable and portale, and then decamp, Many a Yankee gudgeon bit at this cotton bait, and was hooked beyond rescue, In time the cotton hunter grew more cautions. He edged very gingerly toward the tempting dis play; he came up, just touching the nose of the boat to the landing without throwin out the gangplank, so as to be ready to shee off at the slightest sign of danger. One often seen a wary trout tempting worm ready to turn tail away in case of anything suspicious sign of a hook in the appeti There were bends in the rillas could within close guns! in a half dozen volleys bef cralt could get out of mang tween Memphis and Cairo, the proceeding leisurel suspicion of « in the barber cannon suddenly first bail killed the without ia the least in tomer, ile con PASS! On such occasions obtained ho Every ing ure roll’ splinters, was to He flo foot toward tl pose the anal to the mis the rom fedora wi momen a long splinter « r in tudinally swith a round shot but pleasant. It se i hugging the floor and trying self into a con needle that the boat » away from the | the swiftest bo made no better time than of snails, Boats plvis visitation at every wood vard eX pe i visits and prep They would leave n fow hn the safe for show, sud the rumaioder of the money they would hide in the matireses When boarded by guerrill bey would open NGEERS h the od wor , the i hy wis pot lag itting ng vhen parently lowest z on the river were subilcet to » officers r them, mars In and the satisfiad plun yptained by bh was known to the it that such boats ily halted « us a matter show for the Lene uileries the river wis Cairo and Memphis, the | to pet s There h at point a wie all of whom were in the Un sympathy of the mother he valorons recruits swarmed ashore and “went through” the premises of the old lady in a brief time, Every chicken, egg, bit of meat, everything edible, including pigs and calves, amd any- thing and everything in the house which attracted the fancy of the raiders, and which could be eaten or sent home as & trophy, was gobbled up and carried on the boat, A WEAK COMMANDER The eaptain of the cor down ae wood, the entire to restruin the men, tioned, he was weak locality wit, wi well He was from the same 14 his magn, and many of them calle sis first name Instead of his title, and y had no respect for kim rs of the boat offerod such objec y dared, and the old lady stormed, wept, avowed her Union sentiments, and as sorted] that this fact and that she had four sons in the Union army should protect hor from ruin by the northern men. It was all useless, The men Inoghed at her, and scoffed at the claim that she was a Union woman The boat was about to cast off the lined, and the old lady was reluctantly being foroed down the gangplank, when suddenly a clear voloe was heard above the clamor: “Captain, form your men in line!™ The t was clear, penetraticg, and filled with [mperative suggestions, There was a quick cossalion of the uproar, Everybody turned! to Jook on the speaker. Ho was a gienlor man in citizen's clothing, a stranger whom nobody knew, of conunanding appears anor, and a sera dace, whose frm bigs and deep, flashing eyes showed inionse earnest ness, * “Fall in, men!” came from the captain after be had cloncod at the strangers The men did so at once, and then all looked at tho stern civilian, “Consider your compeny under arrest, sir! Lot every article taken from that woman be returned without an instants dolay 1” The soldiers hesitated a singly moment, “Quick march, there, now |” rang out from the civilian, with an impatient stamp of the foot, us he noticed the hesitation, At onew the men moved out, and ashore, deposited thelr plunder, and sneaked back sheepishly on the boat. “Who are you? asked the captain, as the boat backed away from the Fv 8 puny mnsen appre: The off] tions as the vile thos approach a | hop 0 of IN WITCHING TIME. — In witching time when, sparkling higher, The last log crumbled in the five, And through the midodght's creeping cold The shadows lengthen, fold by fold, And [nthe settle nods the sire, And the dame droops and maids draw nigher Each to the man of her desire, (80 do the bashful seek the hold In witel!ng tha!) E'en as this hour, when revels tire, And the spent mirth and mood require Bomething to stir the se tise or hold The soul in awe, these tales were told-- Told, while the flickering fames expire, In witching time! Austin Dobson, ITALIANS AS RAILROAD BUILDERS. Supplanting Irishmen on Great Cone tracta=Tulk With a Contractor. Homan Clark, who is nesociated with Jolin O'Brien in bullding a large part of the new aqueduct, is one of the most extensive rail road contmetors In the United States. Te employs men by the thousand all over the country and bos bad a long experience with laborers of all nationalities, His attention was called to the statement recently pub. lished that the Italisns were rapidty supplant ing the Irish in all kinds of contract work in New England. “It is not only true in regard to New Encland, but of all parts of try," he said, “On all the big rail throughout the at you will find It: In fact, 1 think 1 mizht at present fully 50 per cont, of the hand 1 on this kind of work Italians, Ome roads they are employed alinost ox in droves, pally SCY nre gure, they are not nearly as good rkmen as the Irish, but they ean be hired i #0 mince to more than make up what they lack in a vt Th OLR n thoy ar 4 a rude quiet and indo They live cheaply aud save almost arn. Their one a idler a fortune to Italy, where they can liv Hs 0 nmke 0 to B1.0600 Hives on this ¢ ling bere, being nu + Fy " pect, wover, an " . HY NeW Jars ry in droves—bronug of course by the paddrones who bear al come to this co the sane relation to them panies did to the Chinese, ing every year. Except inthe east they have not yet booowne a factor fae avers wt the Nix Co in politics. They to strikes and hence employers find them useful as a sort of balance wheel in the troubles that are constantly arising be tween themselves and their belp. For this reason their emigration is encouraged.” — New York Tribune. Intelligence of Cala. “Talk about dogs.” said the saloon, the othe day, “whon you find a dog that has the intelligence of that cat just let ing to n huge yellow cat that r aslewp near the stove, “I can ame as | woul human andl spe understands aw will fetch and carry just like a dog, st the ion She and in Ee sweeping up at night, if | leave anything on the floor she will flod it and bir could teach her 2 My stairs, mifers with rheumatian, an keep her day, she will and stretch day there ther stead of Any t the bed when that cat i feet war herself until tok all night without mo Just then on my mother's will sep something as black as midnight flashed apon the counter, and with a magnif cent bound sprang four feet vertically upward to the top of a cooler near “Gracious!” exclaimed the reporter, “what's that!” “That's Satan.” exclaimed the proprietor _ oat oat can quietly, “Ain't be a jumper! spring around among those bottles recklesaly, and 1 never knew him break one here's something curious for you." He opened a door and called Ina pur Kitty, kitty, kitty.” There was a milan] outed and then a ont as white as sow came ervoping into the room, and then ancther of the to fat 2 voion 4 ' Any color, “Ain't they beautios!” said the owner, ad miringly. “look here! Did you ever so such eyes? placing one on the table, Curd ously enough, one eye of each tat was a glow. ing amber in calor and the other a beautiful hinge, “They have kittens outside, too, and they have the same eyes as the father and mother, I don't know what kind of cats they are, An old sea captain gave them to me. What do you think an old maid would give for those ental” “Go ont,” he continued to the cats, and the beautiful’ creatures crept meekly out, “I allow the black ent and the yellow one only in here, and the white ones only in there, and it's curious how well they know where they belong. I might leave that door open and the cats would stay in their respective rooms, Wonderful, ain't they "Now York New Statue of Queen Anne, During the past week ov two there has been an unique sight to be sen in front of Bt Pauls eathedral. The sightsser on the "bus top has had the extraordinary speclack presented to Lim of a person, standing on a lostal that was fenced lo, struggling to got ree from a loose wrapper that completely enveloped the person, bead and all. This was, | in fact, the new statue of Queen Anne, which hod not then been unveiled The winds fluttered the Hi 1H § A wisi to the sewers of Parts was feature — i HIN) COURTSHIPS OF BIRDS, NATURALIST HOLDER'S VERY INTER- ESTING COLLECTION OF FACTS, na The Sandhill Crane's Bird ClroussFrolics of Feathered DancerssThe Hoamuilng Bird's Fight for a WifosOther Carlous Courtships, Insomo of the African tribes when mar riage Is proposed by the dusky lover the coy maiden puts him through a course of pliysical sprouts that is considered a test of Lis capa bilities as the protector and supporter of a family, He appess before her and ber friends and goes through a series of ground and lofty tumbling that would do credit to a profesional athlete--leaps into ths alr, stiddes along to show his walking powers, and throws his limba this way and that to show the development of muscles; fluidly, if Le makes g good exhibition, he is ac opted, and ever afterward the woman does oll the bard work, the groom havi demonstrated, bow. ever, that he ean do it if pushed to the wall, Among the cranes, especially the sandhill cranes, almost exactly the sanw ti soon in the minting season, and if approach a flock at thi paid by a most bird clrens, 4 raan Oe ca time they wil remarkable sight--a A relative of marsh upon his estate. and hore mine bad nk | young H Krave { they went through it wonld be jmpossib { describe 3 Clie apr, indeed, 8s | 1 | ing themselves up to a Oven proprietor of & particularly arndwous i beautiful ! while, birds nade te simmer home thelr curious pests there and rears thiol The warsh was sureonnd ! and it was kis practice to creep and watch the birds unobserved, The antics now they would caper pairs, stepping dal of the ideal « tly with tho wi Xquisite, lifting wings, taking short steps and g bird fy | ment, when they would leap (nto thw air a each other's backs, taking i this way and that, ail los standing by hese exit thelr mates FROLI Amo the foma OF FEATHER the cock of in made, with a plan ad It NR Dong : : are so exhansted after “® they oan aediy fly, lying panting on the » In England the courts) : bah bustand oof the greet Eng daly the maznil tof | isn rare of re performing nw the air, nakive © bl MINE, & ina swt rid 4 3 . oTen notice in ent nward inost touch he gre : ita Bug and wl aspect, great O ruts abogl Lke a peacock b willie in a carious serks of t 4 » be the dalost tones addressed to | the female bird. The courtship of the humming bird Isa operation, the having to fight bis way t» nuptial It of theme Fo eral species inving OOD I mY « a thw ngage that te bi Mi Re « : each oth wih Is are inj i A friend y 3 2 Loewe contesiashe is male whey oretand z 0 fact CurTes BO Sach an extent ne out and picked the bird up t into the bots, where it soon recov plays possnm SOME CURIOUS ANTICS n South America known as x or that peri ous antics during the courtship season. IY resembles some gorgeous insect as metallic blue with oti hich I pure white, can be form a semi-circle, and ] when io the alr with the tall feathers out | tehod it on a twig aire wks as though it were resting the alr with this curions cross piece vibrat Engr singular mode of vourtship in the water binds wo flod many curions | courtships, especially in the albatross, that is | | & most devoted lover and mate, the female is on the nest he will stand by, ! and go through the most extravagant mo. | curious shrieks, which | sound Mike laughter, in return for which the | female gently caresses hin with ber bill. The | tions and uttering pest of this bird resembles that of some flam fngoos, being about two feet in height and | ten inches in ameter, the top falling over the edges, wo that when desortod by the birds | they form convenient salty, and are so used | by sailors wis hunt the bird to Secare the log | bones for pipe stems, Near the borders of southern California is found a bird called the sunate that has a | It is about the sise of a | During the mating season four or | strange courtship magpie five birds collect together and seem to vie with each other in the extravagance of their posturing woolng now in rows, now single, in a regular dance, and by way of Music st tering loud, discordant squawks, Their long | tdls aro Hlted high in the air during this per formance, and thelr entire behavior is ree markable in the extreme, There Is hanlly a family of birds but what we find has some such peculiarity, leading to the conclusion that there are certain teaits that are very much alike in all forms, from man down ward. «Professor C. 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Lie fo igre, AL Washiitgion, Alleuy, wl 00har news oenters, the blest correspondents, specially rotined by the \ wh Ihe Jatest news by N on Cortes are snr pened, ha Jnancal Loy Market Reviews are uousally ohm n » nnd extraordinary Induce: ments to parents sind canvassers send tor viveulars, ob OF WEEKLY WTAR = Som PrN TA Endy 4 hd lL REE ew ne hl ch lt 4 5 ong Bik OF THE FLY STAR 1 bro § thao | Groceries, SECHLER & CO. TN AA Provisions FOREIGN FRUITS and CONFECTIONERY. 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Address, THE POST, PITTSBURGH, PA. A Valuable Farm FOR SALE Bellefonte, In Marios fi the Jackeonville rosd, containing 120 Acres, and allowance, its HIGH STATE OF CULTIVATION, About 20 sores in GOOD ETANDING TIMBER, @sts Lhe man business, Bitnated dix miles enst of township, « Two Good Fruit Bearing Orchards, A Good Frame House and New Bank Born. and all other Necessa ry Outhwildin 08. Good Flowing Mountain Water all the year round, Fer farther particulars inquire of H. J. TIBBENS, Exeontor, Or 3. 1 Bhaller an the premises, ap, bm Fg TERME WILL BE BARE, SALESMEN WALTED to canvas for the A iV sale of Nursery Stack, Stead employment guarantesd. Salary and Fxpeuses Paid, Apply at once, stating age. CHASE BROTHERS (Refer to thin paper.) Ro10.0¢, Rochester, «Xe « TOSETTCIR IRY # ' od nC) \ 0 ore AGE AEB TRE HL nn ——— Fever end Agae, Rorofola. Erystpoins, Boils, @imples, Wicors, Rove Ligon, Senld Mead, Tote t Balt Rhema, Mercurial and nil : Bloed nnd hon Diseases, Bod hg wai Dogon, Blo OD'SER 36' LI great | | RUT JARS, a cordial and candid support of the | Pi ; | era Morbus, This Carmivative, jound- {CHILDREN | most } | Pains, Colic, | tion, | FOR In connection. ETONEWARE ~~ 10 all sizes of all the desirable thape best quality of Akron ware. isctory i ; This is the mont satis sodis in the market, | FOREIGN VRUITE ~Oranges spd lemons of the freshest goods to be had, We buy the best and Jusient vue we can find. They are better snd cheaper than the very low priced goods, Wo huve the new Hghining Trult in ued Mamon's poreelaindined and gluse top Jars, fur An is Tur ahewd of anything yet koowp ie ighet in price than the Musou jar, but : the dforece in price Buy wot regio I. We py Wo give specie Biwsis ry to ers cum Gepond Lt & OU. LEAT MARE RY, Bellvue, Pa — DR. R Er —— EC —, ids, re Astbiny 5 , and rrilsieq This Be ERG. GC In private ning s high z und Throat used it, It wo-thirds of sre caused failed In Liskue or i all } { ‘ : L wet ure g CRre wi vie - 4 ho yg - Rymal Ful Vegetable PID os Therveiou Lime Increasing Se apg s Thales Lhe flome bh uribes toe blood sand tn rdag ii Ryman's Carminative . J V On For Dysentery, Diarrh ee aud hol ed on just medical privapies, is the i | public; hundreds bave been cured by 1 1% when other remedies have failed fair trial will prove its efficacy TEETHING, i ieasant, relies ile 1 dy for children “in Cholera rhoea, dc., now before trial will prove the truth o No mother should be wit DYSENTERY. of Care ! : £1} id ost violent cases Dysentery bave | speedily yielded 10 the magic power of | carminative. If taken according to directions success is certgin, DR. RYMANS CELEBRATED CABMINATINE for children teeth ing greatly facilitates the process of teething, by softening the gums, redu- cing all inflamotion—will sllsy ary PAIX sod spssmodic section, srd is sure to regulate the Bowele. Depedd upon it, Mothers’ it will give rest to your-selves aud RELIEF and wealth | to your ix¥axTs We have prepared and sold this valuble Medicine for | many years, and can say in ecnfidence { and truth THAT IT HAS XEVER FAILED IN A SINGLE INSTANCE 10 EFFICT A cURE when timely used. We have never khown of dissatisfuc! on by any one who osed it, or the « nirary all | are delighted with its operations, and speak in terms of beighest commenda- tion of its magical effects and Medical virtue in almost every instance when the infant is suffering from pain and exhaustion, relic! wiil be found in fife teen or twenty minutes afier the can- MINATIVE is giver. This valuable Medicine has been used by mos EXPERIENCED and SKILYUL NURSES with never-failing success. It not only relieves the child froi pein, but in. vigoiates the stomsche and bowels, corrects acidity and gives tone and and energy 1 the whole system. Jt will almost instantly relieve Gririza IN THE BOWELS AND e0LIC and overs come convulsions, which, if not speed. ily remedied, end in death, We believe it is the meer suc ® wisn REMEDY IX THE WORLD in sl! coses of Dysentery and Diarfheoa whether it from teething Or from any other cause, aud say to every mother who bas a child suffering from any’ of the fore-going complaints, do not Jet your prejudice, vor ihe prejudices of others, stand between your suffrils py child and relief, that will sure to w the use of Rymax's Cansuxy F ull directions for using we- accompany each bottle. BA trian] of the Carminanive wil
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