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MIFFLINTOWN, JUiMATA COUNTY, rWA, MARCH 8, 1371.
WHOLE NUMBER 1251
" jv v .rile fv . tK v . ' rfV 1
jPlllllllPi
gitsinfss Carbs.
JOUIS K. ATKINSON. ,
.Vttonioy ,t La.w,
MIFFLINTOWN, PA.
ajSrCollcoting and ConTeyaneiag promptly
attended to.
Office, second atory of Court House, above
rrsthonotary s othce.
JO BERT McMEEN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MIFFLINTOWN, PA.
Ofnoe on Bridge street, in the room formerly
occupied by Esra D. Parrer, Esq.
TIx. K. McCLCttE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
144 SOUTH SIXTH STREET,
rHILAIIRlPHIA.
eet27 tf
g B. LOUDEN,
MIFFLINTOWN, PA.,
Offers his services to the citizens of Juni
ata county as Auo'.ioaeer and Vendue Crier.
Charges, from two to ten dollars. Satisfac
tion wan-anted. nosS-Sm.
DR. P. C. ItUXDIO,
PATTERSON. PENS A.
Asgust 13, lG9-tf.
TliUMAS A. ELDER, M. D.,
MIFFLINTOWN, PA.
Office hours A M. to S P. M. Office in
Belford's building, two doors above tbe Sen
tmtl office. Bridge street. g 18-tf
Bo So &S33TH, Bo,
HOlLtOPHATIC PBVSICIAN k SURGEON
Having permanently located ia the birougb
of Mifflintown, offers bis professional services
to the citizens of this place and surrounding
country.
Office on Main street, over Beidler's Drug
lore. aug 18 lf-69-tf
Dr. IL A. Simpson
Treats all forms of disease, and may be con
sulted as follows: At bis office in Liverpool
Pa., every SATURDAY and MONDAY ap
pointments ran be cade for other days.
At John li. Lpps residence. Mifflintown.
Juniata Co.. Pa., April 6th, 1871, till even
ing He punctual
HCall on or address
DR. K. A. SIMPSON.
dee 7 Liverpool. Perry Co.. Pa.
O. W. McPHEREAN,
gMtoniea at J mu,
601 SAXSOM STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
aug 18 1669-ly
QEN'TRAL CLAIM AGENCY",
JAMES M. SELLERS,
1 44 80 UTH SIXTH STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
Bnttntiea, Pensions, Back Pay, Horse
Claims. State Claims. Ac, promptly collected.
Sio charge for information, nor when money
ia not collected. octil-tf
SEew Brag. (Store
IX PER It YS VI LLE.
DR. J. J. APPLEBAUGH has established
a Drug and Prescription Store in tbe
above-named place, aud keeps a geuertl as
sortment of
DRUGS ASD XEIHCISK8,
Also all other articles usually kept in estab
lishments of this kind.
Pure Wines and Liquors for medicinal pur
poses. Cigars, Tobacco, Stationery, Confec
tions (first-class). Notions, etc, etc.
JtojTTbe Doctor gives advice free
UIKMATI VIIS.
MilUintowa, Pa., -
Agent of the CELEBRATED AMERICAN
ORGANS for Juniata county. These are
the best ORGANS now made. Suited to all
circumstances. Prices ranging from $10U
$1000.
Also, Agent for FIRST CLASS PIANOS.
AU instruments sold warranted for 6va years,
aug 2 1870-tf.
COAL, Lumber, Fish, Salt, and all kinds
of Merchandise for sale. Chestnut Oak
Bark, Railroad Ties, all kinds of Grain and
Seeds bought at the highest market price for
oash or eiehanged for merchandise, c-al,
lumber, ., to suit customers. I am pre
pared to furnish to builders tills of lumber
just as wsnted and on short notice, of either
oak or yellow pine lumber.
NOAH HERTZLER,
Jaa4 . Port Royal, Juniata Co., Pa.
BLOOMSBURO STATE NORMAL
SCHOOL AND
literary and Commercial Institute.
The Faculty of this lustituti.-n aim lo be
eery thorough in their instruction, and tc
look carefully after the manners, health and
morals of tbe students.
Winter term commences January 9, 1871.
Apply for catalogues to
HENRY CARVER. A. M.,
. Sept 28. l?70-6m Principal.
LEBANON MUTUAL
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
ttf Jonestown, Pa.
POLICIES Perpetual, at low rates. No
stea- risks taken. - This is one of the
best conducted and most reliable Companies
in the State. The undersigned, agent, will
visit Miffl ntown and Patterson on the seeond
Wednesdsy of each month. '
' JOHN SWAN.
Agent for Mifflin and Juniata counties.
Lewistown, Aug 17, 1870-1
The
Guvpcr Market Car
Runs to Philadelphia every Monday and
returns every Wednesday loaded with
POTATOES, CABBAGE, FRESH FISH,
Oyster in the shell, or opened, to suit pur
chasers. Orders from merchants solicited
Goods carried at fair rates.
S. H. BROWN.
ArrH 13, 1870.
Seal Jiucrtistincntsi,:
The Place for Good Grape-vines
IS AT THE
Juniata Uallen UiBtiafbs,
AXD ttRAr&TlSE NURSERY. .':
THE undersigned would respectfully in
form the publio that he- has 'started a
Grape-vine Nursery about one mile northeast
of .Mitflintowo, where he has been testing a
large number of she different virieiies of
Grapes; aud having been in the business for
eeven years, be is now prepared to furnish ' 1
VINES OK ALL THE LEADING
VARIETIES, AND OF THE
MOST PROMISING .
KINDS, AT
LOW It AT KS.
by the single vine, dozen, hundrel or thou
sand. All persons wishing good and thrifty
vines will do well to call and see for them
selves. JSP" Good and responsible Agents wanted.
Address,
JONAS OBERHOLTZKR.
Miffliniown. Juniata Co., Pa.
JUMATA VALLEY BANK
OF
MIFFLIXTOWX, PEXX'A.
JOSEPH POMKROY, President. ,
T. VAN IRVIX, Cashiei.
MRECTORS.
Joseph Poraeroy, ulohn J. Patter.on,
Jerome N. Taouipson. George Jacobs,
John liaUbacb.
Loan money, receive deposits, pay interest
on time deposits, Imy and sell coin and Uni
ted States Bonds, cash, coupons and i hecks.
Remit mouev to aty part of the United States
and also to England, Scotland, Ireland and
Germany. Sell Revenue Stamps.
In sums of f '.VMI t "2 per cent, discount.
In sums of $VI0 at L'J per cent, discount.
Ia sums of $100 J at 3 per cent, discount.
fsug 1M 1809
Hmralii Hnrrahl
Great ExcilciHPiit al llie Mifflin
Cliair Works !
WHY is it that everybody goes to WM. F.
?NVIKR when they re itt need of any kind
of Chair- !
UGCALE he keer" 'he Bst and Finest
Assortment of nil kinds (f t'liairs that was
ever offevel to the eys of the public.
Header, if you are in want of Che.irs of
ny kind, you will do well to call on the un
dersigued and examine his fine stock of
Cane Seat anil Winter Chairs,
of all de.-criptions. before purchasing else
where. Having latly started in business, be
is determined to do the very best he can as
regsrds durability and chespnefs, and trar
rant' all rrrk nnpufatlurrd l,y htm..
Z-riF Uememlier the .Sign of the IJICi
li:i CrilVIU outhe pole on tne
corner of Main and t'lierry streets, wben you
want to buy good chairs.
WM. F. SNYDER.
Mifflintown, Feb 8, 1871.
W A N T E to I
I Will Exchange Greenbacks fur
Crv Cords of good Chestnut Onk Bsrk,
JJJ if delivered soon at Patter-on, Per
rysrille, or Thotnpsontown R. K. Station.
Also, 5000 good sound hewed Locust Posts.
5000 Round Boarrd Fence Posts. Also,
Will Pay Cns.li Tor Railroad
Ties.
Will Buy all Kin U of Lumhrr.
Go where you can sell your Lumber, Bark,
Posts. Ac . far CASH, as you can buy more
for $9 in cash than yon can for $10 u trade.
I have also a full supply of
DOTY'S CLOTHES WASUERS AND
WRINGERS
on hand, which I will sell cheap for cash.
Also five Horse Hay Forks, the best now in
use, which I offer at reduced prices. ,
J. B. M. TODD,
may 31, 1870 Patterson.
Grocery and Provision Store.
0
Main Street, Mifflintown, Pa.
0
THE undersigned, having removed his
store from East Point to the building
recently occupied by Enos Bergy as a flour
and feed store, on Main street, opposite the
Post Office, would hereby announce to the
oitisens of V ifHintown and surronncMng coun
try that he has on hand a full and well select
ed assortment of
Groceries and Notions,
As follows. Syrups, Teas, Coffees, Flour and
Feed, Msckeral, Salt, Coal Oil, Buckets,
Brooms, Fancy and Common Soaps,
Spices, Bice, Crackers. Coffee
Essence, Starch, Corn
Starch, Vinegar,
Washing
Soda, Baking Soda, Lamp F'.ues, Lamp Wicks,
Brushes, Indigo, Combs, Hair Oil, Ter- -fumery.
Gloves and Hosiery, Sus-
senders, Thread, Buttons,
Notions and Stationery, and in fact a good
assortment of everything nsuilly kept in a
coun'ry Grocery and Notion Store. Alao, a
large slock of BOOTS, and a
Complete Isswrfment f Ladles' and Chil
dren's Shoes and Brogaas.
ggy-Tbe highest rates allowed in exchange
for Butter and Eggs.-a Prompt payers,
thirty days.
mar30 , C- PARTLY.
D.P. SULOUFF,
FORWARDING AND COMMIS
SION MERCHANT,
DEALER IN
GRAIN,
LUMJ1ER,
COAL,
PLASTER,
SALT,
CEMENT.
CALCINED PLASTER.
GRAIN WILL BE RECEIVED IN
STORE TO BE SOLD BY JUNE 1st
1871.
M$ttianfciis.
The C.rat Medical Discovery!
: Dr. WALKES'S CJlLIFONIA " .
VINEGAR BITTERS,
si Hundreds of Thousands
'
c:
Bear (rsttraony to their Wonder
ful Curative Effects.
g3 WHAT ARE THEY?f'
IIFANCY DRINK, Mr
Made of Poor Ram, Whiskey, Prt
Ftplrltaand Refuse I.Iiaoi-idoctored.splcea
and sweetened to please tli taste, called " Ton
ics,"" Appetizers." "Restorers," c, that lead
the tippler oa to drankonaess aod ruin, bat ara
a true Medicine, made from the Katlve Roots and
Herbs of California, free from all Alcohvllo
Stimulants. Titer are thetiltEAT BLIIOD
PI KIFlElt and LIFE GlVINU 1'RIN
- CI PLC a perfect Renovator and Inngorator of
the System, carrying off all poisonous matter and
restoring tbe blood to a healthy condition. Ko
person can take these Bitters according to direc
tion and remain long unwell.
Fsrlilsnstulsrr and Chronic Khea.
matlsui and (.out, Dyspepsia r Indl.
sjeoliaa. Bilious, Kemlltent and later,
nittent Fevers, lHarases of the Blood,
Liver, Kidneys, and lilnddrr. these Bit.
tern Have been most successful. arh !!
rases ara caused by Tltinted Rlood, which
Is generally produced by derangement of tbe
Digestive Organ.
FVPEPIA OR lNIU:ESTfO. '
Beadsche, Psln in the Shoulders, Coughs, Tight
ness of the Chest, Dizziness. Soar Eructations of
'lie Stomach, Had taste la ths Month. Billoas At;
tacks, Palpiutlon of the Heart, Inflammation of
the Langs, Pain In the regions of ths Kidneys, and
a hundred other painful symptoms, ara tbe off.
sprlngsof Dyspepsia.
They Invigorate the Stomach and stimulate the
torpid liver and bowels, which render them of ua-
equalled efflcsey la cleansing the blood of all
Imparities, and Imparting new Ufa and vigor to
the whole system.
FOR SKIN DISEASES, Eruptions.Tetter,
Fait Kheum, Blotches, Spots, Itmples, Pustules,
Boils, Carbuncles, Ring-Worms, Sculd-Hcad, Sore .
Eyes. Erysipelas, Itch, Scurfs, Dlscolorations of
the Skin, Humors and Diseases of the Skin, of
whatever name or nature, are literally dug up
and carried out of the system In a short time by
the use of these Bitters. One bottle in sacB
cases will convince the most Incredulous of their
curative effects.
Cleanse the Vitiated Blood whenever you And
its Impurities bursting through ths skin in rim
pi et. Eruptions or Sores; cleanse It when you
And It obstructed and sluggish in the veins:
cleanse it when it is foul, and yonr feelings will
tfll you when. Keep the blood pure aud the
health of the system will follow.
J"IN, TA PE aud other WORMS, lurking la
the system of so many thousands, are effectually
destroyed and remored. For full directions, read
carefully the circular around each bottle.
J. WALKER. Proprietor. R. H. MrDOS ALD &
CO., Druggists and Gen. Agents. San Francisco,
Caland 52 and Si Commerce Street, New Vorlc
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AXD DEALERS.
SUIy-fifC First Prize .ledals Awarded.
--erOav---- THE GREAT
Ballimorc Piano
MANUFACTORY.
wim.i v-i ii aee:; &, cu.
MtnuJ "i I'irrrs of
Grand Square and 1'pright
PIANO FORTES,
BALTIMORE. MD.
Tliese Ipsiriimeuts liave been before the
ptiMic for nearly Thir'y years, and upon their
excellence alone attained an unpurch-jned pre
eminence, which fronounces Iheut uneqnallcd.
Their
TONE
combines great power, sweetness nnj fine
singing quality, as well as great purity of
Intonation, and sweetness through the entire
scale. Their
Torcii
is pliant and elnstic, and entirely free from
the stiffness found in so many Pianos.
In WORKMANSHIP
they are unequalled, using none but the very
best seasoned mnte'M. the large capital etn
ployed in our business enabling us to keep
continually an immeuse stock of lumber, &c,
ou hand.
All our Square Piano have our "fv
Improved OvEttHTKiito Sualk and the Agraffe
Ireble.
Jf We would cull special attention to our
late improvements in (IRA SO PIANOS ami
SQUARE GRAMS, I'atcncd August, 14,
IHtifi, which bring the Piano nearer perfec
tion than has yet beeu attained. .
Ewcrjr Plana fully Warranted far i Tears.
We have mule arrangements lor the Sole
Wholesale Agenei for the most Celebrated
PARLOR OICGASS and SIELOOEQXS,
which we offer Wholesale and Retail, at Low
est Factory Prices.
WILLIAM KNABE & CO.
JAMES liKLLAK,
Wholesale Depot,
279 281 South uth St.
sepl4-6m Philadelphia.
COAL AND LUMBER YARD. The nnder
sifined begs leave to inform tae public
that he keeps constantly on hand a large Stock
of Coal and Lumber. His stock embraces iu
part. Stove Coal, Smith Coal and Lime-bur-neis
Coal, at the lowest cash rates.
Lumber of all kinds and quality, such as
White Pine Plank, two- incites, do 1 White
Pine Boards, 1 inch, do one-half inch. White
Pine worked Flooring, Hemlock Boards,
Scantling, Joice, Rooting Lath, Plastering
Lath, Shingles, Striping, Sash and Doors.
Coal and Lumber delivered at short notice.
Persons on tbe East side rf the River can be
furnished with Limehurners Coal, ic, Irom
thecoal yard at Tysons Lock,
aug 15-ly. GEORGE GOSHEN
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
OF PENNSYLVANIA. ,
This Institution will re open the Spring
Term (1871) of twenty-four (24) weeks on
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10th.
JESaj- For General Circular, Catalogue and
other information, address
TH03. II. BURROWES, -Agricultural
College P. O.,
Jan 25-4t , Centre Co.. Pa.
' THE OLD KBTABLISBKD FIB1I, 1 '
J. RICUABDSON. & CO.
12G MABKET STREST, PHIiAD'A . ,
is the largest Manufacturing Confecti; ieri
and Wiiole;le Dealers 3 tn(
e t 2 THEY ARE NOT A TILE TJ 8
port's (Comer.
NEVER SATISFIED.
A man in his carriage was riding along,
A gaily dressed wife by his side ;
' In satin and lace she looked like" a queen,'
. And he like a king in his pride.
A - wood-sawyer stood on the street as he
' passed ;
The carriage and couple he eyed.
And said, as he worked on a log,
"I wish I was rich and could ride."
The man in the carriage remarked to bis
; ir"ire .........
"One thing I would do if I could
I'd give all my wealth fur tbe strength and
. the health.
Of the man who is sawing tbe wood."
A pretfyyoung maid with a bundle of work,
Whose face as tbe morning was t'air.
Went tripping along with a smile of Jeliglil,
While humming a love-breathing air.
She looked in the oarriage-the lady she saw
Arrayed in apparel so fine j '
And said in a whisper, "I wish in my heart
Those satins and laces were mine."
Tbe lady looked out on the maid with her
work,
So fair in her calico dress,
A nd said, "I'd relinquish position and wealth
: Her beauty and youth to possess."
Thus it is in this world. Whatever our lot,
Our mind and our time we employ
In longing and sighing fur what we have not
I -grateful for what we enjoy.
lUisttllantous ScaMim.
A E. Ol .NTER WITH A MI A UK".
BV P. O. J.
The schooner George M. Bache, of the
United Sutes Coast Survey Service, uu
der command of Assistant W. E
that prince of good fellows, was detailed
lor ser. ice uuriuz tne wiuier oi 100 on
6 ..... ., ,
the southwest coast of r londa. 1 was a
uboi dinate oilicer on tbe staff of Assist
ant E , aud one morning shortly af
ter our arrival iu Charlotta ll.trbor, was
sent ashore ia charge of a boat's crew for
the purpose of locating and erecting a
si
p-tisil Htntiiin i rir irttitm a it m r.i'rtntMl ill
.... r 1
o v r
the service) on the beach of the ra
i i '.t :.. .t. t l 4 r... l .:
nun wuiiiu toe uaruor. Aiier iticatiiir
.
D 5 station anti sniierinienaing tne mam i
is,
points of the construction, I left the men
iu eharge of the quartermaster wh; was
i n : of the p trty, and taking a b at hook
started off in search of stiugarees, a spe
cies of the finy tribe of the flat order,
being about one-third greater iu length
than in width, and in thickness resem
bling the flounder. They have 1 mg rat
Lke tails averaging from base to tip about
double the length of the body. The
stings from which these ugly looking
creatures derive their name are located at
the bac of the tail, and consists of two
hornlike protuberances from which they
jct a matter not deadly poison in its
nature, but which, iustilled into the blood
produces tenible sore. There is but lit
tle danger however, of receiving their
sting except in stepping upon them una
wares in the water. There is much sport
in hunting these fish, the tails beiug tro
phies sought after. They swim about in
circles, especially npon being attacked
iiud wounded. Our weapon of warfare
was nothing more than an ordinary boat
hook, using the point as a spear, and
when available, the hook to capture and
drag iu phore the game. ' Of course we
were obliged to enter the water in the
pursuit of the fish, but this was no hard
ship as we were waist deep in water
about half our time.
On the day in question, I had started
up a good sized stingaree. probably about
three feet in width to two in length with
a "beauty of a fail," and soou the hunt
became interesting. Twice had I pierced
its body with the boat hook, and the wa
ter in its immediate neighborhood became
dyed with blood. The shoal extended
out nearly a mile in many places in Char
lotte harbor, and I, in my excitement had
waded out full half this distance from
the shore, and at least a mile away from
my men. The thought of danger never
once entered my head, although the har
bor was full of sharks, many of them
from" twelve to fifteen feet in length.
My feet and legs were bare, my trowsers
being rolled tip high as possible. But I
had jone out some distance from that
d-jpth, the water being up to my waist,
and uot dreaming of peril wa bent upon
the capture of the fish I was pursuing
Suddenly, but why I could never com
prehend, I turned my ryes from the stin
g.ir"C and looked out iuto the harbor. I
never saw that eingaree again for my
heart almost cease to beat as I beheld a
monstrous shark, that had no doubt
scented the blood of the wouuded fish,
coming in a direct line for the place
where I was standing. A feeling of
horror pervaded me at once. Powerless,
death-stricken it seemed, I gave one fear
ful yell Shark and giving one despair
ing agonizing look towards my men' a
mile away, I : turned my eyes almost
starting from their sockets npon the mon
ster from which I expected the most hor
rible death. - The agony and mental tor
ture of that fearful moment can never be
described or forgotten ; it makes me
shudder now to recall it. As the shark
approached me he lessened his speed,
evidently reconnoiteiing the position.
His graceful evolutions, the perfect ease
with which he glided through the water,
the under jaw droppad jist enough to dis
close the glitering rews of teeth sharp as
razors, the careless, lazy movement of
that powerful tail, and above all, the cold
horrible glare of those small yellow eyes
fascii.ated me with a deadly terror.. In
those short seconds I lived an age of hor
ror. To see that ravenous demon so lei
surely confident of his power and I al
most powerless, waist deep in water, ainl
no weapon of defence but a common boat
hook, I seemed to shrink into nothing
ness when compared to my enemy.. He
gave me but a few seconds' to think or
prepare fur deatb, for quick as a cat he
faced direct for me and seerrJed almost to
spring clear from the water as he dived
for my legs. I could scarcely hold the
boat hook iu my trembling grap but as
his body came within reach I struck at
him with the energy and despair with
which a drowning in m would clutch al a
straw. In a breath I committed my soul
to God, and fr tlte next few seconds be
came nearly unconscious. Whether the
monster fell the p-iint of my spear or not
of course I cannot tell ; I presume, how
ever, that he did, for he missed me. his
ponderous ias cominj; together with
rush and snap.
Passing full around me, he dashed out
into the harbor again, but not far, when
he turned aud began the same maneuvers ' bnsmtlileea. A deputation fiom Donald j llc, m!"1 r"l:keJ " a,ul ,om,,i ,l a!l
as before. My feelings as he sprang for ! eonvilI(i a Jozen mijM n,trthwaTi oa ,bu j Kthiopean baby. The kick had killed it.
me and the revulsion consequent upon ' river, from tbe house of the Sister of: "I'addy. I want to ak you a ques
my unlooked for respite, seemed to in- I CLarityf waiteJ ,0 know if -1 r than-1 ";VeII m is
spireme with new c.urage, audi t non woul j reccive the sisters and their , "'ghor Smith's liquor shop like a couu
that the cowardly monster might yet be t;rty orpI,n girls, whose asylum Lad ; tcr,i't doIJar ?" "I can t tell my ton."
baulked of his prey. I gained an as- j guccumbeil to tiie ftntwKi 0f war, am j "Dtcause you can't pa it." said the
tonishing feeling of coolness aud nerve, j who wer(J Lou9eIeg3 aj Luogry at Don- j
and determined to present a firm front aidionv:i0. Mother Shanuon is a brave j The man in Washington, who has
i . . , , . , . . i
I v.'heu he attacked me again, which I
: ,
knew he would
I began a retreat, stepping cautiously
baekward with my eyes fixed on the !
shark. Mealing a look toward the baat
I saw with joy that the men had got it
-
off the beach and were manning the oars.
i I hat. lo.ik neaiiv nroved mv last. lor l.
. . , , r
y turued tvw.Mie tbe shark again j
, P . ,.
i utlllic 1113 noa uun
me. 1 cannot ue- j
., . . , . , . .. i r, r
c.nh mmntelv what occurred, tor I was
taken completely by surprise and lost
my wits as well as nerve. I saw the
dull glare aud devilish ferocity of those
terrible eyes, and almost white, shining
surface of the belly as it were partially
turued upwards, and the water dashed m 1 A fai.,ul colored man was the depiita
my face. A deadly cold feeling went ' tion who bore this document to L'east
over me like an electric shock as I felt
tbe slimy body brush my bare legs; some- !
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thing struck me on the chest, ami' for an
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instant, I believe I became unconscious.
The shark seemed to twist his body com- ;
tli-ti-lr itromid me. that the boat hook :
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dropped from my hands and I fell over ,
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the monster s back, my feet and legs be-
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bind i brown entirely out of the water as ,
my head and body were wholy submerged, i
Nothing but an interposition of Divine '
Providence saved my life, for the shark !
failed for the second time in catching me !
between his massive jaws. The water j
seemed to restore me a little, I scrambled (
to my feat aud almost wild with terror, I
looked for the shark, and none can ima. J
gine the joy I felt as I saw him swim j
ining at full speed toward the entrance of!
the harbor
I turned my face to the shore and ,
starred alonrr until within a few yards
of the beach, when I was wholly over-
u .! n,nr,m.rl from th elTeets of .
the dreadful ordeal I had undergone
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Fallin" in water nearlv two feet deep, '
and after such a remarkable escape from '
a horrible death.' I came within a hitir's
breadth of drowning. The boat's crew
arrived not a second too soon, as it was j
over an hour before I was resnsctiated, '
and then, only after the most uuwearied !
exertions. I wa as weak as a child,
and for hours shook like a person with
the palsy. Ou shipboard I received ev
ery personal atteution, but it wa many
days before I was restored to my former
condition and equanimity. 'For several
nights I slept but very little, notwith
standing the administering of powerful
opiates. Whenever I closed my eyps I
would see that shark, and a shock like
electricity would be the result. I served
in the army during the entire period of
the war and was in many tight places,
but nothing ever approached the terror
or mental suffering of my encounter with
a shark.
A story is told of a certain man and
hi wife, who were almost always quar
relling. During their quarrels, their only
child (a boy) was generally present, and,
of conrse, heard many of hi father's ex
pressions. One day, when the boy had
been doing something wrong, the mother,
iutending to chastise him, called him and
said. ...
"Come here, sir ; what did yon do that
for?"
The boy, complacently folding his
arms, aud imitating his father's manner
said.
"See here madam, I don't wish to
have any words with yon.
Some of the fair sex have hearts ' a
brittle as glass. ' He that would leave an
impression must use diamonds. 1
"BEAST BUTLER.
His Inhnman Condnct Toward Sontlieru
Ladies.
, It w, perlinps, tirniei e.'sar to remark
:Lat Ueu l'utlt-r was once in command
at Ne Oi leans. EqnuHy rweless is it to j
say tliat little good of liira was written j
or tbongbt diiiijf liw administration, and !
that his "treatment" of southern ladies
was described by adjective of a very se
vere import.
St. Michael's is the name of a pretty
little village not hundreds of mih-s north
of New O.Ieans, oh the Missfcsmiii,
which in war was limited toal onvent of.
the Sacred Heart, that formed a favorite
! school for the danhter of the rebels ofi
that section. Perhaps a dozen of dwell
ings surrounded this main feature cf the
place, and St. Michael's was rebel from
rim to core. Mother Shannon Wis the
mpaa rir trip fntivprit ntirl snnpri tr tit
i t ot ii ..i i : ' barre a few days since. . '
the school. She and her "daughter in J
religion" certainly sharedthe an ti Yankee j An anti-kissing society has been form
eentimeut; but, holding old-time notions ed hy tLe Iena (111.) pirls. -No kiss
of their sphere in political broils, they ! 'a3 mnrringe," i.-Seir notto. :
were not loud in the utterance of their j On his late return to Salt L ike Biig
thoughts. This did not keep famine from ! ham Young found his wives drawn np in
the convent deor, h? ev-r; there came ; a hollow square to rec-. ive him.
a day when the store-house wa barren j A 1'ittsbtirg man has sat d hfs broth
as a Southern field trodden by Morgm's Cr to obtain possession of the ambrotypj
Oavalrv. If thft nnns uttered a h i unit return f tliolr rlo-i.1 ;.f..i.
that night, it must have been exquisitely
-nno.;n-nMnn.1.lttl.P.atP.
I m, fl M.lf.ar.,. starll. d ...i
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woman, but she Hunched a little.
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'.L'o Dit'u, it is impossible. We have i
no food ; New Oi leans is uuder Getteial I
Butler, and commnuicttioa with llie city.!
far a3 tj, sUP,,it.3 are concerned, is
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beyond my pi.-wer. Much as I may re
gret it ."
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The aIld tll,ir wh(lle fll(,k of w.
lli,nna ,.tp a,.,,., within St. .Mirl.:i. ls
walls. Mother Shanuon eat at her desk .
and wrote something like this ;
"Sir: We bave no food, but hive or-
,1 i.na inpiaaun u .lrirr i.ir -r -ii
Inclosed is a draft f.-r 82,0 'U
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and an order we d. aire to have filled, with
your p0rraission, t New Orleans.'
Butler. The General asked a few que-: In;cajv
tions. the contraband proved intelligent,
.... , , , . . I John Johnson wiiit ( w loing a girl
and the Beast learned the situation. A , , , , ,
, , , . , .'named Dougherty, ror some real or
Jay or two later a stitiiil-,- tram reached.. .....
clay or two later a supply train read
,St.' Michael's, and the messenger was iu-j
i..iul u ltT, o nt f.-,,m il,,. II. :ut !,:. ).
re:ld something like this :
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"Madam : 1 am sincerely sorry you .
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and y0Ur charge should sur innocently
ty this cruel war. Should other mis-.
fortunes reach yon, please inform me at 1
once " !
The supplies sent were found to l e just
loo!jle the quantity of each article order-j
ed 5 and although the draft was not re- j
turned, S2,0lW in cash came in its place, .
and euppoited the thirty orphans through j
later and more bittr time. Few knew,
f this action of Gen. Butler, and he ,
never told it. On many succeeding oc- j
casions he was called upon in the same .
straightforward, womanly way for a:d !
a,,d protection, and in every instance j
were both given, justly and with theUhe possessor of many miili ms
courtesy of the gentleman. The chil-,
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dren ot reorl soiaiers, lanen on me wrong
side of a cruel war, had reason to know
what a strange kind of "Beast" Butler ;
was at .ew Urleans, ana the nuns no- j
tions of " Yankees" were materially modi- j
fied. Mother Shannon's idea became ;
gradually. "When General Butler finds
Southern ladies who do not forgft that ,
they are such, they find General Butler
a geutleman. Chvajo Erenig Post.
Private letters from ex Senator Wade . ther($ M a w )man ,,urnc:1
and Ur. Howe, of the San Domingo com-1 of hef cmsn .he ni ulj.
mission, have been received. Mr W ade : fe st4tioM began tl apiJCar tLfl ,p:r;t of
gives his impression of Baez and snch ! Ae d,.p;irt,.d i;em .jk ellt,.re j npon ,lie
people of San Domingo as he has been ! geene 0f couri-e the disconsolate wid
able to meet up to the time of writing. j QW as now u eng.,(; m C()nver.
Mr Wade says he has not seen the. per- j gatiol) hh tIlR abi ,lt on,.t anil lLe fol.
. t r t'
son who is noi in iavor or annexation, ana
he speaks of the people as quiet and inof
fensive. Dr. Howe in his letter says they
have discovered that all the opposition to
annexation was stired up by the Ilaytiens,
which the government i anxiou? to
have the Dominician part of the island
brought under his CDntrol, and, if possi
ble, annexed. Cabral, Dr. Howe says,
draws all his support, and has for some
time past, from the llayticn Government.
Since the question of annexing San Do
mingo to the United States was agitated,
Cabral has received aid in bith money
aud men from llayti, with the view of
making it appear that a large portion of
the Domiuicians were against both Baez
and annexation. The commissioner all
agree that the only strength the opposi
tion to annexation ever had was in Hay ti,
and not in Dominica.
' Whrx has a man a right to scold his
wife about his coffee ? When lie has
more than sufficient grounds.
short rrrsK.
Ttllow is the roy.il color in China.
Fittston c:al sells iu Titn-ville for $10
per ton.
There is eeurctly of labor in many of
the Southern State.
The circulation of the Bible is rapidly
increasing in Ivussitf.
One hundred sea goin; vessels are
owned by Philadelphian?. - .
Wisconsin ?;inii."hed nearly SoO.OOO,
000 feet cf lumber during the past year.
Why did not the French co to Berlin I
jecaHtfe tiae Iru3siaas c&areu them t.io
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ijuuioru euuniy uttiierat witr is w?
ing shipped in large quantities to foreign
countries.
A dead child was found in a bure.ia
il rawer of the Exchange hole!, Wilkes-
A Cillc;miati ma:, ki,ke i a Mack dog
off h,i doorstep the other night, as he
-uppoee.1. .nil was Lomfied whcii a po
been eating a partridge a day for a montl
has won his wager. He succeeded in do-
ing it
though at first he lost fit'l'ien
pounds, of which he aficrwartl regained
six pounds. The wa-rer was S'0)
On the toldest day of the prejent win
ter, two women at North -nson, Me.,
went a mile into the woods, got a load
of wood, hauled it to a school house, tin-
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enough to kcrp a fire so that they could
bave a prayer-meeting,
t. wp,7,;n- ,,.r Tnn -nn,.!..
- o o f
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in t-w Haven, Lonn . a tew (lavs asro.
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of the line and home again ; total
again ; total ex
penditure, twenty-f jur cents. T'ley be-
1 r-, m m.rrinj lif. 93 tTit.v lllrrit..i,ni,n.
tancic u nukiiHlness on her part, no give
her a thrashing. She sued biin, a-i 1 ho
had a hearing before the Mayor of Wil-
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mingtoii, where he was niicl one dollar
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and costs and pu! under one hjiitircd
il to k tl ea-e
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There a Prai'ie ia A.kansns covered
with salt some three or four inches in
dtpth. All about the sources of the
Arkansas river are salt springs. In ..no
place'a crust or rock of olid salt has
been formed over one hundred a sixty
acres of laud. The water of the spring,
near are so salt that if the hands are
thrust in them, and sufiered to dry in
tbe air, they bcom? 39 whits as snow
with the incrustation.
The wealthiest mm is Hungary, Lad-
U!iai Ghillanyi.died recently Although
and
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eighty years of age, he was so stingy
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that he prelerretl to die rattier man ex-
pent! a few cents iu order to procure tha
medicine which the poor jone physician
prescribed tor him lie wa without
chick or child, nnd his immense fortune
was bequeathed to a distaut relative ou
condition that he should expend ouiy a
certain very insignificant eurn annually,
' No I Tiia.k Vol-." At a so-called
spiritual meeting in Hartford, recently.
; iow;n, dilllo,.U0 ensued :
"Are you iu the spirit world ?'' asked
the widow.
"I am.'
"llow long have you been there 1"
"Oh, some time."
"Don't you want to come back and
be with your lonely wife?"
"Not if I know myailf. It's hot
enough around here !"
''BtDDY, has that surly fellow cleared
off the snow ?'' "Yws. sir." "Did he
clear it off with alacrity, Biddy 1" "No.
sir; with a thovel."
"I AM going to the post-office, Bob;
shall I inquire for you V 'Well, yes, if
yon have a mind to, but I don't think
yon will find me there.
Yon look a though you were besida
yourself, as the wag said to a fop who
happened to be standing by a donkey.
Thk best illustrated paper out. A
' bank note.
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