Wit III ; it Id .IMff Wlptllllg 1. ltlDGWAYtPA., MARCH 13, 1870. NO . 23. VOIj t. FL'BL 1 Kit ED UFEICL Y, Rates of Advertising. Adrr'r find Ex'rs notices, enc, U t i ino, $ Auditor's notices, nth, 00 C iiu'tous and J.slrnys each, U limes il (jd Transient Advertising per siinro of B lines or less 3 times, or Icjs 2 00 Kor each BubRomient insertion .10 Official advertising fur each smiarc ol'3 liner or less ! time? or less For each subscrjiicnt insertion Professional cards, 5 liner, 1 yr I.oal notices, per 1 i n "!. one time 2 (10 ... .50 ,.3 00 15 10 Jbltufiry notices, over Dimes. Yearly Auvorlising.'oiie-half column W no fcarly Advertising, one column KO 00 Minks, single quire - nt flanks, three quire..;., - OU w.inKS, D ouiiis , per oi.ira i i j rianks, ovir (5 ouiics inr i.tilre 1 CC Kor hank notes, subpoenas, su-ninons cs editions, wturants. eons' able subs, . road and school orders, each per ilnz....'j Handbills, eir-lit sheet 'J' or lc." 1 'V " fourth sheet "nr 'ess i! i) I " half sheet "our less 1 "' " whole oeet . ':" or less. 00 Over 25 of each of above at propoi lioiiute rules. CuU.NTV UFFICi:Hfl. rrofilcnt Judc S. 1'. .ldinnn. Adihtioiia! Lj.V Jutfc Uuu. Jho. V. incent. Awooiato JuJci K. C. KcUul'z-, Jesse Kjlor. District Mtiirnoy T. K. V. l.t'.. horilT .J.eil) MJ ' i j : i j . l-'ioihomdary 1'VoJ. S.'V.oyjing. Treasurer -I'Viiius V . (Jii'is. i'o. Sii;it'i'iii!e!i'l 'ill l:i!' Ij-u-'TC. (lommisionrs If. ;.r:Ki', J.-,. . Taylor, liui.s ' !! 'ii Auditors ?Wk 'Iti.rc I M'ssetifror, iiiid do.-fjdi i 1 V: 1 . iVmnly Sitrv. yi.'f I km. i':i':t; .,r'y. Jury (.'oiiiti:'.'. inocr.s. (.l.-.itv i i.kiiisi , and iioraeu Lii;! TIMS C F i::t!.L;NT, " M'T'T. Sv'iuJ .M'iri'!jy iu l.iiiu.:iy. Last M-n':iy in . I.-, il. T'iri M iiiit iy in A't-.o . 1'if. t Mci.t!..y in .Novi;i','i'c'r. IP..,. mm wi.imii.il -r..BMir. rti PCH.AD VIOA & r.'i.'Oa.O. wiTiiii timv: rviu.E ON and after MONOAV. NOV. "t!. the Iriins on the l'h '.laJediia i' i.iij l'ailroad w til run a - folb-.w : wi:-i",v.:i:. Alail Trsin 1-:itis i'liil.td - .iia. . Kid-v " arrive a', i.i i:i Eli Exp leaves 1 i.:;'. .phi:.... " ' arrive at I'.i'ie II '..I WAltTl.. Hail Train leaves 1 l i . ' r.i-'-way " " .arrive. r,t i'liil-id'n ... Krie Kxprcr.s leaves I'm.". " "t.'l-.vav " " ' a'"at 1'iiil -idrtlphi i. I'r.presa east eoiint-i'' s ai Cor 0 " '.! I p. in )' ' I".. M. a. I i. . 1.' a. u ie . :'..,..) p. in. . :.:. a. in. . -1 no p. i... :u! p. ii.. 12 I i ).. m Mail en si at Corvy an I Ii via 'on wiili trains ou Oil Ciiih cvAdeglieny itivo- P. !l Ai.'-r.'-.n l. tvi O.oi'-'i'al Super' oi . ii trut. LLi:U!li:.NY VAi.Li; P.A1L liOAU. ihe only direct route to Pi'tsl ui j WITHOUT VilASUU Ui' CARS lioni ()il City. ;i and alter Monday Xjv. 2 I 18'JO, traini Till run ts follow? : (i ASO fOL'TiT 1 'ay Express loaves Oil City at rrivii p at Piusbiir at Kight I'.xprrss leaves Oil Ciiy nt rnvi'ie; at Piit'iui' at lvitianui. g Aee. le 'vn KiuU-ntou Arriviving at KitliiMiii: Jlixed Way leave' 11 ( i'y nt Arriviug at West Peun Jr.uetiou at GOING NoitrH. Iiay Express l.',,ve3 rittburg at Arriviiin at Oil City at Niplit Express leaves Pit.sburg at Arriving at Oil City at Parker Aco. teavn? Kitta'iiiing ,'irriving at Parker Mixed Way leavo West Peuu JitiiO. a Arriving ul Oil City at in.?:1 n. ni r. :-:r p. m I p. in 7.01 a ,a I'. 10 y,. no !.U.J p. m. 7, 'II a in. 7,05 p. ni. 7. 1-1 a. m. l.i.o p. ni. b.oo p. in. ,b'. a in. 7. M a. ui. li.'io n. ni. I 7. I"' a. ni, ti.oo p. m. Connections at Curry find Irvine'on for Oil City and Pittsburg. At franklin with James town and Era ii k till R. I!. Conneet ions with AVest Penn, It. K. nt Vest Penn .Innetion fir Plairsville and r.'.l po'uits on tuo uiaiu line of lh Pennsylvania H. II. Sleeping Carson Sijiht Trains. J. .1. LWVKK.SCIl. OoiieralSup-. 'J'uos. M. Ktsu, Ast. fcjupt. OOK AGENTS WANTED Fori Clrugglesaad Triamphs of Vritten by hitrrelf. In one lare octavo vol iiaie nearly 8IH) P'iges printed in English : . nd German. H'i full pace enslaving. It em braces forty year reeolhietions of his busy life, ws a merchant, nmnajrer, bai.ker, lecturer and showman. No buok ublished so iiceeptable to nil classes. Every one wains it. Agents aver use froiu 60 to li)0 etibscritiers a wee'i. W'e offer extra indiicenieiiis. Illustrated catalogue aud terms to iigenis sent free. J. U. EL'KK i CO., Publishers. 8w Hartford, Conn. D a C. H. FELLER, BOTANIC PHrSIClAN, EtTiow!, Fa. BUSINESS CARDS. . J. S. llOltDWKLL M. D. sicj.kctic t a rsict.-t v TI"Mic wort eclectio means to cboo.se or sc I let medicines fmin u'l the dincrcnt so holds of medicine ; using remedies that are s ifo, and discarding from practice all medi cines tlir-t liavo an iiajnrioui illeet on t he py. t 1 i tern, f.icli as cicrcury. ant iinonv. lead, cuii- per. S:c. I lay aside the lanee the old liloo l.elter, re 'ncif or deplete)', and eua'.ize the c'.rciila. lion nod restore th i-y-tcni to i's tini.i.at st.te by alteratives and li.nies. I shall liere- I after ivc nan inular attention to ehiimic dis- ("nsc., such as Rhditnat'.sm, llyspepHn. I.iver coin. hunt, Catarrh, Nc irnliria. diseases of ( it o j threat, urinary organs, uul uil ui;eu;cii pocu- li'ir to feoi'.i-s. (,. i CAT V !' U il I treat wl'li i nc-w instrument of i a .,; Ur. out ion which en " every case. T'.'ET !I cxtrae'ed without pain. i ".'i-e and residence of the jail on : i !: 0.r;ice hoars 1'ioiu 7 to S a. to I p. in : u to i p. m. I)e,'. -:: .Iv. j. s. nonmvr.t.L. 7 OiiN G. HALL, Atiftncy at Imv t) way, Eli; county Vi. mar-'J li'j ly J I.IN C. IlAl.I itai.i. & HRO. A (.tornoyia - ;i t 6if. .MAIU'M 1 a w ii!::zi.Gi:ii r. o. i;u colntv, pa. cpictuLer 20, ItSli'j. ly. 5 ff. I'-o: -i'.veil, M. 11. tj , Ci.'icc a:td ,re-i -l.ti! on Cel. ire S!.. V.: lene j-j.'io I'll oi ::i' op'os:to the l td on Cei.iro .!., P:,!i;v.'v. Pa.' Pro;:-! t nt- i .'n'ioii v.iiloe riven 1 i a I ei'is. 1t:ie" !j 'iii-s : 7 to h A. M : l:l toil P. M. ; u:.. 0 iu 7 P. M. Mjr. if. 1 . A t.a ': Cli .-lopr no u i-j , M. A I n V. x MAi.tiN' rh-!iir re'-p' e'tu!''.' . ;i.'ti'i.' it.r ihe .i:"' the .it! 'lit . ; in ' t: i .! t j: 'l:e;r i 1:.- r : i: i : i u :l : V I J l 1 i.i. i n.. i 1 ll tel. J ' et .' I.i, M. ' 1 1 . V . i.!om:. f; -:.. j!r-.- n .tt'-:. ! i iMi".. 1' " T.-h T;n--d....,i-e t! e !u liic-t .".:id lir-i. at VV. ; , il.'ir.i -.v.'i.i e ; r Piduwav. Pa. .VI'!' coi. si:. v. Ei r i-i-'u-ti 1 i.-nl." '. fr-r ill-' ri:- 'ii;e ! i I.:. try !'C.ilu.vid j.-.ti ii :n. it ! 'f hi ' v pavnr trit-t lev: ,' t. l'.O. L::t iior.;, MKTW. pa. V I i TK A i'ii, I'moieior. t:. .id J I.'l is " eii .Ml i:p n ! iv; jt 1 ou f i:0 '- -i' ii'i r ". ! i ,t.:i; .ii. I ';d -I rs .-.. i.::l, ., .1 i il'3..!.d 'fid OV3 ; i -' i'.'ir n i ;ti thr r.iri"i:ieo of :i;. o. i li ii no gei.er.-.lly. I i T I'AYID T'.AViltl. ii.X I'lii.-B, d.M'..viL.;i, Elk Co., Y.. II. 15 LtAC'lI, T.-.v, rieler. 1 TlnuVfn' ) rally b,' ",'lor. l.p e eoi;i:'o" "iv the pnlronice livretnfnre .o j ..ow'd m :n hi n, Co' u.w r.o s, by paying strict attention to r rd ivi!e!ii"tie? of kucms, to airvit a eeiitii.iiaiiee of I ho Sail. vl'.L'o'y. 4 II .."!'i-s for A ii-iil ! i- P-, ; ! ;o' ps ill U'l, nnd I!'trlT-nr cd 10 u toon j ii- t ee "VCil, '! ti'.e l -1.7 si. m i.'AiurvA v.z store vVi. ". 1 r.nii;. pa. lit C. (o.V nf t'.ic I'.-ih), ii t(,r. Oi)t-ii Day and Nilit li'L'if. j " I 1Ar.HS. lidl lle.ids, Lettcr-Ueads, Ta,:-, j Vy i! 'I.iciIk',!.-, d.'iiein u neat in .inner. ! aiid at the iewiiT ppicr. 1'i'il CASii, lit I liie El!; A lv.ieaie Piintint; Oilioe. 1 OL'.S il. G A II NEK, , V AVTK'AL MACUIXTST. Cnu be found at his Foundry nt St. Mary's where lie is ready to have all ?hep.v. oi I. in l.is line dune ou short notice. St. Mary's. Hcnziriiei' P. O , Elk CO., Pa. tiiylCS ly X D. PAPONS, u Mncufioturer and Dealer in I.oots & Shoes, Main St.", opposite Ifut el, n27y W i.?ox, Pa, 1 At OP, YtilNG & CO , Hook Minders And t) Plank linoli Miinutaeiiii ers, Wright's Elk. Curry, Pa. 15'ank Uo. ks Made to Order. . I It Ph.Vficiiu and Surgeon, Kidgway Elk i'o. Pa Oliiee ahove store of il. li. Oilii i' Ouieo houis from B to 1UA. M. and li to 8 P. M. vlnHtf. HI'.NIIY SO'JTIIEU, Attornev-at Law Uidgway, Pa. ifeb'J'O&j, 1 tiel ANKS of all kinds fur tale at this r ii. v Vv. '-a VOI.K, Manufacturer ant tieaur air Beer, opposite ihe Kailruad li pol, St. Mary s, Elk county Pa. Mar -L'2'tiii 1 . ENVELOPES, LABELS k TAGS novly printed 1 1 tho Advooatt Otiice. T WAS cured of Deafness and Catarrh hy a JL inipl remedy, ami will send the receipt free MIIS. M. C. LEGGETT. 4r ilobuken, N.J. , Mt(t liliscclljr. WASIlLXOTOiYS' JJAh'IiU GL It was in tlie spring of IToS Mr. Cur. tis, a planter residing at li is cstuta callod tlie "White llou-o," was out otio morning, vilu n lid met, eoiniig from tliu noithward, a Annuo ;eni!eti:an of inilitaty nppcarone:e, excellently mounted, and accompanied by a jood oiJ servant, or tionxeant, who rode re.spielf oily a lew pact-s hi hind his master. 'J lie tie'.v coiner was Col. Georo Wushiug t"ti. on lii.s wa, (rotii Winclieslir to Vil-liam.'-bui'g, and his uttecdant, liisliop, for merly Uiaid ck's body set vaut, but uovi his iv.n. W'a-hin ton was twenty-five years of aire r.t that time, and a youo: m.iti cf reat sedat(;t:r?s and dio'iity. lie was in chief cotiimaud on "t he frontier, and uaV or tlionoht little of I hft fair sex. 15 at, on this (rins morning of his "tiuo had CutLl?." 'dr. Curtds cr'ttfd liitn, mill invited him tosti.p nt the White I louse. lTs hus'pe.'s waspressit'!r ; he niu-t hasten r.n to see his excellency at iiliatnsbur. And uoover I si:-, they ro'Je te'ck pot reached the White ll.tisa litre Wa-hintr.ii ilis.nuutit. cd, arid OLlivered his his. horse to iSh-hop, with orders to wait bitu tiiei.t; ho wou'd c.tiiinue h.s j ituuoy in half an 'hour. lShop al.':ttid gravely, v, i;h ii ind raised to iv.? oat; id? lujr'er i titertil the Iiiiise; 'id 'he half hm,; t-u.-iicd the old sirvaut '. -it.ir patlciii'j. ft is in a .-i it did rift, hovrevcr, nia'ie his .pj..ara: eo 'Il.a cvc.f was unheard d. i 'VI. Wi-d. ii...t.,n wtl.e Ht,d of piinclu- .tiiiy ; in- ftr.i on priiili.g p.ih'.ie business; v.l'.-t conjfl !m t'i'.p :u a.iin oi' this strn-2 and tiawycd duav '! j An ..f-iir p...--i i -tv.o 1 ot-.r? passed, j '"I. U i'.-hiii'.v.n did nut xi-. appctr. Kut t.i titiiv caxc out ana i. -i' Vl : -.. J an order ii oiti hi.u l j i!,e a.u:i.,u!ij.:.s old bodvuirird He v; 'iih! eon'nrt the in.: c; !o the stable Ms tbiS'i-i" '.v-.ii ) J dino, and ..ibly pass 1, .'. C':":s. Hi:. :.op ob:y ed :!..: rl c .uiimr to an end -iMid Col. V"...t!i'ntoa was tba g-ae.tt ihe owner ol the W hit 3 1! me. Ol On the r-.cy'. ti.endrv, J!ii-!iop, in obedi t.re t.oio''.'is to that t-C'cct, 3 a Idled the -.rse: or-d-r. ::,! lirs f-.c dy..r for t!.v ;d .'.ii:!. who di:-ir-ii': 1 sjtt:uo t'ut.l.e sail. 1 :.i mi :.:af..!y. A u he-;r pr..-so J ; the Ui.lun - ( el did not npvr ar Two hout-.s ritcrwards, 'hcie stiil no ,si';n if him. Then the tcrvr.A e:'u:e fin, ar.d directed that the hir'-- be. led back ;- t.lol. Washington w.'u'd ic :i: ai.i to diur.cr, aud then coutiuue his jom iiey . 'I he day was fur spent n hen the young si.Mier r.:a !o hi apjiearenco and vtiuhei ihe saddle. Tail, vij;tiroWs. pruccfal and wi.h a certuir. lultiiie.-s i.f I earing, even thin di.-tiiojn'ishuolc, he was a gallant-look' '...j. cava'.ii.r ouo whom any woman might adtoii'3. One was ging a him thiongl; the wia d.nv a y .ung la ly of .ibjut his owu ae, v. ith rotiy chi'tlis, briuht eyes, hair carried buck from tho fot eliead, and a neck rcscm-' h'irg snovr, above the ffjuarccut bodice, 'i h.i young eoliii.el reined his h!;h spirited li Ti-i, nearly thn.wing him on his heunehes, toide a custnons s. luie with his right hand, (it was nearly tho attitude ol a biuTZi? iStiOie of him made afterwards.) aud gal hi; id a-..:j, thinking probably of the bright eyes ai'd red lips. "Colouil Ceofge v"ash!cgfonl of Mount Vernon," hadseeu for the Cit tisio Mrs, Martha Curtis, tho beautiful young widow, who. a year after, was to become his wife. Tradition, relates that the ceremony took pluce iu old St. I'eler's Church in New Kent county. The scene was a brilliant ur.e, and may iiitereft tho reader; It was in January, 17ol). The Itev. Dr. Mos-sooj, parson ol the paiih, attcude 1 in lull cation ieuls, bijU the pair advanced, lollowid by a bevy of beauties and grootusnirn. Wash iiigtni) was clad iu a suit of blue aud silver, lined wiih red filk; his waistcoat was em broidered; his kmc aud shoe buckles weie of goM ; his hair was powdered and he wore a drcfis sv.ord. The brido was dressed iu white satin with rich point-lace ruliles; pearl oruurueuis iu her hair ; pearl nccklaeo, ear rings and braedets ; white satiu shoes with high Leeds and diamonl buck'es; and was followed, as has been aid, fiy an arruy of beautiful aud richly dressed girls, leaning upon the arms of groomsmen, iu coatuu.es ub imposiug. The vice regal Governor of Virginia, in a suit of scarlet, embroidered with gold, with huge bag. wag aud dress-sword, as eeo iu the midst of a number of officer of the I'iUglisli army and uavy, aud a great orowd of what were then called "the gen try" Irieods aud relatious of tho bride aud groom filled tho church j all intent lipou the interesting ceremony. One per sonage has been forgotten Lishop, the old body servant. He, too, was present With folded arms, and much emotion iu his aged face, he gr.zcd at the ceremony with the rest. It soon ended, and the brilliant crowd flowed forth from the old church. Tradit. ion relates that the bride, and as many of her fair attendants as could do so, entered tho great chariot, which rolled off, drawn by its six spirited hoife.s; while the bride, groom, fonder of riding on horseback, mounted the sph-udid lnglioh charger be. ipieathed to hiiu by iJraodoek, and cantered at'trr the coach, aUeuded by a number of gallant youths. Such was that picturcsipte scene in tho life of '-Fa her of l.is Ot.nutry." SELF MADE VEX. ' We do not wonder that great men Jiave been h'oi ii mechanics ; for those who have boen brought up exclusively in drawing. rooms, intelligence is a game, a recreation ; for those who have held the ?wcrd or the helm, who have d:iven toe plow or Worked chisel, iutc Licence becomes a p'.ssion, a force, a Veaipy, a worship, ni l a love di vine. It is from the stall, il.o shop, the work room that tho most powerful minds isstu d Mo'iere from the Mpho'.ster's Uurs from the farmer's. Shakspeiiro from the hosier's shop, "uufca f.'om the wheel wrightV long cngigcd in a tnigg'o wi:h phydcal nature, they ull took refuge in the free domain of thmht. Evci un iuf'cii.ir mini wcu'.d F0?a be tetrpeved t3 E?rrnt".'li iu thc?e mechanical apprenticeships; and if ever the spirit id reform which has seized on the woil'.' ihould extend to the act crea. ting citizens, v e doubt not that goml sense will gain a victory over custom ; and that one of the m.'St important parts of every education will be hoiiecfor'.h the duo ad mixture of the development of the miud uud its nat ure. SPL1.S7EUS. Fr.nc; Tjr a deaf pirsi n ' Come bsck to Kriu." Iteaily the very latest thing out The .itreit lamps. When is love deformed '!- When it i3 sU m ou2 side. When are bakers hard up ? When they kneed their bread. Why do thieves lead a comfortable life 'i Because they take things easy. What is the greatest want of the ege ? Want of luiids. A drunken man, who hud slipped down, thought it singular that water always fietz.3 with the slippery side up. A near sighted man walked off the bridge into the Keuuebeck lliver, and upon be. iug miraculously saved was ''daruatiou glad he didn't !oo.-e his kuue und speco." Tiiiike Hants An observer of human nature reports that he has seen some people poscs.-ising tre peculiarity of three liands a ripht hand, a left hand, uud a little be. hind baud. C , of Kalamazoo, thdught highly of whipkoy for pivserwng leather, aud al ways had a f.kiii-iull. He sold his driving horse to a distiilor. II, seeing it pas sing one day, hauling a load of ''Luke's l'est,'' remarked :''That horse has changed owners, but keeps on at the same work, onlj he hnuli it now In barrels." m Nat M was a queer genius. A ueig- bor found him one day at work at an euor. mous wood-pile, sawing away for dear liie with an intolerably dull saw. ''Why don't you sharpen jour saw, Nat?" asked the neighbor, Looking up with au iuiuiiiably droit expreision, "I should think 1 had work enough t-j do to saw up this wood pile, without stoppiug to sharpen saws." Said a distiaguised politician to his su : "Look at me ! I began as an aldciruan, and hire I am at tho top of tho tree ; and what is my reward !1 Why, when I die my son will be the greatest raesul iu the United States." To this the young hopeful repled: Yes dad, when you die, and not till then " A committee bWt to settle upon the color with which they should paiut their Dew church. Au old sailor happened to be among them, who rose and said : "(Jcutle men, 1 move that it be painted a gum col or, for you all know, that Deacon Smith's noso is painted that color and that it Las been growiug brighter every year," A S1SGULAR AUTESTUltE. The Muskegon, Mich., EnUrp !sc relates tho following singular adventure : When we were publishing a paper in Lcwisburg West Virginia, several year ago, a very singular accidiut hefel a young nan there, which wo n itrated briefly at the time. A lew days ago we chanced to meet him here in Muskegnu, aud ha narrated his adventure at our nrpi..vt. It occurred on the farm ol Gen. A. '.0. Pavis in Green brier county, in lboO. We give his story in his own vvor.ls as near as we can recol lect them : "I was ploughing ou (Jcnerd Pavises' form, in 1.9."G," said he, "uusus picioui of being cn in? ei ure g-oun.l, whn suddenly tho earth seemed to fall beneath me. I saw the horses dsr-cending, hut w.i too friglneued to let go the plough haifdliS. i he pilch of ihe horses with the earth gave my fall unimpcin,;, and somehow I caught toe mane of me of thrm in my. fall, an! so held on iiisiitiotlvly. What 1 thought when filling I can hardly tell. At any rate, I did some rapid thinking. When 1 htided, I fell on ihe horse whose matio I had hold of. tiBd u'thnugh the hor?o wasiustttnt killed, I was mirily stuiitud and confuted. On lecovcring tiiys-lf I lorkod up, and the hole through which I had fallen looked so smi'.li, I concluded I must have fallen lod feet. My fust thought was to call fur uid, but I ins'autiy recalled the Itct that I was at least a miio from Gen. Pavis' houe, and that there was not the remotest probability that at.y nr.c had seen myJecent into the earth, k was then early in ihe mcrnitig, atid as I had brought my dinner wiih me, uo ct.e wt.uld nibs ITIe, before night fall . While going over these facts in my own miud, 1 haaru the rush of water mar at hand, and it o:cmid to me tl iit I mu't fallen upon the bed oi sinking creek, v-li'.-b as you kuo.v, fails iuto the eaith above Fronkh.rd, aud docs not come out but once till it reaches the banks of the Greenbrier river. To say where I was, or to at tempt to follow the subterranean jassegs, w-as ttie next rjueution. I somctimrs took the team home to my own tenant stabio, and the: eft. re, might not bo miisid lor days; so I delei liiinid to follow the str.am. I wadtd in it, and. judging fi'.m if.-; dibth of IVotii one tj thiie feet, 1 crac'u led it n.ust he tlie identical fSiuhing creek spidien of r.":iine i;i v eead OYtii'-i.'.ioti hclrtid me, I followed the slrcarn. l'or the most part I had petty c;:s.ty work of it, but sometimes 1 came to a deep place, vherel wis forced! to swim for a cotnideriible distance ; again I wsa often precipitated headlong into deep water by tho precipitictis cat tiro of thr stream. Talk ttbottt tho daikuess of the giavo ! A grave irsell ecu'.d Lot h:vo been more itupalpubly J-.rk than the ptissago I was following. The occasional rippling of the waters w..s an est ressibly doar sound to my ears. . lV.y and night wro the same to me. At Ls.t, wearied with my efforts, I laid down on a ch; ir'tovely dry r. ek to rest, and nm-' h t .-e slept for hoi;rs. Vrheu 1 awoke again I totk to ihe watir, careful ly p.seei la'.,i'.ig which way it l an, so as not to loo-e uiy labor by retracing my stops. It seemed tl.e.t the farther I went the move dfficult progress became. When I had por.o pc.haps a mile, I came to a place where the archway mrr .v? ! so mv.ch that I had to crawl on my hands and knees in the water. Here was a delomma I had not looked for. I l.ied either bank of the liv er, but found no passage. I could s.vim under water fur a considerable dis'a'ice, but tho distance: bi fi ic me was ui. known, aud I halted long befuro making the dangerous venture. At last I couelu led that my .'ate was equally doubtfuin returning os in pro ceeding, aud plunge boldly into tho cur rent, and soou found that it was so Sivift in its confined passage that I only needed to hold my breath to go through, Iu the course of twenty or thirty let I ngua got my head above waiter, aud tuK a long breafhing spell. Agn'n tlie archway above seemed to enlarge an '.he bed of the stream became move even. I sped along compar atively rapid, keeping my hands oufstreeh. ed to pr'eveut my unuiug against the jag. gcd rocks. Wearied out, 1 again laid down and tlept soundly iu my went clothes. Qu awakiug, I urstied my course down (he subterranean stream, and at last, iu the long distance, I saw a glimmer that looked very bright iu the darkness I was then put in. Neariug this 1 found that it did not iuciease in brightness ; and when I hud gone per. haps a mile, 1 came to another place where my path narrowed to the very tunnel filled with the water. My ease bid now become more desperate I could not possibly re trace my steps, to 2 submitted myself to ttts current, and was immeasurably overjoyed to find myself rapidly swept into daylight. Exhausted and half drowned, I crept out upou the land und was upt long in recog nizing the objects about me. I had come out into.lho Greenbrier river, as I knew fri m the familiar loolj. of Gen. Pavis' mill on the back. On reaching home I found that I had been ovir forty-eight hours in making my perilous journery cf six miles underground." The hole where this man went 'through is now feuccd round. On listniiig one can plniuly hear the rush of water below, and a btono thrown down will s me'.imcs be hcird to spluh iu the stream. "Most Akyyt hino at Alt,." How easily the wotld is sati.-fied, especially the world of oiics'b fiiends. If you promise to make a pre-ont to a frieud, and ask him what he wili have, the invariable answer will be "most anything nt all." Now it is thi3 very disposition to Jake whatever idtall first come to hand W he satisfied wi'h anything that may turn up in the path of endeavor, which holdj ono in the condition never to attain any great gd:d. ' Po not. thercfone, be satisfied with ' most nn thing," but make up your mind t- some pu-pese, or object, and then work to ob tain, or secure it. Let your hopes or as perations always surpass your ability strive to bo good aud get goodness strive to bo great and get greatness, end rather than to pick up most anything at all" which lies at your feet, reach upward aud onward for something rich or noble, though it be far beyond your utmost stretch, fr r only by conslaut efijit can you psss to the goal of success. Why Do We Oil Ou.t Whetstones 7 We oil cur whet stones for several rea. sons. Tho first is that almost .1! sf.m, c unless oiled become glazed or over burnished on tho suiface, so that thev no longer abrade the metal. The 'second reason is that most stones, after being oiled, give a finer edge lhan they do in a dry or merely-wet state. The pores of tho stone become in a measure filled up, and while the action is rendered contiuous, its elia: actor i i altered. A dry btono is very r.pt to eire a wire ed m to a tool, and al. thoitoh this sometimes happens when oil is used, it docs not occur near so often. Jt has been said a little caibonic acid dissol ved in tho w.ilcr which is used to moisten a wlictsloue or a griudstono will eatly increase the faction, and thus un. mote Ihe action of the stone upon the steel .nstrutiient. II (his be true, and there bo no uuforseou drawbacks, carbonic acid will prove vahuable to all who hav3 to sharpen tool-i or g:iud metallic surfaces. A good story is tol l of a certain promt's. ;n- railroad gettleman of Phi'adidphia, who is repially renowned for his ability to make a joke. A railroad employee whose home is in Avon, came on Saturday qight to ask for a pas to visit his f:mily. "Are you in tho employ of the railroad V inquired tho g-iuteuiaii illuJtd to. "Yer" "Po yu receive your pay rcglurly?" Well now suppose you were workiog for a farmer inrtead ol of a railroad compa. ny, would you exren your employer to hitch up his team every Saturday night to carry you honn ?" Thi seemed a poser, but wasn't. "No," w.19 the man's answer, "I would not expect that, but if the farmer had his team hitched up and was going my way, I should call him a darned mean cuss jf ho did not let ire ride." The mau came out three minutes after wards with a pass. Tiikre is a club in Paris consisting chief. Jy of rich merchants, formed tor the pur pose of enabling its members to witness public executions. This club has made au engagement with the proprietor of a w.n shop in tho Place do la Roqnctto, wLose wicdowa are immediately opposite to the spot where the guillotine is erected. When, ever an execution is to take place, the tnetn. be.sof the club pass tho night at this wineshop over a bowl of punch, so as to be teadyfur a good view when the "interesting moment" arrives. The following is a speiT imen of the circular which is sent to' fha members by the secretary of the club pre vious to an execution: "I0m happy tl inform you that the execution of wjj take place to morrow. Pou't fail to be present. II is af. uid to die ; that will U aUiUSviug."
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