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tohn hthl An..rmAU.s;;M;
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jan. 1. "0.
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OR Wm". COLLINS. IV.NTIST, S.mert.
a iilio in '.is. ! . T P
hrrr he r.in at lII tim. f 1- f un.i Vr-M"-'l "
allkin!nl .ri. ti-h . nllinit. ru.atinir. ei-
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Jl.'U'e K"W.
J
AMI" L. ITCH,
ATDMiNKY AT LAW,
S..K"r t. !' o n -e. Mauim tli 111
Li,!r.ino Main l'r.- Nl.
we l,t.it. ei-
t.it. ft:Ii I. (i:'" cxir.inM. bmI all l.if .1 lu-1-nrn
aiteti.io.l to i:li i.r..-.u;.-.iii-.-- mi'l n-U-ii'y.
lu' li .
J.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
A.tn.TKet. Tr Ip'.i'-n.il t u-i:K- -n:ru-'o.l
tc myrHrruiu-ii U-.l '."wl'.t! -r. :u !;-- unJ I. n-.i;y-
DU. A i. MILLl'.r.. afi.Ttwi
T, i-,e 'ni-ti"e In Slr-.r-.'s'viilc.
n r.f-- --! l..'a!-.I a! S iiiiT!" ! I r :tc i
he
h.i
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ti e 't ui '-."ii., ana !fnnT ins r
lv t.i riii7rn. t Si.m. rM't an I vi.'lr.l
.i:fle in tl.i Irui Si. ire. cci-sitr tl- ln
li"U!c tie oan te puiuuitci at all
ftr-
fnrt
m-i. it rlii iiroiui'tiv aiiwrr,!
dee. IS, f My.
PROFESSIONAL.
Tr tlcn-e B. Fun.'.cr.l-rp. i.r CuinN-rUnd.
Md informs his Irienus that lie ha this day ass
eiai'il with I .imsrlf in tho practice ol medi -ine
and .urgcry. I u son. Or. wM"fj,?.,JS,i7;
late the resident, lur.'wo ol l!ie ew io.K t-je
U U- tie disease of
U.V Eve and Lxr. -"
L
AW N(iTlCE.-Aleinder H. C-ffr-.th lia
, ,.!ii:nnl the t ract 1,-e o. In
titli-e in Mauiui -th EutKitr.g.
I)
K J K M ILLEK has permanently b-ated
.n li-r,in forthe i.mciice of his pr. '.ioii.
rt-e;.p'.site Charles Kninjter'f store,
apr. i, 'TO-tf.
q S. GOOD,
Pr.9(7ALY it- SUKGKOy,
soMi:nsi:T A
-irn In Mammoth E-'.oci.
i'n
JOHN RILLS,
DEHTIST.
CCl-c In Coenih kXtd'i new l uil.'.ir.g.
MalD Crss Street
S cuersct. Fa.
p.vfl
A
RTIFIC AL TEETH!!
p e : T I S T i
M I V Ci TT. .v.Tf. CV.. I
A-iiB.i.il Teetli. Mir anted to i oi ti,e very 1. (
cua'itv Li!e-bke atd ianJs.mc. lnv rtcl m tl.e ,
s'V.e i'arti-u.ai :ten-i.-n MU to the pre- :
rrrati m f the natural teeih. Tb.e wikti.
c.cb;i me l v Mter. cat do so ty ea. i ir.ii i.ut.p j
Ad.ires a!-ve. icli TJ
J sAJiXKT I'.Ul'SL. j
The ander.gae.l rcsj-vfu'lr ltr.ains tie .aV j
' tl.it he ha leiuwi tins well an. wn h-tei In the ,
1 r uih of s- n.trsct. i: is Id intent to keep ;
in a .txlewi.ich he b- l-s w.b wive aatistati. to
-.: who inav him with tU-it eo'Vnj. i
Ajt IT Ti JotiN H IJ-- i
Mansion House,
LATE -IlKNroKll U' 't'SlV
4 .llirr l It is tvr.-l VirsfU.
JOHNSTOWN. FI NN A.
Jos. Slu.omaker. Prop'r.
II arms lately taken cha.jc of- rrr.:te.t an 1 !u'
nii.ed tii'.s large and corou..: i--us ll.-il. 1 n. w
luite mv SiKU-rset t untv srieji to c.i Hon Pie.
aud u i ! pp.uipt aiterti to t!.. :r wains ar d
-.;. -rale ci.ar.s. t" lu r;l tu ir -ir..n.tge. la-,
l-ie sup;-iit with tt.e N-s. the mar. ft sti- r .s. 1 lie '
bar ke-i wiih the eh. ! w in-. li.;a -v. A"- !
.'ii i ll Mii'LVAkl K.
N. B Hest sial hi t la t, nu. prJ ;
T
HF. SOMERSET HOUSE
iewi.ik; !-., it if m d.uiit rt.t mn I rli ki; nr. ,
y..--Tii taavff t,f-kur in ir,: nmr !.: rr;cj? nd .
fAin. Duf t-1 "t; t n..- tt'.t t: .u-r ii UiAl ;
itta tbe bt th mrik-t ? rJ.s. Mmt. Jl. T-
D
.1 AMOND HOTEL
srovsToiv.x im.
sj.vMi:::. ci sti:k. iroi.fit.r. ;
a!. ? ICV
V.r k. l eJ cn- vn le is at all
..- ie stoipir.g pis'-e l the traveling
ij. V .-.,.-. f.eal-cissIL ll-.id la-
iibac T
l. k .e.v da.:r K J.,!:nstowa and
mr:L
T. I). EVANS.
ARCHITECT,
No f)G Fiftli Ave.,
riTTsm ni;ii,
JlarlO.
OMES FOR ALL
I ii.v. for sale, on t-nr. witl lo the reack f -r.
ere sir. loda:r:-as tntttvi.tual. t.uv l(s I
farm. ttraieT lao'is. m'seral lats. ruil.urr hna, !
Ac . Id aiBceeot prj of tbe cswit y. in parecls f
froi ooe-tc-ur.h .rf aa aere ap to l.i acre. Ti
lie. warranted. Tertss one crth ia hand acj th '
ba.aaoe in ten e-;aai auxtual paymecta, pr"p.-rly
eecurei. ,e need a;-p:y who u aH of -cr
and IndastrtcB taM'.s U ooo. as suae of Lb.
prper.i wul be fot rent If Oot eJd . '
fAU V. W EY AND.
t
avan rac
1
VOL. XXIII. NO. 43.
Jlanl.
JOHNSTOWN
120 CLINTON STREET.
CHARTERED IN1870.
TIti:STKK ;
JAMK-S COOPER,
DAVID DIBEUT,
C. R. ELLIS,
A. J. 1IAAVES,
F. W. HAY.
JOHN LOWMAX,
T. II. LA I'SLY,
D. J. MORRELL,
JAMES McMILLEN
JAMES MORLEY,
LEWIS TLITT,
II. A. BCXiGS,
CONRAD SUITES,
GEO. T. SWANK,
D. MfLAUGIlLIN, W. W- WALTERS
DANIEL J. MORRELL, President,
FRANK DIBERT, Treasurer,
CYRUS ELDEP.. Solicitor.
lK-l-.-i;i uf ONE lOLI...n and u!.waMre-
ceiveii, and inlorr allowed on all mm!, payable
twice a ye:ir. lii.-!rct If not drawn out. In added
totherrln-lpal UiuJ COMPOKNIiING TWICE
A YEAR, with mt tr-juM.ns the dep.itor tocall
or even to present hi u!"! it Ixiok. Money can b
wlttilriwuat any time after tclvinn thet-ank cer
tain noti.e by letter.
nnrrird Women and prmoni oaafr
nc ran d. j.?it m.wy In tl.cirown name, to that
It ran 1 ilruwn only by themselre or on their or
rtr. M..nyj can I-e deposited for children, c by
. i. -i. ?. or .is tru.-t fund', Suoject to certain eoo-
Iits Secured hy Ilia I IjatHtf.
Copl ,'f the Uy I.iws, report, nt'.e of depoit,
an 1 i i.U a?t of LTi'.ature, relative U deptwitt
ofir.arri" I w im n an 1 niSn.r, can be obtained at
tlio lUni.
rv-r5yH.iTikl:'S hniin !:illy fnm9to So'clock:
zG au.ion VVr lucf lavau.l Saturlay evening
tr..nito:sVl'k. ' aprl 2S.
Cambria County
BANK,
2vL AV. ICKII fc CO.,
. S6S MAI STREET,
lienry Scluiable' Hrick UuilJlng.
A (n iici al Riikinir Riiinrs Transac ted.
Praa and lr.1.1 and Silver bought and sold.
C ll.vti..ns made In ail psns .f the l ulled State
and Oinuda. Interest allowed at the rate of six
percent. rr annum. If left six month or longer.
Special nrraniremcnts made with Ouardian and
others wt.i hold uionevs in trust.
aj.rli 1
CARPETING,
Henry IVlcCallum,
SI Fifth Avenue,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
linens direct from AI anu factor cn,
Superir I'.nKlixli Oil
RRUSSELS CARPETS, Ac,
RAG. HEMP and INGRAM CAR.FTfi
ia cir varitly,
51 FIFTH AVENUE,
ALove Wood street.
marUJ.
Ursina Lime Kilns.
The undirf Igt.ed are prepared tn:;
Prim3 Building Line
By the Car Load,
Ciders Cecpsckfully Solicited.
IS. J. Il.VTZKK A C O.
I l.-.l i. June la.
NATIONAL STAIR BUILDING
AND
Turning Shop
mm?
VIES?
J.W-ELSH&CO.,
.Mar.ufactcrers f
Stairs, Hand-rails, Balusters,
srwtLPor",e.
Nei. Oft And 6S Lacock r:reef,
A 1.1.1:1.1113' Y. CITY. PA
JOHN WILSON A SON,
wiioLrxiu: i.hockiss,
237 Li'ccr.y Srsc,
8?tv,
JOHN DIBERT. JOHN D. ROBERTS.
JOHN DIBERT & CO.,
BANKERS,
CCEK2 LM FR15EIK SHEETS,
JOHNSTOWN, PA.
rrauntia f Merchant- and
oilier businesii people trolielt
cl. Draftsi nea:eiiabl In all
parts) of tbe roantrjr for Rale,
rionej I-oaned and l ollectlenw
iefade. Intercut at the rate f
Mi Per rent, per annum al
lowed on Time lepolta.
Sa Injr le posit Hooka tD
ed, and Interest Compounded
Semiinnuallj when deciired.
A Genera" BanWicg Business Transacted.
re". lo.
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BAI
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On roadway. Union tuxrn, Fayette
CiuntI Penn'a.
IhURO LW M ATlAllCR'j '-J.
; vx.aw W..uaT l
h-v .&r Monx.
'This Jd n-l reliable (Vaiiaay ha been in
su,-xa- ul .'i-r-ti. n h-r ttirty vearw. curu.g ahiefa
iloi all ke-s iiave l-en pnip;ly i.i. Eor
further tulonnaiioii apple w
JOHXILVIIL,
Somerset, or
W. H. IKFE.Sec'y.
I ni,.town. Pa.
X. v. -i.
n. U. LINT.
C.C.. LINT.
GLADE STEAK HILLS,
C, 0. Lint li brother,
Having recently leased what i ks.iwn a the
Old Iciinison Hill,
sKuateuM tulle awith of Somersel. and harm.
pat iiulm class order, we are prepared to do
i ail
kiads -A grinding. Having purchased aa eagiae
we are en. hied to ase eiltcrsieaa or water power.
All work
W A RRANTED SATIS FACTO R Y
If the grain I in g-md eundltioo.
always kcj va haad.
Fler for sak
epi
aEUIG MAI 1IIXK AGIIXTS
I hive just what job want. Send for rirca'.ar.
s. noi i;ir,
feMT. 3 1 Perm Ave, Pittsburgh. Pa,
WALL PAPER.
Morris and Easttake raper.
New Lmbe Hnad Paper.
T-rnr ith lou and border to mitch.
lelArt Piniiu Ileeurauon.
Complete line of A oericaa Gout, ail grades.
Charch Japer. At ear new ue,
273. 131 Pifti
(Nxxt PoTirrK-.) MTTABrRt.II, Pa
DeZUVCIIK .1 Co.
Marie
Dr. W. S. Yates,
DENTIST,
So. KM ream. A ,
I 4aun above tta (late Band) St
PITTSBUKGII, Pa.
A I eperaUaes pertainiss to DealtXry akfllfslUy
prionnl. Maria.
U
SOIEItSET,
wiiebe i unit
PnbIIshe-1 at the request of a young merehant
of Somerset. 'Ti a pity he cannot find one
arson all our fair daughter who I not "a tblnz
of frill and pad." Lut such Is the way of all
womankind.
Whene'er I take my walk abroad.
How many girl I see!
And often do I ask myself,
W here I the girl fur me?"
T-. be without I don't deserve;
But one I atk no more ;
And hundred dally pas me by
As I stand at my itore.
How many girl out in tb street
Well padded I behold !
They're not tbe sort to comfort me
Now It it getting cold. .
Still there la one a little girl,
WhoofUu wa-d.'rs by,
1 think the must be wanting me.
So loving Is her eye.
And yet I dare not ieak to her.
So many of the fair.
Wear bustle to deceive the men.
And cheat them with false hair.
Whene'er I wed, I do not want
A thing of frill, and pad,
l!ut flesh aud blood and loving, heart.
And where can they be had?
A BOTTLE AND ITS TUTIMsl.
"Pshaw !" says tbe impatient, read
er, flirtiny tbe page over; "a total
abstinence tract!"
My title is perbapa an unfortunate
one, and certainly wants the attrac
tion of novelty; but as it expresses
my meaning, 1 shall let it stand.
It has never been ray lot to meet
with more domestic happiness under
one roof than is to be lound in tbe
family of my opposite neighbor, Cap
tain Reuben Winslow, a bluff, geni
al, hearty gentleman, of fifty or more
years. 1 1 is wife, still a handsome
mstron, from whom a quiet cheerful
ness, so to fpeak, seems to radiate
throughout the household, is in every
re.-soect, worthy of her partner. A
son, grown to young manhood ; two
lovely blonde daughters, and little
George, who had flashed, unexpect
edly, like a sunset ray, into the after
noon of their lives, are still at home
with the parents; while their mar
ried daughter (Mrs. Turner) lives
but a few doors off. She is in and
out at all hours of the day, appear
ing to have two homes, and to be
equally happy in both.
I at conversing with the captain
and his wife, one evening, as was my
wont. The daughter and her hus
band bad gone out but a few minutes
before, and J ventured a remark upon
a subject which had many times oc
cupied my passing thoughts.
"What a difference is sometimes
to be observed in leature and com
plexion among cniloren or tbe same
parents'' said I, in a half meditative
war
Mrs. Winslow tuoit opportunely
had business to attend to upstairs at
this moment and left ug alone.
have since thought that her feminine
perception mar have divined taj
meaning. After she retired, . raj
friend looked in my face with
strange kind of inquisitive emilt.
"les," I blusbingly said, as if ta
answer to a question. "I was tKink
ing that while all your other children
so strong! y resemble each other, Mrs.
Turner, though quite as beautiful and
attractive in Ler way, is totally on
like tbutn and vou."
"More like Ler mother, perhaps."
suggested the captain.
Mic docs resemble ner niotber in
some respects, I admit: but Kill
cannot help thinking it strange there
should be such a marked contrast be
tween her and the yoanger members
of the family
' It's not strange to me at all,"
said he drilv. "It wouldn't be
strange to you if you knew what I
am going to till you. bopbia is not
rov daughter."
"Not your daughter !' I exclaimed
in surprise.
"I'll warrant you have wondered
a hundred limes how she could be
mine, and D0W jou. era yet more as
tomsbea to learn tbat sbe is not"
I had been intimate with tbe fami
ly for several rears, was present at
Sophia's marriage, knew that she
had borne tbe name of Winslow,
and how tenderly she had always
been loved, at least, apparent! v, by
both parents, and now what could
he man ?"
"fcbe was born," said tbe captain
seriously, "while her mother and I
were both victims of tbe bottle."
I was conscious f bavin; acted
foolis-bly enough before ; but now I
was a uie-v driveller. Jf I bad "put
mv loot in U at the ontset, I was
now, metaphorically "peaking, strug
gling knee deep. Could I believe
that tbe noble man btfore me, or,
!-liIl less his gentle lady-like wife.
bad ever been debased bv intemper
ance: .My neighbor enjoyed my
ptTpicxity Tor a minute, aud ibeo,
tmrMiiig into a laugh: "Come," eaid
he, "r,iuce I have given bints enougk
to excite vt;ur curiositr, U i bat fair
that I should eXfduia iuy meaning.
i once : a very looiisti act, in a
W'jiat-ut of thoughtlessness, which
c-t-t both my dear Jane and myself
years of misery." The captain gave
nie bis slorv, making it as brief as
possible ; but at subsequent times
learned all tbe particulars, and, wiih
bis permission, will give it to tbe
reader in mv own way.
At the age of twenty-five, Reuben
Winslow. a reckless, care-for notking
son of Neptune, was skipped aa sec
ond mate in the bark Ajax, of Bristol,
for a whaling voyage to the Indian
and Pacific oceans. Rut. for tbe first
litre in bis life, he found, as tbe day
of sailing drew near, that he could
not leave home in his usual indiffer
ent, thoughtless manner. He had
no parents or near relatives living;
but he had given all tbe wealth of
his great heart to Jane Atbearn, re
reiving in return tbe assarance tbat
her s would accompany him, through
storm and calm, wherever the stout
Ajax might wind her devious coarse.
Rich ia love for each other, bet poor
enough in wordly chattels, they look
ed forward with high hopes to their
union at tbe termination cf the voy-
'Two months later the Ajax, bar
ing made good 0S4 of tbe time, lay
becalmed in tbe broad Atlantic, near
ly under the Southern tropic. It
was Sunday, and there was no work
going on ; but the officers, with eleae
thin and newly-shorn faces, were
talking of home, and otherwise kill
ing time as best they might. The
captain came on deck with a bottle
j i i L ia hand, ccrked and aealed.
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ESTABLISHED, 18127.
PA., WEDNESDAY,
I have written our report, with
date, latitude, and longitude, on a
piece of paper, bottled it op, and here
goes!" he shouted, throwing it at
tbe same time over the quarter rail
Into the sea. "What'll yoa bet on
our bearing of it again ?"
"Twonld be safe enough to bet
against," said the first officer. "J
should say the chances are about
eqaal to my being turned into a
whale."
But we do bear reports of ves
sels in that way, now and then," tbe
captain said ; "though, of course, the
chances are a million to one against
it, in any artienlar case. Now,
you throw another overboard, or
any one else that has any empty bot
tles on hand. Let's multiply the
chances, just for the fun of the
thing."
Down went the mates to ransack
for bottles, and la ft short time some
six or eight, each containing a writ
ten statement, with embellishments
to suit tbe fancy of the writer were
committed to the ocean.
"I've reported tbe Ajax with five
hundred barrels," said the third mate.
"That's only anticipating a little. If
we haven't got it, we want it."
This was not said in tbe captain's
bearing. He supposed that all the
bottles contained bona JiJe reports,
though he did not ask to look at their
contents.
"My story is," said one of the men,
"tbat we have had a terrible mutiov
on board ; tbat big black Sam has
cot command of the ship, and has
driven tbe captain into the galley to
eookforbim."
"What did rou write, Mr. Wins
low ?" tbe chief mate asked.
"I'm not going to tell. If my
bottle is picked up, it will astonish
the finder more thin acy one of them
But, pshaw ! we never sball bear
from anv of them again."
"No: there's not much dancer of
it," was tbe careless reply.
They watched tbe bottles, bobbing
up and down in tbe swell, for some
little time ; but, gradually carried to
tbe westward by the force of the
current, they had all passed out of
view long before the favoring breeze
filled the sails of tbe bark, and sbe
again pushed forward on her course
to the cruising grounds about New
Guinea and tbe Archipelago of Solo
mon : where, cot off from all but
merely accidental communication
with the civilized world, we leave
ber and her hardy crew to pursue
the objects of their adventurous
cruise, and to battle with the Levia
than in bis native element.
Months passed away loug, weary
months to tbe true hearted girl, who
vainly besieged the local post-office
vainly swept her eager eyes over the
marine list of the Bristol Mercury,
only to meet with disappointtaoat.
Only one letter,' written three weeks
out from home, had reached ber ; a
true seaman' love letter, filled with
tbe outspoken affection of her stout
hearted wbalwfBaa, with confidence
in ber enduring truth, with ber pride
in his noble vessel and shipmates,
with sanguine predictions of merited
success and triumphant return. Its
successor came not; and the Ajax
bad been absent nearly a year. Still,
Jane did not eease to hope for her
father, who bad followed tbe sea
himself, but had given it up in con
sequence of failing health, still
thought that tbey had found a pro
fitable cruising ground aot&ewhere
by themselves, a ad Made a port at
soro oat-of-tbe-way island.
"When yoa do hear from the ship,"
said be, "sbe will be doing well, de
pend upon it"
Thus matters stood when Jane
one day bought, as usual, tbe 3krcu
ry and hasteaing Woue with it,
paused not even to remove shawl or
bat; but tearing it open, she cast
ber eyes upon the shipping intelli
gence. With riveted gaze opon the
paper, and tbe paleness of death
chasing the rosy bloom from ber
cheeks, she dropped into the nearest
chair, and mechanically read on
What is it Janef News from
Reuben?"
No reply. The breath came hard
and thick through the parted lips
be dilated eyes wandered not from
tne item tin tne last cruel word was
read, tbe last spark of hope dying
out with it, Tne paper fell to tbe
floor, and. the insensible girl was
caught in tbe feeble arms o! berfatb
tr, as sbe sank under tne blow so
heart crushing, so suddenly inflicted.
e ever and delirium followed ; and
for several davs Jane Atbearn's life
wavered in tbe balance. But nature,
aided by medical ssiil and tbe care
ful nursing of her father and bis
kind oeighbors, at last triumphed.
lib, the captainV permission, I
have copied from tie printed slip
wbicb br btill carelullv preserves, as
a reminder, he says, of the one great
tolly of bis life :
"Sad Makixk Disaster Phoba-
blx Loss or the Bark Ajax,
and All or Hxr Crew. '
Ship Condor, which arrived at this
port yesterday, reports, March lCib,
while becalmed in the Right of Bra
zil, picked up a junk bottle sealed
tightly, which appeared to hare been
several months ia tbe water. On
opening the bottle, tbe following re
port was fouod : "Bark Ajax, of Bris
tol, at sea, near the Cape of Good
uope.- Aug. 1 six feet of water
ia tbe bold, and gaining opon ns
every.heor. We have just got the
aferesau on ber to scud before it,
bat the gale, which has blown for
two days, is still increasing. There
ia little or no hope for os. R, W.
We have copied thia from tbe paper
itself, which is in good condition, anl
still perfecJv lejrible. The hand-
riting corresponds well with the
signature of the second officer, Mr.
Reuben Winslow, on tbe duplicate
of the ship's articles. Had ahe reach
ed either Cape Town or Mauritius,
tbe news most long ago nave trans
pired. There can be no doubt tbat
tbe ill-fated bark has foundered ia the
gale at sea, with ail on board."
Bitterly and aincerely Jane
Athears mourned the loss of tbe
man abe loved, for many monies
after her recovery from the first great
shock. But other cares stepped ia;
the failing health of ber only parent
demanded her attention and sympa
thy ; his anxiety to see Lis darling
married before Be left tbe world, ei
coarse had its weight with her. She
APRIL 7. 1875.
listened to tberiuit of Andrew Mor
rison, captain of a coaster, and tbe
close of tbe next year saw ber
united in marriage to him at the
wish of her dying father, whose last
conscious act was to invoke a bless
ing upon the union.
No young man's heart ever beat
higher with found anticipation of
happiness than did that of our sec
ond mate on the morning when tbe
Ajax, laden scuppers-to with oily
treasure, backed her maintop-sail to
speak a pilot boat off tbe English
coast. But the joy of the bronzed
mariners swarming on her deck - was
equaled by tbe astonishment of tbe
pilots at bearing the answer to thrir
inquiry, "What bark is it?"
"Yoa mast be joking," said a voice,
recognized as that of tbe veterau
pilot who took her out when sbe
sailed. "The Ajax went to the bot
tom off Good Hope, and tbe insur
ance money has beeu paid upon her
1od ago."
What could this mean ? mentally
inquired every man on board save
one. It was true they bad cruised
on unfrequented whaling grounds,
and bad neither sent nor received let
ters since speaking a ship when three
weeks out from England. But how'
should they know at b ine bow and
where sbe was lost? if, indeed, she
had not been beard from at all a
case which was not without prece
dent thirty years ago, though hard
ly j -isible at tbe present day. Reu
ben Winslow alone held tbe key to
the mystery, and bis heart beat yet
more wildly with a new fear aa con
science sent the blood tingling to his
cheeks. What might have been the
effect of the news upn the girl he
loved? was bis next thought.
A few words from tbe pilot, who
boarded the ship, explained the whole
misunderstanding. But in most cases
no harm had leen done but such as
could be soon repaired. Though
friends bad mourned them as dead,
the joy would be the greater at tbe
news of their resurrection, and the
novel circumstance would serve as
a good joke to bo laughed at in years
to come. But Winslow, on making
inquiries of tbe old pilot, learned
that which burled him at once from
happy anticipation to hopeless de
spair. Jane Atbearn had been mar
ried but a week before, bad closed
the eyes of her father, and had gone
away with ber husband an orphaned
bride.
Mechanically be attended to his
duties in working tbe ship up tbe
channel ; but there was nooe.of bis
usual spirit in the orders wbicb be
gave to tbe crew, no hearty response
on bis part to the joyous greetings
wbicb saluted the return of men
risen, as it seemed, from an oeean
grave. An outward bound feDip, an
ready for sea, lay moored in tbe
stream as tbey passed in.
"She was ready to sail three days
ago," remarked the pilot, "but her
mate was taken ill at tbe eleventh
hour, and had to give up tbe voyage
Sbe is only waiting now to ship a
mate.
"I'll go in her," said Win)ow, des
perately, "if they'll make roe a good
oiler." "
"Do you mean that ?" asked tbe
pilot."
"Mean it ? Yes," was tbe dogged
reply. "I'd sooner to to sea than go
asbore now."
Within an hour it was kaown at
the office of Messrs. Wing .k Co.,
tbat tbe second mate of tbe Ajax
was op for a berth at the shortr st no
tice. V, ith tbe highest recommenda
tions front his captain, be was just
the man wanted; tbe offer was a
liberal one, for time was pressing; a
few hours sufficed to make all his ar
rangements, and the next morning's
sun saw Reuben Winslow at bis post
between the knight-heads of the
Mogul, taking her anchor.
A chance came over tbe whole
man frem tbat day a change for the
better, however. With a keen sense
of his own wrong doing, he lived for
atonement ; the reckless, impulsive
boy was lost in the sedate thoughtful
man.
In devotion to the active duties of
his profession, he bad no superior.
Throughout tbe whaling fleet, wheth
er "on Japan" or "off shore" it was
well known tbat no more nervous
arm or truer lance was to be found
than tbat of the Mogul's mate. And
when, by accident, he was raised to
the supreme command, no young offi
cer could have been better fitted for
the position. L'nder bis charge tbe
voyage was prosecuted to a success
ful end ia three years, and his em
ployers were ready to start him again,
with bis choice either wiih tbe same
ship or a new one.
But a new feeliur of tumult was
stirred wiihin him by a few words
spoken by an old acquaintance w hom
he met la Bristol. Jane Morrison
bad returned, a widow, to her old
borne ia the neighboring village. He
could gife no definite reply to the
flattering proposals of bis owners
until she bad answered one question
for him. With the entire earnings
of two good voyages standing due
to him, wiih health, strength, reputa
tion as aa officer and tbe high road
to wealth open before him was tbe
one great void in his heart to be filled
or nt ?
Sorrow and toil had written their
marks upon the pleasing features of
tbe young widow, who sat bending
over her work, with a brigh little
girl of two years playing by ber side
When left, as she was, ia destitute
circumstances, she had naturally
again turned again to the home oi
her girlhood, and bad since labored
early and late for the support of her
self and little Sophia.
Sbe laid aside Ler woik to answer
a knock at the door : and a tall roan
stood before her who apparently;
made an effort to conceal his foce,
as be sirMi : n at. .iirrison
ia?"
Yes sir; that is mv name. Will
yoa walk in, sir?"
Tbe stranger entered, removed bis
hat, threw back bis overcoat, and
turned bis face full towards ber.
Jane.!" said he ia a tremulous
roice: "i"
"Reuben Winslow !" There was a
touch of gladness ia her tones, a?
ahe spoke bis name and offered Ler
band ; then tbe old regret came baekj
4 U . , l ..n14 . . L ' 1
iui mum ue uoiumg 10 ner now,
and tbe unbidden tears stapled as she
resumed ber seat.
"Ob, Reuben, that we should meet
thus!" she went on. "But I thought
yoa were lost ; and if yoa knew all,
yoa could not blame me much."
Winslow was puzzled. At finding
himself face to face with her, be
knew how to begin what he wished
to say; but here was a new phase
of the matter. Before he had made
up his mind bow to reply, sbe asked :
"How did yoa escape from your great
danger off the Cape of Good Hope?"
He coaprebended all now. Sbe
knew not, as yet, that the report was
a false one, but supposed that the
ship had been saved by something
akin to a miracle. His tongue was
loosened at once.
"Jane," said he, "I alone am to
blame. I was guilty of a foolish act,
for which, God knows, I have suf
fered almost as much as I believe
you have. A wicked act, too, though
not done with criminal intent. We
never were in any danger off Good
Hope, ' but when that report was
written, were lying becalmed in the
middle of the South Atlantic!"
She looked at him in utter aston
ishment.
"Don't interrupt me, Jane," he
continued. "I have been tortured
by remorse ever since; but I have
gone on my way, striving to do
right: and in all respects, save one,
have been prosperous more than I
deserve. I have sought you out this
evening, thinking you knew the truth
already, to ask if I can be forgiven;
and if so, to ask, also, if the remain
der of a life devoted to your happi
ness may be offered as an atonement
for the one great wrong of my
youth ?"
She bowed her head among the
bright curls of her little daughter,
while Winslow, in silence, awaited
her answer.
"Reuben, I have been much sur
prised aDd, I cannot deny it, shock
ed by what you have told me; for,
until this evening, I thought tbe fault
bad been all my own. It seems we
both have erred, and both have suf
fered deeply in consequecce. For
your wrong is no greater indeed,
it is not so great as mine in marry
ing Andrew Morrison when I never
truly loved him. For you know,
Reuben indeed, I could never con
ceal it from you that my heart was
yours first, last, and always. L?t
our past errors be forgotten, then,
on both sides ; and if you wish me
to be" She placed her hand in his
troag grasp.
"From my heart and soul, I do !"
"I sball put trust in yoa as I have
always done; and my child "
"Shall be mine ours, Jane!" he
interrupted. "She shall know no oth
er father."
And ontil grown to womanhood,
she never did. The younger branch
es of the family are still ignorant of
tbe facts which I have related.
A Bar-Cllwg tiovvrswr.
An enthusiastic correspondent of
the Sao Francisco Alia gives the
subjoined description of aa encounter
with a grizzly bear, in wbicb Califor
nia's new governor (Pacbeco) figured
prominently:
Governor Pacbeco ba, among his
accomplishments and they are many
one possessed, we believe, by no
other governor ia tbe United States.
He can lasso, and get away with a
wild, grizzly bear; and we saw bin
do it in May, 1852, on the Rancbo
delosOsos (Bear Ranch) ia Saa
Luis Obispo, then the residence of
Governor Pacheco's mother. Away
up ia tbe mouatains. among the
wild cats, tbe grizzlies take their
morning naps, after their nightly
prowling about ia search of a stray
calf, pig, or other small game.
Early one morning the enormous
print-of a grizzly's foot was seen in
the earth close by the dwelling of
the governor's mother, and in a few
minutes Komaaldo and twe or three
others were in the saddle and off for
the moantains. When the tall wild
oats, half way np the mountain, w erf
reached tbe party had not ridden
more than two minutes among the
tall, dry wispa, when the horses sud
denly started, snorting loudly, and
instantly a huge grizzly stood erect,
with a terrific presence, high above
tbe dry, wild oats. He looked just
like a giant, with shaggy, fur over
coat, his eyes gleaming fiercely. Lis
cruel teeth and red mouth unpleas
antly conspicuous. Each man and
every horse for the instant seemed
petrified as if, while every nerve
and every muscle and wary sense
was at its utmost tension, they had
suddenly looked upon the Medusa.
In a second's time Pacbeco spurred
forward, swinging his laso. The
bear commenced sparring warily,
and few professional boxers can fend
off as these creatures will. But
Pache;o's lasso fehot out like aa ar
row, and clasped about tbe Luge
fore-foot, when the horse (who saw
every movement, and was just as
wide-awake as Pacbeco), sprang the
other way, and, the lasto being fast
to the pommel, tbe bear was instant
ly thrown to the ground, when two
other men, quick as lightning, had
thrown their lassos and caught tbe
bind feet; then another rider caught
the loose fore-foot,- and - the fonr
horses took their positions like cav
alry animals trained by scaie noise
less signal, and tJowlv marched
down the mountain' side, two horses
in the van and two ia the rear, drag-
rini Ursa Maicr oaietly down the
grasay descent, the rear horses keep
ing just taut-line eivcagh to prevent
the bear front retting any ase oi bis
terrible bind claws. Nabl has paint
ed some of these California lassoing
scenes tbat hare been as near justice
to such existing tableaux as could be
done by the painter's art. but nothing
could portray tbe intensity or excite-
meet and action brouvbt forth at
such a moment.
Pacbeco was. at that time, twenty
one years old. and the handsomest
man we ever Iccked opox I
tbe panther ia the wilderness was
ot more fair than be. When he
first rs-alirs-d t-V.s- eurfn nreaeOCe of
the terrible enemy and stood erect la
his surrupa, hi face gleaming with
tbe glory of rootb, fr!eeM, nd
excitement bis great Uaek eyes
sparkling. Hi white teeth tightly
pressed opojo bis Beifeer lip, perfectly
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, ....
still lor a
second, he was the moi-t
glorious object in nature. In no
longer time than tbe sight of this
could be just taken in he sprang for
ward, his long, dark hair tossed
wildly for a moment, and then be
had captured the bear, a related.
The eaptor3 slowly took their pris
oner down to the bouse, where a
long, heavy piece of timber lay upon
the grass. Fastening the benr's hind
feet to the timber with tbe strong
lassos, and tbe fore feet to a strong,
deep-driven stake, they stepped awuv
to a respectful distance, their eves
upon the ferocious creature, and
their hands apon their saddle pom
mels. We walked up close to the
bear to take a careful look at him.
All cried out "Cuiado!" Take
care!"
"Why, he's all secure," we said.
"Yes, but look out"
"You don't think he could get
leose?" 'Terhaps not, but you'd
better keep away." And we did.
The I ear lay with his head be
tween his huge paws, covering his
eyes, save occasions! y when be
would furtively lift his eyes, like a
sulky child, to look st bis captors;
tben covering his eyes again, remain
a moment and tben steal another
look. Soon he gave heavy sighs,
and some one said, "He is dyiDg?"
We expressed surprise to learn that
tbe bear was wounded.
"He is not wounded," tbey re
plied, "but his heart breaks he dies
of rage." And. in a few moments, he
bad breathed bis last, and was drag
ged away some distance from the
house and left.
Pacbeco pointed to the sky. We
looked and saw a hundred carrion
crows whose watchful eyes hail seen
the feast long lx-fore it was half way
down tbe mountain side; and before
we were a hundred yards from the
dead bear, its body was completely
hidden by the sable, flapping wings
of the huricrv undertakers.
Dele?ee for Mmaggllng
Some interest was recently excited
in this city by the case cf a very
pretty young French ruillener w ho
had obtained contracts from a num
ber of prominent ami fashionable la
dies to bring over dresses f r them
from Paris, Sbe undertook to get
these dresses through tbe Custom
House without paying the duty, but
was detected and arrested, and now
bids fair to serve out full term in
tbe I'enitentiory in consequence.
She is well educated, speaks Eng
lish fluently, and is so young aDd
good looking that her hard fete
has awakened a good deal of commis
eration. A few years ago n woman who
bad landed from one of the foreign
steamers, was observed by a female
detective to walk as though her
dress was extraordinarily heavy.
She was arrested, and a large siik
underskirt or petticoat that sbe wore,
was found to be stitched off, from
top to bottom, in squares, and, in
stead of being wadded with cotton,
every square contained a gold
watch, amounting, in the aggregate,
to several hundred. These were all
confiscated.
A pretty serious joke was on.?e
played on a Massachusetts clergy
man by a dry-goods dealer from the
same town in which he resided, w ho
happened to meet him while travel
ling in Canada. "I have got a good
deal of baggage," said tbe merchant:
"you don't appear to have pcarcHy
any, and if you wonld take along a
few of my trunks with vou, it would
cost you nothing and would be quite
an accommodation to me." The
clergyman readily consented, tut
when he was crossing the border the
trunks were broken open and found
to contain dutiable goods! He bad
very hard work to extricate himself
from the dilemma, which be finally
succeeded in doing by proving Lis
good character.
Ever since eustoras have been im
posed human ingeuuity La3 been tax-
ed io a thousand ways to evade their
payment. .V. V. Dinatr
The Tarpaa OrlglMl Wild Hor.e
Numerou3 troops of wild horses
baunt the Steppes east of tie I'ral
Mountains. Similar troops of these
animals wander over the whole ex
tent of Central Asia, wbicb tbe
most accredited modern natruralists
repute to be the original crad'e tf the
horse.
These wild steeds are called tar
pons, a word uuaouoieaiy ut-nvea
from the Tartar. 5-naii we look i;p-
on them as the representatives of the
primitive breed, whence have sprung
all the varieties known at the present
day; or shall we see in them, as well
as in the wandering horses of tLe
prairies and pampas of tie New
World, merely the descendants of
individuals which have escaped from
the thralldom of man! This latter
hvpothesis seems to be the most;
probable. But there is good ground j
for believing that, living a wild life, !
the animals are gradually return-j
ing to the primitive type. TLe-y 1
Lare lost the barmouious grace of ,
fora, the beauty and the vigor w LitL j
we admire in the high-bred steed, j
perfected by tbe assiduous care of
man.
There seems as great a
difference I
between tbe Arabian bore and the
wild horse of the Su-ppes a. between
tbe accomplished American gent'e
maa and a Malagasy savage. They
are of small stature: their l.'mbs are
lank; their coat is coarse, woolly,
rode and rouge. With the tarpans
oi the northern Steppes it is thick,
flaiy and trizzl d. Tte'r mouths and
nostrils are garnished wiih long hair,
not unlike a goat. Their color is
geoerallr brown, though a few are
black or'white. They have a large
bead, with the forehead projecting
above tbe eyes; a straight chamfer,
and Jong ears customarily laid back
close to tbe bead.
Tbe troops of the tarpans ere sub
divided into herds of twenty or thir
ty, eaca berd Usually LVlDg ayaii.,
and rnly uniting ia compact
phalanx when a common aanger
threatens, or a necessity arises of
migrating from one region to another.
The rtnat, grm woivcs, wmcn
hanger drives from their neighboring
forest, and man, who bunts tbem
hotlr. either to reduce tbem into
subjection or k'll them for their flesh,
are almost the only eoerriies lue-v
have any reason to dread. The war
like nomad tribes of the Black and
Caspian coasts, and of Central A3ia
have no other breeding-gronnda than
the Steppe, whirh tfa ,nhabjt
rhit her come Cosek .n! Mongol
and Kirghis and Kalmuck, to choose
their chargers. They catch them by
iuean3 of a lasso, which they throw
with surprising dexterity, and in a
few day train them into a suitable
dociiily.
When in want of their hide and
Ilesh.the nomads hunt them with
gun, arrow, or spear; for hippophagy,
which a few zealous amateurs are
now endoavoring to popularize ia
France and England, has been prac
ticed from time immemorial by tbe
inhabitants of the Sieppes.
Ia connection with the supject, it
is curious that tbe horse is nowhere
found in a certainly wild state.
When the New World was discover
ed there was not a horse grazing on
the rich pasturage from Greenland
to Terra del Fuego. All that we
have are descended from European
stock, and yet, as scientific research
has shown, horses ouce existed on
this continent, preceded ia still
earlier times bv animals of the same
character, but differing in the hoof
and other points.
"The Killlwa Xatala.
Uetween the human brute and the
lower animal there is a step so small
that in marking tbe lines of passion
upon the face of tbe murderer one
is tempted to believe iu the doctrines
of Pythagoras. There is even a no
bility about the killing of the lower
animal which we do not find in the
crtiel-h.-arted act of reason. The
lion sLughters bis prey s mao tbe
food he cats; but the lower animal
seldom kills bis fellow unless from
jealousy or starvation, and the record
of noble deeds performed by horses,
dogs and elephants, stand out in
startling cortast to the groveling
selfishness and currish instinct of the
modern murdersrs.
Wj have ia Chicago a class of
t itien3 wearing the outward seem
ing of men, but whose countenances
resemble ia ferocitr the worst species
of hvena, and whose hearts
are u
as tbe
i dead to human sympathy
breast of Nero; fur more dead than
the poor dor who slinks from their
! fiendish 11: k, or reads in their low
ering eye a type of animal lower in
the scale of creation thaa himself.
There a:e young men who have bro
ken m tliers' hearts, whitened a
father'a hair, turned a sister's love
to Late. Their youth has been
cradled in curses; they have train
ed a naturally sullen temper to such
a degree of ferocity that the very
light grows black beneath their
scrawl. They are the worthless
vagabonds who swigger upon tbe
night side of life, filling bar-rooms
with obscenity and oaths, seducing
purity and innoerncc, and doiDg
more harm through their festering
villainous presence thaa the darkest
savage that ever lived. It is not
perhaps surprising that these igno
rant animals should look upon life as
a bagatelle, when we have compara
tively well cultivated men in other
section) of the country preaching up
ibe taking of li? a a proof of brave
ry and virtu-?.
Scarcely a day now passes ia Chi
cago without a murder. Deadly
weapons are carried with perfect im
punity, and the law seems to be ut
terly apathetic or powerless to re
strain the reign of terror. If the
carry ing of concealed weapons is an
offense against the law, why can it
not be punished with the severest
penalties? It may be safely aaserted
that nine young men out of tea, sot
to speak of boys, belonging to our
worthless classes carry concealed
weapons. Little rascals scarcely out
of their short clothes, may be seen
any day in the week upoa our streets
caressing revolvers and knives, and
imitating the jargon of their elder
brothers. Is there no war to stoD
ItLis carnival of evil? To what end do
we pay for police, for detertives,
for court3 of justice? We are build
ing up a fair city, but beneath its
slum) the rats still burrow; we are
laying up wealth and treasure while
our streets re-echo with the shouts,
of blasphemy, and our alleys are
rwking with blood and reveling ia
ia the shrieks uf death. Chicago
Inter-IMran,
The Very Olde.t.
The mission of Santa Cruz was
! estahl fehed by monks of tbe order of
St rraocis. The first record which
tbey preserved of a baptism was tbat
of an Indian girl named Miceala, oa
October 9, 1731. Oa the 4ih of
March following was baptized
Justiniano lloxas, by Ir. I.idro
Sa!azar, O . S . F. Rexas was theu
forty years of age, and perhaps even
somewhat over forty, so that he was
at least 1 2- years old when be died.
The record of his baptism is nil! pre
served in the register of the Catholic
church, so that there can be no
doubt concerning the truth of his ex
tremeage. Little is known of his career, as he
has outlived those who were chil
dren w bto he was already very ad
vanced in years. It is probable that,
he belonged to the Aptos tribe of In
dian, l or some time he bad beta
quite feeble, and his death was ex
pected to take place any moment.
Three days ago the Rev. Father Ad
an administered the last sacraments.
At the hour of his death Roxas was
attended by the Indian who has been
Lis guardian for some time past. He
remained consciou3 until within a
few moments of Lis death, whea he
became insensible and quietly passed
iato the world beyond. We believe
. d j not exaggerate ia laying that
I.vth a the oldest inhabitant of
j-, .arth.
1
wen ia weefrieky.
While a newsboy was hanging
ar-jund ce of the depots yesterday.
s gentleman engaged Lim ia coaver-
.a,;i-D, and inquired;
"Do yoa go to school, bub?"
"Yes, sir, and I'm ia geography,"
was the answer.
"Ah. La! Where does the sua
rise ?"'
"In tie east."
"Correct. Where d es it at ?'
"In the west."
"That's right. What ia the earth's
surface composed cf ?"
"Land and water, sir."
" Right ayai'o. I tbe world roua J
or flat ?"
'Let's see," mused tbe boy, sitting
down on tbe bench. "Well. I know
dad and mam had a fight about that
very thing, but I forgot which licked !"
arw fwt Bauleeaak BICw.
A physician in Oregon writes:
Takc the'yolk of a good egg, put it
ia a teacup, and atir ia much salt
as will spread a placer, and apply to
the wound Do this whea butea,
and I will insure your life for aix
pence. I have tried this reujedy u
a namber of case?, and never tin
ittofalL