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VOL. 48.
The  Huntingdon Journal.
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1873.
NO. 37
J. U. DUIIBORRO.W,
nUOLISHSRS ANU
J. A. NASll,
I'ltlKTOKS.
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V. W. JOHNSTON, Surveyor and
Civil Kniineer, Huntingdon, Pn. OpriCF.: No. li:i Third Street.       aug21,lS72.
BF. OEHRETT, M. D., ECLEC- • TIC PHYCICIAX AXD SUROEOX, hav¬ iug returned from Clearfield county and perma¬ nently located in Shirleysburg, offers his profes¬ sional services to the people of that place and sur- „-oanding country. apr.3-1872.
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R. H. W. BUCHANAN,
DENTIST,
Vo. 22S Hill Street,
HUNTINGDON, PA. July .¦!,'72.
DC ALD WELL, Attorney-at-Law, • No. Ul, :td street. Office formerly occupied by Messrs. Woods k Williamson. [apl2,'71.
R. A. B. BRUMBAUGH, offers hia
professional services to the community, OiBce, No. 52;l Washiugton street, one door cast the Catholic Parsonage. [jiin.4,'71.
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EJ. GRffi5NE, Dentist.    Offico  re- •    moved to Leister's new building, HiUstreet I"..-itingdon. [jan.-J,'''-
f^     L. ROBB, Dentist, office in  S. T.
VX»    Brown's new building. No. 520,  //ill St., Hnntingdon, Pa. [!.pl2,71.
HC.   MADDEN,   Attorney-at-Law •    Office,  No. —, Hill street, Uuntingdon, Pa. [ap.l9,'71.
J    FRANKLIN SCHOCK, Attomcy- • at-L:iw, Huntingdon, Pa.   Prompt attention given to all legal business. Office 229  Uill  street, of Court House Square. [dao.4,'72
J    SYLVANUS BLMR, Attoruey-at- •    Law, Huntingdon, Pa.    Office, Hill  street, hroe doors west of Smith. (jan.4'71.
(J^HALMERS   JACKSON,  Attor-
•    ney at Law.    OIBoo with Wm. Dorris, Esq., No. 103, liill street, Huntingdon, Pa.
All legal busiaess promptly attended to.   [janlB
J.
R.   DURBORROW,   Attorucy-at-
, Huntingdon, Pa., will practico in the joreral Courts of Uuntingdon CDunty. Particular attention .:;iven to the settlement of estates of decC' deuts.
O'JJeo in he Jouunal Building.        [feb.l,'71.
JW. M.VrTERN, Attoruey-.it-Law • and Oencral Claim Agent, IIuHtiugdon, Pa., S.jMiers' claims against the Government for back p.iy, bounty, widows' and iurafid pen8i..iis attend- I;J to witb great oare aud promptnebs.
OiBce on Hill street. [jan.4:,'71.
y       S.   GEISSINGER,   -¦\.ttorney-at-
J-i« Law, Huntingdon, Pa.    Offlce with Brown ^ Bailey. [Feb.5-ly
%.  ALLIiV   LuVELL.
J. Hall Musssn.
LOVELL U MUSSER, Atlornei/s-at'Laio,
Huntingdon, Pa.
Speeial attention given to COLLECTIONS of all
kinds;   to the settlement of ESTATES, 4c.;  and
all other legal businots prosecuted with fidelity and
dispaUh.  " [uovC,'72
R.
A.   ORBISON,   Attorney-at-Lav^
Odice, .121 Hill street, llnnUngdon, Pa. [may.'il.'71.
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s. T. SHOWN. J. 11. bailey
iiJOTT, BROWN  &   BAILEY,   At-
tornuya-at-Liiw, Huntingdon, Pa,    Pensions, til oUiuis uf dioIdLers aud »oldierd' heirs agaiuHt (Uturument will be promptly prosecuted. Sco on inn street.       " [jan.1,71.
W^ILLIAM A. FLEMING, Attorney- at-Law, lIuutiDgdun,Pa. Special attention ^ivcii tj caUccliocd, :u:d nil other l;gal businc;^^ attoiulej to with care and promptness. Office, No. 22'J, llill street. * [aplU,'"!.
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WASHINGTON IIOTEL, S. S. Bowi.o.'«, Prop'r. Corner of Pitt k Juliana SU.,Bedford, Pa.   uiayl.
Miscellaneous.
OYES! O YES! 0 YES! The subscriber holds himself in readiness lo c.-y Sales and Auctions at the shortcai notice, llariuj; uansiderable experience in the busines,' h'! feels assured that he can give satisfaction. Terms roa.sonable. Address 0. J. HENRY, M.ircbSfimos. Sa.Kton, Bedford county. Pa.
HROBLEY, Merchant Tailor, in • Leister's Building (second aoor,) Hunting¬ don, Pa., respectfully solicits a share id' pnblic patronage from lown and co'jntry. [uctl6,72.
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¦VrOTICE.
-i-^ [Estate of BEXJAMIX BEERS, deceased.] To Rebecca A. I'leck, Liberty P. 0., Jasper Co., .Mo., take notice, that at an Orphans' Court held at Uuntingdon, in and for the county of Uunting¬ don, on tho second Jlonday and llth day of Aug¬ ust, A. D., 1873, before the Honorable John Dean, Esq., President, and David Clarkson and Anthony J. Beaver, Esquires, his Associates. On motion of J. K. Simpson, the Conrt awarded a Rnle onthe heirs and legal representalivcs of Benjamin Beers, lute of Cromwell township, deceased, to appear in Court, on the second Monday of November next, (ISTil.) then and there to accept or refase the real (State of said deceased at the valuation thereof, or show cause why tho same should not be sold. And ordered Ihat to all persons interested, notice be given personally or by writing left at their place of abode residing within the county, and to all residing ont of the county, by publislling in one ormore papers directed to their nearest Post Office address, at least ten days prior to the said second Monday of November next.
Certified from the   Record   under   seal  of said Court this 2Sth day of August, A. D., 1S7.1.
AMON UOUCK, Sheriff. Sept.lO-lt.
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IVTOTICE.
-i-^ [Estate ttfllUUH L. KIXG, decsased.]
To George .M. King, P. 0. Box 274, Parker's Landing, Armstrong countv, Pa.; Frances Wilier, Sim's Creek, Muskingum'countv, Ohio ; James Herman. Table Grove, rulton county, Illinois; Isabella Herman, Table drove, Fulton county, Illinois ; James Herman, Table Grove, Fulton countj', Illinois ; Hannah Crogle, Brooklyn, Schuyler county, Illinois ; Mary St. Clair, Dres¬ den, Muskingum county, Ohio; Mary Shorts, AdamsviHc, Muskingum county, Ohio; George King, Guardian of Homer King, Dresden, Mus¬ kingum county, Ohio ; tako notice, that at an Or¬ phans'Conrt held at Huntingdon, in and for the oounlv of Huntingdon, on Iho second Moadavand llth dav of August, A. D., ISr.'i, befure tho Hon¬ orable John Dean, Esq., Prcsidlnt, and David Clarkson and Anthony J. Beaver, Esquires, his Associates. On motion of WoojB k Williamson, the Court awarded a Rule on the heirs and legal representatives of Hugh L. King, late of Shirley township, deceased, to appear in Court, ou the seoond Monday of November next, (IS73,) then and there to accept or refuso tho real estateof said deceased at the valuation thereof, or show cause why the same should not be sold. And ordered that to all persons intere»tcd, notice be givon per¬ sonally or by writing loft at their placo of abode residing within the county, hy publication in tbe Huntingdon Jouk.val, and copies diroeted to their nearncst Post Olhce addr-iss, at least ten days prior to the second Monday of November ne."cl.
Certified from the Record under seal of said Court tbis 2.Slh dav of August A. D., ].'573.
AMON IIOUCK, Sheriff. Sept.M-4t.
IV'OTICE. " "
-i-^ [Estate of ROBERT LYTLE, deceased.] To John Lytle, Agency City, Iowa ; Charles S. Lytle, Sacremento City, California; William S. Lytic, Licking couniv, Ohio: William P. Lytic, Kobert F. Lylle snd Martha R. Lytle, residence unknown; Mrs. SarA Stitt, wifo of Alexander Stitt, Alexandria; Robert Lytle, Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania; S. D. Rungan, same place, who was appointed guardian of M.artha R. Lytle, take notice, that at an Orphans' Court held at Hunting¬ don, in and for tho county of Huntingdon, on the second Monday and llth day ot August, A. D., 1873,before tho Honorable John Dean, Esq., Pres¬ ident, nnd David Clarkson acd Anthony J. Bea¬ ver, Esquires, his Associates. On motion of J. S. Blair, Esq., Ihe Court awarded a Rule on Ihe heirs nud legal rcprescnlativcs of Robert Lytic, late of Hollidaysburg borough, deceased, to ap¬ pear in Court, on the second Monday of November next, (1S73,) then nnd there to accept or refuse the real estate of said deceased at the valuation there¬ of, or show cause why the same should not be sold. .\nd ordered that to all persons interested, notice be given personally or by writing left at their place of abode residing within the county, and to all residing out of the county, by publica¬ tion in one or more newspapers and send copy di¬ rected to tbcir nearest Post Office address, .it least ten days prior to the said second Jlonday of No¬ vember next.
Certified from the Record under seal of said Court this 2Sth day of August, A. D., 1S7.3.
AMON  IIOUCK, Sheriff. Sept.l0-4t.
"VrOTICE IN PARTITIOnIu^ the Es~-
-i-^ tate of Dixon'Hall, Notice to Mary Harnes, intermarried with .lames Harnes, of Petroleum Centre, Penna.; Catharine Lewis, intermarried with Albert Lewis, of Parker's Landing, Penna. ; Richard Uall, of Lagrange Furnace, Stewart Co., Tennessee; Wm. Uenry Gilbert, of Pleasant Hill, Missouri; Mary Ann Gilbert, Married to Joseph Reed, Plensant Hill, Missouri; David Gilbert, Richard Gilbert, Thomas Gilbert, Pleasant Uill, .Missouri. Tako Notice, <hat an Inquest willbe held nt tho dwelling bousQ of Dixon Hall, deceas¬ ed, at Mill Creek, in the county of Huntingdon, on the 4th day of October, A. D., 1873, at 0:45 o'elock in the forenoon of that day, for the pur¬ pose of making partition of the real estate of said deceased to and among his children and legal rep¬ resentatives, if the snme cau be done n Ithout jire- judice to or spoiling of the whole, otherwise to value and appraise thesame according to law—nt which timo nnd place you may attend if yon think proper.
[Kur llK- Jon,XAi..l
The Sunny Long Ago.
BV   THE   BARn   OF   THE   MOrXTAi:.'.
I am tliiukiug oftlie hotirs
When, with eager stops and gay. I ever walked amongst llie flower?
Thdt overhung iny happy wa}', l-'re rtmgli time, vvitii lutliless fiuger,
Laid the golden momcnt3 low, That around my path did linger
In the sunny long ago.
licaining hope on pearly pinions.
Swept benignly o'er my sky, While fair fancy's wide dominion.^,
Opened to my wistful eye. Tlion a joy unchillod by sorrow.
With a fervent, steady glow. Ever cheered each coming morrow,
Of the sunny long ago
Tlien unawed by life's reverses,
.M^- young life was pleasure's lield. Slowly now the gleam disperses
To the clouds of care it yields. Then through vales so verdant roaniin
Unrestrained by pain or woe, Life's warm tide was wildly foaming
Iu tlic sunny long ago.
Now tlie shadows dimly lengthen.
And the wane of life declare. Time's strong fetters daily strengthen
As the eve iu view appear.-:. So the rugged steep descending,
With a careful step and slow, Yet I hnve a dream unending.
Of the sunny long ago.
Ihie Mmxj-W4tn\
ept.a,lS7y-.It.
AMON HOUCK, Sheriir.
pjUNTlNGDON
BOROUGH
WATER LOAN.
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Bonds will Le igsued in   deiiominatiuDs of
SlOO. $200, S300,S400, $500, SGOt), 8700,
£800, $900. SlOOO and 85000.
' fi-eo froiu   County  and  Muiiic;i)jal
Subseripiions will be reo* IvcJ at Ihc offico of D. Culdwell, Esq., No. Ill, Third atreet.
J.   H. BORING, Chief Burije??. A»S"*^*20,lS7;J-Gino>'.
TEACHERS'  EXAMINATIONS. The iinnuul  examinationR  «f Tuaehcra for the piesfut school year will bo htdj as follows : Jackson, WeUiiesdHj", Kepteuibcr 17, M'AlL'vey'i< Fort. Oueida, Thursday, Seiitember 18, Duuatiori S. II. IJenden^n, Fridiiy, Stjptember 19, Union S. JI. Mount I'Dion, Monday, September 'il. Mount I'liion. Mttpk'toii, Tuesd:ty, Septumlwr 23, Muiiloton. Brady, Wednesday, September 24, Mill Creek. Union, ThurHday, September 26, IMnp Grove S. H. Ctt»>s and (.'juisville, »idBy, September 2d, ('a.-4!ivillo. Ti>d, Saturday, September 27, Nowhcrg. Walker, TuwMbiy.Septemlier 30, McConnellstown JuniiitH, Wednesday, October 1, llell Ci*owu S. II. Fenn, TburHday, (Iclober 2, Markli'«burg. Hopewell, Friday, Oetolier 3. CotTce Ruu. Carbon, Coalmont and Urond Top City, JSatardav, October
4, Dudley. Three Springs and Clay, Monday, October C, Three .Spring:*. Sprhigfield, Tneatbiy, OctolN?r 7, Maddensville. Orbisonia and Cromwell, Wednesday October 8, Orbi*)niH. Shirley and Sbirleyuburg, Thursday, October !t, Sbirb^yfl-
burjf. Sbado Gup and Dublin, Saturday, October 11, Shade Gup. Tell, Monday, October 13, Uolingertown.
Examluationa will commenco at 9 o'clcck, a. m.
Teachers will nut be admitted into the c\aaa uuIcih prH»- cut at tbe opening of the examination.
No certificate can be fcranted to an applicant found en¬ tirely deficient in any of tbo branches named on tbe pro- vibionol certifirate. The examination on Tlu-ory ofTeach- ingand U.S. History will be more riijid thaujlust ycitr. Examination on Theory will be chiefly on School Economy. Teiichei-H will be oxamlneil whero they aro applicants for ichoolc. All penioni expeeting to teach muRt he examin¬ ed at tbu public examination?. I will ;rrant no permit?, and will examine no ouo privately unless he brings a written request Hfgned by at Ioa«t three membera of a boardof Directors giving satisfacton.'reasons for his non- attendance at the pnblic examinationn. Directors sbould be present and select their t'•aehers on the day ofe.xam- iuatiou.
R. M. McNEAL,
Aug.27,1873-3t. Connty Snpcriuteudent.
A FRONTIER EPISODE.
p.y   W.   r.   CIIAMBEUS.
"Jo JOU think you w-ill bo back to¬ night?"
"Yes, if nothing happens. I tnow the road is uiudJy, and my te.iui is lieavily loaded. I may miio doSu. or be othcrwiEC delayed, but 1 think you Tiilisee me before bed-time."
"I wish the trip was over."
"So do I; but are you not afraid to stii'y here ?"
"No, uot afraid,"—but the little woman sighed as the spoke, and set about prepar¬ ing for her husband's departure. Jlan- like, he failed to observe the anxious look in his wife's eje.^, that he would havo de¬ tected so readily in the eyes of his bride. Jsor when he gave the parting: kiss did he observe the unshed tear.< trembling on her lashes, or the rjuivcr around her mouth. With cheery words upon his lips ho seized his whip, and ii'.^'W^ the word to his (earn, the heavily-laden wagon rolled away.
AVilliam Armstrong, his wife and babe, were among the Crst white settlers west of the Touibigbee. They hailed from Geor¬ gia, and placing the Creek nation between them and their kindred, went to work with a will reclaiming the unknown forest. With the ever-friendly Choctaws they wero at peace, and anticipated no trouble from their hiore warlike neighbors oast of the river.
For four years they lived uiimolesfed, and, altogether, a kind Providence had blessed their labors. No sickness hai i^is- ited them—their farm and their sleek stock yielded an amplo support, and in the not distant future William Armstrong bade fair to become a wealthy man. There was one drawback, however; it was two miles to the nearest white neighbor, and their little boy, Charley—a sturdy chap of five summers—had hardly over seen a white boy of his own age.
At that time cotton was just becoming au article of commerce. With an enter¬ prise beyond his wisdom our settler planted his little farm in tho fleecy staple. The yield was abundant and the prices high, but there was no available facilities for ginning and baling, and so he was com¬ pelled to haul and ship his crop in tho seed. It was twelve miles to the river— at a landing on whicii a village had sprung up, which was the "market"—for an ex teut of couutry that would now support a cityof no mean pretensions.
This was his last load of cotton, and he expected to bring back his annual supply of groceries, Our pioneer, however, brought but little. Wheaten bread once a week, and coffee with sugar in it once a day, was an extravagance in culinary matters few could aspire to, and no woman was expect¬ ed to have two calico gowns at onco.
When her husband was gone, Mary Armstrong did up her ordinary house¬ work, and then proceeded to the spring, which was at the foot ofthe hill some two hundred yards from the house, to do her weekly washing. Charley—their only child-—weiit with her and plr.ycd near her till the washing was nearly completed. Saying he was hungry, he set off towards the house. His mother, intent upon her work, hardly noticed his absence, nor could the even remember how long since he had gone away, when her task was ended, and with a pail of newly-washed clothes poised upon l>er head, she started homeward.
As slie ascended the hill, which hid the house from her view while at tho spring, a sight met her eyes that froze her to the ground with horror. Their house was on fire!
The roaring flames leaped upward, and darted forth their lurid, withering tongues in fantastic gambols, as they were swept by the winds.
"Great God ! Oh, my child!" gasped tho bloodless lips, as the half-crazed woman rushed toward the burning pile. Tuo late ! wretched mother. Too late ! The roof has fallen in, and the walls and doorways are in u solid flame ! Thy child is now but a charred and shapeless mass—a blackened cinder with no semblance of a human form.
An unseen arm seemed to hold back the frantic mother. Essay often as she would to rush forward, an putsido power seemed to restrain hor, to hurl her back fainting and breathless.
"Charley! Oharlct/.' Charhi/!" The words rang out above the din of the Uaujcs, but they seemed uiore like the wierd shrlekn of a lost spirit than the cry of » hnman being. At Inst the walls fell in, and a shower of sparks shot upward toward Ihe sky. "Charley." rang out onco more like a wail of despair, and the wretched mother fyll down in a deadly swoon. When she awoke to consciousness again the flames were burning low, and she looked e.igerly to see thebody of her child. Tears came to her relief at last, and sit¬ ting doivn she cried long and bitterly. In her agony she essayed to lift her thoughts to (Iod, but the soul at such times cannot at once draw near to Him who wields tho rod, that tho stroke may be less severely fell. Do not blame her. gentle reader, as you sit safely intrenched behind your sys¬ tem of reason and philosophy for giving way so entirely to passion and to terror. Have the rules you have so carcfuliy de¬ vised for your guidance in all emergencies
ever been subjected to a tc.=t like this ? lie is cool indeed, who unflinchingly and unappalled, can look fucli a c;ita.strophe steadily in the face
All tho long afternoon—longer than a hundrod years it seemed to her—the wretched creature walked around^ the smouldering ruins, wringing hor hands in mute and hoptdess agony. She could see ni thing that resembled her boy, and sho almost hoped he had escaped. All around tho farm she ran. back to the spring, and over hills, crying, "Charley," but only the mocking winds in the tall pine-trees an¬ swered, or, they drowned her voice in their pitilpss sweeps across the wintry woods.
IJack to the ruins sho ran and resumed fhat hopeless, agonizing walk around the afhes of her boy. The sun wont dowo, tho moon and stars took thoir stations in their grand uiarch, and the winds were hushed as night fell around her. The woods were silent save the distant bowlings ofa pack of v.-olves, and the nearer hoot- ings of an owl.
Header, have you ever stood and waited for time tj end 'I If so, you can conceive how .'ilowly pas.sed the ages —for- to they seeuied to her—'ere her husbacd returned. She heard the cracking of the whip and his cheery voice down tho road. Swifter than the wiud she flew to meet him, and fell wordless and senseless at his feet.
"Good Heavens, Mary I What is it ''." But there was no answer, liaising the unconscious form in his arms the alarmed husband rushed homeward, leaving liis team to plod along as they would. Whou ho reached the crest of the hill, anisaw— not his homo, but a vacanri/—saw the black ruins still sending up u tiny smoke, ho sank down with a groan helpless almost as the burden he bore. As he had climbed the hill with his fainting wife, his fatherly instinct had pointed to his son. Ue ex¬ pected to find him a pallid corpae ; perhaps arrayed for burial, but beautiful—so beau¬ tiful in death. But this—homeless and childlofs—was more than the strong man could bear.
liiiliying. he lil'tcd up his wife, and car¬ ried lier to the spot. Ho chafed her form till ho brought her to lito again, and Ihen she told him the sad and fearful story.
Together they raked over all the embers of the burned dwelling—together they went ovor tho firm and tho woods, and together ihey shouted tho name of their son. till tears blinded them, and the great sobs rose up and choked them. "Charley! Charley ! Charley !" the woods rang with the e y. the owl hooted in response, and the distant pack of wolves stopped their dismal orgies to listen, but no Charley was there to come.
Morning found iho wretched paients turning over agiin aud again, tho aslies and di.':id coals of their hou.-o. The patient oxen stood yoked at tha gate, still hitched to the wagon they had drawn all ttic pre¬ vious day. In his grief the settler hail but one thought, and that thought was '¦('lutr. If!/." Unyoking his team while his wife was preparing a liltle food, thoy ate a fow niouthfuls and set about a more systematic .?caieh. About two miles away lived a Choctaw hunter rejoicing in the appellation of'Big-Bear-Skin," beneath whose uncouth exterior and swarthy skin there boat a heart softened by tho "milk of human kindness."
To his cabin repaired Jlr. Armstrong and told his story. The Indian listened in silence; not a muscle moved in his face, not a quiver around his glittering eye as he heard tho recital. When it was finish¬ ed ho only said, "Big-Bear-Skiii go and see !'•   and away he went.
Further on was another cni'aui|jmonf— (juite a viiligo in faet—where lived tho chiefof the band. Thither repaired tlic unhappy father, and as he and the chief were great friends, the latter collected his braves and set out to the burned dv;elling. Arriving there they found Big-Ecar-.Skin intently studying tho ground,
"What is it!'" demanded the setllur. "Tracks   heap.     Moccasin   tracks   all round.    Creek Indians—no Choctaw moc¬ casins here."
At the name of the dreaded Creeks u tremor crept throush the fr;imo of the set¬ tler and his wife, but still thero sprang up a little hojio—'their child might be yot alive and bo ultimately restored to their arms, A hurried consultation was held, and the chief and his braves set off rapidly on the trail of the Creek depredators. BigBear-Skin alono remained behind. Mr. Armstrong proposed going with Ihcm, but the chief sternly forbade hiin, saying, "White man stay with scjuaw. Choctaw fiud Creek nigger—kill nm hc:ip—-bring pnlc face papoose home—glad ho;ip."
When they had departed Big-Boar-Skin sought the spring, followed by the unhappy father and mother, When near the spring Ihe Indian gave a sudden gruiit-
"Whatisit?" came from the parents, ibr a long intercourse with tho red men had taught them to attach a significance to sounds' utterly moaiiinglcs in civilized •society.
"Papoose go this way," and he struck oft" at right angles through the thicket. Presently the Indian stopped, and when they came up he said,
"Let whito squaw go back and stay— white man go with Big-i5car-Skin."
"Please let me go too I" pleaded the wife as sho caught h-n- husband's arm, and looked appealingly in the Indian's face.
"White squaw must slay !" repeated the Indian, and thero was just a shade of scorn mingled with impatience in his tone.
"It is besl, ho says, dear Mary," said her husband. "Go back, plea.se,, till w-i rcturu and pray that we may succeed." And the wretched husband caught hi,? more wretched wife to his bosom in a pas- sionito cuibraee.
Back, therefore, .she went to pass an¬ other Ious and weary day. Slowly the suu mounted np to the meridian—then the clouds came up, and just as the seeming cndlf.JS afternoon was giving away to night, the rain began to fall,- Into an outhou.se crawled the watcher at the burn¬ ed home, and listened—for what? Was it any wonder if she often fancied she heard the fo'itfalls of litilo feet mingling witli the dreai'y rain, and if more than once sho oallod (int the name of her boy '' How strancely sounded her voice, and how mockingly dripped and pattered the riin. AVhen ages had passed as it seemed to her, she heard a distant f-linut. Nearer and nearer it came till at last she could distinguish her husband's voice. Unable to bear the suspense any longer, she rush¬ ed blindly out into the dark nes.'.
"Have you found him?" she almost shrieked, as slie could just dimly discern the outlines nf two moving objects,
••MotliKv!" cried a ringing, childish voice.
With a cry of joy too great to be ex¬ pressed in conventional words, the mother clasped her child lo her bosom.
Then came the reaction, and she again fell down unconscious. This, however, was of short duration,   and in a  few  mo¬
ments she and her child were safe in the outhouse.
Sparing the reader her profuse and heartfelt thanks and the Indian's stoical reception of the .same, wo will briefly lo- late the incidents of the pursuit as detailed by Mr. Armstrong to his wife the next day.
"After you turned back, I could hardly keep up wilh the Indian. He seemed to follow the trail by intuition, for I am cer¬ tain he did not sec any tracks for a hun¬ dred yards at a time. I hardly saw one Oncovin a quarter of a mile. Charley must have became entirely lost in the swamp, so the Indian said. It waa late in the after¬ noon when we found where he had slept. As wc stood looking at tho place, another grunt from the Indian brought me to his side. He silently pointed to the ground, and there I saw the foot-prints of an enor¬ mous bear. My heart sank within me. Aftor all his wanderings, our boy had died iu tho jaws of this monster. I think I groaned aloud, but the Indian, v.ho had been inspecting the ground, suddenly cried out, ' Bear no kill!' and away he \/ent again, and I'aster than ever.
"Three times we crossed tho creek, and went through cancbrakes suoh as I havo never seen beibre, 1 could hardly keepin sight of my guide, and yet I felt sure that he was on the right trail. If I ever pray¬ ed it was thon, thnt God would" load that Indian to my child. It was getting dusk, we had left the cane, when Big-Bear-Skin suddenly stopped. I saw him raise his rifle and fire. A terrible roar followed, and as I looked to ascertain the eause, I saw Charley leap from a pile of leaves al¬ most at the Indian's feet, and dart away like a startled fawn ! In vain I called his namo; he was utterly wild. Before I could think, the Indian h id gmo in pur¬ suit. I I'ollowed asrapidlyasi could, and when I came up the little follow was sul¬ lenly fighting with all his might in the grasp of his ciptor-
"As soon as he had became somewhat calm, and I had taken him, the Indian of¬ fered him sonie dried venison, which he ate voraciously. We returned to where the bear had been shot, and found that it was at the time standing guard over the sleeping boy, intending doubtless to make a meal of him as soon as he should awako. Charley said tho bear had him when he awoke, but he went to sleep again beibre he stopped. It wa,Tevident that lie had beon covered with leaves, and was asleep till the noise of the gun aroused hiui. It was now dark, and wo were ten miles from here, so the Indian said, but wc came as rapidly as we could."
It is needless to add that Ihe Creeks es¬ caped with their booty, after robbing and firing tlie housj; nur need we .-tuto spo- ciScaliy, tliat a new rifle, and whatever trinkets he wished besides, graced tho lodge of Big-Bear-Skin after this. He remained a truo friend to tho whites, and I have heard hini tell the,children of Charley Armstrong the story of their father's ad¬ venture. Our lost boy is an old man now, and his grandchildren play around his knees. One of his sons ploughs over the spot where ho was covered up by the bear, and the old man sometimes rides down there and takes a look at the place.
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Th3 Game Laws of Pennsylvania.
It may bo of interest lo , the general public, as well as to the sporting world, to know the exact eharaeler of tho general g,nDe lav insscd by tho last. Legislature. The fiivt section prohibito the killing of wild elk or doar-in the State save between the first day of September aud the first day of January, with variou.s other provi¬ sions relative to doer,
Thirty-sayen other sections provide that no person shall kill, or offer for sale, a hare or rabbit between the first day of February and the first day of October, under a penalty of 85 for each one killed, aud rabbits shall not be hunted with fer¬ rets under a penalty of §10 for each ono so killed.
No person shall kill, pr e.xposo for sale any gray, black or fox squirrel, between the first day of January and tho first day of July under a penalty of 85 for each of¬ fen co.
No person shall kill or expose for sale any wild turkey between the first of Jan¬ uary and the first of October under psnaltv of 825.
No person shall kill or exposo fur sale any wild duck or goose killed with a swiv¬ el or punt gun, or with any net, instru¬ ment or device otlier than the ordinary shot gun, under penalty of 550.
No person shall kill or expose lor sale any upland or grass plover between the first of January and tho first of August, undor penalty of 810; er Wilson or gray snipe between the twentieth of April and the 1st of SoptcmbEr, under a like penalty.
No woodcock shall be killed or sold be¬ tween the first of January and the first of August, under penalty of 810.
No quail or Virginia partridge shall be killed or sold between the Crst of January and the first of November, uuder penalty of 810 for each killed or had in possession.
No ruffed grouse, commonly called phoasaut, or pinnated grouse, commonly called prairie chickens, .shall be killed or had in possession between the first day of January and Ihe first day of September,' under penalty of 810 for each 7)flenso.
Bail or reed birds shall not be killed ov had in posse.ssion except in the months of September, October and November, under penalty of 85 for eaeh bird.
No person shall, at any timo, within this State, kill, trap or expose for sale, or have unlawfully in his or hor possession, after the name is killed, any nighthawk, whippoorwill, sparrow, thrush, lark, finch, chimney swallow, woodpecker, flicker, robin, oriole, red or e.irdinal bird, cedar bird, tanager, cat bird, blue bird, or any other insectivorous bird, under a penalty of 85 for each trapped, exposed for salo or ll id in po.sses.sion. This section shall not apply lo any person who shall kill a bird for seieutific investigation or to have stutf- ed.
No person shall rob or destroy Ihe eggs or nests of any wiid bird, save only those of such predatory birds as are destructive of game and insectiveroiis birds, under penalty of 810 for each offense.
No person shall kill, catch, or discharge any tire-arms at any wild pigeon whilAon its nesting ground, or break up or in any manner disturb such nesting ground wr the birds therein or disoliarge any fire-arms within ono-fourth ofa mile of such nesting placo, at any wild pigeon or pigeons, or shoot at, maim or kill them within thoir ronstin.gs, nnder a pon.iliy of $25,
No persoa shall trap, snare or nst a wild turkey, pheasant, quail, woodcock, rail or reed bird under a penalty of 810, except when they are caught for preservation over winter.
Any persou shooting or hunting on Sunday shall be fined from 810 to S25.
No person or corporation shall throw or deposit or permit to be thrown or deposi¬ ted, any culm or coal dirt into or npon any oftho rivers, lakes, ponds or streams of this State, under penalty of 850 for each offense, in addition to damages to individ¬ ual owners or lessees of such \^aters.
No person shdl catch speckled trout, save ouly wilh hook and line, except for breeding purposes, or place any set-lines in waters inhabited by them, under pen¬ alty of 825 ibr each offense.
No person shall kill or expose to sale any salmon or speckled trout, savo only during Iho months of April, -May, June and July, and the first fifteen days of Au¬ gust, under penalty of SIO for each sal-^ mon or trout. This provision is not to prevent any per.son from catching trout with nets in water owned by himself to stock other waters.
Lake trout or salmon shall not be takea in October, November, December, January and Fobruary, under th-j penalty of 310.
Any person trcspa.'^sing on advertised grounds for the purposj of taking fi.sh from any private pond, stream orspring, shall bo liable to the owner, lessee or oc¬ cupant ill a penalty of 8100, iu addition lo being guilty of trespass.
Any pgrson placing a set-net across any of the canals, rivulets or creeks, in this State shall be liable to a penalty of 825 for each offense.
No person shall place in any fresh water streams, lake or pond, any lime or other deleterious substance, or any medicated bait with intent to injure, poison or catch fijh, nor place in any pond, lake or stream stocked with or inhabited by salmon, trout, bass, pickerel, suu fish or porch, any drug or deleterious substance with intent to kill or catch fish, under a penalty of 850, im¬ prisonment not exceeding three months, or both.
No parson shall at any tima catch or kill, with hook and lino or scroll, or ex¬ poso for sale, black ba.-s nr pickerel, and only with hook and iine, kc, Irom the first day of March to the Srst day of June, under a penalty of 825.
No fishing shall be done in any of the inland waters whore trout ov bass exist, with nets having meshes less than three inches.
No fish shall be caught by draining of waters, or by dragging nets or seines when water is drawn off, except by order of the State Fishery Commissioners, undor a pen¬ alty of 825.
Any parson may sell or have in his pos- sassion pinnated grouse, ruffed grouse and quail for a period of fifteen days after the time limited for killing them has expired, provided he can prove they wore killed befoie lhe time expired, or wore killed outside the limits of tho State at some place where it was not unlawful to kill them.
Judges, mayors, burgesses, aldermen, justices ofthe peace and other magistrates aro invested with full power to enforce the provisions of the law, und to issue wavriints for tho arrest of any person or persons tsmporarily residing in their res¬ pective jurisdiction who m.iy be believed to have vioIat<?d tho law; and to issue search w.irrants for the search of any houso, market, boat, car or other building "in which there is probable cause for believing game lo bo concealed during any of the prohibited periodi. - It is made the special duty ofall constables and police ofiicers to diligently search out and arrest all viola¬ tors of this law—said oifiecrs boing com¬ petent witnesses lo testify against persons haviiig in Iheir po.ssession game out of sca.son ; the ofiicer making information to receive one-half of tho penalty imposed, tho other half to go lo the treasury of the county or city in which tho offense was committed.
Nothing in this act shall be construed as to prevent the catching of bait-fish by means of hand nets or cast nets ior angling purposes.
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Speer's Sorrows.
Mr. i{. Milton Speer was% member of Ihe late Congress from the seventeenth Penn.sylvania district. In that character he consistently voted against the bill to in¬ crease the pay of himself and his official associates, and when the bill finally became a law, througii Iho signature of President Grant, quietly pocketed his opposition and the nioTKy. Some of Speer's friends, how¬ ever, appear to have felt that perhaps the public would not altogether approve of the ready w.ay in which hcyielded lo the power of a majority, and they therefore sought to obtain for him a political recommendation of good character.
The applicatiou v,-as mado yesterday at the Penusylvania Democratic State Con¬ veution. The design was to make Speer permanent presideut of the convention,— This design was carried out so far as to obtain from tho Committee on Permanent Organization a report, iu which the name of B. Milton Speer was proposed for the post of president. But, alas ! for Speer. No sooner had his uamo and the title of the office for which he was proposed passed the lips ofthe chairman of the committee thau ouo of tho delegates stood up and said, "L interpose, right hero, and move that the convention do not concur in Ihis portion of the report." Speer began to bo interested in the proceedings. Involuntarily his hand went in search ofhis pocket-book, as if his sensitive spirit needed some material sup¬ port in this exciting moment. But the delegate did not stop with a simple motion. He gave a reason for it. "I am creditably informed," aaid the speaker, "that he (Mr. Speer) was oue of the participants in the salary grab, which wo propose to denounce by our resolutions. I rise for the sake of consistency and honesty."
Speer looked aronnd for a uiDiuent in donbt. Was this a convention or a camp- meeting? But that pooket-book acted on his system as i>uielling salts do cn a fine lady's, and 'as the person cliicfly interested' ho rose to reply. Speer's oratory is of the lachrymal aentimenlal order, but it is easy to mako out what he means.
Speer begau by speaking of his devotion to "the interests of the parly, and through it, nf the country." In this S])irit he came to tho oouvention, and hence he ventures to say that he does not believe the "democ- raoy of Pennsylvania" will "needles^ plant a thorn in my breast and make ine sad in the houso of my friends." If they do he warns them that "is not tho way to make a party, to strike your friends." On the particular point at issue he says:
"1 point you to my record in Conpxss: ifl havo ever been influeneed by gaiu or ttie hopo of gain in oasting my voto, let il be nanicd. Wben I TOtcJ steauily against Iho bill to increasethepay of members of Congress, and then look the money which was legally mine, did 1 commit a wrong? I suppose somo victim may be needed to appease the clamor of the people, but we aheold rise abore
the spirit of demagogueism and dare act as we be¬ lieve right. The people of my district haro unari*- imously endorsed iny course, and why shoald you send mo homo witb thia stigma upon ray charac¬ ter? I seek no quarrel but I decline none. I don't want the honors of this Convention and am not accountable to it if they can so far forget what is due me as to yield t) tlie clamor of the honr and strike me down. Let them remember that every act of wrong has its hour of regret."
Speer's "aet of wrong" and "hour of re¬ gret" may have a very different application from what he intended, but in general his remarks ara pretty clear. He had taken the back-pay, to bo sure, but he had been faithful to his party, and, as legislative morals go, is an honest man. Now ho wanted his political friends to show the world that he was "all right with the party." He had not sought the chairman¬ ship, but under the circumstances the re¬ fusal to give it to him would send him home wjth a stigma upon his character.
That was the way he went home. The description is his own. He could not overcome the' claims of "consistency and honesty" with his rhetoric, and fioally was induced to nominate a person to take tho office desired by himself. Poor Speer' He was not .simply executed, but v.-as made to commit political hari-kari.
Speer made a little mistake in the man¬ agement of his "back pay,' and he is now paying the penalty. As a "dreadful exam¬ ple, ' his experience is not uninstructive.— N.  Y. Evening Post, Aug., 28th, '73-
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Who is a Gentleman ?
An exchange copies the following cov- vect and comprehensive answer to theabove question, and urges every child as well as grown persons to commit it to memory, to be recited as often as practicable.
A gentleman is not merely a person ac¬ quainted with certain forms and etiquette of life, easy and self possessed in aoci'jty, able to speak and act and move in the world wiihout awkwardness, and frea from habits which are vulgar and in had taste. A gen¬ tleman is something beyond this ; that which lies at the root of all his pleasing is tho same spirt which lies at the root of every Christian virtue. Itis the thoughtful de¬ sire of doing in every instance to others as he would that others should do unto him. He is constantly thinking, not indeed, how he may give pleasure to Others for the mere sense of pleasing but how he can show respect to others—\io-vf he may avoid hurt¬ ing their feelings. When he is in so¬ ciety, he serupulously ascertains the posi¬ tion and relations of every one with whom he comes in contact, that he may givo to each his due honor, his proper position. He studies how he may avoid touching in conversation upon any subject which may needlessly hurt their feelingF—how he may abstain from any allusions which may eall up a dis'.igreeabl'j or oflensive assoeiation. A gentleman never alludes to, never eveu appears conscious of, any person's defect, bodily deformity, inferiority of talent, of rank, of tho reputation of tho person in whose society he is placed. He never as¬ sumes any superiority to himself, never ri¬ dicules, never sneers, never boasts, never makes a diiiplay of his own power or rank, or advantages—such as is implied in ridi¬ cule, or sarcasm, or abuse—he never in¬ dulges in habits, or tricks, or inclinations which may be offensive to others.
Where  Did the  Rich Man Go?
Little .lohnny was preparing for Suntluy School, situated some distance away, when his mother sav/ one of tho neighbors ap- preaching in a vehicle. This man, by the way, was called "The llieh Man," being both wealthy, kind-hearted, and liberal to the p«ir. Jolmny ran out, and the rich man took hiui into his voliicio, as he was going right p,ast the Sunday . chool. It was a very hot day, so Johnny took off his shoes and stockings to keep himself cool. When Ihcy arrived the exercises had al¬ ready begun, and as the man was going to church about a mile beyond, and had agreed to call for Johnny on his return, he concluded not to put on his shoes and stockings again, but leave them in the ve¬ hicle. So he trippedrlightly into tlie school, and the man drove away toward church.
ilis teacher was justheariug the lesson, which, bye tho bye, Johnny was not ac¬ quainted with, which was the fate of the rich man and poor Lazarus. Soon after Johnny entered and took his seat, it came his turn to answer a question.
¦'Johnny, can you tell me where the rich man went ?"
-He went to the Baptist ineeting," re¬ plied the liltle lad, thinking only of his late companion.
"No. no, my son, the rich man went to hell," said the teacher with great iinpres- siveuess, while the olher scholars were tittering with laughter.
"Did he ?" exclaimed the lad, iu all honesty. "Then he has taken my shoes and stockings with him !" and up he jump¬ ed, and. seizing his hat he put out of the s'-hool rwni and down the road lo overtake the rich mau and recover his property.
An Alarming Evil.
One of the saddest and most alarming evils among us, is the want of parental discipline, and the lawless spirit resulting from it among the youth of our land. *
American children generally govern their parents. Whcnthoy get beyond the period of infancy they almost immediately become young gentlemen and ladies.— Boys and girls are generally to a very slight extent under the oversight of iheir parents. Not unfrequently they are sent into the streets that Ihe mother may not be troubled with them, aud such boys very quickly acquire all the accomplishments which belong to young men of that period. The girls walk the streets arrayed in the fashions of the day, read the illustrated papers, and before they enter upen wom¬ anhood, often have their minds corrupted with false views of life, and imaginations excited by images ruinous lo mind and head.
Why, with such an education :;8 our people generallv obtain, need one be sur- pri-od at the dissipation of our young men and the fast habits of some of our young women ? The evil seeds that are being sown every day iu our streets, must be ex¬ pected to take root and in dun time spring up and bear deadly fruit Has not the time como for parents to watch moro close¬ ly the impressions for timo and eternity being daily made upon Ihe minds of their children ?
A coRONEft's jury, impaneled to ascer¬ tain the cause ofthe death ofa notorious drunkard, brought in a verdict of "death by hanging—round a rum shop." Ia California, a coroner's jury, under similar circumstances, rendered a more conrteous verdict: "Acoidental death wbile unpick¬ ing a glajis."
Where is "farts unknown ?" asks a correspondent of the Danbury News. To which Bailey answers very trutbfaliy, "where they don't advertise."