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BEYOND DOUBT
The Connecticut Mutual
IB THE STRONGEST
Jnanraurc if omp'n
Acquired $y,(WWjBoJ
lialio of rxpuu-cN t.. total receiptr in I only
H.rS per cent.
IU ratio of A'saeUto Liabilities. s measured
by the N'rw Jick fit-pal Standard. f I.V,.rl per
$1(10; unit it grants nil ili'xifnblo forms of In.ur
i Umii -tncll.v eiuttultle tonne, uud nt the
at attainable rotes of pout.
8. IX WAIT. (Jen. Affeut.
Aprl-4x Office. KnJeigh. N. C
tonino Imported rforway Osti.
Samples Sent Free to tanners.
FROM ILK) to ISO busali grown to tbc mk.
Weitflm from 40 to 4S ponodi to Uie buahel.
Tbia ()tiiba bocu growaou every variety of aoil,
aad iu every Slate io the t'nio, witb tlie moat per
ftotaucetaa. Tba (train is very large plump and bandaome, bss
a remarkable tbin buak, and ripeoa earlier tbaa tba
common varieties.
Tba straw ia brlgbt, clear, stout, and not liable to
lodge. Is perfectly clear of nut ; sod grows from 4
to 5 feet high.
0 have both hs White and Black .Voi way, both
,tke aame price and eqnatly prodnctfve.
We will aeml one quart of lue abive (lata to any
ImikI paid fur..... 11. (10
Two qoarta, post paid 3.011
One pock tent by expreae or frsirbt
.3 00
Hslfbuliel, 20 pounds. (10
Use buhel. 40 pounds, 10.01
CAUTUJV. tf Wwish it diatinrtlr nndenitood
that thie ianota light oats, weighing 9H to 33 lbs.
raised in New England and aold under the name of
Norway, bnt imported bed, every bushel guaran
teed to weigh 40 lba., or the money refunded.
. Maniples of both kinda eenl free for a Scent atamp.
Also circular snd testimonials.
Addseesallordfrato N. P. B(H'EH .V CO.,
' jsn V 3 3m "arkrsbnrg. Cheater co.. Pa.
BAKBEti S HOTEL,
HIGH POINT, N. C.
OrrOSITE BillLBOAD .DEPOT.
Ten jxices from where tin Cars stop.
Heat of porters in attendance nt all trains.
Mail Stiies for Salem leave tills house daily.
Pssaengers dispatched to any point al short notice
by private conveyance.
(rateful lor the liberal patronage of the past we
hope by strict attention to the wants of our guests
to inenta continuance of th smue.
WM. 0. B.tnnKE.
Jan. - 1870- Iti l'nprivtor.
1)AINTS FOR FAUMEU3 AND
J. OTHERS The llrnfUm Minctal Paint Co.. are
now msnufsctiirjng the best. cltcajieUaiid most dn-
. ruble paiiit in use; two coats c;l put on. mixed
with mire Linseed Oil, " ill lad ten or Bllcen veiirs:
it i of a light brown or lieautiful chocolate color,
snd can lie changed to greeu, lead, stone, drub
olive or cream to suit the taste ot the consmnrr .
It la valuable tor houses, burns, fences carriage and
car makers, puils and wooden ware, agricultural
implements, canal boats, vessela snd Hliipe' Oottoms.
canva. metal and ahincle roots, fit lieing Are and
waterproof.) floor oil eiothe,(oue manufacturer hav
ing need 5. 000 bbla. the pant year.) and aa a paint
for any pnr)oae is unsurpassed for body, duiability,
elasticity and adhealveneea. Price fSperbbl. ol
300 lba., which will supply s farmer for years to
come. Warranted in all cases sa above. Pendfor
s circular which gives fulfpaitirulara. None gen
nine unlessjbranded in a trade mark, Cratton Min
eral Paint. Persons can order the paint und remit
the money on rcceptof goods. Address,
BIDWBM, ft CO..
Jan. T, 1870 -6m aMPsarl SI.. N. Y.
81.000 KEWARO.
VmUB a via fug cures ail Utiiver,
Kidney and Bladder Diseases, iirgmnc,
Weakness. Female Afflictions, Gtrerttl I)e
hility and all eomp'aints of theUrinary Or
trans, in male and female. '
, fli.fKHI will also be najf for any case of
' Blind. Bleeding or Itching riles that Ue
Bing's Pile Beinedy falls to' cure.
PeBiiijr's, MAGIC LINIMENT cures
RheiimittiHiri, I'jsftis. Bruifes and Swelled
Joints, in matyntid beast.
Sold everywhere, eud for Pamphlet .
Lpttorettory 142 Franklin st.. Balti
more, fd. n'pr22-ly
WILLIAM VALENTINE,
THE BARBER,
RETTTItVS niS THANKS to his OLD
fMUtJfPS and the public Tor the IiWral
patronage heretofore extended to him. He now
informs them that he has fitted up a new and
commodious
Shop,
in Sr. Henderson s Brick
Building'. Koom Wo- 3,
where he would be pleased to see them. He
KoarauteeSjto give Kiiti.-lactioii in every case.
fie hava in his, employ of the lest Ilaii Dresners
in Western North Carolina, ic retjoeste a call
from all.
Salitbur), If. C, Dec. 17, 18C9. 50 tf
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devoted to Farming and Stock Breeding, contain
ing regular department! fqr thepracripal Farroer
Dairyman, Stock Broe3er, 'Wool Grower, and
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umcroua fine Engravinga snd bound in hand
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one of the ablest I 'roleawors in the Lnitexl M.u.
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all questions reladng to Sick, Injured or Dieeaa
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W are now prepared to offer the AjnskicAjr
Stock Juctwal as a fret gift for 'one year, to
afl ntttSmtu Ami (or rasaswals) to Tux Ot.d
North State who shall anbacribe Immediatelv
and nay in advance. This is a rare opportaui
ty which the intelligenTpTwrjulsof Tnrr-'e4idi
will no doubt duly ai'iTeciatc. Hand in voiir
subacriptlona at once and secure the f'V , Jvur-
aai free for s year.
ai-
TUB CHBSTBM II I IM. .
-atdS-ay-aVP-, ppaa. lansn ST
E. C. IflrtE, kl. k. BliBLET. Jr., -t
' ' AT CHRTKR, 8. C.
TMMS- lavaiiil ly In .. ai 3.P0
tVrSTBODY CAW OBT Sid artlcaa
etill.etV ne. end -nr lr 'fa It t l
). fri are'tra--. terur reiereBe . lildr. aa Mugl
ee JI the. j 111.1. hi., t. ii rvl c. K.
"TTifxo, (ohimo ani si.iotb WoitiiiI.r r
"a '"M I 't l M-.r., II H MlUmurr
NUUwr, iu,e r. m a.
eataeaatHi - . . . "
IS 1 OKPUIXV INVI1 KU W Uh
' Hrsdrrsoa ountv Ieutneky Land Sals "
GRAND PRIZE SCHEME
Kt-titsjt k v, t,l . ii - . .1 'nl r. ci. i .! -I ! err m-
U ottotal 1u th rtmiv and uj v, n ul .' uf hvr Wt
rrow'ni-iii tl lie t .
511 PRIZES, $314,320!
Com pr line 'h- rlelHvt rive' bnttoai tohareo farma la the
ihv county al Ucaderaoa Uf., wUta tU (hair j.'uru.
aasss.
'til'lAT lint'C air.n ami
v .i i a x an x u luu ' '"i ' :
SMALLEST PUIZE,
AIo, about 9",0O0 DOLLARS IN (iMECNBACKS, betna
the cii'lre reut no rev of the properly par th yeart 16S
anl 1S70, t. cd w II b di.tr Butvd la k( wlniitri of th
Bnl Mtu prlx. rat' eellvaly. Knt of ike tarSM tar
1''U. u twelve doliara pi acre.
TICKETS FIVE DOLLARS.
The Drawing will poittlvely take places Ja y 4t ltiTO, at
MAtU'MO O.MI'l.k
LOUIrV l.f K Kv H..mlf..l. ( ur be cillacna, hava
riven ungualiltl c rildcalca and cudureaweule illti
niaasm vio rnterptie.
very d llr mvert d hy ticket h il era, 'a held la trust
1 V Itie e mnii..lon ra ai o li.lal hv II. e I e.ltlatnri. 10 lit
I the drawing taken J aud prhee arrdabverrd. Income
or tin- preprr y fur Uie laai tltttu j rara baa averaged
8 3 0,0 0 0 A V K A It .
In erder tekave year tleketa proper y reglsterrd, boy
al ouca f yo -r nearest alee ageet r- rail l-y En reas
(prepaid.) Draft, P. O money i rder, or re. la eted letwr.to
either of the fnll -wing fl " aefal aganta who ell tarnlah
fal deeeet I ved'cejara:
L. II. LYK. Caai 'r armrra Bsak. Htn4rraon Ky.
R 0 LEX ANDFR. (' ainiere'al Bank, I oulav llr, Kv.
J.iHN O. LATH 'M. rreaMen Ma-k, Hopklrarilh-, Kv.
.MM SI. DALLAM, Aiunarrelal Sank, Padua, h. Ky
H. O. THOMAS, Cadi. Ore. and Sep.- ter, Lxln,ion, Ky.
W. B. TVI RR, Cashier l-e.lt Pa.. Owrnab re, Ky.
Good ClutiAarbts wanted eri-ryebere
JV" anted
ell Admiral heioieea, "EK-
TtOS An nT In Ihr Hl'MPl I'll
AWOALABAMt." TMntaanoat
irrapiiic and f rti'ina deaeni Mon
nt Mia pertlou a M ei lorea of 'h'a
commaa.Lr and hTa cemradta, write' by Feinme, hlrrarP
,d ' ' f ' ! I fi . 1 1 particular. TtueaJe ii
ttda book bask en no at sspreeed h''e4. and atlil lha de
inarel a tmsuatad. .'It only hi aubciiialon, and axclu
I if ten itorlva gnu to a od u.tii'a .
Add eaa f. I. OH: LK t CO.. Publishrra.
tiws Ma'n ttirret, lieaill-, Ky.
WVNTKD
K.eryahere, Saieanon, rar
niers and of era to -II a NKVV
A in 1 01. K In vrew do" anil. Four Huiire'l H!1,.- rr ar.
1ICI.K in treaj do " an
om Araai' b a flri nasi
by nie Apwu' h a flr-l in-" Ih. Allies, il:.l AlcKATM-
HON ( ii., Nashville, T.nn.,. or W. I!. t' RATON A CO.
UlAlaaaaj ITS T ..jeil.JZg. .
r Pure Water, nae
CH,
tbia celebrated Pump,
"BUTCHl
entirely tasteless,
durable an! relia
ble : aqua! to the
FiLBtarST
good otil-faKhioned
wooden Punip, and
eoat less than halt the
money. Eaailr arranged
ao aa to be non-freoaing,
and In construction ao aimple
that any one can put It up Sara
keep it in repair.
THE BEST AH0 CHEAPEST PUMP NOW MADE.
NEW XDVBRTlSKMhNTS.
Aaenta wit 100 per tel. Prlca
rue
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: I ''Hi; : .-. lit it rd.Ct.
IS A DY !-l new a-lielea for Anu.
famplea
'aJfW tree; tl. B. SHAW, Attr,, Me.
L3-A1.K.-MKN. sn d f r Cirrular, fc flra'-c a-e boalne a
n ml -o(lv e., ., ji.,!,!. u. a". ItOtt'K, T Arab
Blre.t. I !,
ADVILIE ttlVOI OtiKAI. f( IIO IL rn 'arlan
ifi ulec'lea Mini b
e a ; lo !
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ln il I' a a jcar lo poor
t'uilenia ; b a'na AXta;
Mea l v ie I'a
A. t. HVEMOKK.
"tl'RIOt, HOW TRANfflt!--fhe Married l a'bf Pii-
vab C ouoianl u c n in- the uealrwl 10 mat n
Srnt-free for liuiit. Ad lreai Mll-i. It JIBT.NOEK, llau
ove-, I'a. ' t . .
'T'K WII L I'AV iORSTS a la.y i f X doliara per
" week r nil iw a I ruPe. nnnl-alon tn aril our new
Inr n lona.
Mieh.
Addieai la W. flttK A CO., Maraliall,
W'AWTFR, AGENT?-n.! ' ar W.iti h f'ee.i Iven (rret
.? he every Use sawn as raourAeen.
ealaeee SxHil and home able ; p ' d .lla'a tr day.
Al.-a K. Mi V or Kl NNKl-Y A CO., rillalrargh, Pa.
OOK GK'-'T- WAN rKD ' Laillea o' Ihe while
Hnoae " No oppoailJ In. 31 il en -railoaa. Bapnl
mill, for rireul r-, lclri:a L.5 ITLU lil-vu vu.,
Cincinnati and Chicago, ,
SAUVUatN Wanted in a iav'rs hna'neai. 8 KKNMC-NruT.flK-ro.atnut
a'. P ii;ade!4il. '
TkFVCItOMtNC
J- I NO
CV, FASCINATION or' TOW; "IliHH-
r a, cloih. Tht- w nrte'tni noaac i a-
(oll ina'rucli or I enable l r a a' lo faa.' nale ellhar
a, r aji) avlinaj. at wl I. Ml nie-l m, "plrilu llam and
' i i . 1 1 1 nf other e Hoea expee mrii'a. h can be eh'alp
eS hy ien.1 nir addre a, with en ce- la po.laf-, Iti T. W.
IVANS A CO , o 4U, fouth Bt.htb St , Phil- delpblav .
OT. K I'A M, I I !i BANNKR.- A l':i! fl c Oumn pa
lO per. Ledger aii't illu trnt d. D voted lo Shetchea,
Pi..- r , Vi it, lliimoe. genuine fun. ' -mi (o' a aenaible
kind) and to the . xpeaure Swindling, II auibuja. Ac
On I 75 ee ta a rear, and a atiiierb'eng avbtff --Kaanife--Ine,"
1 feet, grat a. SU.iasI rlrculaiion. Mooajr re
funded to ai who aak It. It ia wi e-aea"e, fearleaa, truth
ful. Try It ti . ?A renta a our. Special' nS free. Ad
d ea ' CAN ER 'Illua la e N. n
P A T f H T S
InTentarrlrr!S)lh 4m ;aie out lltera Patent ai
ee ad-
vla-(d to e- anael eith MCNN A Co., edit r- of Ibe Ecleu
tlflc American, who have pr a' cutcd claima before the
Patent Office Tor ore- Twenty Tea' a. Their American
and 'Kuroi ean Patent Ag, neg ie the meat vxfenelva In lha
warid Cnargea tea- than aav ut r rebakle ( nrg. 4
pamphlet conta nlng fall leatractioiia lo luvenfrra la aeot
giatia. MCNN A r . '7 la V Row. New York.
A' mo
HOUSE.
Being a cippl ', I hava'made honae planning a epe'al
etudy. ne huiit laat aeeaon haa proved a aaawlelefe a
veoieeer. beauty and e-onomy. lieac-l.-Mve cireula a ef
PlafV.a, Vo-wa. etc . io. a ne al Inforanet' a ef vaiae to
a'l. eent fre-. Add e e(wltti atamp or -r at tf eony-nl-eat).
SEO. J. OQ T, Architect, Waterbary. Terieoat.
CiPaAlCAIII and SORGHUM MILLS,! a orator aad
'florae Power, em bod v I g a I ih r ceaw raaprevo.
aaweMid taklerU.r bad of e, rry kl d In ie.arg-t. Man
afacmredb CKO. L. SQriEK A BtO.. aaaaTale, N. V.
B't'-ev 'agar or Sorg Maaaa a for lTt sea tr a.
D1SSOLIjTIO. OTIi E.
rr 1
UE rorj,?r.V;A'r?P heretofore exirt
inir haatween iliiltr, 1nck h LimtUmg. is thia
day disawlved by BUtual ctrUaaiut, LitiiUay re-
linn'.
The liooks and paper arn in the handa of
JWaYr 4r Uvck (rr aedtlemeot, and all persuus
hsviner unaajttUdatvounU will pUssas eaJI and
have Uie saune ...... '.'ii at once.
J. U. IfTT.-LETt,
a. A. SftlTK.
H. W. I.TaTMAT.
-y P Tlie niiilerjLOicd will Cfintiaue to do
lvj.iii .i .lerctofopr. atld : -i cvtlullv mdlcit
the lulronaffw vf their OrieiolA.
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SELECTED STOIiY.
A STORY OF A HEROIC GIitL.
On the border of Greeu Lake, in Min
nesota, there lived a slurdj, white, haired
irontier-mau named Walter lirown. II
was one of those adventurous spirits vet
to be found in the van of advancing civil
ization, always courting the freeseyild air
of the prarie, and njoyiiig in the profound
depths of uninhabited forests.
But the country hecatire more and more
thickly srttletaud Vilh i Brown becime
u : :cii-v. It is uiie lintl Inn no him udnuc;h-
tcr thu third or fourth year of their resr
deuce at the hudwaters of the M. Croix,
whom ho called Leonora, ttho was a
good girland the idol ot her father. He
ptuchaicd a rifle for her when she was
lt.it Ivm I vi' yr.ru old, and took the utmost
n, iii icacintiir m i uie u-e ot it. on.
as bravo njud steady of nerve, und soon
a('liiircu woiuiei'iiii SKiii as a fnot, una
the number of iirmrio chickens, partridg
es,' wild witcr fowls, and other email
game she managed to shoot c e y day,
was really large Occasionally she wtuijd
shoot a deer, and one eventful morning,
by a lucky shot through the eye into the
brain, she killed a hear.
When she come home with the news
her father could scarcely credit her. But,
knowing her perfectly truthful ua'nrc, he
danced about the room for joy, and seiz
ing the sturdy little maid,' he mounted her
upon his shoulders and insisted noon cur
rying her all the way to the spot where
the dead bruin lay.
Thicket and thicker flowed the tide of
emigration into Minnesota .mil Wisconsin,
following thu navigable rivers as a matter
of course, and more and more uneasy and
"crowded" fell Waller Brown. At length
his wife died. Leonora was then sixteen,
and en -raged to he married to a handsome
young trapper by the name of Watson,
who had joined her father in business.
The dualb of the moiher hud made it
necessary to postpone the wedding, and
in the interim old vValter decided to move
into northwest Minnesota. Neighbors
were getting loo near and bunting and
trapping were had. As the young man
had prowed up and pro i mnti d n
section of laud near lay lor si tills, and
did not wish to either abandon or sell it
just then, persuaded Leonora To agree to
write to bitr, he bade her au affectionate
good-bye. '
Brown lived fn Minnesota for three ot
four years in peace and quiet, finding
good trapping and hunting grounds, when
all at once yrrung Wat'soii arrived, and re
newed the proposition of marriage with
Leonora. The old man had about deter
mined to move no more, and had accord
ingly located and pre-empted several
thousand acres of land about him, and
learning from Watson that he had money
cnongh to do likewise, proposed that he
should go down to St Paul and buy land
warrants with his money, and take up all
the land he could "swing." lie might
then marry Leonora, and ihcy too would
go to work, and after building plenty of
stabling, etc., would get, a good stock of
cattle and sheep, and try and lead a pas
toral life for the rest of their days. '
To this proposition the young man
heartily assented, and after returning from
St Paul, wont bravely to work, iu the
woods, felling trees for building purposes.
It was agreed first that they should build
a new In-wed log house for the united
family, as Watson had eot up a small
single room cabin. Then the weddiug
waa to take place, and the two men would
again resume their work.
Wbilo thus busily engaged the Sioux
war b eke oat. it was the habit ot Leouora
to take her riflo out every morning and
shoot prairie chickens for ihe table, while
her lover and lather were at work on the
new house Watson had brought her as
a present from St. Paul a light and hand
some revolving rifle, of which she was im
mensely fond, and with which she be
came so expert that she could shoot a
duck or prairie chicken on the wing with
absolute certainty.
One morning, as she was strolling a-
rbuud the lake, rifle in h.iudr she noticed
three canoe load of L dlans paddling
carefully along the opM -ife ifle uf thu
water, steadily and ste. Idly appi n ich
ing the pot whore intjhet and lover
were Ht work. She did t 4 Immediately
ftppii'lii nd and trug d y, nfe in oioo un
iutouniiil.il' way i!"' f It
led to m.
main and watch their
font cont'i'.ilt (I lieracji
8he ther-
top of a
l.i IK n trw', and obei.-
oveincnt,
which rrcw moie nod
us.
j uu.i oil. r pull.os-
wTieT
ff ihiek, overfmnpin
tree afforded
concealment lor their canoes, they disem
barked, and ru pt carefully and noiseless
ly along until they were) within a few feet
of where the uttsnsMClWff men were
chopping. rtrUetily wifH n TiirTttat
inude the forelt ring, and Which Echoed
and re-echoed across the brmd, still lake,
they sprang upon their victims and bore
them to tho eartli. t
Leonora trcmhled with eleitement and
appreheusioii, expecting notliug less than
to witness the hortibhs butchery of herj
father and lover at once.
But this did not seem to t the purpose
of the Indians, for, tying thelarms of their
captors behind them, they i-nk to the ca
noes, where, taking the old wan into"ono
and the young dWaq iofo the other, they
shoved boldly into the lake and paddled
rapidly down to where tjc house stood.
Leonora divined their inteiit instantly.
"liar sheaid to herself, "they d
sign capturing iu , Mb. They deem that
an easy iwb, perhaps !" and her eyes
flashed and her face flushed with nngl.
"Seel there is a fonrttl cunoe, which
they no doubt suppose will tarry me.
This villainous work has been well calcu
lated ; hot- h I you had sairnges 1 you
have mistaken your girl this time. Leo
nora Brown has been tatightjinorc things
than to cook venison steak. Oh, dear,
dear, father, your Leonora will show you
how bravely she cantuccor yu, and now
roue instructing her the uecifthu rifle
has saved you this day. And you, too,
darling Henry Watson, have wou a loug
er lease of your precious life by present
ing me widi this splendid replying rifle.
Six bullets for six rufnans! Mi.-s one of
them ah, if I should rthercls my knife.
No, Leonora, you must not miss.onr of
them."
The girl now crept stealthily through
the Hudtthrii.-h iijiihcbjik t the prairie
uborV. Mie km V iioU toV .w ttrfuau
the Indians would have rt cross a broad,
flat field, where there wis no dieltcr for
their persons. She did not think they
would hesitate to do this.hecause, having
taken the two nu n, thfy would hardly ex
pect any. .resistance fiouj a single girl.
About thirty rods to the right of the path
cattle yatd had been erected bj her fa
ther, and iu Ihe c rner of t lie fence stood
an immense cttn tree. Inside ot this yard
climbed Leonora, and behind the big elm
she concealed herself.
A few minutes more proved she was
right in her conjecture. The Indians.af
ter having tied stout rawhide thongs a
round the feetof their prisoners, .laid them
down in the bottom of tliek canoes, strode
gaily and langbiiigly along toward the
house, without any attempt at conceal
ment. . .
Leonora's heart grerl hard as n stone,
and her nerves - ayhicliijitlutteied a little
before--nolw grew as fniiMis steel. Mie
had put fresh water proof caps upon eaeBju
nipple of her nfle, and Utting the barret
on the rail ot the lence.drew a sharp bead
Upon the first Indian ; but as her ffihger
curved to press tirrigger shy hrd Mjit
actually seemed to be a voicoVlepef t
"Not yet, Leonora !"
She paused, and then, ns if by Uispira
lion, flashed (he ihou'lit' into her mind :
ait nam tin y ire
hearer the" liotiseT
their shoot the hindmost one first."
She obeyed the impn arioWjtwd let them
come" on a few rods nearer. Suddenly
the thought came again :
"Xow's your time!"
Clapping her face to the rifle breech,
she 1 1 ime i the death de iiing tube steadily
at the chest ofTtltt; rearmost Indian for an
iiisUut and fired.
The bullet proved tree to its mark, and
the burly Indian merely threw up his
arms and fell dead, the itfo ball having
gone directly through bis heart.
A clap of thunder from a clear sky
could not have so utterly astonished those
remaining Indians. Wildly t'. ey looked
in etejy tjirwtioii to see whence come
tbc fatal shot. In the next instant bang !
went Leonora's rifle again, and another of
their number dropped dead.
But they saw the smoke of the last shot
and caught a glimpse ot the shooter. At
once they' comprehended their peril.
Tbey could not hide, and their only show
was in running to the free and tomahawk
ing their presumptuous foe ou the spot.
Instantly sounding tlie war-wboop, the
bounded forward, hut with the notes ha
i
uttered another of their muuhgr leaped in
to the air and felLback to rise no more.
Leonora bad fired again.
The remaining three rushed on, but
again the brave girl's rifle rang like the
knell of doom, and fourth savage ii di
ed headlong to the ground.
The terror of .he remaining t s-o was
now pitiful to behold tbey stopped short
in their onward course, and uttcritnB the
most f- at f'ul screams, diechurgrd their ri
fles at the treo in the wildest and most un
availing manner. ' But again the relent
less riflo bluet d, and another of tbo re
maining two sunk to the ground as the
bullet went crashing through his brain.
I oi oi.-.iial - J v the one la-It 1 1 1 r. . u: iiuvn
I fl.'.l' .11.1 ... ' - - ,,- lltt, I, II". II
his rifle and cried out :
No shoot me 1 No shoot m ! Me
(give nj
I" aasf"
can,!
vxAtKaKaKft.
birch
Leonora had drawn a bead on him, but
now that they seemed so perfectly In her
power she lowered her rifle, and stepping
from In hind the tree, climbed the fence
briskly, and commenced approaching the
savage
The surprise and Indignation of tin In
dian al the sight of the girl was inteuso,
and ftxegcttiiig his supiilicalinir crv, he
ami lurgcitn.g Ins su
fiu hi bund behind 1
lis tortaflBtnwk to throw
im and diew forth
w at ber. .
Ltf eye was as sharp aa an ea-
g' QSftpyr fm Tt- un f.,.., ...
and Jl as the bright blade of (he laaichet
, . . . . . .
gleam for the throw, she raised her rifle
anu shot the faithless scoundrel dead In
bis tracks.
W ith the speed of a deer she now boun
ded rorwnrrl to the lake.
Harry Watson shouted "Glory hallelu
jah. I knew it was Leonora I" and the
father cried for joy as her little form ap
peared on the bluff, rifle iu baud. .
Quickly she descended to the canoes
and unbound the two men, who embraced
her and cried over her iu the most extrav
agant inauner.
But tbey felt they had no time to lose ;
and, hastily gathering up their teams and
loading up their valuables, they sat out
for Minneapolis, where they Arrived safe
ly, and where Leonoa and Henry Wat
son were immediately made ope flesh.
OH Walter Brown and Henry Watson
both did good service in the Indian bat
tles which followed ; and whon the sava
ges were finally exterminated, they all
went back p their old home on Green
Lake, where ihey now live- They have
one of tho largest stork farms in the
State ; and Leonora, though the happy
wife and mother, clings to her beautiful
revolving rifle and yet occasionally uses
it to keep herself in practice.
A HARD STORY.
A Philadelphia paper says : There is a
doctor in the northwestern part of this
consolidated city who is especially remar
kable tor being, as the women term it.
"short and crusty."
A'week or two since, he was called to
visit a patient who was laboring under a
severe attack of cheap whislcev.
'Well, doctor, I'm down yon see
completely flored. Iiiave got the trcinen
delirinm, you know.T
jowfSta'r'0 c,MAi-',""-'li', "Ami
'AH over in spots ; broke out promiscu
ously, doctor !' ,
'Served you right.'
'Father died of the same disease; it
took him under the short ribs and curried
him pnJirodily.' ,
'Well, you have got to take something
immediately.'
'You are a trump, Doc ! Here, wife,
I'll take a nip of old rye.'
'Lie still, you blockhead ! Mrs. B. if
your husband should get worse before I
return, which will be iu an hour, give him
a dose of that trunk strap; may be that
will fetch him to a sense of his folly.'
The doctor sallied out grandly, and in
an hour sallied in again, and found his
Iriend of the 'tremendous delirium' iu a
Mcrrible condition, writhing and struggling
with pain. His wife, a female of the kind,
but ignorant school, came up, and laying
her hand on 'he doctor's arm, said :
j 'Doctor, I gave him the strap, as you
directed.'
'Did you thrash him well ?'
'Thrash him?' exclaimed the astonished
woman, 'no, hull put the strap into hash
and nittdo him swallow it !'
'Oh, lArd, doctor I sroarcd the "Victim,
'I swallowed the leather, but - but '
'But what?'
'I swallowed the whole strap, but tl.irn
ed rrl eoald go tlie buekhv i
TI e doctor administered too bread pills
and evaporated. ......
RAISING QBpiTS.
The raising of ghosts wns-a favorite
exploit of tlie necrouiances of old ; the
fame of Torrulva the Spanish magician,
bus been immortalized in Don Quixote,
The demons that celebrated that Italian
artist, lo n venu to ( liini, describes as
having seen when be got within the con
queror's circle, and which amazement
magnified into several legions, are now be
lieved to have been mcioly figures pro
duced by a magic lantern ; and their np
pearing ln artJttmosphere .of perfumes, is
uccountcd IbV by burning odoriferous
.woods, in order to dim the vision of tlie
spectators. When Charh s IV. was mar
ried to tbc Bavarian Princess Sophia, in
the city of Prague, the father of the tribe
brought with him a wagon load of magi
cians to assist in the festivities. Two of
the chief proficients in the part Zy the,
the Bohemian sorcerer, and Union, the
Bavarian appeared as rivals in an extra
orflrnary trial before an assembly.'! After
super human efforts to astonish, Zytho
opened his jaws from ear to ear, and
swallowed his companion until his teeth
touched his, shoes, which he spat out, be
cause be said thy had not been cleaned.
1'he admiration of the audience was suc
ceeded Ly fettling of horror; but Zytho
calmed their apprehension by restoring
the vanquished Uuion in his perfect cor
poral proportions to life a triumph of art
inexplicable.
i
"Sam, wjtat do you suppose is the rea
son that the sun goes towards the South
in the winter?" "Well, I don't know
massa, unless he no stand the climate of I
the norl and so am bilged to go to the
stiuf where he 'sperieucc warmer longi
tude "
DEATH ON THE RAIL.
TITID DBSCatmiON OF A COLLISION.
The Jmrribte Accident on the Pacific Rail
The accideajt was a collision between
the" east-bound express train, dne at St.
Louis at 6 a. in., yterday mort
r1 -. , '-ii-d aUafmr'i' 1
"fl the city during tow TllgTU
HI ' 1. - J C.. ,
Louis at 6 a. in., yeterday morning, and
nam I hat
Thi' exnrr-aa trfiin had five UnssenflBT Cars
and a baggage car, and tho freight train
was a long, neavy one, urawu uy a ,ww
crlul tocdBioiive. At thqafioini oi coins
brn, a iriljs and a half tnft nt TOireka,
there is an embankment, of fifteen feet
high where the road curves so sharply
that two approaching trains cannot seo
each other until close together. It was
. i . . , i' II!
at this perilous spot, of all others, that
these approaching trains, each uncon
scious of the other's presence, and each
thundering forward at a rapid rate of
speed, were doomed to meet. 1 here was
bnt one instant's warning of the terrible
danger to which the express train was
running, too short to permit it to he aver
ted. The two engines rushed at each other
like malign and enraged monsters, grap
pled with a tremendous crash, reared from
the track in a mortal wrestle, and fell
helpless and disjointed fragments on the
ground. The shock was terrible. The
tender, baggage car, and the two forward
passenger cars of the express train ou
one side and the tender and several box
cars of the freight train on the other.rnsh
ed into the crash witb their respective en
gines, leaving, at that quiet, rural spot,
on that placid May morning, a disordered
and frigTrrfut rnfn, Tpattered with the blood
of forty human beings entrapped and mu
tilated beneath its shapeless mass. There
was no warning to the p issengers and
none of them had time to jump and escape
from the fate that come so suddenly and
swiftly. One moment they were in the
repose of imagined security ; the next
they were crushed dead, or maimed be
tween an incumbent weight that held them
as in a vico. The two engines were driv
en with such force into each other that it
was almost impossible, after thu collision,
to distinguish the parts of one from the
'tog'etuoTiiTe cars tamgslmrercd into long
slivers, and the scats, wheels, trucks and
irons blended into an indescribable heap
that lolled off down the embankment. -The
three rear cars of the express train
shared the concussion, but escaped the
fate of the two forward ones. Alter the
collision, they were found standing stiff
and still on the track, with their brakes
close up, showing that tho brakesmen had
done their duty well in responding to the
engineer's whistle, before they leaped from
the train.
It was chaos and death combined. The
engines both on the same side of fhe em
bankment, were but a heap of battered
fragments, while around on all sides was
the confusion of ruiu twice confounded.
The baggage car and the one next to it
were shivered as if by internal explosion,
and the mage of broken; timbers, iron rods,
wheels, and other portions of the car,
looked like the frantic work ef some in
fernal agency. It was a glorious May
day, and mingling with the btoody frag
ments strewn around wete the delicate
green blades and stems of spring ver
dure. In a collision, the principal loss of life
generally 'results from wood splinters,
sharp jagged spears that fly,with the
shock, like arrows from the hands of agi-
bjxL Si viu.il id tne viciiuis in Ibis
dent were slain iu this way, and to look
close iute the wreck yesterday, was to
see the evidences of this. Red human
blood could be seen ou die fiesh hue of
the newly rent wood, or u point of wood
protruded, stained with the life-tide of
some dead person, whose body was in
visible. Iu many cuies there were woun
ded and deSd which it was impossible to
see amid ihe tangled mass of broken wood
and iron; often, however, the little red
Streams of blood flowing dowu somcslunt
ing beam, or else dropping slowly ou the
ground, indicated a spot of death' or some
senseless victim still breathing. Mora
horrible, however, than tlie the bodies
killed by impaling wood splinters, were
hose crushed by heavy masses of iron or
rood driven against them as if fired from
a cannon.1 A human body, roThiced al
most to a bloody pulp by cmshingforms
u frightful picture in nearly all serious
railroad collisions, and was not absent
from this.
Pooper, the Mormon delegate to Con
gress, says that the reason our first pa
rents dip not practice polygamy was "that
their marriage was exhaustive;'' iu other
words that Adam married "all the women
in the world. 1
Thei
A saloon keeper of questionable hones
ty went io u lawyer to consult him about
commencing an action ofd famat ion sgaiust
a ft llow-townsnan. "The scoundrel,"
said he fiercely, "has robbed me. of my
character !" "Ah I has he f- Are yon
sure of that fact ?" replied the green-satchel
gentleman, quickly, and in a sarcas
tic tone ; "if so, for heaven's sake let hitt
gn, for it is jhe luckiest thing that ever
to you ! p
The Spaniards have a saying, "At
eighteen marry your daughter to her su
perior i at twenty, to hor equal ; at thit.
ty. to anybody that will have her.
A NORTH CAROLINA TRADED!.
To the attentive friends and correspon
dents, of the Whig are we indebted for the
foildwlng narrative qf an occurrence in
privato Ufa thai transpired a few days
since In Ashe county, N. C, near the
Tennessee line. Terrific, rough and fatal
as the result of the conflict was, we are
assured that i he parties participating in it
are regarded as good citizens by the peo
ple of their immediate vicinity. Each of
Lha frtjf represented own respectahja
rarnis ana siiirraTn iiinuwirm t t .awa-.
from the productions of their land.
From the evidence adduced before the
J ust ice who bad the case on trial we make
up this summary :
It seems that tho wife of Jas. Daven-
Eort became jealous, old as she proves to
i ve been, of a young girl named Kate
Jackson, represented as being very lova
ble 4
"Orace was all her steps, heav'n in raw eye,
In every KcwHire tiitrinty snd love."
Frequent quarrels and contentions be
tween Mrs. Davenport and Miss Kate had
occurred, however, notwithstanding.
Ou the day of the fatal collision, it ap
pears that Miss Kate Jnckson, in compa
ny with her married sister, Mrs. DeAr
mand, passed the residence of the Daven
port family. As soon as the sisters were
discovered on the road, the Davenport,
six in number, comprising the mother,
three daughters, two of them grown, and
two sons, the eldest abont eighteen years
old, rallied in force, and set ont in vigor
ous pursuit of the defenceless sisters. The
trail wss eontinncd until the sisters had
nearly reached the Tennessee line. Here,
the Davenport brothers, by a military
movement, strategctically flanked them,
and presented a front armed with sticks .
and stones. This caused Kate and her
sister first to bslt, and then to attempt to '
retrace their steps. Bnt on attempting to
retreat they were confronted by Mrs. Da
venport and the three daughters similarly
armed, who demanded Mrs. DeArmand to
get out of the way, as they intended to
kill Kate. Instead of obeying this mili
tia order Mrs. DeA. made preparations to
defend her sisier. Young Davenport, the
elder son, seeing this opposition to his or
der, at once let go a stone at her, which
took effect on her head, breaking her
skull, and prostrating her lifeless ou the
ground. ' "Z&Z '
of life" engagement, left to defcntl herself.
She rallied and maintained her line by in
discriminately hurling upon the attacking
party.Buch flinty missiles as came oppor
tune to her. One of these shots took im
mediate effect upon the elder Davenport
boy, slitting one side of his face open an-1
placing him hers du combat. Tnrnii. ';
her attention, then, to the maternal head
of the Davenport family, she directed
stone against her head that inflicted a se
vere wound and laid ber sprawling on the
field. This accomplished, the heroic girl
slowly fell back to a position where she
could supply herself with necessary am
munition. This point obtained, and be
ing still besieged, she again discharged a
shot, and another of the Davenport boys
wilted. 1 hen tho Davenport girM ral
lied and made a desperate charge upon
her with clubs and stones, inflicting seri
ous wounds but not succeeding in setting
her down. Just at this crisis, Kate, hard
pressed os she was, and having no time
to stoop to gather jocks to defend herself,
extricated from her pocket she had a
pocket a small pen-knife, measuring
about six inches in die blade, and com
menced an indiscriminate and wild and
general cutting and slashing at the com
hiiivd Davenport girls surrounding ber.
The result of this fearful phrenzv on
the part of Kate was aerionsly detrimen-
tal to the well-being of the Davenport fp
males, two of them received serions
slashes from the insignificant weapon she
wieldeffj one of them dropping on the
field from loss of blood lt flooding from
the knife, and the other so seriously disa
bled as to be a fit subject fur hospital ser
vice. This unexpected result contributed ma
terially to the immediate withdrawal of
the remaining Davenport beseigiug party, )
who qnietly removed their disabled from
the field, leaving the heroic Kate master
of the situation.
The casualties sustained in this en
gagement only amount to the death of
Mrs. DeArmand, with the 'probability that
the elder Mb Davenport will also die,
and the crippliitg for life ol four others of
tlie Davenport 'family.
Kate Jackson was less injured than
any one engaged in the fight, and was "
aide to carry her dead, sister home after
tie battle closed. --Knoxville Whig.
The schoolunum who gave the follow
ing definition of eating at a tea party, the
other evening, it is unnecessary to say ex
pired torn afler. ' To eat," says she, "Is
Introduce nutritious pabaluin into the
en ticuTttr orifice, below the nasal protn-
ranc, which being, masticated, peregri
nate mnscnlnmembranonrt; symmetrical,
cylindrical cavities of the Pharynx and
o-sophegiis, and is finally domicilliated in
the reeepticlo for digestible particles."
A letter is published from M. Guixotin
reference to the proposed statue to Dr.
Chalmers. He says that be will associ
ate himself with true and heartfelt pleas
ure in the work ; that there ia no theolo
gian nor Christian moralist for whom he
bar a higher esteem, and that though he
did not agree witbdiim in everything, he
honored and admired the eles-ation, vigor
of thought and moral height of his g. ms.
Such a testimony is of interest from the
veteran FrenehApolitician
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