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CITY COUPONS.
J OFFTCF. CITY HAUL

MAYORS OFFICE, CITY HALL I
Ul MEMPHIS, TENS, July, ls7f.
Notice Is hereby gwen, IN accord ance with
the recommendation of the Finance Commit
tee, which has been adopted by the General
Council, that sealed proposals for the sale OF
Coupons Of Bonds which have been legally
Issued will be received at this ofiice ky f.
instead OF monthly, as heretofore. The pro-
pOsals rereived viii be opened oa MOnday Of
each week, at O'Clock pm. In purch asing,
preference viii be given, for sixty 80 d fys 20
coupons which have become due prior to
July, 1871. After the expiration OF sixty days
all will be received alike.
The Intention, in receiving proposals, Is that
the Interest Fund, as 10 Is collected, may be
equitabiy distributed among all the holders
Of city ponds.
No question IS raised as 70 the validity OF
the bonds which were issued prior 70 1865. and
sisned by Mayors Banks, Hickman. a Oclze,
Taylor, Douglass, Carroll, Baugh, and Park I;
nor Is any question raised rega ding the
bonds issHed direct 10 contractors In payment
Tor paving; nor the bonds known a. the Gold
Bonds, except those mum bered from 2sS 2f7
inclusive; nor the irst nfty bonds, Of one
thousand dollars each, issced 70 the Board Of
Education.
AM party who proposes to sell, whose bid is
not the lowest, may, II desired, allow The bid
TO remain open untilit becomes the lowest.
The city reserves the right 10 reject any or
all proposals offered.
augl JOHN LOAGUE, Mayor
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KNIGHTS OF INsIsFAIL.

VOU aFehereby ordered 20 assemble az vOur
4 hall, in full dress uniform this (SAT1E-
DAY) morning. at O'Clock, 20 attend The fu-
neral OF SIR Knight PATRICK DEY.TT. Those
not in Uniform shsll attend 10 caFrisggs.
8uI5 JAS. j. SULLIVAN. President.
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SPECIAL MEETING.

FIvHERE will be a call meeting OF the Fort
Il Pickering Protective Union at ]. Dunn's,
saturday, ISM inst, at 5 PIN. All residents of
west Fort Pickering favorable 10 mutual pro-
chairman.
NJ. W. QUINLIN. Secretary.
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Monday, the 9Th Of September, 1874,

at IL O'Clock am, in front Of my Office, No.
S5l Second street, Memphis. Tenn, proceed 10
sell 10 the highest bidder, for cash, the tolioF-
ing described properly to-7gtt: a cer "a y
tract or parcel OF ground lying, O-ing ana
situated ia the city OF Memphis, county OF
SbsIbv and state of Tennessee, anu being
known aud designated on the plan OF sad
cjfv as Ioe NO 81, and bOurded as OllOvz:
Be9tnping on the south side OF commerce
sireet AZ The intersection Of said stres5 ana
Mississippi road; running theuce with Ms
Efssi ppl road south ardiy . feet To the nor b.
west corner OF Dabney and WatsOn's lots:
thence with Dabney andW WatSo- 5 north b1un-
Diary line eastwardly las feet and inches 10
an alley; thence northwardiy with said alley
2s feet 10 Commerce street; and thencg west.
wafdly on and with the south side OF Com
mercs street las feet and inches 20 the ne
ginning point. Also, upon the following de-
scri bed real estate, as the property OF the de-
fendaut, JOS. Chambers, to wit: A certain lot
or piece Of ground situated, lying and being
In the corporation OF the city o Memphis
bounded as follows, to-ygit: Beginning & the
ing I20 feet on Calhoun street, II being lot No
S. run west with north side OF CALHOUN street
56 feet and inches 10 southeast conner OF lot
No. 10; thence north l4S feet 70 south boun-
Diary OF lot No. u; th-Dce east 5j feet and
inches 10 MIR. Harberts northwest corner
thence south rs feet to Calhoun street 10 the
begiHniug;ft being lot No tn block No. 2, OF
the Buffers subdivision of the city Of Mem
phis; levied on as the proper-y OF defendants,
Ihos Foley and Jos. Chambers, TO satisfy
said Judgment. int est and costs
Sale to commence promptly at eleven
O'clock an. ". j. +. DOYLE,
sheriff OF Shelby county, Tenn.
Memphis, 18th day of August, 1874.
h. c. Young, Attorney tor plaintiff.
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l understand, for the first time in pub
lic, full exposition Of
HER FREE.LovE DOCTRINES.

HER FREE LOVE DOCTRINES.
the very ones 1 thought Ishould not have
been rsked under any circumstances and
upon any excuse. To preside or be pres
eDt at such meeting was inexpressibly
CALLING to me. Whatever my astonish-
ment might have been at the motive of
TiltOn and Moulton in asking such
things rs to which I had not
at the time as clear per-
ception as 1 now have, the request
was nevertheless a humiliating one.
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that this matter should be brought to an
endi it's anopen pool Of corruption ex-
haling deadly vspors for six weeks.
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manufactured, Tilton's fever for COM
pillng statements was one OF my famil-
lar annoyances. Moulton used 10 tell
ma thai the only vgav To nanage Thao-
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nom out the bars OF a negro guaFasts
prison, aud sent us greeting, while brave
young Arkansas Stretched forth his
hand, still wet with the blood 0f recent
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densome taxation, foT II we aays % pay
iu gold 8 debt that was contracted in
times Of greepback expansion II viii be
at most paying two dollars for one.
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Somerviiie, called IOr tne purpose OF IOr-
mally thanking the NOBLE young men OF
Memphis aud Hardeman county for their
Timely aid Ia our late troubles, held the
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SHERIFF'S SALE
OF
Valuable Real Estate.

DUBLIC NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN
l. That by virtue OF q vinditiOni exponas
to me directed from the Hon. First Circuit
Court Of shelby county, Tenn, in the case Of
State of Tennessee Us. Phillip Garvtn and
sureties, Judgment rendered On the 18Th day
OF February, ls69, for the sum of seven hum
dred and seventy-two dollars and ninety-eight
cents, with interest and costs OF suit 70 satisfy
said Judgment etc, wiz, on
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Tuesday, septsnber Is. 1874, at 10 oIc.. * an
for The purpose OF nominating candidates a.
follows.
Two Senators and six Representative 10
represent shelby county in The General as
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DY vir re Of a genera or Ter OF
~ by the United s. ates { urt fo|
Of v esf Tennessee. 1 VIII sell a.
ion At No. l9 Madison street, 4Ie|
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- RSt " uSulst these intellectual
-siiens were bling e. literally issued to
1be iIoulelerial man, there was business
.glfug on IA another quaiter oi more
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81. Louis Property and Memphis
and Selma Is. r. Bonds.

containing about 500 acres The Res UrI-
FUI. RESIDENCE, at present occupied Dy y.
N RartleTf $50 will be included in the sale,
with Grove Garden, etc, embracing about
seven acres Of ground. The remainder of the
tract viii be subdivided Into lots, varying IN
atfendancs of buyers Is invited, as the safe
- ElncoMdftiOnaigy positive and tiaIe
- Terrns announced at the sale, which
IN take place at the Bartlett Railroad Depot,
beeinning at ten O'Clock.
W. T. PRYOR
n. BLACKWELL.
TefzEvANT q Co., Auetioneers. aus
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TILToN's DowSFALL;

that I had leagued with Mr.. Bowen
against bim, and that | had by my ad-
vice come near destroying his family.
gave Moulton leave to state to Theodore
my feelings. He proposed that l should
write a letter. l declined, but said that
he could report our interview. He then
prepared to make a memorandum Of
the talk, and sat down at my table, and
took Gown, as l supposed, a condensed
report OF my talk, for 1 went on still
mourning out my wounded feelings for
that great desolatiOn in Tilton's family.
1t was not a dictation of sentence after
sentence, ne mere amanuensis and
composing for him. Mr.. Moulton
was putting into his own shape
parts of that which l was saying
in nv own manner, with profuse ex-
nIanations. This paper Of Moulton's
was mere memorandum of the points
to be used by him in setting forth my
feelings. That it contains matter and
points derived from me. is without
doubt, but they were put with sentences
by him, and expressed as he understood
them, not as my words, but as hints of
INV figures and letters to be used by him.
In eonversiDg with Tilton, he dii not
read the psper to me, nor did read il,
nor have | ever seen it, or heard it read,
that 1 remember, until the publication
of Tilton's recent documents; and now
reading il, see in it thoughts that point
to the matter Of my discourse; but 1t is
not my paper, nor are those my SEN
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7
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-02-27
The CHAMPION PIR RfTFRs-Fyr

THE CHAMPION PIE BITERs-EyERY-
THING FAER>IS hIEcE PfE,-The people
in NeEhexico originate some queer soci-
etjSs. IN Mesilla and Las Cruces they
>6ave-or it is said they have-what arc
known as the "Pie Biters,' composed OF
persons passionately fond Of pies. So strong
has the rivalry grown between the two so
cieties that a challenge resulted, and the
contest is reported to have been as follows:
The pies were to be mince and one inch
thick, Masilla to bite first, and no bite to
count unless 1t reached the centre of the
pie. Mesilla piled up nine pies and shut
down on them without an effort. Las Cru
ces elevated the top Of his head and closed
his jaws over eleven. [Great enthusiasm,
among his friends.l Mesilla came to the
scratch or bite manfully aud Topped his
lip over dozen successfully. COdds offer
cd on Mesilla.l Las Cruces at this point
said: We'll, it is time to stop this nonsense;
hand me fifteen They were given him
he smiled, laid the back of his head on his
shoulders, and came down on the bundls
of pies like an alligator on a nouthful Of
flies. But his teeth did not come together.
He struggled and jerked, but it was no use.
Three of his teeth broke and his hold gave
way. On examining, a dog collar was
found IN the centre pie, and Las Cruces
had got his teeth tangled in the buckle,
Jack Martin, the referee, decided in favor
OF Mesilla, on the ground that everything
was fair in miBce pie. .''-Denrer Netos.
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DRINKING BLOOD FOR MEDICINE.-Ths
Boston JouraGl mentions several cases in
which kinvalids have, been benefited by
drinking warm blood. 1t says Mention
was made recently of a gentleman in
very feeble state of health, who had been
for some time at the Butchers Abbatoir,
Brighton, for medical treatment, simply in
drinking a half rumblcrful of warm blood
twice day. This course the gentleman,
Mr.. c. II. Stickney, has followed until a
week ago, having been there ten weeks,
and during that time gained ten pounds in
weight, and, to use his own words, my
appetite is good | sleep well and feel like
a new man, and am soon to commence
business again in Boston" He also says
that there are ten or twelve others there,
drinking the blood all of whom are gain
ing under this treatment. One gentleman
from Boston, consumptive, so feebleIthat
it was with difficulty he could get to this
abbatoir, is now able to handle on axe
skillfully enough to ''kuock down bull
lock" 4 lady from the city who had
been sick six years, stricken with paraly-
sis is improving wonderfully by this blood
cure" A gratifying feature Of this cure
is that it is ''without money and without
price" and Mr. Stickney speaks in praise
of the gentlemen in charge of this estab-
lishment, and says strangers visiting the
place will find courteous treatment.
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NUMBER 6.

CHANGES OF \ CENTURY.-The nine
teenth century has Witnessed many and
great discoveries.
In 1909 Fulton took out the first patent
for the steamboat.
The first steamboats, which made rsgu
lar trips across the Atlantic Ocean wsr-
the Sirius and Great Western in 1880.
The first public application to practic
Of the use Of gas for illumination wa
made in 1902.
In 1913, the streets of London were 70.
the first time lighted with gas.
In 1913, there was built at Waltham
Massachusetts,, mill, believed to havr
been the first in the world, which combin
ed all the requirements for making finished
cloth from raw cotton.
In 1890 there were only twenty-five
post-offices in the whole country. and ur
to 1887 the rates of postage were twenty
five cents for letter sent over four hun
dred miles.
In 1907 wooden clocks commenced to
be made by machinery. This ushered in
the era of cheap clocks.
About the year 1888 the first railroad OF
any considerable length in the United
States was constructed.
In 1910 the first experiment in photo
graphy was made by Daguerre,
About 1910 the first express business
was established.
The anthracite coal business may ba
said to have began in 1920.
In 1924 fl,p HrSt ma fn, ba
Of matches was granted.
In 1S45 the first telegram WAS sent.
Steel pens were introduced for use in
1903.
The first successful reaper was construct
ed in 1923.
In 1916 Elias Howe obtained a patent
for his first sewing machine.
The first successful method Of vuicani,
zing India rubber was patented in 1887
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NOTICE EOFAPPEALS-We the

"A undersigned, Commissioners of Cam
bIia County, have fixed the following days for
hearing Appeals for 1874, at their office in Ebens-
Monday, Feb. 23d-Cambria township Ebens-
burg borough and Johnstown borough Is uards1
tuesday, Eeb. Psth-Allegheny, Barr, Carroll
Chest, Clesrtield and SusquehRnna townships and
Csrrolltown, CHEST Springs and 1-oretto boroug
ster, Summerhill, Washington and White town
ships, and Gallitzin, Summitville and Wilmore
boTodghs.
Thursday. Feb 2oth-Adams. Blacklick. Cone
maugb, Jackson and Richand townships, and
Conemaugh, Coopersdsle and East Conemaugh
boroughs
Friday, Feb. 2Tth-Cambria. franklin Prospect
Millville and Woodvale borsughs, and Taylor and
foder township.
The following is the assessed valuation of Cam
6S2: Allegheny twp. sl7l. Barr twp, ss4 462
Blacklick twp. S65,sl4; Cambria twp, $2I5, ,42o; /;
Cambria bor $50. .I7S; Carroll twp. $40. 7OS; Car
roltOwn bor., $54 $40; Chest twp, ST6,2 Chest
Springs bor., S32, ,Ol5 Cearfeld twp, &l.6, ,z2s :;
Conemaugh twp, Sl19g72; Conemaugh bor, lst
ward, S77,S6S I'd ward, $69.5sl; COOPersdaie bor,
$32 oSo; Croyle twp, $s7 656 Ebcnsburg, East
ward. SS4. 730: West ward, $l33.025 East Cone
mGugh bor., S72.ll0; Franklin bor., 50. $40; Gal
HtZin twp. $50 662: GaIlitzin bor. S4F,G44: lack
oSJ: 2d ward, $2 500: Sd ward, Sl67 935 4th ward,
1910: 9th ward, $50 9th ward, S66 sos Lo-
retto bOr, S35 745 Mllville bOr $500 III: Munster
twp, S5S25l Prospect bor S24, ,5S6; Rchland twp,
bor., Sl2.7S2S SusQuehanna twp, 500, lss; Taylor
twp sl50S34; Washington twp, si4e,S24; White
twp, Sl3S,267; Wilmore bOr, $50, ,O25; "oodvale
bor., Sl47, ,493; Yoder twp. Sl5o, 10.
". d: MCCLELLAND,)
A. ANNA, Commissioners.
Z. GLASS,
Attest. 4. KENNEDY, Clerk.
Commissioners Oftice, Ebensburg, Jan. n 1874.
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THE MONEY PANIC.

The world seems doomed to kings
! And despots of every description,
/ Who, aided by organized rings,
Keep their poor, hungry serfs In subjec-
lection.
Old Erin must bow for the queen,
The Poles to the Caesar of Russia,
! While millions pull off the caubeeh
To the Emperor Billy of Russia.
] Tho the sons of Columbia refuse
To bow to the yoke of oppression,
! The dirt of King Georges old shoes
Still clogs all the wheels Of progression.
His admirers squeak: Cousin John Bull,
! We sigh for your titles of honor;
Sure that beautiful crown on your skull
Is papa to the star-spangled banner"
There's saying as old as the crows,
And no one as yet has denied it,
That, with age, mans intellect grows,
But many have poorly applied it.
If we go by the modern rule
That governs our monied mems dealing,
A man, tho he's old, is a fool
If he can't make a living by stealing,
They've lately decided, I'm told,
That what constitutes good education
Is plenty of bright yellow gold
To purchase some pet legislation.
But man that must wear ragged clothes,
Tho he spent all his lifetime at college,
Is dirt in monied mans nose
He's minus what stimulates knowledge.
The brokers on Wall street of late
Resolved to create sensation,
So they loaded the old Ship of State
With valueless stocks and initiation
Then told Mr.. Grant to beware,
His finances needed tinker,
II he tried to place greenbacks at par
They'd scuttle the old ship and sink herI
A panic soon spread through the land,
Each n'onied man says to his neighbor,
''This pressure we never can stand,
So the burden must fall upon Labor;
Wen cut them two Shillings day
The mules will be just as contented
AS if they were getting full pay
They haven't the sense to resent it.
"And why should they find any fault
Or grumble at their situation &?
While they can get 'murphies and salt
Twill keep them from total starvation.
For luxuries they have no want
Their sons do not smoke 4 Havana
For diamonds they don't care cent,
And their daughters don t need piano"
A monied mans purse is his shield,
According to late revelation
1t gives him full license to yield
To the weakest and vilest temptation.
He can go through the cess pools of crime,
Gaming hells and foul dens of pollution,
And the law will not bring him to time
He can purchase the whole Constitution.
But he that is ragged and poor,
And hasn't the stamps to defend him,
Mustn't shoot man down at his door
If he does, to the gallows they'll send
him
And when the poor culprit treads air.
The purse -bloated snobs of creation
Will shake their wise heads and declare
Its the fault of a poor education -
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4 HERO OF THB SoUTHwEST,-Ho-
race B. Jones is a notable character
i'll th Southwest He is at present
official interpreter at Fort Sill Thro'
him the officers OF the Government at
that post hold intercourse with the
wild tribes. Perhaps no man living
has more thorough knowledge of the
language of the Comanches than is
possessed by Mr.. Jones. Mr. Jones
was present at the massacre of Old
Fort Cobb, in 1861, where he made a
very narrow escape from sharing the
fate of many others who blcd on that
occasion.
During those troublous times Mr.
Jones passed through some terrible eX-
periences. On one occasion he found
himself suddenly surrounded by q band
of some twenty-five savages, with lev
eled rifles aimed directly at him. The
uight was dark and gloomy. There
was but an instant for thought, and
that instant was improved by the i'm
periled hero to eXtricate himself from
his perilous position. Quick as tho't
he dropped upon the grass among the
brushwoOd, and propelled himself, ser
Dent-like, under the bushes. This ac-
ton for moment or so disconnected
his wOuld-be murdercrs, and. taking
advantage of the confusion, he man
aged to crawl under the brush until
the opportunity to rise presented it
self, when, suddenly springing to his
feet with the swiftness of an alarmed
deer he fed, and succeeded in eluding
pursuit On another occasion he was
pursued by four well-armed Indians.
The chances of escape seemed small,
but Jones never was known TO lose
his presence of mind in the face of
danger Taking his chances, he re-
ceived round from his pursuers with
out harm, and then shot one, reached
ravine skirted by timber, and soon
the only live Indian of the party was
on his way back to disclose to the band
to which he belonged the fate Of his
three comrades.
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ISTER,S NOTICE !-Ne

Is hereby given that the following Ac-
Is have been passed and filed in the Register
az FI-u-nurg. and will he presented to the
bans Court ot Cambria county. for confrma'
alt q aIluwaure. on WEDNESDAY, the 4TH DAY
IRE0f. A. j.. lN74, to-wit:
Thr urst and final account OF lsabelIa Nc
III. atIniuIsfTt-TIN of Thomas mcGOugh, IT.,
II t'ruNEe township. deceased.
JNc nre, and final account Of Rose Carney,
inlsiratrrE or Daniel Carney ate Of Munster
lslfu. deceased.
The nr,t aud uual account Of George Settle
b. eNrcut0ruf Daniel FIeaner, late of Sum-
D township. deceased
lnn first accent of Ferdinand Neidroner.
\ an Of Margaret, Annie. Joseph and Mary
As S.g.uu.s minor children of John Sirlouis.
b ! ulrT township, deceased.
) 1aa uuai account of Peter Strittmatter, guar
Barbara Ne.ble. q minor child of Peter
4 r. late OF Carroll township, deceased.
IL aual account of Peter Strittmatter. guar
3 NaElalcn Neiblc, minor child of Peter
/ .a'e "i Carroll township, deceased,
j. second aud tusl account of Mary NagIe
y ,..s.IN OF Richard II. Nagle> late OF Sus-
lrA township. deceased.
a- arruuu, of James Thomas, executor of
q j. Thomas. late Of Jackson twp. decd.
4 s7."un- col p. 4. Bush and John II. Doug
Illustrators Of Rev. l., A. Burns, late OF
..t township. deceased.
ae account VI Isaac Harsbbergcr, admins
Abraham fuughnour, late of Richland
- - deceased
be sa0nHi and final account OF George Hen
executor Of the last will and testament Of
Fs'ari, .a'c Of JOhnstOGn. deceased.
mai account Of George Huntley, guar
Frances Emma Mctague, n minor child OF
'' aSue. late of EbenshUTg. deceased.
4-- lrst aul lnal account of II. &. kirkpat-
'raior OF Agnes Farrell, late of Car
~ 'l'a. deceased
JAMES " STNGEP, PcGiAfcY.
't.' 0dce, Ebeesburg, Feb. 2, 1ST+--4t.
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To PICKLE MEAT IN ONE DAY-Get a
tub nearly full of rain or river water, and
put two pieces of thin wood across it, and
set the beef on them, about an inch from
the water. Heap as much salt as will
stand OF your beef, and let itIemain TWEEN
ty-four hours then take the meat of and
boil it, and you will find it as salt as if it
had been in pickle for six weeks, tho
water having drawn the salt completely
through the beef.
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[From Peoples Monthly for February.l
81. ss--- BE UL4H.
A TRUE STORY OF THREE LIVES.

Up among the Alieghenies, not far
from what is now the county seat of
Cambria, there was commenced, eighty
years ago, the building of town, the
name of which was Beulah. A prom
inent Eastern family had purchased q
large tract of land at this place, and
its members were determined, if posi-
BILE, to have it married, as its name
might indicate, to all the interests of
the county, and to have that whole
land clothed in wonderful richness.
Intrigue was made use Of and polit-
ical, and even social bitterness, ragged
among the contending factions Great
wealth had been thrown in on this
primitive settlement, and, by means of
this, strong influence was attempted
to be gained; but, as we shall see,
those mountaineers were honest, st,-har-
dier, indeed, than the lowlanders Of
to-day.
The town was not only planned on
paper, but stakes had been driven to
mark lots and streets indeed, in some
places, the public buildings had been
begun. and had gone far above their
foundations and the noise of the
workmen, as they toiled at the coming
capitol, and the hurly-burly of all life
there made the very forests stand in
awe at the unexpected intrusion.
And everything l0dS primitive. For
ages these mountains had scarcely
been walked over, and then only by
the savage and the hunter the forests
had not echoed to the strokes of the
woodman's axe; the game imagined
these Businesses their coVerts ; the
young rivers had run their courses
down the mountain sides without mo-
lestation and the sun had shone in
summer and the snow had fallen IN
winter, year after year, bringing but
few changes in all the country round
about. But now little settlements
were springing up here and there the
trees were being leveled, and cabin
fires were wreathing smoke from un-
gainlv chimneys.