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Show The Perfect "Power." The Austin (Texas) correspondent of the Chicago Tribune sajs : and like a practiced gymnast, he leaped again completely over the next pew, falling ou his knees in the aisle, when he went through more contortions than I can describe, whilj abuut us there went on a tempest of sobs, praying, exhortation and I have been at many a singing. camp meeting:! have seen .Mrs. and her ecstatic crowd; but I never dreamed of such a pandemo- With no irreverent feeling, but with the most eager- curiositj, we walked up to the African Methodist church in this lovely Southern city. The sable brethren and sisters were ewaruiing the avenues and quietly Most of the wotaking their places. but they were nium." were men noticeably neat in their dress, while there was hardly a trace of the old slave costume, except here and there An old gentleman whose style the beau handkerchief of some duky was germanized was asked what "he crone, too ancient altogether to adopt thought of signs and omens. 'Jte uew faugled notions.' ell, I duu't dinks mooch of dein We modestly took, a back seat near dings, und I don't pelieve averydin.sj a window just as the first Hues of a but I ddls you somediuies dere is hymn were being read by the parson somedings ash dose diugs. Now de Jtwo lines at a time only and then oder night I sit and reads mine an-Co- tt bare-heade- d, Ie l)g iu llowlhr." the air the stiougest music I cVer listeued. I could of think nothing but the fubled wail of the Banshee rising in. a low to a passion of musical utter as slowly dyiui; away in a thi.ii ance, was exceedingly pathetic. that Hioau Hues more were giveu, and s Two whole c hymn was sung, rising and falling in weirdest fashion, while (lie swayed to and fro, keeping singer-time to the singular chant. Then followed a prayer, but the supplicant spoke so iudistinctly that we could not understand anything, so we watched the kneeling crowd. Many were devoutly bending, uttering groans and cries of assent; now and then a hearty 'Bress de Lord !' startled us, but i regret to say that the younger damsels were peeping over the tops of the pews, while two or three flagrant flirtations were on with the most refreshing indifference to observation. An exhortation came next, commenced in a low, droning voice, but as the speaker gained the sympathy of his audience, his voice rose, till he informed us that he was jist lull ob ovcr-erbiliu and a perfect glory; storm of responsive cries came from the crowd about him. Then a queer, cracked voice in the corner began iu a strange tuue this refrain : 'Shine, shine, my little soul'.' and for an instant there was a gener giggle. Only an instant, for then with one accord the liiroug 'lined in,' singing tlie queer words over and oyer again but a sister near the altar sprang up with a bound, and then followed the. most remarkable broke on to which cre-sceu- ; ro-in- g !' newspaper, uud my frau she speak say: "'Fritz, do dog i.sh howlin'!" I "Veil, dorft dinks mooch of dein dings, tiud I goes on and reads mine paper, und my frau she say: " 'Fritz, der is soniedins pad is do ish howlin'.'' happen; dog "Liid den gets up mit mineself. und looks out troo de wines on de porch, und de mtiou wasshinin', uud mine little dog he shoomp right up and down like avcrvdincs. und be ptrk at de moon dat what shine soj Lud ash 1 bright as never was. hauled mine bet in de winder, the old women she say: " 'Mind, Fritz, I dells you dere ish some bad is happen, he doa i.sh . hou-Un'.'- "Veil, I goes to bed uud Ishleeps, all night long ven I vakes up dere was dat dog howliu' outside, und ven I dream I hear dat howlin' vorse ash never. Und in de morning I gets and kits mine breakfast, and my oop frau she looks and say werry solem: "'Fritz, dere ish somedings ish De dog was howl all hoppen. night.' "Und shoost den de newspaper come in, und I opens him und, by shings, vot you dinks! Due tas a man died in Philadelphia. .1" Spiritual Phenomena. 1 . . performance. To is she screamed that say quite She yelled, mild, a phrase. danced up and down, thi ew out her irms in the wildest gestures;, then wh rled herself out of the pew and into the Isle, keeping whirl in the up waltz still she as perfect exhorted, and at each successive )irvuette swiftly clasping somebody in a convulsive hug, yet never breaking the regular rythm of movement. It was amusing to see the very dignified judge of the district court dodge m she nearcd him; but there was a 'method in her madness.' for she had no 'call' for white folks, but pissed on - rouud and back of the church, up the other aisle, till at its head she encountered her pastor, and. Toman like she fell ou his breast in He held her frenzy of excitement. moment; and then passed her over to some of the sisters near by. Dur-ln- g all this the congregation had betn bilging, some shoutinjj. and the wildest confusion prevailed, but it u stilled in a minatefor there rose a quadroon, whose tall, little "5ure and gleaming eyes would attract atteutiou anywhere. Her Voice s:Bgularly musical, her language ' correct and her gestures graceful. Evidently she was one of their chief ffoiaen. Waving her arms, bowing, turning and chanting her remarks, she was iQ the full tide of eloquence, hen fr0Q1 the opposite side of the church there 6prang up a turbanod aUDty; wU shook her hands fn a Tc,nSeful fashion, exclaiming, Pat 0t8 U a lie, and you knows it! Pat re ain't de trufe, you yW jade! ut her words were unheeded, and quadroon kept on till the desired Pct of ecstacy came to iler f oa, and kgan prancing up and dow U--s "jy- - Now a yell from the coraer, ? lookci there 'PrinS H5h,IJ o the air a man, who, having gone owa closely on iktaeat toh .',?? th him. Another fr too T jell tu, 1 ; (From the Liverpool Post.) At a private party, given at his London house duriug the past week, Sir Charles Wheatstone exhibited some curious electrical experiments for the amusement of his friends, which would seem to throw some "spirituallight on certain so-call- In a dark istic manifestations." a stamp of his foot, Sir Charles produced a brilliant crown of electric light in midair, while musical instumeuts seemed to be played by invisible hands, whereas the second rally came from an adjoining room in which the player eat, and were made to appear to be produced by instruments before the spectators by an ingenious contrivance. room by A Struggle in the Mountain From the Reading (V&.) Eagle. A correspondent sends the following very thrilling account of a descatperate struggle with a mammoth amount in the Blue Mountains, about seven miles from Fcatherolfville, on the extreme noithcra edge of Albany township., Ho says: "I have just learned the particulars of an encouu-te- i had on tho mountains on Wednesday eveuing ot this week, which has caused a great deal of talk in this one write to Schuylkill county to two old friends of his who were also engaged in hunting, and who had likewise passed more than half their lives on the mountains. Ou Tuesday last they arrived on foot over the hills, and stopped at BUY DOJXTT UNTIL YOC HAVE Carefully Examined NEW the cabin of 1'fleger that night, deOTJX1L termined to start out us soon as they were rested. Their names are Henry Vancolt and Thomas An.on, two who first came to the mines when the canal was built, but gave up their business and twk to the lulls soon afterward. On Wednesday alteruoou, about 2 o'clock, the three started ou: on three difl'ereut 'path way o, the nun AM) having previously agreed to meet ut : the "big tree," a point abuut live miles oil" iw the ununtaius. They were well armed, and determined to ; ..-- .' 0.. huut up the mysterious annual if it were possible. Nothing happened to avy of the party up to the time'when i 11 1'fleger and Vancolt arrived at the tree, which was w ithin a half hour of each oilier. Nothing was tejii or heard of Anson. The sun had goue down behiud the hills, and the forest ' was becoming gloomy iu the dusk. Anson was making his way slowly aud cautiously through a deep and tangled uuderbrush, aud when about ''...''.'i.'il'! iV' one hundred yards from the point of meeting, he determined to pass up through a small ravine..? hose sides Vt hnxv 12 :M1 i;kasos were overhung with a dense undeij I hey m ill lo ytteir tuili. When directly JV1 Thoy are the growth of shrubs. cheapest to buy, under a small crag, ana walkiug They ure l he bet to use, They bnke evenly no-- quickly, along with his head bent to the operation is iett'cet, ground and is form doubled in PTbcir have always good tlrnft, creeping under a low vino, all of a They ure mnile of th beat material, sudden he 'heard a crash overhead, "1 Tliey roftst perfectly. aud the next minute he felt the cla..'8 They tequire but little fuel, of an animal sink in his neck aud They ate very low priced. They are easily managed, fierce with flesh, accompanied growls. are suited to nil lormTitfPS, They By a very quick movement, Anson Kvery Stove guarunteed to gira gatiofaotiwi swuug arouud his arms, grasped the SOLD Y animal by the neck with both hands and held it in his vise like grip. Manfn'g Co., lie then staggered back to the ST. LOUIS, MO., clearing, when the animal shook cfl AND- BY the hunter's grasp, and made an 3VX. effort to bite his teck. Qu ck as 25. thought the man grasped a kuife in Octlfn, Utali. all) his belt, and with fearful velocity swung it around and sunk it deep into the animal's side. The brute gave a long, low howl, aud amidst Country Storekeepers, the excitement man and beast rolled over ou the ground, aud as they did so the former leceived three severe Will find it to thi'ir advwntage to purchase bites n the shoulder . The growls .their of the animal attracted the attention of the remaining two hunters, who came dashing through thu brush STOCKS 01 GOOD S toward the spot where the hut.teroud the .brute were tusselling on the ground. The struggle did not last AT long. Anson plunged his knife the second time into tho animal's body, and in a few minutes it rolled over and died." The hunters then examined it and found it to a be species of panther, aud which was thought to be a catamount of the mammoth species. It SALT LAKE CITY, weighed 14b pounds: and measured 4 feet 5J inches long, not couuting Tho Latest Styles, the length of the tail, which was 2 festoaoinch. It stood 2 feet 8 The Lowest Irice?, inches high, and wa3 powerfully knit and very compactly built. The Best of Terms. HMCHMIE More than n, One Million in use!! veHMMMtucKBifaNBBMaaaaanaaaaBaBBaB LOW IIISSKISVOIU : : i . - ! v1 1 b tVAT Sii 1 w. 1 Mtt'LI'iTfieB lllft! C 4 i'.KC "iljiip WW NEW BUILDING OP J 1 TleSiDprlaiflfacttteCeiaii? N. East Corner Fifth & Locust st.,, CSalalMljlBSSSIi a 11 Excelsior -- - I. O. law-8- Teasdel & Co, aCl-t- .&IIKl!'tf?,WlaS) SEND FOR PRICE LISTS. The Singer Hanufac'g Co. 605 u. XT. rczrth Street, St. Louis, Mo- J f. The Milwaukee Sentinel relates that, while a prominent preacher of L FOlt SALE CHEAP. that city was recently making a pas A ACRES I'LOW LAND, 14 ACRES CBA.i! toral visit, the lady brought a number If land, a g onhard, hone and of cngraiings she had just purchased. on the County road tirar the border of the 1 will trade the plai e fi.r city The cautious pastor flew through the city northward. property, or for stock, of griitt, nr partTithii.it front door, and sent his boy round order. The liola or a pi t of thia taiuahle projierty offered for his hat afterward. TERMS. W. G.SAUNDKUS. ON REASONABLE LEGAL SOTICE. s6ction. In tne ProLute Court in and fur WeW Count jr, For weeks past people coming down of Utah. Territory at have hills or crossing the reported "l MATTE LAURF.NSKN. Plaintiff, various times of haviug seen a large &uRmuna. Aifnnift wild : animal, and others as having RASMUS LLKKNSEN', Defendant J heard deep growls and strange noises, The l'eople of tha Territory of Ctuh To Rmraua Laureluen, Dofeti.kiit,, GRKKTiBO. at certain hours of the night.. j You are herrliy lUmniuDei to.ojpeur iu,an acA farmer along the base of the hills, tion brought aainxt yon. tjf tha U? tiamed Ezra Sensening, lost two named Matte Laurennu l'Uiutijf.., In fh for tlia. Conjuty Court in ami Mtter of lrrott young ?calves and an eutire of Weliar und Tewitory ol ;Vtitl, Mi1 q. shace of eigh,t fwer tljoconij'Utut filod therein, ithin ten days young pigs in the short of the day of ricc) aJlr tli eri. (axoluait loss to on tha attributes he and days, you of tkia aunituoiaa if aonwt within thi and if not within tliit County tat within the frequent Incursions of thi strange County, tha Tblrd Judicial Kintrict of tlia Territory of L00KJIEUK. riVIE APPLETON'S AMERICAN Cyloiitlia EW REVISED Entiraly a, ciaii(aj EDITIOX, ia tha tnt ' " We (: lfe?3. tha mid Plaintiff and tofeadant, and for library vithout feeling tha ot. A aafinc f tea ou the Mountains, lie made several betwej ' .w it tha a day tnyi tha complete aak coat of in it. ruti I Vaiwijst efforts to hunt up the strange miaul, tias tuiihr.fih. W!ItlOr, Jt HTWK9 f aald Court, ta Ogdea Fdt U hand and Addrtts, " but to. o purpose. lfwmti, thia r ft .Aiguaa, A. 1 City, U. VAN fcENSHLAIR, ' JtOBT. to concluded a At iuth crginist (Seall V, g. RICHARDS, 1 imall hinting party. Ue had. gome J tl d?73-- i ul VartWa Ftk vi.ari rropi vai.ris "'' .,'' 3131 MONITORS bow in " CYCLOPiE 3DI A . WiU pt a . i'ied legitflini? Jcily, Utah within twenty day; otuarwwif within tha animal , iu 16 Tola., of too pugnew h. Caui)Jta or witbJB ( I' toll fwty daya, jtiilpmant These reports caae to the ears of Territory will Intakes afrainftyon ty defanlt, according t old an and hinttr SOLD ONLY EY SUBSCRIPTION, tha prajaroftaid Complaint. Kudolph, 1'fleger, decree of mM Thit action ia urouskt to Main full 40 Ua pasied yvars Coait diaeoWinf tha Utidi "f Matrimony exiatiog A chaac for tha villica to lay a roanpleta trapper who !)' MONITOIl If A? OAI.VED A a I d repnfutif.n. ' No higher at.aed upon a CVI;itiv ftote tvtn to ay rhtsf,. who u it in it praia, every luM-wtnJ fr anl recc maietid VI t her naipl-or- . for evffcomy, uj tai.aUiUty. ta U iWt , OpMatioBi. .1 ' ' 'AJ0, Tl)t ISK " CILKBK4.TX4 ' S.WTA CLAIS COOM'G ST0VEv i Whka haa 4 lt. kf Z, X nd aA-Jle- r throogh tha tVrriJorjL" cacaua i-e, atatrf fi aM tt(fm cp.rati -- tj kalu SirtX 91. 1, amal 4Jn by all tW : ul Woexf, a a Taroh a for, Jtaaoty Alt iar .!: . . 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