Site umafo jtatiui. ESTABLISHED 13 IMC. , PritLisiiED Eteiit TVedkisdat Mokiq, tBridge Street, opposite the Odd Fellows' Halt MIFFLIXTOWK. PA. Thc Jckiata Ssxtjsei. is published tverj "We lueedav morning t $1,50 a year, in ad. Taijfe ; or $2,00 in all caeea if not paid promptly in advance. No subscription dis continued until all arrearages art paid, unless t the option of the publisher. . business Carbs. JOCIS E. ATKINSON. Vl t ovuov sit Xa-Av, JUU'FUXTOWX, TA. '. - , "Collecting and Conveyancing promptly attended to. Office, second story of Court House, above I'roiliouuUrr's office. JOBEKT McMEEN, A TTORXEY A T LA W, MIFFLIXTOVTX, PA. (ifticenn Bridge street, in the room formerly occupied by Ezra I). Parser. Esq. LEX. K. McCLCRE. ATTORNEY AT LAW, 144 SOUTH SIXTH STREET, PH1LAUKLPHIA. tf g ii. LOCDEX, MIFFLINTOWN, PA., Offers his services to the citizens of Juni ata county as Auctioneer and Vendue Crier. Charges, from two to ten dollars. Satisfac tion warranted. nov3-ini. drTp. c. ruxdio, PATTERSON, PKNN'A. August 18. lg':9-tf. "THOMAS A. ELDER, mTKT MIFFLINTOWN, PA. Oflice hours C A M. to 3 P. M. Office in i'.eiford's building, two doors above the Sn t'nel oft ce, I'.rijge street. "? 18 It HCiLO'IlATIC PHYSICIAN &SGRGE0X Having permauen'ly located in the bcrougli of MiSHntown. offer hi professional services tu ihe citizens of this plaue aud stirrouudiug cotinLry. iK'ce oa Main street, over Beidler's Drug Store. fang 18 lfuO-tf Dr. R. A. Simpson Treats al! forms of disease, end may be con sulted as l.ilUiws: t his otiice in Liverpool Pa., every jjATIRDAV and MOXDAY ap pointment can be n-adc for other days. At Jobu 0. t.ipp's residence, Mitllintown, Juniata Co., Pa., Aug. 17th, lfc71, till even ing He punctual fiiyCall on or address Hit. K. A. SIMPSON'. dec 7 Liverpool. Perry Co.. Pa. (J. W. McPHERRAN, gittorncit at Jnttr,, fiul SANSOM STUEET, PHILAI'ELPHI A. aig 18 18'.-1-ly c EXTRAL CLAIM AGENCY, JAMES 51. SELLERS, 144 S 4 C T H SIXTH STREET, 'imiiladh.phia. t5u Bounties', Pensions. Back Pay, Horse fiaims, St.iiKe'Claitu?, &e., promptly collected. No cbarge for'inl'ormation, nor when money is not collected. oct'7-tf LEBANON MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Of Jonestown, Pa. T-ni.iriRS Perr.etu.il. at low rates. No Jt steam risks taken. This is one of the best conducted and most reliable Companies in the State. J. WILSON ALLEN, '.Valnut P. O., Juniata Co.. Pa., Agent for Juniata, Huntingdon. Franklin, Fulton and Bedford counties. 'Jgl7-1y BLOOMSBURU STATE NORMAL SCHOOL AND Literary and Commercial Institute. The Faculty of '.b Instituti-n aim to be verv thorough in their instruction, and to look earcfully after the manners, health and morals of tne students. Winter term commences January 9, 1871. taf Apply for catalogues to HENRY CARVER. A. M., Sep 2S, lS70-f.tr . Principal. Mew Mmm StQse IX PERIIYSVILLE. DR. J. J. APPLEBAUGd has established a Drug and Prescription Store in the above-named pUce. and keeps a geueral as sortment of IHtUUS AXU MEDICISF.S, Also all other articles usually kept in estab lishments of this kind. Pure Wines and Liquors for medicinal pur poses. Cigars. Tobacco, Stationery. Confec tions (firM-o'.as). Notions, etc., etc. ie-Thc Doctor gives advice free VEST CIGARS IN TOWN X AT Zlollobaugh's Saloon. Two lor o cents. Aiso. the Fre-het Lager, the Largest Oysters, the Sweetest Cider, the Fine Dome-tic Wines, and, in snort, any thing you may wish in the EATING OR DRINKING LINE, at the most reasonable prioes. He has also refitted his BILLIARD HALL, no that it will now compare favorably with iny Hall in ih interior of the State. . June 1, 1870-ly WALL PAPER. Eally to the Place where you can buy your Wall Paper Cheap. THE undersigned takes this method of in fjrming the public that he has just re ceived at his residence on Third Street, Mif flintown, a 1 irge assortment of WALL PAPER, of various styles, which he offers for sale CHEAPER than can be purchased elsewhere in the county. All persons in need of the above article, and wishing .o save money, are iiivited to call and examine his stock anrt hear his prices before going elsewhere. , nan Large ennpty constantly on hand. rss. it j SIMON BASOM. Mifflintown, April 3, 1 871 tf aJmiAT Sestixii $1,50 t year. B. F. SCHWEIEU, VOLUME XXV, M. 30. - Horal bucrtiscmcnts.' Boot and Shoe Shop. THE undersigned, fashionable Boot , f and Shoemaker, hereby respect! ul- II ly informs the public that he has located in the borough of Patterson, where he is pre pared to accommodate the most fastidious in r.A.lillSS-i' WE All, Gents1 Fine and Coarse Boots, T3l"0J-,ll!S, CIHLDREVS WEAR. A C, d C. Also, mendinc done in the neatest manner and upon the shortest notice. A liberal share of public patronage is respectfully solicited. Satisfaction guaranteed Seg Shop located on the east side of Tus carora street, one door south of Main street, nearly opposite Laird & Bell's store. J. W. DEAN. March 8, 1871-ly S. B. LOUDON, 5IERCHAXT TAILOR, TT70l'LD respectfully inform the public W that he lias removed his Tailoring Es tablishment to a room in Major Nevin'a new building, oirthe Parker lot. on Bridge street, Miiiliutowu, anl(has opened out a LARGER AND FIN Kit ASSORTMENT OF cloths;, cASsnr&REs, YESTIXGS, AC, Than ever was before brought to this towa which he is prepared to make to order in the LA TF.S1 AXD HOST ntriKOVEDSTYLE, And in a manner that will defy all competi tion. He also manufactures to order, all sorts of CUSTOM WORK On reasonable terms. By strict attention to business, he hopes to receive a liberal share of public patron age Give him a call and inspect his styles of cutting and workmanship befure going elsewhere. Mayl, 1971 C0AL AND LUMBER YARD. THS undersigned begs leave to inform the public that he keeps constantly on band a large stock of Coal :inl Utimitter. His stock embraces in p irt, STOVE COAL. SMITH COAL. -WD LIME-i BURN E IIS' COAL, At the J.nK-rst Cull Unlet. Lumber of all kiuds and quality, such as ! Wh te Pine Plank. 2 inches thick, W hite Pine Hoards, 1.J inches thick, White Pirn? Boards. 1 inch thick. White I'ine Bnard-. 1 inch thick. White Pine Worked Flooring, Henilo-k Bnards. Scantling, Joists, Rooftop Lath, Plastering l ath. Shingles, Stripping, , Sau and Doors. Coal aud Lumber Delivered at Short " Notice. Ji Persons on the east side of the river can be furnished with Limburner's Coa!. Ac, fram the Coal-yard at the Lock above Mifflin. GEORGE GOSHEN. Tatterson, June 14, '71. Hurrah! Hnrrab! (Jrcat Excitement at the Mifflin Chair Works! WHY is it that everybody goes to WM. F. SNYDER when they are in need of any kind of Chairs ? BECAUSE he keeps the Best and Finest Assortment of all kinds of Chairs that was ever offered to the eyes of the public. Reader, if you are in want of Chairs of any kind, you will do well to call on the un dersigned and examine bis fine slock of Cane Seat ni IMm Chairs, of all descriptions, before purchasing else where. Having lately started in business, he is determined to do the very best be can as regards durability and cheapness, and tror ranf all tcork manufactured hy hm. fir Rememher the Sign of the 1 II "i 11KD CIIAIlt on the pole on the corner of Main aud Cherry streets, when you want to buy good chairs. WM. F. SNYDER. Mifflintown, Feb 8, 1871. NEW DRUG STORE. BANKS & HAMLIN, Main Street. H!lintoicn, Pa. DEU.EHS IN DRCCS AID JIEDICHES, Chemicals, Dye Stuff, Oils, Paints, Varnishes, Glass, Tutty, Coal Oil, Lamps, Burners, Chimneys, Brushes, Infants Brushes. Soaps, Ilair Brushes, Tooth Brushes, Perfumery, Combs, Hair Oil, Tobacco, Cigars, Notions, and Stationary. LARGE VARrETY OF PATENT MEDICINES, selected with great care, and warranted from high authority. Purest of WINES AXD LIQUORS forMedi cal Purposes. j-PRESCRIPTIONS compounded with great care. ma!6'70-ly The Flacc fur Good Grape-vines IS AT THE laniataUallcB Uitupr&s, A5D GRAPE-TIXE XCBSERY. :: THE undersigned would respectfully in form th public that he has started a Grape-vine Nursery about one mile northeast of Mifflintown, where he has been testing a large number of the different Trietier of Grapes ; and having been in the business for eeven years, he is now prepared to furnish VINES OF ALL THE LEADING VARIETIES, AND OF THE MOST PROMISING KINDS, AT I0 W RATES. by the single Tine, doien, hundrei or thou sand. All persons wishing good and thrift vines will do well to call and see for them selves. , jgy- Good and responsible Agents wanted. Addrese, OBERHOLTZEB. ' Mifflintown, Juniata Co., Pa. ' - 1 - - - . , 'i i - r 1 ." 1 1 1 . ' ' ' " ' ' ' ""-. " ''" r' 77 ' E1FFLWT0WN. ' ' Rett's Carncr. , - v. . '-;-SEErs. We are sowing, daily sowing. Countless seeds rt good or ill ; ' Scattered on the level lowland, Cast npon the windy hill ; Seeds that sink in rich brown furrows, Soft with Heaven's gracious rain ; Seeds that rest upon the surface Of the dry, unyielding plain. Seeds that fall amid the stillness Of the lowly mountain glen ; Seeds cast out in crowded places. Trodden under foot of men ; Seeds by idle hearts forgotten, Flung at random on the air; Seeds by faithful souls remembered, , Sown in tesrs, and love and prayer. Seeds that lie unchanged, nnquickened, Lifeless on the teeming mould ; Seeds that live, and grow and flourish When the sower's hand is cold. By a whisper sow we blessings, By a breath we scatter strife, In our words and looks and actions Lie the seeds of death and life. Tbou who knowsst all our weakness Leave us not to sow alone ! Bid thine angels guard the furrows Wbero the precious grain is sown, Till the fields are crowned with glory, Filled with mellow ripened ears Filled with fruit of life eternal From the seeds we sowed in tears. Check the forward thoughts and passions. Stay the hasty, heedless hands. Lest the germs of sin and sorrow Mar our fair and pleasant lands. Father, help each weak endeavor, Make each faithful effort blest. Till Thine harvest shall be garnered, And we enter info rest. Ulisccllaneous gtaiinij. MIT A.ND DECEMBER JOIN HANDS. One of those ill-sorted maniagps, wherein December and -May join hand. tor the dance of life, occurred within a stone's throw of the Twelfth ward one day last week. The announcement wan duly published in the city papers. thfu;li, as it is to be reasonably presumed that those who are interested iu the lJec-ni-ber part of the ceremony feel sore enough already about it, we deem it advisable to withhold names. The Ray gallant who was ruthlessly turned off by the parson, is fast approaching four-ecore years, aud is hale and hearty yet for that advanced age. In addition to bis other qualifica tions, he is the father of quite a iarjre family, and the grandfather of a much larger one. Whether he has attained the dignity of a great grandsire. however, we have not ascertained, though from his age he is entitled to the honor. The eighty winters that had frozen and thawed over his head, had uot.it appears, quenched the fire that iu early life served to help him walk erect among his fellows, and in evidence of the fact, he still had a corner of his eye rtserved specially for peering at such young and winning lasses as he chanced to meet. Some time ago, he saw and admired a young girl at the house of an old citizen, who, until Lis recent death, resided on Penn street This young woman, whose name is Kate, is quite a handsome Lancaster county lass, and was not a common servant by any means, although she was paid as such, aud spent all her spare change on gimp and gewgaws as pretty girls are wotit to. Ihe old gentleman and his wealth, amounting np towards one hun dred thousand dollars, was not a thing to be sneered at, and straightway Kate went for him with a coquettish energy that couldn't help but- conquer, more especially as the aged individual would persist in hanging around the front gate on pleasant evenings, and do some scien tific flirting that would make the mouths of all the gay youths of the city water, had tliey seen it. It is not related whether old Adonis dyed his hair and eyebrows or not, to gain his ends, but it is presumed not in the light of subse queut developments. The marriage carac, much to the dis gust of the sons and daughters of the festive bridegroom, and he, in the gener osity of his heart, and the softening of his brain, did more than the square thing for his blooming bride. An expensive set of diamonds graced the trousseau, and the settlement of twenty thousand dol lars on bis newly-made wife was made shortly after the splicing operation was put through. To say that the groom's children, all of whom have long since reached manhood's and womanhood e eBtate, are discontented, would hurldly describe the state of affairs that prevails in the neighborhood They have doubt less, concluded, as others will who read this that "an old fool is the worst kind of a fool." Pititbur'j Leader. The discovery of au ancient outlet to Lake Superior is mentioned by Professor Wincbell, the Director of the State Geo logical Purvey of Michigan, in his last report. It is a deep valley, bordered with high' bluffs, and runs from Lake Superior to Green Bay, hi Lake Micbi gan, suggesting the practicability of a ship canal along the same route, with a view to shortening the voyage between the ports of the two lakes. ' Till COSST1TOTIOS TBS tJIO Al TBI SOBCSST Of JUMATA COUiNTYV PENiVA., A DESPERATE GANG. From the N Y. Herald. Wilmington, N. C July 17. Since that recent conflict with the sheriff and his posse in Robeson county, in which four citizens were killed, and a number wounded, lawlessness of the Lowrys and their gang knows no bounds. With the capture of their women as aiders and abettors, these negro outlaws have be come more desperate than ever, and now tbey threaten to deluge the county in blood if the women are not released at once. . Besides the women. Pop Ozendiue, one of the most notorious of the gang, ha been captured and lodged iu jail here for safe keeping, as the jail of Lumber to u, the county seat of Robeson, has never held any of them as prisoners longer than they desired to remain. A few mornings since fifteen of Low ry's gang emerged from the swampa armed to the teeth, aud went to the house of Mr. John M'Nair, and demaudiwl breakfast, which was speedily furuished them. At dinner time they visited the house of Mr bridgers, where they dined in like manner. Ueury Berry Lowry, the leader of the gang, whose wife is now a piisouer at Lumberton, ordered both of these gentlemen to inform the Sheriff that if the women were not in slatitly released he would devastate the county and deluge it in blood. The sheriff having obtained a supply of arms and ammunition from the city, refused to liberate the women, and te turned a defiant answer to Lowry 's threat. This moruing Lowry aud his baud of negro outlaws waylaid and killed Daniel Murdock 51'Lean, a promineut citizen, aud Hugh M'Lcan, his brother a youth only thirteen years old. They also wounded Archibald M'CoIInm These parties were riding along the pub lic road in a buggy aud were fired ou from a thick piece of woods. j A state of horror exists among the I women aud children in Robeson county. I The sheriff has a posse of 150 men in I the field, but their efforts thna far to cap ! ture the outlaws have been utterly fruit- I less. The most intense excitement prevails j in the comity, and a bloody and deadly j conflict is hourly expected, as it is now ' a matter of life aud death with both citi zens and outlaws. Sixty Thousand Dollars Offered fob a Race Horse and Kkfused. The horse Longfellow, owned by Mr. John Harper, of Lexington, Keutucky, seems to have takeu the starch out oi some of the boasted champions of the east at the Lug Branch races last week. But unexpected and decisive as was his performance, the nabobs were still more astonished at the refusal by the owuer of au offer of SGO.OOO for the winning horse, made by Mr V Smith, the owner of Lady Thorn. The fact that in his race with Preakiiess and llelmbold, the best existing descendants of Lexington, and the imported stallion Australia, the Keu tucky horse weut away from them "as if they were tied to a post " completely broke their heats the firSt mile and a half, aud did the last quarter iu a little more than an exercise canter, then winning for several lengths, goes far to justify the opiuion expressed that he is the superior of at.y horse iu the country. He is de scribed as the fiuest-looking horse ou the turf, tall, rangy, and symmetrical, stand ing several inches above his sire, the suc cessful imported horse " Leamingtou," and closely resembling the Old English racer. Flying Dutchman, who won more Dei by s than any horse ever started. Longfellow has never been pushed to the top of his speed throughout an entire race, and the public is therefore ignorant of his actual capacities. No doubt is en tertained by those who have seen him run that he can come very close to 1.40. Tub Helena G izetle tells a story of a young man from the country who spent a few months in St. Louis last winter. It says that one cold day be walked into the Southern Hotel, aud looking in vain for a stove, asked the clerk if there was no place where he could warm himself. The clerk, smiling urbanely, escorted the Colonel to a register and told bim to stand on the grate and be would soon get warm. The Colonel was much pleased. Later in the day, while perambulating about the city, he espied a coal grate in the sidewalk. Here, he thought, was another heater, and he would improve the opportunity by warming his feet. A few minutes later a passer by heard him ejaculate : "These things may do very well for a hotel, but they aiu't worth a to warm Ihe city." The Texas GuZ'tte speaks in this style of a politician of that State: "If the brains of a decent white man were deposited in the Mississippi river at St. Louis, ten drops of river water at Vicks burg would fully represent his intellec tual capacity." - A VOLNO man wants to kuow , what business he had better go into that will enable bim to occupy a high position in society. Let him try the roofing busi-ness. TB IAS. JULY 26,1871.' A DEAD HERO. Martin Cooney is the name of the hoy who, deep down in the horrid depths of the Pitts ton raijie, performed a deed of heroic self-sacrifice which shames into in significance the actions by which many happier men have climbed to fame and honor, ('ooney and a companion stood at the bottom of the shaft as the car was about to asceud for the last time. High above taem roaring flame and blinding smoke rmd the crash of falling timbers were fast closing up the narrow way to light and life ; below them; in the gloomy pit, were a score of men working on, un conscious of their deadly peril. Coouey, with one foot npon the car, thought of his endangered friends. lie pioposed to his compauit u that they should return and waru the tniuers of their threatened fate. Cooney, without a moment's hesi tation, but w iih full consciousness that he uaum.weua.uaos cena.u ueatu, .eapeu from the car aud groped his way back . . ' 1 :.. .1 1. i it through the rimy darkness. It was too late ; the miners had closed the ventila ting door before he reached them, stand ing there, between that immovable bar rier aud the bhaft, the hot breath of the fiery pit poured in upon him in a pitiless blast, aud co he died. He was but a lad poor, uulearned, aud probably uncon scious of pot' session of the higher virtues, aud yet he d'.ed as great aud noble a death as. man can e ver die; he deliberately sac rificed his own life in an attempt to save tho-e of his friends. Here is a theme for the most exalted poetic genius. Com- I ...:.!. . u: . w i i uit r r J do the profane and slangy heroes of the 1 8 coarse poetasters of the Hay school .ink into contempt; aud how unworthy and insufficient jeems the fiction in which they are placed ! It is from such persons as this poor and obscure lad, doing deeds of infinite heroism with a simplicity that is altogether pathetic, that we learu that the purer and higher qualities of the race the qualities which reveal the pies - ence of the spark of Divinity in the soul exists even yet iu the humblest of maukind. ' " ' ' ,, , '-EAS hence C1,me the flt'M ? r' using the htnguage of the Evolutionists, , Tf. l 1 to S"J MnS-Tt Z trace the flea to its origin 1 Some trace the descent oF fleas from a remote and very unsavory origin, but we will rest conLt with am .re romantic legend. . , . Ammitrst flip KnrilA n r:irhl irm is nre - . b .- r served that when -Noah s aik sprang a leak i . -i - .. i .1 : :. hv strikni" s irauist a rock in the vicmitv . . of Mount Sit dshar, and Noah despairing altogether of safety, the serpent prom- sect to lietp mm oui or ins misuap u ue, would engage to feed him upon human flesh after the deluge had subsided. Noah pledged himself to do so ; and the ser pent, coiling h mself up, drove his body into the frac lure aud stopped the leak. When the pluvious element was appeas ed, and all were making thtir way out of the ark the serpent insisted upon the ful fillmeut of the pledge he had received : ! but Xoah, by Gabriel s advice, committed I the serpent to the flames, and scattering I its ashes in the air. there arose out ofj them flea flies, lice, bugs, and all sort j of vermi-i as prev upon the human blood ; I and after this fashion was Noah's pledge redeemed Fi om Scieiw- Uotait. A huge seal was lately captnred at Burliiiztou, New Jersey. For a week or ten days previous to the seal being j captured, the shad iu the river almost disappeared The fishermen caught so few that fishiug proved to be a losing business, and the price of the few shad went up to a high figure. All ihis time the seal was swimming to and fro in the river, no doubt doing his share at shad fishiug. To keep clear of him the shad must have been driven away from their accustomed tiacks, aud hence out of the reach of the fishermeu. But the very day after the capture of their enemy they returned to their old haunts, when the fishermen took them in large num bers, at once giving abundance and low prices. , Mutual Aik The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other From the time that the mother hinds the child's head till the moment that some kind asbistaut wipes the death damp from the brow of the dying we cannot exist without mutual help. All, therefore, that need aid, have a right to ask it of their fellow-mortals ; no one who holds the power of granting can re fuse it without guilt IIoORi with some, is a sort of paper credit, with which men are obliged to trade, who are deficient in the sterling cash of morality and religion. Do not be over fund of anything, or consider that to be to your interest which makes you break your word. qa:t your modesty, or inclines you to any practice which will not bear the light. - Shopman : Shoelaces X Yes, m'm ! al low me to recommed these, m'm remar kable eudoorin' -made o' porpus skin 1 Lady : Good gracious I is thai , what tbey do with them ? Well,-1 have heard of cruelty in workhouses; bnt shoelaces --of paupers' skin ! Collapses. : FDITOR AND PliOPRlETOK. WHOLE NUMBER 1271 An Apache Girl's Revengw on 8 Terfld ions Lover. I A singular case of jealousy, which re cently occurred in Western Texas, is given in the El l'aso Herald. It seems that a young many named Chafidos, a native of Rochester,- England, had made love to a beautiful half breed girl sixteen years of age. The girl was half Apa che and half French. In addition to her great beauty, she was intelligent, vivacious and as active and alert as an antelope. She was gentle and affection ate, and no one suspected ber of possess ing the terrific passions which jealtrasy subsequently aroused in her bosom- The English lover uufortunately became acquainted with a white girl named Wil son who was on a visit from a Southern State, to her friends in Western Texas. -Miss Wilson was beautiful and accom plished, and her civilized graces proved more than a match for the barbarous at- traction8 of the Apacie gir. The re- . , , . i it v stilt was that Lhandns deserted the beau- tiful half-breed, and became engaged' to Miss Wilson. The weddingday was set. On hearm of the faithlessness of her lover, the hitherto undeveloped instincts of Apache blood were roused to all their savage fury in the breast of the untutor ed belle of the forest. Arming herself with a revolver ; she went to the resi dence of her ' lover, crep softly to his room, and shot him through the" heart as he was writing a note to his betrothed. She was arrested a few honrs afterwards, and confined for the uight in an old log cabin in defanlt of a prison. But her mends rpsrnerl bni onrl sho Hi-fi tn tho i ... ,, " 7, ""ji " '"earn wilderness, there to take up her abode ,i.:a a " wUfa hpr mrt,Wi wiJ kimh.ed ' ' .... .. A 1 ankee being asfced to desenbe his "Kiss Me, Mamma." "Kiss me, j wife; said: "Why. sir, she'd make a i mamma, before I sleep." How simple a ' regular fast, go-ahead steamer, my ifo boon, yet how soothing to the little sup- would she has such a Wonderful talent ! plicant is Mint soft, gentle kisi! The for blowing Cp " ' l'ule lad sinks contentedly on the pil-! "What is your cnnsola!?nn ?n life and ! low- f',r a" ' peace and happiness within, j dertth ?" a-ked a Sunday school superin- : The bright eyes close, and the rosy lip is j tendsntnf a young lady in the Bible class j revelling in the bright and sunny dream who blushed and said: "I'd rather be ; of innocence. Yes, kiss it, mamma, for excused from speaking his name." j ll,at goodnight kiss will linger in memory j ..you'd better look out f..r boss's feet I when the giver lies mouldering in the ' above licre, mister," said a ragged bov I erave. The memory of a gentle mother's i , a , J atU ; J . " j - - er'8 ""d ',aS W" ,he beaCn : k in the road thewas the candid , ,.fht illnmin!Ufc hi (hUte hmrt . for i,t i-r t,. . i :ii . ' ,th 1 '' " ' ' h 1 f tlee l'we 1 Lr ! wuh tl,on,s t0 V"- a,lJ we know not several snow squalls, arid one timo bad i .... ...... 1 wnat is in store tor the little one so sweet- j j jv .j,,,,,,. rinsr. with no inarnncr care to: " .. .. , , , , I uistnro its peaceiui oreams. i tie parcn- i , , r ..... ,i i: , it i .! - . ..- v . ., . .. r . I s?ain as recollection bears to the snffer- , fc lvea mother's your onM efe . , kiss, sleep One of the oddest qetions ever snb- mitted to lawyers is now puzzling those j of llardford, Conn. It seems that a j man who recently died there left a wid- j ow, childless, but expecting shortly to be- corae a mother. By his will he provided '""'P' t""u i',uc t0 be bo7 two-thirds of the property should go to him, and one-third to the, wldowed m',tl,er- If- however- tLe cLlld proved to be a girl only one-third of the e8l' was 10 6" Bna "o rus to the mother. '1 he result, of course, was I awaited with an interest even greater! 1 than that usually bestowed upon such J t7 becom the tbe moluer of boy j evetus 1 lie resuu is me wmow lias : and girl. By Fits and Starts. Spasmodic 1 efforts amount to little or uothing. It is j steady application that accomplishes. ! One may be easily "fired up" to do some i thing, and as suddenly cooled off. The ! team of men or horses that pull to-; gether, and pull steadily, will do the: work But those who are always beg.n- ning.and never finishing, have more of , the spasmodic than of the persevering ( Moral: Teach your children to do "e ' thing at a time and to fin.sh what they j eo'11- , ; Patiick saw a bull pawing in thc field, J and thought what fun it would be to j catch him by the horns and rub his nose j in the dirt. The idea was so funny that he laid down and laughed to think of it j abmit a ?(.ar since a chji,j la ttat eitv The more he thought of it the funnier it pightecrf moths old-swallowed an opeu seemed. and he determined to do it 1 eurferi thimble, and has since been un Taurus quickly tossed himovei the fence Pat leisurely picked himself up with the consolatory remark: 'Hell its mighty ! tome thing 1 nad my laugli toorst. A YoU.NO Ma liviug in Lafayette, Ind.. is humility persouified The other day he asked a young lady if he might be allowed the privilege of going home with her, and was iudiguaiitly refused ; upon whieh be inquired very humbly if she would permit him to sit on tbe fence and see her go by. "My dear," said the gentleman to a young lady to whom be thought to be married, "do yon intend to make a fool of me f" " No." replied tbe lady j na ture has saved me the trouble." LVB in its various phases, can only acquire purity or dignity when guided by an inward power over ourselves ; that is in itself the very germ of virtue. " BATES OP ABTERTISDfG. All advertising for less than three month for on square of nine lines or less, will b charged one insertion, 75 cents, three $1,50, and So cents for each subsequent insrtinn. Administrator's, Executor's and Auditor's Notice, $2.00. Professional and Business Cards, not exceeding one square, and inclu ding copy of paper. $3,00 peryesr. Itotiees in readiug column, ten cents per lin. Mer chants advertising by the year at special rates. 3 oM- 6 month. 1 ftrtr. One square,... $ 3.50 $ 6,00 8.00 Two squares S.OO S.Ort 11.00 Three squares..-. .00 10.00' 15,00 One-fourth col'n. fO.OO 17.00 25,tl' Half column . l.0O -.fO 40.00 One eolumn... 30.00 4 ,00 St'.Ort StfOKT ITEMS. One county in IoWa reports three men made insane ty' the excessive use of I tobacco. j The climate of Louisiana is saiit to; be! three degrees colder than it was fifteen years ago. They hare pflt a m?m in ja3 down in Maryland jn.-st for trying to shoot his mother-in law. - - A young man in Illinois, while turning' his partner at a ball on the Fourth, dis located bis shoulder. A man being asked why he' talked tn himself, candidly answered, "Because I like to converse with a man of sense." It is is said that a tourist traveling continuously Without any stoppages can now go ronnd the world in eighty days. A lady was discovered in tears over1 the fce-honsc at Mt. Vernon. She had mistaken it for tha tomb of Washington. "Jeff, why am you like de cedar Y ''I gnve it np, !?'am ; I can't tell ye." "Case ye stavs green both summer aud winter." i An Ohio lady recently pacKpd away her silverware iu au cM clothes bag, audi iu a fit of absent-mindedness sold the whole for three cents a pound. An Irishman was asked if he would keep a secret, if it were, entrnsted tn him. He answered, "And faith if I can't I will tell it to someone that can." A client once burst into a flood of tears after he had heard the statement of his counsel, exclaiming, "I did not think ' i -..it j i ic . . i .mi t t 1 two inches of snow in the basket. He ...1 i . . , , , ... . anu ins iroinnaiiimi sunereu irreauy iron J jie coi(j ' i A Jnn"$ wnman in Sacramento, Cah- fornia, is threatening to get a divorce on -ve. groun.I o protracteM ,v,,,c?. I one cays uer inisuanu cerurateo ii.j marriage by getting druuk, aud has kept j Up Qyt.r -.iuce. A Sll Frallci..,C(f wjfe petitioned for divorce 0 tie groufJ(1 tLat her Jand wa9 a ..cimf1)UU,L,(l fool' The judge W0UJj llot admit the plea, holding that Iie waa free t( cor,fs t)at everv ma w ho got married tr.ts open to just such a nasihtv little boy blubbering because his nicher wouldn't let Lim go down t tllP rivcr on ,he Sabbath, being admon- . . ..r w-nt tfl . , ... , T , wantcd , , 1 .v 1 n-,.i v 1 uutvii nuu set; . -itr ru iiliic uun ui'jwii , -. , c 'j fr going a swirvrmin on a cunday A gentleman iu Massachuetts called on a shoe dealer a few days since and pur chased a pair of shoe for his boy. Tbe j,(,e en(.r tnkthe shoes for the purpose ot- Taspin? off the pegs inside, when the pnrchaser objected. "Because," said he ..;f the p,.g9 are cut off the boy miiB all OTer t0W0t an i the shoes will not last njm ilree weeks " No fpPCK.s oftortoise.it appears, is kion fo wil,)in the boUl,darie3 of AlJier;Mn RpuUi(. of Chili Thfe tlie N;ltifn:l, i1vnnt ,t Srtnliago. the capital or that emmtry. has u ,fce PCretary of Lonion Zoological Society, stating that the speci- mens of tht so-called Chilian tortoise had come in reality, from the Argentine Republic. A Philadelphia journal states that, able to take anything but liquids into its stomach It is believed that the th:m- bje ;s 0(lgtd ;u the aesopagus ; and yet girne twPllty physicians have sotiirht for it again and again to 110 purpose. Tbe child does not seem to suffer from the accident, being quite as healthy and robust as at the time of the occurrence. Tbe Wytheville (Va.) Dtqm'th re lates the following : "Not far from as a young lady attempted) to leave the pa rental mansion, at the dead of night, by lowering herself from her chamber by means, of a pulley and rope fastened to tbe window. She had just reached the ground, where ber lover awaited her, when her enraged father appeared, seized the young man, fastened the hook to his clothing, and raised him skywards, leav ing bim dangliug iu tbe air until morn ing. The elopement is postponed indefinitely.
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