TEE OOIST1TUT10I THE USIOI AID TEE EHTOEOE1CEHT OP TEE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XXXY. MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1881. NO. 7. at roan. .., iifehaacr eaedth-lin.. Tuald.rauiW niht. 0n. after one, dinJin! fcours. j:c.1Ulj,u!erdry' Hash of morn the .unset c m, Bujwty w.th a u ch.m OoeijI't' e summer fi; Ids. Not vet 4:11 or .11 tboir ereei.; Uewerly.a'ens the Mils. fUffl i be first ULU of frosty e!ien. it- wia: rnt ,tl;ere cIonl f :toim Made t:tle-gd of this my life! auere .wMMtrfud. tLe nigut anJ day w,se round mo their September eirJe. I bow me to tie threat-mug gale; Ikno alien that i overpast Amoce the peaceful dave. At, Indun summer comes at lust. A Eackwoods Elopemenl. 'There ain't nothing he-re but the woods, 'n the river, 'n a few shiftless neighbors, but if you ken stand it, we should like to hare you stay," remarked Mrs. Savage, vben Marianne and I proposed spending . mr.nth or so si her hospitable mansion. A winter's trip into the pine woods re gion bad inspired us with a desire to visit ii when is was gret n, instead of w hite. and is Marianne was souiewnai oi an iuvauu this spring, and believes in pine breezes, we started, on the last day of April, for the jinie obscure spot. We left the eat winds and the sea fogs behind us; we found clear skies, fresh breezes, arbutus blossoms, and May par ura, which are still in voue in this part of ihe country. Nut the forlorn, paper ureaitioi, bare-headed, shivering affairs wiiich are plentiful in the suburbs of the larger New Kng'and cities, on the first of Hit ' flowery month, but merry tramps after arbutus flowers, the parties composed of voim? men and maidens, as well as ohiiilien. Dinner is usually spread in some vacant lopzingcamp, or, if it be warm CBOUgh, un der" the trees outside, while last year's lores fall into the drinking cups, and a great dial of fun and jollity prevails. We encountered many of these gypsy parties on oar way from Bangor upward, and each one teemed merrier than the list. Dusk was creeping like a mist over the little Lamiet, cut like an oval from the nicy ot the forest, when we reached there, f'.erour Ion? day's ride. It mas three miles away from the scene of our winter's van, tad a more picturesque location. The river, not Ion; released from its prison of ice, w as sinking the wildest of spring songs. 1'ale green birches, only in the bad as yet, were shivering against the dark velvet background of the pine woods. Frogs were calling tragically from every direction, and as we alighted at Mrs. Sav age's door, we could swell the odorous breath of kioe, and hear the pleasant bomm of ie dripping milk Inttf f nil pails. The nuikniiia. .wot .i-ko-i, sruuu-iauea girl, rushed from the shed near by, pad in hand, while Mrs. Savage herself stood on the aWstepe to greet us. "Hurry, fhebe!" she admonished the milkmaid; ''supper's all ready now, and I upect Dothin: but what these ladies is barf starred." Th cheer of a woodfire revived our somewhat drooping spirits. The voices of Iron and extreme weariness are enough to depress the stoutest souls. iirs. Ssvage, "Phebe, my darter," and 'niy son, John," compose the family. Mrs. Savage wears her hair short, and looks as ditemuued as cheerful. When not about her housework, she makes log-cabin quilts, and books rugs. I'hebe has straw colored ringlets, she is nineteen years of age, she sweeps, washes the dishes, and, wiien JuLn is busy, does the milking. John looks mnniy, but seems quite overcome by shyness, lie wears red shirts, is employed in getting out luuiber in the day time, and in courting in the evening. All this we learned before noon of the next day, and we also learned that the first of May is rather early in the season in the back woods, if there are no east winds, and the skies are clear. Karly the next niorninn we took a little tramp into the woods. We found the pic turesque ruins of an old camp, its crum bling logs beautifully draped with moss, a loveiy little, round pond, blinking brightly unaer green hinges, a plenty of the pinkest irDutua blossoms, and a drift of white moosewood buds aad delicate ferns. We heard the low. sweet, long song of a bird that we had never heard before, but the woods were wet, and the air was so chillv and damp that we were glad to make our uonie m a very short space of time. 'I am interested m Phebe and her weep mg," said Marianne. '-After all, human nature is more interesting than any other kind, at this season of ibeyear, especially. " "1 who love Latere much an dinners can. Uve her where the coat grandeur shows in man.'' I quoted. "Mrs. Savage said the elder was coming to-night, aud i am anxious to see him. Isn't there some connection be tween this expected event and Phebe's weeping ?" "1 m agined that her tears were evoked By the putoB of the New Vork Ledger," and Marianne. "I saw them dripping profusely over the first psge, while she Ped the dish-cloth this rne-mine. " e went home to fiud the house as redo nt of spices as on Thanksgiving Day, and Mrs. fcavfc u, a perfect bustle ot cookery, rneotsred cheeks were quite blistered tt Uar8 tou a was beating eggs with of martyrdom. "The elder, he's as fond of sweetmeats a child, and I'm a trying 10 gituD some Ung that he kin eat, though Phebe's ac U'Jhsputme all out, and I hardly know " ' . 1 m doing of. Who ever heard of a gms crymg tuU enduring lime for iwo or three days, cox her beau was a "Siid the elder laay. Ueain'tmy beau, no uiorn'n another WOn t h!iVe mm for beau," as the tesrful dMMdi hef eveg be l, rapfnn' "d 1 think you would ashamed to call him that betore folks." tl . ,rU Dcver w'l' know wl.en to'a m ,tU ' f' 1 he feWer' U genteelcst ht.nm the county, to say nothing of the siaT i!UTin:? imo B"eie' K UieTnJr . reckh she's put upon iharrvh? Coz 1 Seriate she shed Uiu u . s 84 foud uv hel" feen be.' engea: Uke P0" f PropmThZfr"- K"0 in atom W y tlk. tone of eissnZ:. w er mottler. " ful vou-ll Uon- you ain't kcer- Jl row There ain't here but what would jump to git him girls better ofTn you be, too." "They're welcome to tuna, 'widen'! pea, n alt," said Phebe. "He" Marianne and I retreated to the sitting. room, i lie nre snappad cheerily. The oiras were singing outside, and we could see irom the window we sat, the bold peak 01 lvatanelin, sotteued Into a velve.4 rlomt by disUnee, over the tops of the waving vi jniiiuia3 Dusiea nerscti with her sketch book, while I idly watched the an tics of aa impish kitten, and meditated on Phebe's troubles. The elder was expected before teatim and we did not desert our post by the win- uow unui ue made his appearance, lie traveled in what they called the "comnio dashun," a priadtive conveyance, driven by a jovial young man from the end of a stage route, several miles below, lie was a tall, ungainly man of forty or thereabouts, lie wore shiny black bioadcloth and a tall hat, resembling a stage countryman in his Sun day oesu tiis hair was black, oily and curling, llis eyas were beautifully blue, but looked both sleepy and sinister, and when be moved bis hat we were amused to notice the "widower s peak," which Phebe had mentioned so scornfully. The ex pression of his face was a strange mixture ii do i indolence and sharpness. He car ried a pay carpet-bag in his hand, and in variably swallowed before he spoke. He addressed Mrs. Savage as "Sister Savage," anu rusnea iorward to greet her with a smile which was sultry in its sweetness. Phebe, without paying the least attention to the elder, was exchanging a ereat deal of mysterious banter with the jovial young uiau unuer uis very nosa. "I am afraid that young man is on the downward road," sighed the elder, view, ing their proceedings train the window. alter be bad reluctantly entered the bouse. Mrs. Savage looked alarmed, and hast ened to call Phebe, who did not hasten to make her appearance. The young man was to remain at the bouse all night, as the roads were bad, and his horse was disabled in some way, and not until he moved to ward the stable with his weary steed did she exhibit the slightest intention of de priving herself of his society. The elder strode toward her with re proachful tenderness, and attempted to im print a kiss upon her glowing cheek. "Quit !" said Phebe, repulsing him, with an angry push. "Phebe Jane 1" ejaculated her mother, reprovingly, "Lor, Sister Savage," said the elder, with another sultry smile, "girls will be bashful, you know, and we rnust'nt blame little Phebe. She'll get over it in time, I'll warrant you. Winuuen folks ain't often very backward as far as I am concerned." And he beamed all over with still com placency. Mrs. Savage turned one admuing eye from his visage and another threatening one from that of her daughter, and pro ceeded to perform an introduction between us and the elder. His affability was ex treme, and addressing us each as 'sistar," he commenced a theological discussion, while Mrs. Savage and Phebe busied them selves in preparing supper. But as he had 'be discussion all to himself be soon wearied ef it, and favored us with his views on politics and temperance at great length. "ilain't 1 ae.ea.rpu dowa-btdp?r'.bai nddenly inquired, frost ue nuasi ol his lUsquisition, searching jnanannes race with a somewhat Duzzled expression. We were both considerably startled, for as his speech was extremely free with the name of his Satanic majesty, the "down below" was naturally suggestive of a very objectionable region. It was a great re lief to find out that he only meant Barnog aftar alL Phebe and the strange young man, who seemed by no means strange to her, ap peared rather excited and were inclined to laugh at the elder, during the solemn exer cises of supper. The elder regarded him with severe disapproval, and remarked cheerfully several times, that he knew one or two young men who were going straight to destruction. Evening, however, found Phebe demure. the young man a eepy, the elder still in a theoloeical, but not so severe a mood, and casting lover-like glances toward the maid of his choice. But Mrs. bavage looked anxious, and was continually dropping a stitch in her knitting. "My son John" and the strange young man, who seemed to be fast friends, retired early, pleading iauguc. Then Phebe, in spite of ier mother's re mnnstratintr dances, retired also. The elder asked permission to smoke a pipe, and no objection being expressed ne puueu away, uttering a little exhortation between the whiffs. . "So Pnebe is engaged to the elder l" in quired Marianne when the reverend gen tleman had taken his departure for the night, and we sat with Mrs bavage Dy tne fireside. "Vby, je8j i kalkerlate they u oe mar ried. She's awful bigoted though, 'n says she won't have him." (Bigoted is the word used for all sorts of objectionable oenavior in the Aroostook.) "This young man tnat druv the elder up kep' school in our dees trict an' courted her a spell winter fore last, n I'm afeerd he's turnin- ner neau agin now. . . . , , "A marriage with him seems a great uu n,r,r (nntuhle." I ventured, feeling deep sympathy for the poor damseL "The el der is so much older than Phebe. "Yes, indeed," said Marianne, warmly, you ought to many the elder yourself, Mrs. Savage." "Sakee alivel remaritea ium iuj , aider's enough sight too young and hand- me for n.e. I'm bound to nave uuuiu the family, though, el 'tis only vo spins uic Widder Jones, mars a seiuuB him like all possessed, is allers a whis pering something against Phebe in his ear. tk. moraine Mrs. Savage was astir early, as usual, for John, who worked on the river, was oougeu w - fast at 6 o'clock. Phebe she always called at half-past 6, and when the hands of the tt this hour she stepped Into the hall and Phebe's name echoed with un usual emphasis through uie tknM was nn resuuuec " i---- :ij again and again, but only silence P"'' "I declare that girl's growin' more and .v..fl tt dav." she muttered to r,rT- .ftlv up stairs into her lit" ret: ii "'- - j daughter's bedroom. The room was euiyij, - . been occupied at all, and Phebe's clothing T Speared from the nail. n the closet: so had her father's old hair trunk, S for year.had.ood " t. . . -ii mvelooe on the table ao i IT.TZmn.h. She tore it open StSTwS ieeuxgB better imagined than aMa,M:-Seh I'eckhamaod II is a goin' over to Patagumpu -VS riebt to marry u. Uiis J . j .t. .i i.. , m. but not xur a nus- sianu uie ciuc. - , band. rs.m ami see us j . the through yore iummer s wi . W n4 boarders is gone. Fhibe Jas. p S. I shall send after my befer and fe.iex bed.and lochin dW nd sTe'Jeclared, was "dret fulk a- but determined to make the best of it. The elder, on being In formed of the elopement, seemed to be more affected that they should have gone nra ii ngm io be married than any pangs of unrequited love. "They might at least have give me the L-iivuege oi marrying them, though 'taint likely Selh could aff ord to pay a great deal m m ikk, sum ae, regretfully. oay or two afterward he informed Mrs. Savage that it had been rcvjaled to him that there was a providence in Phebe's reiusai io marry him, and heaven had or dained that he should marry her instead ; and M -a. Savage accepted the ordination oi neaven. A Ban About twelve miles north of Lawrenca- burg, lml., in Manchester Township, on a dreary road which is rarely trod by any- uuuy oui paupers, and Which, if it leads anywhere, might lead to the mythical sec ton of Hades familiary known as' the uaii-acre," ts located a lot of dilapidated, broken-down, rookish old buildings whleh taken together, constitutes the County In firmary. In the rear of this forsaken spot stands an old stone-pile, covered over oy a roof, under which existed a beinz which resembles masculine humanity, but which exaimts all the traits and characteristica of a turkey gobbler. This "thine" la called Bradley, and has probably existed about iony years. Ihe antecedents of the crea ture are unknown further than that it was picked up in Lawrenceburg Township some niteen or twenty years ago, f nd ear ned to tne lnhrmary and thrown into a cell in the stone building dedicated to the hope lessly insane. v nen seen by the writer Bradley was sitting or rather, roosting on a cot, which stretched across his cell. He was sqnatting, and appeared to rest en tirely upon his ieet, while his body swung between his legs, bis head nearly on a par allel with his knees. This," said Mr. Duncan, the Infirmary Superintendent, " i his uniform posture when not moving. In the position you now see him be will re main for a half-day and even a day at a tune." Bradley was dressed in simply blue drilling loose slip made in the shape of a bag. From bis mouth protruded a handful of tobocco stems, all of them eight or ten inches long, and in his hand he held another bunch of stems of the same weed. He was surrounded by a lot of tin cans and cups, from which he never parts; no more does he part w ith his tobacco stems. W ith them perched upon his cot he toys constant ly and, save when eating, he never ceases to wobble in his mouth the stems. In a few instances the experiment has been tried of depriving him of his toys. Instantly the creature has become wud, and making a noise precisely like a turkey-gobbler, he has dashed about his cage funeusly, but ting his head agains. the wall, aa if intent on self destruction. The experiment has always had the same result, and when again in possession of his trinkets and stems Bradley has invariably assumed his accus tomed roost and become calm. Save the noise of a gobbler no sound has never come from the creature's throat. During the coid wvather, because of his meager dress, Bradley is always kept confined. W hen summer comes, however, he is oecasionaliy trusted out doors. On such occasions he uniformly wanders o into the lota adjoin- in Uut Infirmary climbing trees and feaoae ami uaiancing mmaeu on a bmb or Board, and, squat ling down, roosts thm boar alter hour, frequently uttering the singular "oblety goblety" sound. His tiu-cupa and tobacco stems be always carries with him on these expeditions. In speaking of this singular specimea of the human, Kyle, who for years has been the Infirmary Physician, said: "1 have again and again seen Bradley, while off in ihe fields, get frightened, and then seen him in a stooping posture (he has never been seen erect), with his traps gath ered upon his arm, the stems sticking out of his mouth, run as no dog anywhere in this whole region can run, W hen he comes to a fence he runs up over it, using his elbows and feet, and in the operation is almost instantaneous. In speed the crea ture can almost outstrip a fast horse.' Bradley has very coarse hair all over his face. He obeys only a few commands, but does not recognize las uaaie. When slowly moving over the ground he irequenuy bops, instead of planting one foot alter the other. In his habits be is as helpless as a babv. His food is principally gramvorous, he rarely eating anything other than that food made from grains, ay every ooay who has seen Bradley here it is regarded as one of nature s monstrosities. Tne Bone That "-Dleii of Grief." One of the San Francisco papers having published an account -of the death of horse from grief at losing his master, the Chronicle sent a reporter to verify the state ment. The groom was interviewed, wun the following result: "Yes. sir. that Uiar were tne cunosiesi case I ever hern tell on. o more thar aiu't no such case writ about in boots, nuiher," and the stableman removed a brief T. U. nirje from bis teeth, and rested iU cheering bowl on tne reporter arm w u his attention more closely. "Ye see that boss were as sound a h animal in wind and limb asye'd see at a prize fair in the old country. Gentle as a kitten, and a pet for th r-hii.lrnn " The stableman paused to rekindle tbe fire in his pipe, wiiich the rain, dripping from the reporter's ulster, had quenched. .... AM 1 1 1 I "When did it oiei asaeu uie icj-uif, -II . . "The boss died oaiuruay laau "What ailed it?" 'Lung fever. "When did its master diet" -Two weeks aeo to-dav." "Well, what is there curious about that I" asked the reporter in amazement. "Curious! why its curious enougn,i soua . i v. . ..L- ,n say, wnen mar am i auoiuer im - u i,, a Ki&hie. and we've cot a hundred of them here!" Effect of Tea on the Main. If vou place a few drops of strong tea upon a piece ot iron, a anue uiauc, ior iu- itinne tne tannaie oi imu m luimm, which is black. If you mix tea with Iron filings, or pulverized iron, you can make a fair article ot ins. xi you mi '" fh human blood, it forms with the iron of the blood the tannate of iron. Take skin and let it soak tor a time in tmnir tea. and it will become leather. Now, when we remember that tbe liquids which enter the stomach are rapidly ab sorbed by tbe venous absorbents of the stomach, and enter into the circulation and are thrown out ot tne system uj uie kju, lungs, and kidneys, it is probable that a drink so common as tea, and so abundantly used, will have some effect Can it be possible that tannin, introduced with to much liquid-producing respiration, will have no exToct on the akin I Look at the tea-drinkers cf Kussia, the Chinese, and the old women of America, who have so long continued the habit of drinking strong tea. Are they not dark-colored and leather-skinned I Launching a Snip. Noi one-half the people who witness the launching of a vessel can tell bow it is done. They hear a great sound of pound ing and driving of wedges for half an hour or so, then a loud shout is raised, and the ship starts slowly at first, but, gradually increasing her speed, slides with a steady, stately motion from off the pile of timber and blocks where she has been standing for months ; and where, but a moment be fore, the huge creature towered aloft, noth ing remains but a debrit of timber and planas, while out on the water floats one of the most graceful works of maa. When the ship Is about ready to launch, her immense weight rests principally upon blocks some eight or ten inches square on the ends, and perhaps some fifteen or eighteen inches in length. These blocks are placed directly under the keel, and in order to launch the vessel it is necessary to transfer the weight of the vessel to the ways, two long lines of heavy timber reaching about two-thirds the length of uie vessel on either side, and about mid way the bilge or bottom. These ways are simply two lengths of timber with a thick layer of grease between them, so that as soon as the ship acquires any momentum they will slip one along the other. To transfer the weight of the vessel on to these ways so that gravity the stem or heaviest part of the vessel being much lower than the bow will cause her to move, is the whole secret of launching. To do this, between the top of the ways and the vessel are driven pine wedges, which, of course, raise her somewhat, and so relieve the blocks under the keel of part of the weight resting upon them. This done, workmen take their places under the vessel, and with iron wedges cut and knock away the blocks. When these are removed, the en tire weight of the vessel settles at once upon the greased ways, and the result is exactly the same as would be if a person should seat himself upon a sled pointing downhill upon an icy slope away she goes! There seems to be a strange sort of fas cination for most people in the launching of a large vessel, and in our ship-building ports it is not uncommon for a thousand persons to be present to enjoy the specta cle I'otttr't Ametican Monthly. A Weird Visitor. I was terribly frightened one night in Queensland by a dead man riding up to my camp-fire at midnight. I was quite alone. I heard my horses neighing and another answering in the Malgas bushes, so I got up and put wood on, making a bright blaze and presently into the circle of light came horseman, bending over his pommel. with bis large straw hat slouched over his eyes. 1 took my revolver oil my saddle and sung out. "Good night mate! You travel late. Will you have a-drink of teat" Not a word of answer. Just then my two dogs, who were sniffing about, set up such terrible cry it made me jump again. After a bit I beean to open my eyes to the state of affairs and mustered courage enough to walk up to tbe horse and take hold of the reins. While doing so 1 touch ed the rider's hands, which were cold as ice. I tried to get him off the saddle, but it was of no use. His legs were out of the irons and wound fghtir aroona the tusrer' 1 had to cut the reins from the grip of his fingers. I packed bim on the horse when sunrise came and led him into Tambo, where I found he was well-known as a digger. He had set out thence that morn ing afler drinking nearly a bottle of brandy to go to a place distant above forty miles, and I was only twelve miles from the township when he paid his ill timed visit. There was no doctor within 3uO milts at that time. However, they held a kind of inquest, at which the P. M. talked learnedly of muscular contraction and sunstrke, and was puzzled to decide whethei the brandy had anything to do with it, as he could swear from his own experience, that tbe liquor was first-class. He praised me more than 1 deserved, for 1 had halt a mind to run away at first. When I am camped out, even now, alone, strange thoughts of that nocturnal horse man come into my head. If any one had told such a atorv to me 1 should hardly have credited it I mean that a man should slick to a horse in that way without any other help than his saddle straps bfforded. His little mare was very quiet, though, and was evidently attracted by the sound of my horse bells. A Chunk ot Natural Philosophy. A boy about fourteen years of age was smoking a cigar on the south portico of tbe City Hail, Detroit, the other morning when a citizen hailed before him and said: "Boy, do you realize what you are doing!" "Smokin1 a powerful gixxl five-center, won on a bet," was the reply. "But don't you know that you are filling your system with poison t" "Naw." "Well, you are. That cigar contains enough nicotine to kill a cat." "I'm no cat" "I know. It does not kill you suddenly, but poisons tbe blood and sows the seed of fell disease. You may drop dead on your way home." "I ain't goin home." "It fills me with horror to see a lad of your age destroying both soul and body. Boy, 1 entreat you to throw away that vile cigar." "I dasn't Some oue else would pick it up and be pizened." " Throw it away and I'll buy you tliree apples." Won't like 'em." "Or a quart of peanuts." "Say," said the boy as he fondly regard ed the inch of ashes at the end of the cigar, "I bet a boy the cigars this morning that lie couldn't tech bis tongue to a lamp post and then sing "Sally Waller t" He teched, and there's a crowd up there now tryin' to thaw him loose. I ain't very scart about bein' pizened, and I don't keer much for fatherly advice, but if you've got any spare time you might go up there and tell that 'ere boy that a chunk of natural philosophy is worth a hull barnful of ex periments." Cotton Hna factoring in the Booth. The progress of cotton manufacturing in the Southern States, according to the cen sus reports, is very gratifying. In 1860, the number of looms was 8,238; number of spindles, 800,221 ; number of pounds of cotton used, 68,68,629; number of persons employed, 11,489. In 1870, the figures were: Looms, 11,609; spindles, 416,983; pounds of cotton used, 49,032, S(6 ; persons employed, 13,033. In 1880: Looms, 15,222; spindles, 714,078; pounds of cotton used, 101,937,256 ; persons em. ployed, 22,228. The consumption of cot ton, it will be seen, has doubled during the last ten years, and the figures show a greater advance in this branch of manu facture than the Western States. We waste our time In moments, our money in dimes, and our happiness In trifles. Banian Mistakes. For two years p-st the officers of the se cret service division of the government have been endeavoring to unravel the mys tery attached to the attempted robbery of the United States sub-treasury in Philadel phia, Pa. Up to this time they have met with indifferent success, and the chances are they will never be able to ascertain with distinctiveness who were in the plot As the case stands now it is a matter of suspicion against some of the boldest cracksmen in tbe country. None but thieves were concerned, and they refuse to give information which might lead to the detection of their confederates. The story is an interesting one. But for a mis calculation on the part of the robbers they j would have succeeded in capturing some 12,000,000 of coupons and cash. It would have been the largest haul ever made in this country but for their stupid ity. The large vault in Treasurer livs- ter s office, in the Custom-house building. contains two apartments. In one of these it is customary to store the cash and cou pons that are presented for interest. In the other small coin is kept '1 he fact became known and a gang was organized to make a raid on the place. Prominent on the list was Jimmy Logue, now in the Eastern Penitentiary, who had $70,000 on hand fresh from a bank burglary. There were a couple of well known New Yorkers and two fellows who had escaped from the Kings County Penitentiary, believed to be Porter and Irving. Another of the party was a new man, for whom the country has Oeen scoured but without avail. Logue secured a fine residence in West Philadelphia, where the whole party re sided. He was to be reimbursed for his expenditures out of the proceeds of the robbery. As warrants and requisitions were out tor the men on all sides, they selected Fair mount Park as their place of rendezvous. Their favorite resort was the quiet retreat at Srawberry mansion. Here Uiey met daily, after taking an airing and mapped out their plans. It was found necessary to have one of their number in side the Custom-house, so this happy plan wu Lit upon : One day a reverend-looking gentleman, with clerical-cut garments and a white choker, waited upon Collector Tutton and informed him that he was the tier. Mr. Paddock. The official knew of this clergyman. The sham minister was ac companied by an innocent-looking young man who he stated was one of his parish ioners. Dr. Paddock would be so much obliged to the Collector if he could only give the young man something to do some light work, such as watchman as he was in need, and his health would not admit of exposure. Collector Tutton was exceedingly pleased to see Dr. Paddock. Mr. Tutton s rector in Downingtown and Dr. Paddock were in fact well acquainted, and Mr. Tutton talked freely of lXiwning- town's spiritual needs. To the reverend gentleman be explained that no reliance could be placed on tbe recommendations of politicians, while a minister's endorsement was nearly always a safe guide. The sham clergyman got quite shaky when Mr. Tut ton touched on Downingtown matters, but soon switched oil the conversation and avoided embarrassment It is now dis closed that Shoey" Miller, who was mixed cr. in the bogus naturaluution business, X.id was sentenced to two years' Lmprisos inent in the fcaatern penitentiary, person- auHl the Kev. Lr. rattdock, and was a party to the job. The young man recommended by him was appointed and made a watchman. By a strange coincidence the fellow was as signed to that end of the building where the sub-treasury is located. Por weeks he was attentive to his duty ; but all this time be was gathering points and familiarizing himself with every part of the building and with all the persons employed in it These facts were made known to the gang of which he was a member, and some ot bis confederates visited the place to learn the by-ways. The robbers exhibited no undue haste in moving upon their prey, but waited until the time when the quarterly Interest on tbe U. S. bonds fell due. They knew that large sums of money were stored in the vaults. One Sunday morning it was dis covered that a hole had been made in t he aide of the Custom-house wall, large enough to admit the passage of a man's body through it A closer examination revealed the fact that this led directly into the vault The place had been cleaned out, but the rob bers had been fooled. In this apartment bad been stored the pennies and small eoins. Next to it, and with only the thick ness of few bricks, was the huge pile of interest money. It has been presumed that the thieves believed they had struck bags of gold, and that in the darkness they merely felt of them to learn whether they were coin or not, and immediately passed them out to their confederates to carry to a place of safety. Instead of goin further the job was for some reason abandoned at this time, and after an outlay of thousands of dollars the burglars captured but a couple of hundred dollars worth of pennies. It is thought that daylight came too fast for them, and they were compelled to vacate the premises, which was a good thing for the Government Investigations were made by the officers, and detectives were put to work op the case. They never discovered much. Su spicion began to point to the watchman appointed at the "Kev." Mr. Paddoch's instance. It suddenly was revealed to every one that no one knew anything con cnrning this individual. He was sent for by the collector and told to send Mr. fad dock to the office. But he did not That young man left, and to this day he has never been seen or heard ot lhis job broke up Logue. When he was arrested for the Portuondo tobbery, he had Utile money on hand, but gave a mortgage on his house for a certain sum of money, con ditioned upon the fact that If the mortgage was not paid at a set time the house was to be sold. As part of the bargain, a prominent lawyer of Philadelphia, it is said, agreed to educate and care for Logue's children until he served his three years' sentence. The mortgage has been fore closed, and the children are in want One of the secret service men traced a lot of pennies to the custody of a couple ot well known thieves, but they made a satisfac tory explanation of where they came from. There the veil drops. A ! In Kasllsh. What queer blunders these foreigners make I A German woman living on I entu street, Philadelphia, had a severe attack of cramps the other day. and a doctor was called in. He gave her some ginger to re lieve the pain. Next day he called again, and said : "Well, Mrs. Biimmenschlager, how do you feel to-day I" "lust-straighdt, doctor," was the reply; "shoost so goot as never vas!" "Do you feel any paint" he asked. "Yell, I'fe god a liddle pain in my sthummick, but it don't nurd me!" The grin on that doctor's face sprouted Into guffaw when the door closed behind him, and burst all the buttons off his coat by the time he reached the street Pot ter's American Monthly The Time c Day. The gallant Irish soldier, General Bligh, of Sepoy fame, while holding the commis sion of captain in a dashing marching regi ment, was on a trip of pleasure, with his wite, in the north of .Lngland, and having come one day to a small Yorkshire inn, the larder of which was well nigh empty, he ordered all the host had on hand in the shape of food, to be served np for his din ner, after which he joined his wife in an upper room. While the host was preparing the meal for his guest a party of sporting gentle me i of the country entered the inn, and called for refreshments. The landlord was sorry to inform them that all his larder contained of food had been bespoken by a gentleman who was at that moment wait ing up stairs with his wife to have it served. Who was the gentleman! The host could only tell them that he was an Irishman, and seemed to be a very quiet, good-natured and harmless body. (The Captain was traveling in citizen's clothes.) "An Irish gentleman! ' A potato, with pepper and salt, will answer for him. Go up and tell him so." But Boniface preferred not to do so. "Then," cried one of the party a 'squire of the neighborhood, with more money than sense "take up this watch to the gentleman, and ask him if he will send us wont what a the time o day, for we cant tell." It was a habit in that section, when one would intimate to another that be didn't have much faith in his good sense, or in his judgment to show him a watch and ask him to tell what's the time o'clock!" The host, himself fond of fun, and feel ing assured that the last callers would get the worst of it, took the watch a very valuable gold repeater and went up stairs and did the errand. Bligh took the watch and looked at it "By my life! it's a beauty. Tell the gentleman I'll be down presently, and shall take pleasure in expounding to them the mystery o' time-telling by the watch, and I'll fetch the watch with me." The host returned with the answer, aud shortly afterwards carried up his guest's dinner. The 'squiee was for a little time, furious with the landlord for having left his watch behind; but he finally cooled off, and having called for a gallon of beer, be sat down with his friends to wait After he had finished his meal, Captain Bligh opened his portmanteau and took out two great horse-pistols ane placing them under his arm, he took the watch in his hand and went down into the barroom, where the sporting gentry still waited. "Ah, gentlemen, I give you a good day. And now who is the man that wants the time o' day! 1 shall be delighted to en lighten him." They did not like the looks of the man at all. He earned the soldier in his every look; and just now there was a good deal of the tiger manifest "Come, come, gentlemen I am Captain Bugh, at your service. A short tune since, the landlord brought to me this watch, ac companied br a message which I have come to answer as such a message nchly deserves." And he significantly tapped his nnver upon (he putoia, dw wuuae b vbn waichf Is it yours, sirt" to the 'squire himseLf. The 'sduire denied the ownership promptly. All the watches in the world would not have tempted him to expose his life to tbe terrible Irish captain whose fame was known to him. Bligh then applied to the next man, and then to the next, and so on to the next, and all denied the ownership. "1 am happy to find, gentlemen, I have made a mistake. You will pardon me, I am sure. 1 thought the owner of the watch was here." He then put the watch into his pocket slipped the pistols into the pockets of his blouse, turned to the bar, and settled his bill, then bade the company good evening, afler which he joined his wife on the porch, at the door of which his carriage was in wailing. Captain, afterward General Bligh, kept the watch to the day of his death, often telling the story of its captuie, when he left it by will to bis brother, the well known dean of Elphin. Borned In Helled Lead. The establishment of the St Louis Smelling and Refining Company, in St Louis, was destroyed by nre, and John Williams was caught in a stream of molten metal and literally burned by inches. The lire was caused by the bursting of a cupola of one of the furnaces, in which about twenty-five ton of lead was being smelted for leaning. Williams, the engineer, was standing at the door of the engine room. He started to get his coat and dinner bucket The molten lead, which was run ning on the ground in every direction, had reached this part of tbe building, and a narrow stream had made its way directly across the path between Williams and the place where his coat was banging, as he went forward he gave a little leap, expect ing to clear tbe stream, but tripped over. Falling, he dropped partly into the hissing pool that had began to widen and spread out Just at this point two men near by saw the engineer's distress, and started to pull him out of the puddle, lie, however, succeeded in picking himself up without giving the metal a chance to burn him seriously. He even went and got his coat, and was returning to cross tne . leaden flood at a nairow point when a second in terruption came along from a different di rection and caught him. This time it was impossible for him to escape. The two men tried to reach him, but the consuming mass was covering the whole floor, run ning small channels in every direction, so thai the men could not get near the strug gling engineer. He ws seen to fall, and, all efforts to rescue him having failed, the building burned over and about him, and the ruins fell upon bim. Abundant Hair. Japanese women are very proud of their hair, which is black and luxuriant They cultivate and arrange it wiin great care oy brushing their tresses back from the fore head and gathering them in a plaited top knot, covered with flowers, spangles, and hairpins of gold, silver and tortoise shell. Kich and poor alike are proud of theii coiffure, and the kuli-woman in rags de votes the same attention to her hair as any great lady. To preserve the elaborate structure from being disturbed, women during s.eep rest then- necks on a padded fork. Thera is no difference between sin gle and married women in wearing their hair, as In China, and their respective social status is indicated by the position of the bow in which the waist-scarf is tied, girls wearing it at the back, matrons in iront Tbe latter likewise shave their eye brows and dye their teeth black. Girls ue rocee freely and sometimes gild their lips. They are fond of smoking, and wear their embroidered tobacco poaches as belt ornaments. Tbe HDU&rd Brother. Mart Buzzard, Abe Buztard, Joe Buz zard, Ike Buzzard, and Jake Buzzard are five brothers whose names are now before the public in the role of leaders of the Welsh mountain gang ot plunderers, in Pennsylvania. Two of. them, Abraham and Joseph, are in the Lancaster jail The remaining three are at large. Two ot the alleged members of the gang. Diller Clarke and Henry Howes, who were ar rested with the two Buzzards, aro also in jail. Seven of the band are now serving time in Jan, and three are in the Jastern penitentiary in Philadelphia. The five Buzzard brothers have all served out dif ferent sentences in prison during the last nve years. Joseph and Isaac labored eighteen months in the Lancaster jail for horsvstealing; Jacob was in the same prison five years for burglary, Abraham was sentenced to four years for burglary, escaped, and was recaptured; Martin has also made a similar record, and bis terms have numbered more than one. In Febru ary ot last year the five were in the Lan caster jail together, serving out their sen tences, but during 1880 their varieus terms expired, and they were released. They at once repaired to their old haunts, the Welsh mountains, a strip of wild and bar ren backwoods country aad forest lying along the borders of Berks, Lancaster and theater counties. Kising out of a rocky and scrub-oak stretch of barren is the Welsh mountain, with its caves of lime stone rock, caverrs, and dreary yet safe and secure, hiding-places, where officers of the law never visit Prior to their depart ure for the old haunts, they made many vows and promises that they would never again "lake to the road for a living, and they pointed to the fact that notwith standing their absence from their hunling grounda, the robberies, burglaries, and high-handed outrages had continued the same as ever. Old Martin said to the sheriff. "You see, we ire not to blame, because we weren't thar! Now, if these stealings go on when we're down thar, don't blame it on to UM Martin Buzzard had spoken truthfully: for when his brothers and himself had been captured and convicted a young and handsome man assumed charge of the then almost panic-stricken gang ot thieves. His true name was Henry But, although he had many aliases. He was a daring and intrepid outlaw, and always had charge of running the stolen plunder into market after the gang had captured at.d delivered it in a neighboring county. When the five Buzzards had been run do wn, and the band scattered and disheartened. Birt's occu pation was gone. Ho therefore came to his own rescue, mounted his horse, penetrated the wilels of the forest and mountain country, and rallied the men once mere. They left their huts and followed his leadership as bravely as they did under the old regime. Birt soon became known as "Wild Harry of the Welsh mountain." As an innocent looking pedd.er he roamed the country during the day. Of off evenings he courted the farmers' pretty daughters. His hair was long, blacK and wavy; his eyes dark; his complexion olive. He had a black mustache, very pretty teeth, and was well formed. He was not an educated man, but his conver sation was enXextaining, and his unaffect ed, plain, blunt manner encagine. The girls liked his brusque, careless manner. and, after he had won his way into their auueuons ne tooc good care to take sum cient points to enable him to work his way uiw uie uuuse a iew evenings afterward on a mission of plunder instead of love. A volume might be writteu of the romances of this modern Claude Duval. He could write fairly, and many of his love-letters found their way into tbe homes of the rich est farmers in that section of country. So far as is known his conduct to the young women was perfectly honorable. When he was at last run down and arrested, and his many sweethearts beard of it they not oniy denounced the officers and pronounced the charges untrue, but earnestly entreated their friends and relatives to go to his aid. Birt was captured with a load of plunder, nd Committed to the jail at Heading. His red necktie, velvet coat, corduroys, and top boots were changed to prison strips. and he served a long term, after which he went to Mexico. Tbe Buzzard boys, alter their liberation. found the gang nearly broken up and very poor. It was some tune before they were again mustered and organized. Martin Buzzard went to his hut on the mountain at what is called "Buzzard's Boost" and commenced making baskets. He was de termined to reform and quit the road. All jthe present wmter the burglaries have Hone on. early every night the bold band has been abroad. Churches, stores. stations, offices, and private bouses, have been broken open and burned. Vigilance committees, horse- thief detective associa tions, and other companies for the preven tion of crime and for the assistance of the constabulary, have been organized, but the burglaries go on. Many farmers are afraid to take active port in the prosecutions, lest their bams may be fired. Indeed, many notices, something similar to the "Molly Maguire" warnings, have been sent, cau tioning farmers to beware how they volun teered to give evidence against certain par ties under airest The Buzzard brothers are middle -sized. broad shouldered men, ranging from 127 years of age to 45. Isaac ia the youngest and Mart the oldest. Thev have red com plexions and brown hair, gray eyes and heavy, shaggy eyebrows. Their boots are of coarse hide, aud their corduroy panta loons are stuck in the tops. Generally they wear short, heavy pea-jackets, which enable them to ride more irecly. Three are married and have several children each, all uving in the same cabins. 1 he Buz zards are desperate men, and for a long lime it was considered certain death to at tempt to arrest them in their homes. borne of the band live m "Lousetown, a small mountain village near the home of the Buzzards. Ihe arrest of the two brothers is to be followed up, and it is ex pected that the entire quintet will soon be brought in. Some say that Martin is aid ing the omcers, while others deny it. Martin has written a letter for publication, in which he declares his innocence, says that he has reformed entirely, and thanks God that he has luckily escaped from the gallows. Wonld not le It. During the Franco-Prussian war of 1870 1 a French major, taken prisoner, was approached by a Prussian general, who promised him anything he wished if he would betray the rrencn pian oi cam- P""-"- . "Any demand yon may maae, saiei me Prussian general, "will be acceded to." TLe Frenchman, although indignant, kept his temper and replied: "1 will do what you ass: on one condi tion." "And that is!" "That you will give me your esteem after 1 have spoken." The general tried to tempt him no fur ther. BRIEFS. Sir Garnet Wolseley was born in Ireland in 1833. 1381 can be turned upside down and read the same. A man In Mt. Pleasant owns 4,000 geese. Boston real estate is worth f 427, 236,610. Apples are worth $2.50 a barrel in England. St. Louis railroad bridge earns 1 10.- 000 a month. The Osage Indians own 13,000 cat tle and ponies. Oold leaf Is the 230,000 part of an inch in thickness. New York pavs 13,210,905 Interest on the city's debt. The total Indian population of Michigan Is 10,141. Queen "Victoria has an income of $3,000,000 annually. In German the ladies take their knitting to the beer garden. An outbreak of rinderpest Is report ed in Derbyshire, England. John Clay, a brother of Henrr Clay, Is living in Kentucky. Gambetta is a liberal host nd keep open house all the time. Petrified grass is found abont the mineral springs of Calistoga. All prosecutions against Cuban in surgents are to be abandoned. Lord Beacons field's "Endymlon" paid him about 50 cents a word. Chicago consigned $1,000,000 worth of wild game to Europe last year. Pittsburg is to have a $500,000 hotel. a stock company being the builders. The state debt of Wisconsin Is $2.- 252,057; that of Maine is $S,S8J,S0O. On a single rauclie In Texas 10C0 lambs were killed by this winters cold snap. There are 35,613,000,000 matches consumed annually ia the United States. Our Indian wars from 1305 to 1S79 are estimated to have cost the govern ment $24,680,000. The balance of trade in our favor on last year's business with the world foots up $73,000,000. A female salmon as a rule carries about nine hundred e to every pound of her weight New York saloonkeepers, of whom there are 10,000, are said to control 75,- 000 votes in the city. Kellogg is to get $000 per night for a twenty-night engagement at the Grand Opera in Paris. The mines of tbe United States have proiiictnl during the past seven years $230,000,000 in gold. It ts estimated that the British army the coming year, will cost the treasury over $ 100,0 J0.800. The Greeks have for 200 years had a monopoly of the trade in dried cur rants iu the London market. Walter Scott was born in Eddin burgb. August 15th 1771. His father was a lawyer or conveyancer. In Missouri last year 432,933 of the children attended school, leaving 2U, 433 who received no schooling. An Indian farmer deposited In a bank last week $2,000 that he had had buried In the earth for 17 years. Philadelphia has forty-two niirht schools in operation, with a nightly attendance of over three thousand. The increase in the population ol Pennsylvania, as shown by the present census, is 7bU,&o over that of 187J. Of the seventy-six United States Senators only thirty-three were born in the states which they represent Tbe Parker Memorial Chapel, in Boston, which cost $110,000, will be sold to a leading Spiritualist for $13,- 0U0. At a recent paper exhibition in Berlin, artificial teeth made of paper were shown. A German Invented them. It is estimateJ that the cost of the Whitaker corrt ot inquiry and of the Whitaker court martial will be about $10,000. The expense of the White House and its occupants last year was $UU,- 964, of which the president's salary was $50,000. The first complete translation of the Bible in English was printed In 1522. A perfect copy ot it was sold in ISM for $1750. The annual sale of pews cf Ply mouth Church took place recently. The first pew was bought by Uoraoe ii. ClaQin lor $700. During the year 18S0 $32,233,279 worth of gold coin was turned out ol the United States mints, and $27,409, 706 worth of silver. A harp, dlsccvered in Eypt iu 1S23, had several remaining strings which responded to a touch, aud awoke from a rest ot 3U00 years. The Journal Official of Paris has been purchased for $120,000 br the French Government, and will here after be the official organ. Frederic R. Guernsey, of 27i Bom ton Herald, is preparing lor the esub- iishnient soon ol an Anglo-Spanish commercial paper at Boston. lbey are very exact in Kussia. The wellfed government officials report that 701,028 peasants are starving in a certain district in that empire. Public schools In Tennessee during 4330 numbered 5,522 against 3,492 in 175. In ls80 the teachers employed number 5,954 against 4,210 in 1875. The University of Berlin during this winter has more than 4,000 stud ents, the largest number ever yet reached by any German university. The Manhattan Elevated Railway Company has ordered twenty-live new Baldwin locomotives, similar to those now in nse on the Third avenue line. The Paterson (X. J.) rolling mill has spent $15,000 in boring an artesian well through 2100 feet of red sand stone, only io strike a stream of salt water. Wade Hampton no longer goes about on a crutch. He has a wooden leg to replace tbe one lost by the kick of a mule, and is able to walk without a cane. Connecticut has $60,000,000 Invest ed in manufacturing establishments, employing .60.000 persons, the annual product ol which Is estimated at $120, 000,000. Lord Wentworth, grandson of Bjrou, was married December 30th, to Mary Caroline Stuart-Wortley. The bride's white satin gown was em broidered at the Koyal School of Art Needlework, and her veil was antique Brussels. The Very Kev. Pacifico Neno, D. D. O. S. A., the present provincial of the Augustlnians in America, was recently appointed by his holiness Pope Leo illl. superior-general of the Order ol St. Augustine tnrouithoul the entire world.
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