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PROFESSIOgALCARDS
LAURIE J. BLAKELY
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
AT LAW.
ioVT, or Benzingcr P. O. Elk Co,
Ta.,
T. T. A 1) K A 31 S ,
Attokney at Law
LOCK IIAVEX, PA.
sTunrERwiLLTs:
Attorney's at Law, Ridgway Elk cou
"tyl'a., will attend to all profession
busiuess promptly.
cTiapin & wEbur
Attorneys aDd Counselors at Law, Offic
in ChapiVn Block, Ridgway Elk o. Pa
Particular attention given to collections
and ah monies promptly remitted. Will
also practice in adjoining counties.
J O HlTGirATL7
ATTORNEY1 AT T a rrr
Ridgway Klk County Pecna
RW.JAMESBLAKELY,
St. Mary's Elk Cbunty Pa.
dr. w.isW. sifAw:
Fracticea Medicines & Surgery
Centre ville Klk Co. Pa.
DR. J. s. B 0 R D WE LL
Eclectic Physician,
(Lately of ITarrcn county Pa.)
Will promptly answer all professional
Us by night or day. Residence one,
door Last of the late residence of Hon.
J. L. Gillis.
aR. . R.
Eari.ey, Kersey Elk
Will attend to all call
July 21, 1861.
'Co.. Pa.
night or day.
HOTEL CARDS.
FOUNTAIN HOUSeT"
JOIM O. rORTERFlELD, Proprietor.
Ridgway, Elk County Pcnn'a.
fredTkorb
Eagle Hotel
Luthersburg, Clearfield County Pa.
-Fredrick Korb Proprietor, bar.
Ing built a large and commodious house,
is now prepared to cater to the wants of
the traveling public.
Lnthersbnrg, July 16th 1864. ly.
L VTJTEIt
CRG If 0 TEL.
M.u flieftbu
CJcarflcld to- Pa.
WILLIAM SCHWEM, Proprietor.
Luthersburg, July 27th 1864. tf.
nationaOiotelT-"
Corner of Peach Street and
the Buffalo Road,
M R I K 1 A .
ENOS B. HOYT, Proprietor
JThis House is new and fitied up
with c.pccial care for the convenience
and comfort of guests, at moderate rates.
tSfaOOO STADLIlfQ ATTACHED"a
EXCHANGE HOTEL,
Ridijicay, Elk county Pa.,
DAVID THAYER, Prop'r.
B.Thia house is pleasantly situated on
the bank of the Clarion, in the lower end
of the town, is well provided wiih house
room and stabling, and the proprietor will
pare no pains to render the stay of his
guests pleasant and agreeable.
Ridgieay July 28, 1860.
HYDE HOUSE,
'.Mrs- E 0- Clements,
1 : Proprietress
Ridgway, Elk County Penna
CLEARFIELD HOUSE,
cobneb op Market and Water St'j,
" . Clearfield Pa
GEO.
N COLBURN, Pbopbietob
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ST- MARY'S HOEL.
St. Mary's Klk County Penna,
M. WELLENDORF, Prop'r.
LOCK HAVEN, Pa.
E. W. BIGONT, Proprietor.
j Omnibus ranuing to and from the Depot
tree of charge.
BUSINESS CARDS
Lock Haveh, Clinton County Pa.
I BALERS in Flour, Grain and
JL Feed near the Passenger Depot.
Ridgway Markets.
Corrected weeekly:
Apples, (dry) buskel 8 3 50
Buckwheat " ... 1 00
Beans, " ... 4 00
Butter lb . . - 20
Beef ... 57
Boards " M. ... 10 00
Corn bushel ... 1 50
Flour " bbl. ... 12 00
" Hides lb . . . 08
. Hay "ton ... 30 00
OaU bu. ... 1 00
Wheat ... 2 50
1 Rjo " ... 1 25
; Bhinglei M. ... 4 50
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VOL. 5
1805
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"nillLADELPHIA & ERIE RATL-
I ROAD. ThlS Prfint linfl trnrorsna
the Northern and Northwest counties nf
Pennsylvania to the city of Erie, on
Lake Erie.
It has been leased by the Pennsylva
nia Rail Road Vomjany, and is opera
ed by them.
Its entire length was opened for pas
senger and freight business, October
17th, 18G4.
TIME OF PASSENGER TRAINS
AT RIDGWAY.
Leave Eastward.
Through Mail Train 1 53 p. m.
Accommodation a.m.
Leave. We.tmrd.
Through Mail Train 12 33 p.m.
Accommodation p. m
Passenger c.nra run t.hrnifrvlt withtnf
change both ways between Philadelphia
ana rie.
ElEGENT Sr.EEPI Vfl CARS on Exnrrsq
Trains both ways between Williamsport
anu jjanimore, ana Williamsport and
i miiuieipina.
For intormation rcsncotinff Passenger
busiiessinr)lv at the S. E. corner 30th
and Market Sts.
And forFrsight business of the Com
pany's Agents:
'S.B.Kingston, Jr. Cor. 13th and
Mavket Sts. Philadelphia.
J. W. Reynolds Erie.
J. M. Drill, Agent N. C. R. R. Bal
timore. II. II. Houston,
Gen'l. Freight Ag'l. Phtfa.
II. W. GWINNER,
Gen'l. Ticket Agt. Pint a.
Jos. D. Potts,
General Manager, Wmsjt't.
DICKINSON & Co. DEALERS in
Merchandise Provisions Ac., on the
Ready py system, at prices much to
tne advantage ot purchasers.
Dealer in
Clothing, Hats, & Men's Furnishing Goods
IVAI til BlUJilVl,
Look Havkn, Custom Co., 7i.
FRANK X. ENZ
u1 a a ob si,
Centreville, Elk county Pa
A D O L P II T I M M
Centreville, Clk. county Pa
"General Manufacturer of
Buggies &C.-ALSO Furniture, such as
1 itjirija,
Bureaus, lables, b tanas JJcdsteads and
Chairs. All kind of Repairia dono at
reasonable rates.
BOOK STORE,
ST. MARY'S, ELK COUNTY PA.
In the room formerly occupied by
Doct.;Blakely.
COUNTY DIRECTORY.
President Judge.
non. R. G White, Wellsborougli.
Associate Judaes.
Hon. V. S, Brockway, Jay tp.
Hon. E. C. Schultze. St. Mary's-
Sheriff.
P. W. Hays, Ridgway
Prolhenotary , Reg. and Rec.
George Ed. Weis, Ridgway
Dutrxct Attorney,
L. J. Blnkely Ridgway
Treasurer.
Charles Luhr. St. Mary's
Count u Surveuor.
George Waluisley, St. Marys
Commissioners,
Charles Weis. St. Marv's
Julius Jones, Benezett
Joshua Xeefer, Jones
Auditors,
R. T. Kyler, Fox
Henry Warner, Jones
11. D. Derr. Benezett
Coal Lands For Sale
riIIE subscriber ofTers for sale the
Coal privilege, with the right of
mining and other minerals under 495
aores of land Bituated in Fox tp., Clear
field county Pennsylvania, within 2
miles of the Ridgway & Shawmut R. R.,
which connects with the Phila. & Erie
R. K., at Ridgway. with a six foot vein
ot Bituminous Coal upon it, which is
now commanding such enormous prices,
for manufacturing purposes. For sale
cheap, terms cash, a good title given.
For further particulars, address
C. L. BARRETT,
Clearfield P. O.,
Clrfield Co., Fix
IKIli
f INDEE N D E
Ridgwat Elk Countt Penna.,
He Voted for the Draft.
BY ONE WOO WAS TAKEN IN,
"Good people vote for Abe,
Tho Union to restore,
To liberato the negro
And end this cruel war.
We'll have no moro conscription,"
Said tho Lincoln men and laughed ;
"So volo for Abraham,
If you'd avoid the draft."
"As soon as rebcldom
Shall hear the glorious news,
Of Abraham's election,
They'll tremble in their shoes,
They'll throw away their arms,"
Said the Lincoln men and laughed ;
"So voto for Father Abraham
If you'd avoid the draft."
"Jeff Davis and Bob Lee
Will go to Mexico,
And Besuregard and Hood will hido
Themselves in Borneo.
They'll give us'thoir plantations."
Said the Lincoln men and laughed,
"So vote for Father Abraham,
If you'd avoid the draft."
I took them at their word,
I voted for their man,
And sat up all election night,
To hear how Shoddy ran,
The telegraph, did tick,
The Linsoln men all laughed,
And said, "the Copperheads arc sick,
There'll be another draft !"
No copperhead am I,
But still 1 feel quite sick,
To think the draft should follow
My vote for Abo so quick,
I asked the Democrats,
How is this ? and they laughed,
And said, "How are you conscript.
YOU VOTED FOR THE DRAFT!"
A SIGHT TT1TII A TIGCIt.
BY LIEUT. J. W. HENDERSON,
Tho authenticity of tho following
narrative win scarcely bo doubted by
iuo reauer, wnen lie learns that 1 receiv.
cd it from tho lips of my old friend,
liaymonJ . a centlenian whom
have known from boyhood, and whom I
never Knew to indulge in notion a per
nicious and unprofitable habit, to which
certain authors are addicted, and from
which, Heaven knows. I am free. I
give tbe storv. as nearlv as nossible. in
hid own words, which will account for
tne irequent use ot the personal pro
noun I another bad habit of storv.
tellers, often worse than even tho un
godly lies they lorgc. But this is no
lie.
I have heard Csaid Ravmond to
me") that the human hair has sometimes
been chansed to white or irrav. bv sud.
den and excessive terror ; and this re
minds me ot the night of fear which I
once passed, in company with a mon.
strous tisrer he at liberty And T tin
armed and alone with h
my blood thrills to think of it. and if
i. .. .
my worus ao justice to the subject and
my feelings, I shall curdle vours verv
shortly.
At that time, mv "onerous, lamented
uncle Was the chief owner nf & lnrrrn
menagerie, which was then in its citv.
quarters ; and adjoining stood his resi
dence, from which a private Hide-danr
opened into the temple of wild-mora'
and bestlv-rcligious entertainments.
One midnight, after all was quiet,
bolh in my unclo's house and the me
nagerie, I conceived the purposo which
was the source of all mv dancer and
affright. I took a lantern, rmr! an.
cretly through the side-door, and stood
alone the only human being iutido
that dark menagerie.
iHy purpose was double, or rather
triple, and I may say it was manifold,
in so doing. I wished to see how the
wild animals would look and act at that
lonely hour, with no other human eye
.1 . T 1 1 1 .
upon wicm jave inino. l aiso wisnea to
find a bunch of kevs. in charge of the
head.keepcr, Bill Ramsay, whom I
kuew to be off for tbe night, "fighting
the ticref" elsewhere : and to BWt from
the bunoh the key to the cage where
was kept a pet goat, which my uncle had
promised me, and which was to go with
me. at a vervearlv hour in the morninr
' - - v O '
in the stage, to my father's in the coun.
try.
I wished to take the goat now, and
into the house royself, because I feared
that Ramsay would not be back in time,
or, if so, might be drank, fasten the side,
door on its entertaining side, and not
wake up and let me in and let out the
goat, whea I should shout. I brought
tne lantern to aid me in the hunt for the
LV.. " .fen i7 l ZuA . X
keys : also la be enabled to see the am.
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N T TERM $1 50 per
Saturday February, 4th 1S65
mals as well as they could see mo ; and
likewise to keep me from stumbling into
awkward nroxitmt.v in snmn nf it,.-
., i., - , . , , ,
and thus be made mto hashed-meat, do
priving my father of a dutiful son and)
mo of a beautiful goat. I
What other wishes I had nt tlm ;
I don't tccollcct; but I do remember
how I advanced between the rows of
CBffeS. Cutting the d;irkimaa vin-Kf
1 R m 1 7 , ""n""
left with my lantern a sword of light ;
and how the strong smell of ammonia,
which pervaded the atmosphere, raised
the question in mv mind, whether that.
1 .1 .,
was a cause ot the wild luxuriance of
tnojungle. yA
Suddenly, I wasslartfed from my
philosophical reverie ; for having neared
tbe far-end of the menagerie, most re
mote from tho street, I was appalled to
behold a hugo cage, wide open in front
oi mo. ana upon its noor, crouching, un
chained, and glaring at me, a royal Bon.
gal tiger 1
I am naturally light-hearted, which is
one reason why I have been able to
bound over numerous misfnrtn
serve my health, and become rich nt
last; ana lspcrnaps the reason why I
look so much younger tbau I am, as so
many of my unmarried female friends
often assure me ; but I assure you that
at that moment I did not feel like jo.
king. No poet, with his liver out of or
der, his mistress out of temper, and his
publisher out of funds, could describe
my horror, the cMll blight of mv braverv
which then took me by surprise, as if
me sensation or iear were embodied in
electricity, and, darting through every
vein in my system, had wilted me all
over.
Byron says of Azo, in the poem, that
"In a moment, o'er his 6oul
Winter's memory seemed .to roll j"
and it is the fashion for people who have
narrowlv cscaned death, to sav that in
t ' j
tli o momentary crisis of peril they re-
mciuDcrca an the evil deeds they had
ever committed : all of which is rnmnn.
tie but unnatural and improbable ; for
norror, it wortny ot the name, as mine
was, is too much absorbed in the con.
tcmplation of tho present to trouble
itself about the future, and, least of nil,
about the past.
Memorv! Mvcvcs wore all before
me, when I saw that ticrer : and stnrinor
directly into his. I seemed to inelfc sud.
, o n
denly down to the floor beforo him, as
if I had been an ice-cream, and ho a
burning July sun. I fell, lantern in
hand, upon my knees, and then more
prostrate, as if the lower mv hpnd wont.
the less notice his royal Ferocity would
take of me. So indelibly was that pre.
sent timo linnressed on mv ininrl tn llm
i j - j -
conclusion of'any humbug memory about
the errors of the past, that I canj'now
truly tell you how I felt.
1 le!t, in the first place, for my lan
tern. If the lieht should tm out T
should be ushered into eternity without
seeing my way clear; and like Homer's
Aiax. who had nrobablv been scared in
the dark when he was young, I wanted
alf the light possible :
"If I must perish, I thy will obey ;
But let mo perish by the lantern's
ray.
Such was one of my thoughts, nn
ciutcnmg tne lantern, 1 looked the ti
ger in the face, and formed a verv u n
... .. . . . p . ' -r
lavoraow opinion ot his physiognomio
denotements. He had languago large,
but it was like the laneuace of thn hiroh
easy to understand and hard to get used
to. There Was unsneakahln nlormonnn
lodged around the corners of that l'irirn
mouth, even in repose : and how twr.
suasive it might be, when open, it 'was
not aimcuit to imagine. The cru
elly receding character of the forehead,
which I have often noticed in tho Brit
ish head, implied a lack of benevolence
shocking to contemplate : while the
muscular development of the forenaws.
and the epread of claws, sin-nifipd a
grasping nature and ability, in grim
harmony with the general asnent of thA
beast; whoso hide, horribly beautiful.
was me cnici roueeming leature or tho
picture, and seemed to clow. liVn molton
gold, under the light of my lantarn.
uy aegrees, seeing that his Bengal
Excellency made no undue ha.ota to
Spring upon me. I recovered from mv
partial paralysis, sufficiently to compose
my iremuiing iimos with less discom
fort upon tho hard floor, and to reor
ganize my scattered powers of reason
ing ; and I askod myself as to the policy
of extinguishing the light. But the
thought was discarded as soon as form,
ed; for I remembered that this herculean
cat could see as well in the dark as in
the light, and that, singularly enough, a
flame is often a terror to these fiery wild
animals.
Having, therefore, decided upon the
one point, of allowing the lantern to
burn till my light and it should be per
haps extinguished together, I took a
cursory view of the situation in other
respects.
As the tiger did not yet move toward
k' j 'Z. -v . . j '
'load a verv strone- mrlinnhnn n An
me, suppose I should move Irotu him
0
c;'f
Annum if paid in TdvaT
NO 24
; this, but countor-eonsiderations preven
. ted. A bit ot poctiy entered J head
: .u- .1. .J. . ,"",u;
hi iiiu eiiflpe oi an old adage :
"To fly the boar, when he doth not
pursue,
Will but inceoso the boar' to follow
Jou"
Were I to st'r. tlm
tino 1 n i '.I
, v'"rt '"u ncu euuugu wilUOUl Oimi
might inflame his enterprise, and excite
a rival activirv nn !.;. rf .
kind of a chance should I.have, a poor
1 mnnu unrW ih
-..w, uuv.. vi.u v-jc VI kllttb glUUIILIU
feline T I felt that, in nil nil n unrnm
bliog game of all-fouts. mv hands would
be speedily played out.
I was tho i otc convinced of t1iisUtt
pl'nt probability, from the fact that "the
side-door, through which T Wl
and by which I might otherwiso havo
hopod to cscapo, had shut to with a
spnng,aud was ielf-fastenin. With,
out a key it cou'd onlv be otvLi r-nm
the other side a circumstJheial did
not learn till I had entered ; and though
had I found tho bunch of kev. T t..i&
havo opened it, or otherwise could Jiavc
summoned assistance by pounding ou
the door, still this was no relief to me,
distant as I was from it; and almost cer
tain, that, before I could reach aud havo
it opened, I should be within tho em
brace of the puisuiug tiger. j
Alas! this was a most dishenrtonlnT I
reflection, and thoughts of a barbarous
death thickened unon mv siukonirn
soul. I had seen a cats stratoo-c. in
playing with a mouse; mangling it, re
tiring awhile, pretending sleep, waiting
till its hope revived, and pouncing again
upon it. Was this to bo my fate f
No, thought I, I am no mouse. Lot
mo be warned by what I have soon. I
am a divine soul, imbued with the cs
senco ofimmortality ; and, what is more
to my present purposc,giftcd with a cer
tain amount of prescience, by which I
yet accomplish my deliverance, if I look
sharp and lio still. So long as the tiger
does the s ime, I shall be safo. When
he moves, it will bo a good time for me
also to be in a hurry.
It is possible for mo to convev t.i von
how, as thus I lay prostrate, surveying
iuo savago duik oi tuat Asiatio despot, 1
longed, but dared not sigh, for fiill Ham.
say. It seemed as if I had been in that
place of awful jeopardy for as much as
two hours ; if so, it was 2 o'clock in the
morning ; and it might bo that Ramsay
would abbieviato his sojourn at the
gaming-table, lose nil ho had, or get in
toxicated, and he compelled to return to
his duty as nisht cruard over the welfare
of that establishment.
It miffht be ! But how frail the hone
on which so much depended ! Ho was
more likely to be too late to do mo any
good. It seemed highly possible that on
his arrival he would find the mutilated
remains of his employer s youthful
nephew, ignominiously distributed about
the rirpmisea. Tlio hlonrlv snnntunln
might effect a permanent reform in his
hnllitfl TTa tllin-Vlf tnl-A hilftnna ft-ntil
my clothes, as relics of the sad catas. 1
-i. i i .i . t 1 1
uum.nuuHuiw Liit:ni awHV. n hwtmi
warnings of the effects of gambling.
Ho might produoo a world-wido refor
mation in that resneet. and rrn ilown in
the grave cursing his gray hairs, while
tno woria was blessing tnem but all
this would do me no good. He might
even shoot tho tiger but ho could not
- -
put my parts together again. I should
be dead and gone ; and all tor a gcat.
How I hated drink and o-anililinr then!
for, bad it not been for those propensi
ties in Bill Ramsay, ho would h&e been
discharging his duty by sleeping faith
fully at his post, and thus have been at
hand to neutralise or prevent this fright
ful emergenoy.
The more I reflected unon the tiroli.i.
bility of his speedy return, the more I
felt convinced of its improbability ; and
the. consciousness that' I was thus en
dangered, in the heart of a large city,
Within and yet beyond the reach of help,
was so aggravating that at oao time I
actually folt desnerato. and was on the
point of making a sudden dash for tho
nearest cajc, and climbing to the top or
stowing myseit away in some possible
corner which might easily have been
done had not the tiger been there a
serious drawback. I had no doubt that
he was a more excellent climber than
I:
But, r&ruaining where I had fallen,
though ever so quiet, I might tempt
the tiger's appetite in time ; aud as I
peered up at his rapacious face, through
the chinks of my fingers, aud thought1
how naturally he might be hungry in
tho night-time, when the tyrants of the
wilderness are accustomed to prowl and
prey, I wondered he was so tardy with
such a luncheon spread before him. To
be sure, there was no doubt bo had had
his supper; but I very much feared that
a tiger's voracity was not to be measured
by the regulation-diet of a menagerie.
And if bis hunger were appeased, who
could sot bounds to his perpetual fond.
ness lor killing and rending, for tbe
mere ftivirt nf th. tl!nr
I
1 he wholesale remorsclessness of that
: . ..... I
iu.un e visage ; me inienishcd crattiucis '
tLoso big sulphurous eyes ; l!V
bulging wickedness of tho hairy checks;
tbe slumbering malice harbored about
tbe placid but deceitful jaws;' the
bunchy sinuosity of the extendod legs ;
and the venomous vigor lurking in that
vast pair of velvet paws, were objects of
a most objectionable criticism on my
part.
Having lingered in my recumbent
position for, as I should judgo, about
three hours, fatigued and lame with uiy
unchanged attitude,audnc.rly exhausted
with momentary apprehensions of soma
sudden change in the tiger's for ha
seemed only waiting for we to stir lv
spring upon me I now became imbued
with a fresh fear to disconcert mc. If
Ramsay should come, what would l )
immediate conscquencos 7
I trembled for the result when La
should be heard at the frontdoor, putt,
ing in his key. onenino. nnd mi.Lm
drunk and staggering. I should not dare-
to snout, to tell him who and where I
was. and that tho tin-or rBa of i;i.n.i.
? ' . . U . I t, J ,
and if Ramsay should be tbe worse for
liquor, he might not understand ray
exclamation, be himaalf helnlnsn n,l in
any event might make so much noise as
to startle the ticer at nnno ntn antitra
operations, which might end only with
the immolation of both of us. Then, too
the sanguinary monster might escapo
into the street, and. Duraum? his wnrlr
of slaughter But my reflections
were not carried far in that direction.
1 confess that my principal fear was
about myself and the tiger.
There is no accounting for the Irreg
ularity of one's train of thonght ami
mixed emotions whoa his mind is greatly
excited. Appalled as I was, thero was
j ct room cnongh in my soul for anger ;
and I was angry. My anger was not
with the tiger for being loose, but with '
Bill Ramsay for allowing dim to mt. an
for JioW, except through the reprehensi- -
uis renussnoss oi namsay, could the tiger
hf.ve thus released himsalf from confinn.
ment within his bars and acquired freo
range of the premises ? Had the keeper
left his door unlocked? Could tho
tiger have burst the door himself, nnd
afterward torn the front bars out ? for
there wore none to this cage Or, might
it be that this was not the tiger's cage,
but one into which, leaving his own, ho
had escaped ?
This last conjecture I though must
be the true one. This cage mnst be an
nnflnishsd one ; and the tiger, likin a
chango of quarters, had thus manifested
his approval, both of tho change and
the rango afforded. This made me ex
asperated with Bill Ramsey ; and the
possibility that he might be the first and
only victim did not much grieve me
though I had previously somo respeot
for him, as he had always treated me
well when I visited tho city.
It was at this stage of my thoughts
when the long anticipated time of the
crisis arrived ;
I heard the voico of Bill Ramsay,
outside, in the street. He was singing
asong. If not drunk, ho was partly sol
I heard his key in the door; and,
tremblingly alive to the occasion, I di
vided my attention, threw my eyes ou
the tiger and my ears toward Bill Ram
say, determined to remaiu motionless,
and let him, as he approached, tuke tho
first spring !
I beard tho door shut and loeked.
The tiger remained quiet. I heard
Ramsay walking up to me. Still the
tiger did not stir.
"Craft," thought I. '-Or, is the ti
ger deaf, or asleep with his eyes open V
"Hullo, here !" now cried Rmmv
standing over mo in astonishment, and
touchiug me with his foot. "What are
you doing hero, Raymond ?"
I looked up and told him to bush,
mark that tiger, and open that cage for
us both to get into as soon as possi
ble.
"What ! are you afraid of a stuffed
tiger ?" shouted he, laughing so heartily
that I heard a lion-growl at him, somo
moukeys chattering, and my pet goat
begin to ba.a.
"Stuffed !" said I ; and I got up at
once and found it so : for, as Ramsay
explained, this Royal Bengal Tiger had
been dead three months; but, having
been so large and beautiful, my uncle
had had him stuffed by a Frenchman,
and sent home ou tbe preceding even
ing-
This, theu, accounted foi my miracu
lous escape, and no thanks to the tiger
nor my prudence in keeping quiet so
loug.
I havo only to adu that I got my
guai.auuweui nome with Lim the
eaily morning stage. But, speaking of
inteusa fright turning the hair gray in a
short space of tiuio : I looked in the
glass, and, to my surprise-I found ono
perceptible change about it; it seemed
as if it curled more tightly than beforo.
But this I attributed to the new hair
oil I was using.
Lift Me Higher. A little girl, thir
teen vears old. was dvinr. f.iflinir
. . . c- - o
eyes toward tho ccihug, she suid softly :
i.iu mo nigner : nit me higher I
Her pareuts lifted her im with nill,,u,
but sbo faintly said i
No. not that I but thei 'A. flurftin 1nnLin.
earnestly toward Heaven, where herhap.
jjy buui new a Jew momenti later. On
nor gravestone these words were carved:
Jane B , aged thirteen. Lifted
Hid u EE. A beautiful idea of dying,
was it not ! Lifted higher.
A clergyman catechising the youth
of his church put the first question from
a catechism to a girl :
"What is your consolation iu life and
death?"
The girl smiled, but did not answer.
Tho clergyman insisted.
"V ell, theu said she, sinco I must
tell, it is a young printer named I'
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in opruce street.