YOL. LIV. PROFESSIONAL CARDS OF BELLEFONTE. 0. T. Alexander. O. M. bower. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. BELLEFONTE, PA. Office in ti&rm&n's new building. JOHN B. LINN, ATTORNEY AT LAW. BELLEFONTE, PA. Office on Allegheny Street. QLJEMEXT DALE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BELLEFONTE, PA. Northwest corner of Diamond. Y° CUM & HASTINGS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. BELLE* ONTE, PA. High Street, opposite First National Bank. c - HEINLE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BELLEFONTE, PA. Practices in all the courts of Centre County. Spec al attention to Collections. Consultations in German or English. F. REEDER, ATTORNEY AT LAW. BELLEFONTE, PA. All bus ne-.s promptly attended to. Collection of claims a speciality. J. A. Beavt r. J. W. Gephart. JgEAVER & GEPHART, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BELLEFONTE, PA. Office 0:1 Alleghany Street, North of High. yY A - MORRISON, ATTORNEY AT LAW. BELLEFONTE, PA. # Office on Woodrlng*B Block, Opposite Court House. S. KELLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BELLEFONTE, PA, Consultations In English or German. Office In Lyon' Building, Allegheny Street. JOHN G. LOVE, ATTORNEY AT LAW. BELLEFONTE. PA. Office In the rooms rormerljr occupied by the late w. p. Wilson. BUSINESS CARDS OF MILLHEIM, &. 0 A. STURGIS, * DEALEB IS Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware, Ac. Re palilng neatly and promptly don - and war ranted. Main Street, opposite Bank, M llhelm, Pa. "T O DEININGER, * NOTARY PUBLIC. SCTUBNEK AND CONVEYANCER, MILLHEIM, PA. All business entrusted to him. su 'h as writing and acknowledging Deeds, Mortgages Helens s, Ac., will be executed wl h neatness and dis patch. office on .Mair stte t. TT 11. TOMLINSON, * DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF Groceries. Notions, Drugs. Tobaccos, Cigars, Fine Confectloneiles a: d ever,} til ng in the line of a first-class Grocery st re. Country Produce i aken In exchange for goods. Wain St eet, opposite Bank, Ml lhelrn. Pa. pvAVID I. BROWN, MANUFA CTURER AND DEALER IN TIM WARE. STOVEPIPES, Ac., SPOITIXG A SPECIALTY. Shop on Main Street, two h uses east of Bank, Mlllhelm, Penna. T EISENHUTH, * JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, MILLHEIM, PA. All bminess promptly attended t >- collection of claims a specialty. Office opposite Elsenhuth's Drug store. II USSER & SMITH, DEALERS IN Hardware, Stoves, Oils, Paints, Glass, Wall Paper , coach Trimmings, and saddlery Ware. Ac,. Ac. All grades of Patent Wheels. Corner of Main and Penn Street-, Mlllhelm, Penna. T ACOB WOLF, FASHIONABLE TAILOR, MILLHEIM, PA. Cutting a Specialty. Shop next door to Journal Book Store. jyjiLLHEIM BANKING CO., MAIM STREET, MILLHEIM, PA. A. WALTER, Cashier. DAV. KRAPE, Pres. HARTER, AUCTIONEER, RKBERSBURG. PA. Satisfaction Guaranteed. fie ipitlleiii HwtwL Why do the children have ub O our Father— The little children era )led on our bieaet ? Why do our doves fly upward in the While other birdliuga sleep within the nest? Can it he true that musio up in heaven Is sweeti r when their voice* Join the h> 11111? Is richer light to realms of glory given For that which fading left our homes so diui? And r women whom he had left to tight the battle of life unaided and alone. Three years and more have passed. Let us briefly review the changes that h vc • taken place in the lives of simple Mrs. Rob erts and her dnughtei. i Soon after llerliert Wallis' conviction they were "sold out," hut fortunately before the | small sum left from the sale of their furni ture was entirely expended the mother pro cured a situation as housekeeper to a mid dle-aged gentleman of wealth, with per mission to have her daughter with her as an assistant. This procured them a com fortable home. Elsie wrote frequently to Herbert, and at tirst he answered her letters as often as the prison regulations would al low bin to do so; hut before the expira tion of a year his letters were so much cold er in their tone as to perplek and worry the poor girl sadly. Finally lie wrote to say that he would rather all correspondence i should cease between them. If, at the ex piration ot his sentence, he found himself able to regain his position in society he would come and claim her ; if not, why it was better to commence the linal separa tion at once. In the meantime he begged her not to neglect any opportunity for ad vancing herself, by marriage or otherwise, and to endeavor to forget his existence. Can you hlatne her, then, if, when Mr. Waller (their employer) most respectfully i made her an offer of marriage, she accepted him ? Here was rest for herself and her mother, and although she did not particu larly love her husband, still she admired and respected him ; and indeed he was : most worthy both of her admiral on and re sjiect. Here then we tind her at the end of three years the wife of a rieli and worthy gentle man, residing in an elegant mansion on the banks of ihe Hudson, i What effect has his imprisonment had upou Herbert Wallis? The most inevita ble one. He has listened to the thrilling adventures of his h How prisoners till helms himself longed to share with them. At the ; end of three years and seven months, hav -1 ing behaved himself well enough to gain his commutation time, he is discharged, and with hitn two of the most notorious of the men whose tales he so loved to listen to. Alas! for Herbert Wallis. A villa surrounded by its own grounds ; time, midnight. Three men lurking oh the piazza, listening attentively to the slightest sounds. "All's quiet. Bill; let's go for it." "Go ahead." In a very short time a pane of glass is out, the fastenings of the window undone ; then a small hole cut through the shutter, a hand inserted, the bar raised, and then there is free entrance for the gang of burglars, for such they are. "You stop below Bill; if anything goes wrong whistle. The youngster and 1 will go through the crib. He doesn't under stand the graft (work) well enough to leave him to watch here. It we want you I'll give the office. Take your shoes off, my lad, and carry this hag for the swag; let's hope you'll get enough for a big spree in New York." All is silence. The burglars with stealthy tread gain access to the pantry, and poor Herbert Wallis (for our readers have guessed he is the "youngster") with trem bling hands holds open the hag to receive the "swag," viz.: the silver plate. "Now. then, my l.id, leave this below, and let's take a look up stairs. >Ve shan't find anything there too heavy for our pock ets. Jewelry and greenbacks don't take up much room." Two bedrooms visited—empty. Another door—locked. A pair of nippers noiseless ly applied, and the door opens. A dim light burning. A man and woman in bed sleep ing. Dead silence as the elder burgler glides toward the jewelry lie sees on the dressing table. A whistle—shouts—two shots heard be low. "There's a tumble. Skip, lad, for your life!" But too lato comes the warning. Mr. Waller, awakened by the shots and tiring, sees indistinctly a man leaving his room and another about to follow him. He seizes his revolver from beneath his pillow, iiis wife, thoroughly awake, screams madly: "Spare liim!" Too late again. A shot—and Herbert Wallis lies a corpse upou the tloor. Metal* tn The llotl.v. The human body, which seems made up of flesh and blood, really contains several metals and gases, and other substances which perfoim important offices in the world of scunce. Nitrogen und carbon and hydrogen are its chief constituents; but |it holds, besiucs, about two pounds of I phosphorus, which is essential to the health of the bones and the vigor of the brain. This phosphorus, if extracted and put to use, would make up about four packages of friction matches. Besides phosphorus, it contains a few ounces of sodium, and a half ounce of potassium, which schoolboys know as a curious metal that burns brilliantly on the surface of water, or when touched by an icicle. The quantity of such in the body would be suf ficient for many experiments in a large school. In addition to sodium and potas sium, there are a few grains of magnesium, enough to make the "silver rain" for a family's stock of rockets on a fourtli of July evening, or to create a brilliant light, visible twenty miles away. Who knows ( but some reckless chemist may undertake . to drive a profitable business by extricating 1 these materials from dead bodies? Cold Air Kruit Curing The California Mountain Messenger reports an interesting experiment m lruit curing, lately made at a Placerville foun j dry. About a peck of sliced apples were i placed in a sieve and subjected to a cold air blast for three and a half hours in the cupola furnace of the foundry, and the fruit is reported to have been completely and beautifully cured by the treatment, re maining soft and without the slightest dis coloration. The cured fruit showed none of the harsh, stiff dryness which results from hct curing, the cold blast completely freeing the fruit from excess of moisture, with no possibility of burning or shriveling it. The Messenger says: "Compared with our sun drying, it effects a great saving of expense, attention and risk. Anybody who can command or devise a strong blast of cold air, can dry fruit in a superior—we might say perfect—manner, without being dependent on the weather and waiting on the slow process of sun dry ing, and without the most expensive resort to fuel aud the risk of overheating." s I N|>UlD. - J There is in Zion, a young man of excel lent character, good ability, a worthy ( young man who has but oue failing. He has received an excellent education, trav eled abroad and now lias gone West to learn a few tilings more. His one failing t is a desire to acquire and use Western ex pressions and slang phrases. Recently, i while staled in a company of lisle fe lows, well met, a popular miner, whose name ; suggests all sorts of batliiug places except warm ones, made mention of "spuds." At the employment of the term, our young 1 friend glanced up and at an opportune nio ) '■ ment drew a friend apart, the user of the s term, to find out what in the infernal re s gions "spuds'* were. The friend explained I that they were potatoes and well satisfied, ' the young man left, j Boon after the above incident happened, . some of the young man's companions, well \ know ing his penchant to use all expressions _ ; he had newly acquired, determined to play j a trick on him. They invited him to ac company them to a ranch, and, nothing . loth, he accepted. Whi they reached the ranch they all sat down. The young man j led iu the conversation, ind presently in a tone of no concern, whatever, addressed the lady of the ranch with, "Do you raise ' your own spuds, Mrs. Sftiilhf" At this all the company jumped to their feet aud roared as though gone crazy. The con j fused young man blushed, the lady did so likewise, and finally the spuds man faintly inquired for the cause of the hilarity. The j only reply he got was a fresh outbreak, , one or two young men taking the trouble ' to roll uador the tables. At last, the young man was taken to one side and asked, "Do you know what spuds are?" "Why yes, they are potatoes, aren't they?" "Potatoes the d 1! They are , lice!" \ "W-h-a-l!" "Lice! Spuds are lice!" And tlieu after a seasou of apology, he returned to the city and approaching a joker ou T street, told him of the ( outrage practiced on liim by the miner. He thought it a mean trick and proposed to tell him so. The T street mail ask ed what was the matter. "Why, 1 asked a lady if she raised her own spuds." "Well, what of it?" i "Why you know I asked her if she raised her own!" "Where is the joke?" "There isn't any, as I can see. I think it was a contemptible trick." Finally the young man told his friend how spuds meant lice aud then he got mad because his comforter said they were pota ' toes, lie reproached him for trying to re sell him and it took a visit to half a dozen groceries and a like number of inquiries as to the price ot spuds before he was con vinced to what kingdom they belonged. A Tragic HufTtlo Hunt. In the month oi July, 1680, after ruling over the mountains for iwo days,the (Tow ludians came upon a fine herd of buffaloes in a narrow valley nearby the Yellowstone. There were four hundred Indians and lour thousand buffaloes. The Crows had been forced by fear of starvation to take to the chase, and the keen hunger they were suf fering only sharpened their eagerness for a lilt with their old fellow-nomads, the noble bison. The game stampeded dowu the valley in the direction of the Yellow stone. The chase was hotly followed, half i a hundred buffaloes biting the dust before the river was reached. Oue of the most vehement of the pursuers, who had dis tinguished himself for bravery in two or three rights with the Sioux, fell from Ins pony in ihe midst of the flying herd, and was trampled to death by the frantic beasts. The Yellowstone, a roaring, nishing river, , even at the lowest tide, was booming with the regular summer freshet, the outpour of the melting snows in the high moun tains. When the river was reached the game made a hold stand, and for u time it seemed doubtful which held the mastery; but the incessant fusillade from four hun dred rifles, together with the desperate proximity of the formidable battalion,drove the herd in dismay into the roaring torrent. , Beside themselves with the excitement of i the moment, the Indians urged their ponies into the stream, unwilling that even a flood should spoil their frenzied sport or cut them off from th"ir game. The terrilic current, made tumultuous from the hug piles of rock here aud there in the channel, whirled buffaloes,ponies and Indians along , at a bewildering velocity, until the thou sands of beasts were rolling and writhing ( in inextricable confusion. In the dizzy evolutions of horses and riders the latter were left to struggle for themselves in the j water, and to be jammed to death between the surging masses of drowning beasts, i Some who'foresaw the danger in time, and , turned shoreward, found safety on terra tirma, but those who ventured far enough ! to be embraced by the sweeping, resistless 1 tide, aud to become involved m the tangle of struggling animals, were all drowned. The story brought to the post was that thirty Indians and fifty pouies were drowned, besides five hundred or a thou sand bullaliKis. Horseshoe Superstition, In very early times amorig the Celtic race an effigy of the patron saint, so com mon in churches and temples was much ' used in the dwellings and workshops of 5 the people as a so-called "protection" , I against ill-fortune. The "glory" above > the head of the figures—which were often r carved in wood and rudely painted—was represented by a circular piece of polished metal, to convey the effect of the shining halo, or nimbus, frequently seen iu lllus '• nations of the Virgin and other Scripture t subjects Often these metal nimbus were - i of semi-circular forms, and after the figure u itself had disappeared, by reason of decay, i j the nimbus remained and was suspended e in some prominent place at the entrance e dr or other point commanding view. The j effigies in question were not uncommonly - 1 seen by the side of the doorway. In - course of time the nimbus was much used e as a substitute for the latter, and was sold s' in the shops for this purpose. The tradi -7 tion of "good luck" as embodied in the , ! horse-shoe theory may be thus easily * traced, siuce it became a common occur- I ence, in the due course of time, for the II faithful adherent of the belief in charms . ! and symbols to adopt the horseshoe to a brightness, in the absence of any other, a which lie nailed over his cottage door. , Hence a piece of metal of this shape be r came associated in the common mind -; with supernatural presence and care in t keepiug with the belief attaching to the original figure of the patron saint. Crown Diamond*. Mr. Turquethas laid the following project before the Minister of Finance of France, and the budget committee relative to the rich collection of precious stones known under the official title of "Diameuts de la Couronne." The Under-Secretary for the Fine Arts pro{M>HeH to divide this treasure into three parts, The first part will com prise the historic Jewels and stones, and will lie placed iu the Ijouvre. 'lhe second part will contain stones having a mincral ogical value, and will Is* placed in the mu seum of the Ecole ilea Mines. The third part composed of royal and imperial jew elry, and having only material value, will be put up at auction and sold to the high est bidder, and the proceeds will go to firm a State Fine Art Fund. Mr. Torquet has had an inventory made of this princely treasure. One of the most famous of the diamonds is the oue culled Regent. It weighs 136 carats, is of an extreme white ness aud brilliancy is square in form and was estiuiau d at 12,000,000 francs in 17'J1. Another remarkable object is a round pearl, weighing over 27 carats and valued al 200,- 000 francs; and still another one is the necklace of pearls, styled Collier de la lleiue, composed ot 25 pearls and worth 006,700 francs. None of our lady reuders would, we are sure, disdain the 'arge, long, clear ruby in (his collection, weighing 56 carats aud valued at 60,000 francs; nor the amethyst of more thaw 13 carats, estima ted at 6,000 francs, nor the s ppliire of 132 earuts, worth 100,000 francs. By selling the jewels of the third class Mr. Turquet expects to realize the sum ot 3,- 000,000 francs, and with it he will pur chase works of art and enrich the national museums. ■ low Did I* tilUM*. The oldest specimen ol pure glass bear ing anything like a date, is a little molded lion's liead, bearing the name of an Egypt ian king of the eleventh dyuasty in the Slude col'ectiou at the British Museum. That is to say at a period which ma) be moderately plai-ed as more than 2000 years li. C., glass was not only made, but made with a skill which shows the art was nothing new. The invention of glaziug pottery with a film of varnish or glass is so ' old that among the fragments which bear inscriptions of the early Egyptian mon archy arc beniis, possibly of the tirst dyuas ty. Of the same jxriod are vases and gob lets and mail) fragmeuts. It can not be doubted that the story preserved by Pliny, which assigns the credit of the invention j to the Phoenicians, is so far true, that these j adventurous merchants brought specimens to other countries from Egypt. Dr. Bchlieuiau found disks of glass iu the ex cavations at Myceuai, though Homer does not mention it as a substance known to hun. That the modern art of the glass blower was known long before, is certain, from representations among the pictures on the walls of a tomb of Belli Hassan, of the twelfth Egyptian dynasty; but a much older picture, which probably represented i the same manufacture, is among the half- I obliterated scenes in a chamber of a tomb of Thy, aiSalvkara, and dates from the time of the fifth dynasty, a lime so remote thai it is not possible, in spite of the assiduous , researches of many Egyptologers, to gi7e 1 it a date in years. mm He Watt Strict y Honest. A citizen of John street, Detroit, not only keeps a score or more of hens, but the family take pride in them, and the slight est noise in the hack yard at midnight arouses every inmate of the house. A morning or two since a weary-looking old chap caded at the side dixir with a dead hen in his hand, and when the servant girl had summoned the lady of the house he said: "Madam, as I was walking down the alley just now a boy jumped over your fence with this dead hen in his hand. 1 am poor and hungry, but I aiu honest, madam. This hen belongs to you. She will make you a beautiful dinner. I ask for no reward, madam, though the smell of coffee almost makes me crazy with de light." "Those bad boys—they ought to l>e shut up!" exclaimed the indignant lady. "So they had, madam. It is a sin to murder a young and healthy hen in this sud den manner. I could have taken the body and sold it, but 1 would not do so base a thing. No, madam; lam as hungry as a wolf, but lam honest. There is your hen, lady, and though I need food I will not —" He laid the hen beside the door and was going away, when she asked him to come in and get breakfast. He accepted the in vitation, cleared the tablfe, and had gone about live minutes, wheu the girl called to her mistress: "Why, this hen is frozen as solid as a rock, and only about hall of it is here ?" The lady investigated, saw that it was a "corpse" which had been kicking around for days, and as she rushed for the front gate there was a bright red spot on each cheek, but the man was out of sight. A MtHClilevou* Koltiu, A fine robin, picked up in the park when quite young and helpless several months ago, is now the favorite pet of an uptown family. "Rob" lias been potted and nursed until he has become a tricky fellow and is as mischievous as a magpie. He fliws off at will; returns when he feels like it, and perches on the shoulder of the mistress of the house at which he lias made his home and by a series of soft, plaintive notes makes known his wants and is immediatly satisfied, llis favorite dish is bread and milk and he is also fond of raw meat and ripe berries, lie will show fight to members of the family who tease him, and gets very angry at strangers. He lias a fondness for bathing and will raise a shower bath in a short time if given a basin of water, into which he dashes and flaps his wings, play ing and dabbling until the water is wasted and "Rob" is a sorry looking bird. Re cently while the family who own the bird , were Washing, they neglected to provide the bird with a shower bath. Nothing loth "Rob" spied a large basin filled with starch and into it he jumped making the paste fly in all directions. Soon as he was j discovered he was taken out, with his 1 beautiful plumage pasted firmly against his body, so that he could not open his wings to shake off the sticky substance. "Rob" was immersed in a basin of tepid water and thoroughly washed before he looked like a decent bird ooce more. In half an hour afterward "Rob" was snugly perched in his cage, singing merrily aud 1 adjusting his coat with care, utterly icdif , terent to the trouble he had caused his mistress In the Foreit*. Boston is said to own the two first horse chestnuts trees brought to this country. They are on Washington street, and are repu ted to be 108 years old. A ring does not al ways denote a year, for the blue gum tree of Australia sheds its bark twice a year. A tree recently hewn, that was known to be only 18 years old, showed 36 distinct rings ot growth. When Washington visi ted Long Island he probably crossed the shadow of an old oak tree that still stands on the premises of Judge McCue in Baby lon. It was made a landmark in 1716, and is therefore a local monument 60 years older than the nation. Old oaks and yews in Emrland are not uncommon. Several oaks felled in Sherwood forest,about a quar ter of aceutmiry ago, exposed,on being sawn up, the date 1212 und the mark or cipher of Kiiur John; und it lias been calculated that these trees must have beeen several centu > ries old at the time the marks were made. At Fowlis Wester, in Perthshire, in the centre of the village, standing on a slight knoll about four feet higher than the sur rounding country, is a very large and old sycamore, which girths 17 feet aud 14 feet 2 inches at one foot aud five feet respectively, and with a liole of 14 feet. The legend goes that "a man of Poulis planted it on a* Sabbath mcht wi' his thoouib." Berks Penn., claims the largest chestnut tree in the country. It is growing on the farm belonging to the estate of Solomon Merkel in Rockland towi sliip, and measures 38 feet 4 inches in circumference; the limbs are 15 feet trom j the ground, aud measure 14 feet in circum ference at the base. The top of the tree is j reached without danger by steps that are ' fastem d between the liuibs. It is estima ted tliut this tree contains about 17 cords | of wood. It still yields about three bushels j of chestnuts annually. The oldest yew ) 1 tree in England, which is situated iu Cow- j hurst cliurchyard, was mentioned by Au- ! j bry. iu the reign of Charles 1., as then ; ; imusuring IU yards in circumlenuiee at a height of 5 feet from the ground. It is ! said, on the authority of De Candolle, to be 1.450 years old. Its present growth is about 33 feet. In 1820 this old tree was hollowed out. and a cannon hall was found in the centre. In 1826 a severe storm de prived it of its upright branches. A door lias lieen made to the inside of the treee, where seats are to lie had for 12 persons comfortably. A fossil forest lias lieen discovered in Oldham, England, in Edge Lane quarry. The trees numbeg about 12. and some oi theui measure about two feet m diameter. They are in good preserva tion. The roots can lie seen interlacing the the risks and the fruds of the ferns are to he found imprinted on every piece of stor.e. The discovery lias excited much interest in geological circles round Manches ter, and the "forest" has been visited by a large number of persons. The trees lielong to the middle coal measure period, although i it lias beeu regarded as somewhat reniarka- ! ble that no coal has been discovered near them. The coal is found about 25(1 yards i beneii'h. Dow* and Arrow*. For beginners the best bows for use are 1 known as sell bows—that is, bows made from a single stick. Of thiß class the ' majority is lemonwood aud laucewood. A j good, seryiceable bow to start with can be j had for £4 or $5: half a dozen arrows, say as much more; arm guard, finger tips and ; quiver; say $3 — so that the total of sl2 or sls will fit out the intending archer ready j for the range. A straw target thoroughly ! made, with the regulation painted facing, i will cost say $6, but can be bought by a club or a few friends joining together for com- j tuou use. Once the propationary period is passed the archer will become ambitious and desire a bet ter bow—and here his taste can be gratified with a large variety to ! select from. What are known as backed bows, made usually from two different woods(occasionally three), abound in styles and numbers, at from $7 to $25 in price, according to quality, through the various grades, Snakewood, beef wood, partridge wood, len onwood, lancewood, yew and | so forth, joined with ash or hickory for the < back, arc in common use here, and can lie j seen on an)' archery lange. Perhaps the I handsomest in appearance are the snake wood and hickory, the beautifully mottled dark wood contrasting well with the white. The more expensive bows of this class are marvels of finish and workmanship. Every part is wrought out to a certain scale so pelicately graduated as to secure the best ! results in accuracy of slioooing, elasticity and strength. The yew however, is the bow pout ten o'clock in the morning some water suddenly rushed down upon them out of an old mine, and threatened to in undate the shaft. The prudent Hubert wished to call his men together, but the i water pressed in with such force that he could not get at the alarm bell. Another ! workman risked his life to save his corn | pamons. He waded to the bell and rang it. His life was sacrificed in vain; it was too late when the others came. The water rushed down the shaft by which they gen erally ascended and their retreat was cut off. The Hood rose higher and higher, and , threatened to drown them. All pressed up to the saving rope, which alone could bring them up al>ove. Each wished to be the first, but the stream rushing violently dowu I seized them and carried them onward with it. Hubert was stall and strong. He lifted up his son in his arms. He was nearest the rope, and might have saved himself; but he I'ioked upon the others. t4 No; they are my friends," he said. "1 cannot leave them to perish." But his son he would save at all events. But the younger miner protested : "Father, 1 came with you ; 1 will return with you, too, or remain where you re main.'' Hubert took courage. He called to his comrades: "Let us see whether we cannot break through into the next shaft. Our lives de pend upon it. Let us make the attempt." But this was not so easy. Two days passed away in this terrible position. They work on unweariedly, still the hard walls of the mine yielded but slowly. Once they thought they heard a noise, and with joy exclaimed : "We are sayed! We are saved! But they were deceived, and the young men among them threw themselves down before Hubert, and exclaimed: "Sir, you have led us hither; you must save us, too—we cannot die so young I" Hubert himself was utterly exhausted, and seemed to have lost all courage. He thought of his wife and children who were mourning for him above; he thought of his son and of his companions who were down with him in the mine, and to whom death and destruction were so near. Not one of tnem was able to strike another blow. men Matthias came up to him, and boldly striking into the rock with an ax, said: "If men weep like loys, boys must work like men." These courageous words nerved them to fresh hope. They worked on bravely. Suddenly there was a fearful cry ; they had come upon a suffocating stream of gas. Hubert rushed up quickly and stopped the aperture whence it proceed, pointing the workmen to another part where they could continue their labor. In this sad stale they had already passed thirty six hours. The last lamp had goue out. Thick darkness reigned around them. All were suffering the keenest pangs of hunger. Several sunk down utterly ex hausted. Matthias clasped his father firm ly and said to him: "Courage, father; all will be well yet!" Still they worked on in the darkness. At last voices came to their ears on the other side of the stone through which they were breaking. Other strokes were meeting theirs. Yet a few minutes more and they would be saved. Hubert and his son were the last who were carried up above. "I should never have dared to lo jk upon the light again if I had returned without my companions," said the brave miner. The Emperor Napole -n presented him with the Cross of the Legion of Honor, and gave his son free admittance to the college at Liege. No Place for Cblnameu. On the read leading from Fairplay to Alma and Leadville, Colorado, is a board sign nailed to a tree and bearing this de vice : "Chinamen are warned not to locate in this district." Despite this warning, two foolhardy sons of bhem mounted the stage at Fairplay recently, their celestial pigtails wound tightly about their heads, and that portion of their garments which civilized people wear inside their pants fluttering in the breeze, en route for Alma. The smile that broadened their dark hued faces was one of happy thought. The field for "washee-washee" was large, and they were the first in tne race. Their unintel ligible jabble from the top of the coach ar rested the attention of a passing horseman, who significantly inquired of the driver,* "Have they got return tickets V' The latter smiled and whipped up his horses, as he thought of the fun awaiting him at his destination. The celestials were spotted the moment they entered town, and when the coach stopped it was immediately surrounded by a crowd. The white passengers dismounted, but lingered on the skirts of the crowd awaiting developments. The Chinamen started to descend from their lofty perch on top of the coach, but the ends of sharp sticks and several rifles stretched up to re ceive them caused them to hastily clamber up again. Amid the cries and hoots of the crowd to take them out and hang them, a man stepped forward and firmly informed the celestials, now almost pale with fear, that their place was on top of that coach till it went back, when they were to go too. And stay they did, for the remarks were of such a tenor as to admit of no dispute. And when the stage wended its way back to Fairplay that night two sad faced China men occupied the same exalted seats as did the merry ones in the morning. A MAN dying left SI,OOO to an in dividual who years before ran away with his wife. He said in his will tha. he never forgot a favor. NO. 37.