YOL. LY. PROFESSIONAL CARDS OF BELLEFQNTE- C. T. Alexander. cTm . bower. ALEXANDER A BOWER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. BKLLEFONTE, PA. Office In Garm&n'a new building. JOHN B. LINN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BELLEFONTK, PA. Offlce on Allegheny Street. QLKMEXT DALE, ATTORNEY AT LAW. BELLEFONTK, PA. Northwest corner of Diamond. YOCUM A HASTINGS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BELLEFONTK, PA. High Streets opposite First National Bank. C. HEINLE, ATTORNEY AT LAW. BELLEFONTK, PA. Practices In all the courts of Centre County. Special attention to collections. Consultations in German or English. n F. REEDER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BELLEFONTK, PA. All bus'ness promptly attended to. Collection of claims a speciality. J. A. Beaver. J. W. Gephart. JgEAVER A GEPHART, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. BELLEFONTK, PA. Office on Alleghany Street, North of High. A - MORRISON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BELLEFONTK, PA. Office on woodrlng*s Block, Opposite court House. S. KELLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BELLEFONTK, PA, Consultations In English or German. Office In Lyon'.) Building, Allegheny Street. JOHN G. LOVE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BELLEFONTK, PA. Offlce in the rooms formerly occupied by the late w. p. Wilson. BUSINESS CARDS OF MILLHEIM, &. A. STURGIS, DEALER IN Watches, Clocks. Jewelry, Silverware, Ac. Re pairing neatly and promptly done and war ranted. Main Street, opposite hank, Mllhelm, Pa. A O DEIXINGER, NOTARY PUBLIC. SCRIBNKR AND CONVEYANCER, MILLHEIM, PA. All business entrusted to him, such as writing and acknowledging Deeds, Mortgages, Releases, be executed wiih neatness and dls on Main Street. XX H. TOMLINSON, DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF Groceries, Notions, Drugs, Tobac< os Cigar* Flue Confectioneries and everything in the line of a flret-class < ;rocery st->re. Country Produce taken in exchange for goods. Main Stiect, opposite Bank, Ml lheliu. Pa. X\AVID I. BKOWN, MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN TINWARE. STOVEPIPES, Ac., SPOUTING A SPECIALTY. Shop on Main Street, two houses ea3t of Bank, MUlhelm, Penna. X EiSENHUTK, # JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, MILLHEIM, PA. All business promptly attended to. collection of claims a specialty. onice opposite Klaenhuth's Drug Store. t V* UobER & SMITII, DEALERS IN Hardware. Sioves, oils. Paints, Gla§s, Wa Paper , coach Trimmings, and saddlery Ware. 4tC • Ac. All grades of Patent wheels, corner of Main and Penn streets, Mlllhelm, Peuua. JACOB WOLF, FASHIONABLE TAILOR, MILLHEIM, PA. Cutting a Specialty. Shop uex r . door to Journal Book Stnro. jy£ILLHEIM BANKING CO., MAIN STREET, MILLHEIM, PA. A. WALTER, Cashier. DAV. KRAPE, Pres. HARTER, AUCTIONEER, REBERSBURG, PA. JatlsfacUon Guaranteed. I MAR BEBIND THE CLOUD. M mutter now dark the night ; ho matter how dark the cloade may be , Lp in the shrouded sky, Hidden from watching eye, Glitters a star for me. Silvery bright Mid clear, Out in the tlelds of fadeless blue, Heedless of cloud and rain, Fearless of death and pain. Golden stars in their silent sphore Twinkle and burn for you. Summer and Winter the same ; No matter if storm-olouds surge and roll Liko waves on the frenzied sea ; In Heaven's bright gallery Twinkle and glow, with a quenchless tlame These t\pee of the soul! No matter how dark thy life : No matter how gloomy thy watch may be, 'Mid sorrow, and pain, aud care, Still watching thee everywhere— Back of the curtaiu of earthly strife, Twinkles a star for thee ! Love and Theft. . Franklin Coulter, a dry-goods clerk, joined as a private one of the nrst New York regiments that volunteered for the suppression of the rebellion. In the course of service he won the rank of second lieu tenant, then that of first lieutenant, and finally a brevet captaincy. Toward the close of the war his regiment was encamped at a small village of Virgin ia guarding a depot of supplies. It was an easy and pleasant service, and both of ficers and men delighted IU it. Beside the village, which had only been depopulated of its young men there were several fiue plantations in the neightior hood, the property of families that had !>een wealthy and were still proud. The young ladies of the village and the plantrttirwo,although they grieved for those who were away, could not be expected to devote their entire time to that employ ment, and were not unwilling to be con soled by their "conquerors," who exerted themselves to provide all manuer of amuse ment, so that time should not hang heavy n their hands. At the plantation which was nearest the village, Frank Coulter was a great favorite and a constant visitor. It was the home of the Penohyus, a fam ily of English descent, highly considered in the neighborhood. At that time the fam ily was reduced to Mrs. l'enohyn and her two daughters, Ada and Augusta, her hus baud being dead, and her only sou iu Lee's army. The younger of the daughters, Au gusta, was L'rank Coulter's choice. She was a beautiful brunette, peculiaily susceptible to the charms of a manly pres ence, and had been too young at the open ing of the war to claim a sweetheart among the vung men who went to fight. At the Penohyus' Frauk Coulter spent most of his spare time, his agreeaoie man ners making him welcome to all the family, and there was no doubt that he was devot ed to Augusta. It was evident, also, to those who observed closely, that she was ready to reciprocate his affection whenever he should choose to declare it. But no words of love had yet passed between them, and it is probable that Coulter felt that the uncertainties of war did not justify him in making the desired declaration. One evening he had staid at the Peno hyns' until it was quite late, and was re quested to remain all night, as he had done on one previous occasion. He consented, and retired to his room at a resouable hour as he would be obliged to leave very early in the morning. Augusta Penohyn re mained seated on the porch alone, enjoy ing the beauty of the summer night, and admiring the moonlight as it was filtered throngh ihe vines. She was also thinking of the handsome young Union soldier who had lately left her side, wondering whether he really loved her, and wishing, if he did, that he would declare himself and end her suspense. From this reverie she was aroused by the sound of a iight footfall. Turning her head, she saw Frank Coulter approaching her. He had removed his coat and boots, but this partial undress was neither unusu al or objectionable, as the nights were very warm, and he was an intimate friend. He did not seem to be looking at Augus ta; indeed, his eyes were strangely fixed upon vacancy; but he came to her side, took her hand, and slowly and solemnly spoke these words: "Whatever may happen, Augusta, re member that I love you truly and faithfully —that my hear* is entirely yours." Then be dropped her hand,turned quick ly, and walked away as swiftly and silently as he had come, before she could recover from her surprise or make any movement or reply. To Augusta this conduct appeared strange but not unaccountable. She soon came to the conclusion that he was more timid than she had supposed him to be—that he had formed a sudden resolution, as he was about to retire for the night, to declare his love— that he had mustered courage to come down and speak the words that she bad longed to hear, and then frightened by his own au dacity, had hastened away before he could learn his fate. But the thought that he loved her was blissful enough for Augusta. She deter mined to go and dream on it, and went up stairs to her room. There another strange surprise awaited her. As she reached the open door, she saw a man standing at the bureau, and by the moonlight she recognized him as Frank Coulter. He held in his hand her watch and chain, which he had taken from their place on the bureau. Then he turned and swiftly left the room, looking straight ahead, as if he supposed himself to be un eea. Augusta Penobyu was even more amazed by this second encounter than she had been by the first. She was so astounded that she did not know what to do or say. She shrank back into the shadow of the door, while the young man passed her, with the watch and chain visible in his hand, and the passage that led to his own apartment. The youug lady entered her room, and sat down to reflect upon this very peculiar occurrence. Could it be that her lover wanted to carry away the watch and chain as a remembrance of her, or that he merely wanted something that was her's to put un der his pillow that night? Or was the pro ceeding intended as a joke, which would be explained and laughed over in the morning? Surely it could be nothing worse than this, MILLHEIM, FA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1881. ami she resolutely dismissed the dark sus picion that intruded itte upon her. She went to bed,but her thoughts of the strange conduct of her lover kept her awake a long tune, though she assured herself that the affair would be pleasaully explained in the morning. But in the morning the young officer war gone. He had risen at an early hour, us was his intention, and had returned to camp long before Augusta was awake. She searched the room which he had occupied, but saw no signs of the watch aud chain, nor even a note from him to explaine the disappearance of the articles. This was unaccountable, and the young lady was uatturally much displeased; but she con cluded that it would be best to say nothing about the matter at present, hoping that Coulter would explain it salisfactoi ily ou his next visit. She saw him after the lapse of a few days. He came to the house as he had been lu the habit of coming, and there was noth ing in his appearance or mauuer to indicate that anything unusual had occured. lie treated Augusta precisely as he had treated her befoie his strange declaration of love was Spoken, and mude not the remotest al lusiou to the affair of the watch and chain. This was quite displeasing to Augusta who determined to draw him out in private as her questioning looks in public had fail ed to produce auy effect upou him. Site askeu him to walk with her,and when they were entirely alone began to question him. "Did you bring back my watch and ch iin Frank?*' she asked. "lour watch aud chain?" was his sur prised reply. "Yes, my watch and chain, which you carried away the last time you spent the uight here.'' "I don't know what jou mean. 1 have not had your watch and chain. 1 know nothing about them."" It was then the young lady's turn to show surprise aud indignation. "You surely cannot have forgotten,'' said she, "that you took those articles from the bureau in my room the last uight you staid at our house, aud carried them away with you." " This is news to me. I assure you." "You had taken off your coal ami boots, sir, and doubtless supposed that you were not observed, but I saw you plainly in the moonlight." "Miss Penohyn, do you know what you are sayiug? You are accusing me of steal iug." "I did not believe that you meant to steal them," she said, half sobbing. "I supposed that you had only taken them for a joke, or {lerhaps for a keepsake, and that you would briug them back or make an ex planation. But 1 never thought that you would deny taking them." "Miss Penobyn, this is unbearable. To be accused of theft, aud by a lady, at that, is something new in my experience, 1 de clare, upon my honor, that 1 did not take your watch aud chain, aud that I was not out of my room that uight. "Do you really tliinK that you can face mo down in this wajrt" uliu manded. I suppose you will also deny that you came down slairs just before you took the watch aud chain, and cauie to where 1 was sitting on the porch, and said—" "Some other crime," he said, perceiving that she hesitated. "I am not in the hu mor to listen to any more accusations. Either there has been some monstrous mis take, or you are deliberately insulting me." "Or the honor, of which you just spoke, does not exist." "If you can speak to me in that strain, Miss Penohyn, the sooner 1 leave you the better." "Yes, indeed—liefore auy more portable property is missing." They parted in auger, and that parting was final. Augusta Penohyu told her mother aud sister of her loss, and was at first disposed to complain to the colonel of Coulter's regiment, but was persuaded that such a course might bring the famiiy into trouble, and allowed the matter to drop. The regiment wss soon ordered away, aud she saw no more of Frank Coulter. It was not until two years alter the close of the war that Frank Coulter returned to Virginia, aud then he came in a peaceful capacity of an agent or a drummer for a New York dry-goods house. The Peno hyns had become comparatively poor, and the family mansion was turned into a tav ern, which was kept by the son, Henry, who had come out of the war with the loss of an arm. At the tavern Frank Coulter stopped to pass the night. There was no other place to go to, and perhaps he would not have made another choice if he had had the chance, as lie was neither a physical nor a moral coward. Augusta Penohyn liad told her brother the story of the loss of her watch and chain. Henry informed her of Coulter's arrival, and she satisfied herself, without being seen by him, that he was the same man who had been so strangely proven unworthy of her love. Then ihey consulted together to decide upon what should be done. Henry was for his immediate arrest, saying that he could be punished for his crime, as he ought to be under the laws of Virginia; but Augus ta, who had not quite l>>st her love for tiie recreant, was unwilling to go to that ex treme. Henry finally resolved that he would have an interview with Coulter in the morning, and press him closely on the matter. The brother and sister were still seated on the porch, discussing this question, when the man of whom they had been speaking came down stairs. He had retir ed to his room at an early hour, and now he came down bare-headed, in his shirt sleeves and his stocking-feet, just as he had done on the night which witnessed the epi sode of the watch and chain. The moon shone just as it did then, its light filtered through the vines that nearly enclosed the porch. "This is strange," said Henry, as Coul ter stepped off the porch. "Stay where you are, Augusta, and I will follow him," Looking straight ahead, as if staring at vacancy, Frank Coulter walked out into the road, and turned down a lane that led to the stable, cautiously followed by Henry Penohyn. At the stable he stopped, and dug under a corner. Then he returned to the house, closely followed by Henry. As he stepped up on the porch a watch and chain was plainly visible in his hand. Henry held up his hand warningly to Augusta as she was about to rise from her chair. "Be quiet," he said, "I understand it now." Then he quietly followed Coulter up stairs. The next nnrtiing Henry Penohyn con trived that Frank Coulter should lie alone with him in the parlor, and his sister Au gusta came in smiling, ller chain was around her neck, and her watch was visible in her Ixdt. "1 find that 1 did you a great injustice, Mr. Coulter, when I last saw you," she said. "You accused me of stealing your watch and chain," lie replied, as his lace flushed. I see that you have them uow. llad you mislaid them?" "1 lntd not mislaid them." "Who, then, was the culprit?" "Nobody but yourself." "Indeed! Aud yet you say that you did me an injustice iu accusing me of the theft. 1 dou't understand this." "You took them just as 1 said you did," persisted Augusta, still smiling. "How then, did you recover them?" '•You brought tlieui back last night, and put them on the bureau froui which yon hail taken them." "lmjiossible!" exclaimed theyouug man. "This is outrageous." "Not in the least. Were you not aware, Mr. Coulter, that you were a sleep-walk er?" "A sleep-walker! If I aiu, 1 never had any cause to suspect it." The entire story was then toid* to Coul ter's great bewilderment, but alio to his great satisfaction, and he couclijded that uis business would oblige him tb remain several days at the Penohyn hotel. That evening lie was walking in the moonlight with Augusta. 41 When we parted," she said, 4 1 was about to tell you of something else ynu hail stolen when you took my watch and chain, hut you would not allow me to fiuislu" "1 remember," he rephed, "that you were going to accuse me of another crime. What was it?" "Not a crime at all. You came down on the porch, took my hand, and told me that whatever happened, 1 must remember that vou loved me. You stole my heart before you went up stairs to steal my trinkets." "Now you must give me your hand, Augusta, and if 1 should ever agaiu get up iu my sleep to steal your watch aud chain, we will at least have the consola tion of knowing that the act is not a crim inal oue." "I shall watch you, sir," she blushingly replied. The law aud the church gave her the right to watch hiiu. HUM of the Ittttlung Ground. Our faithful trieml J el, a powerful dog. lived with us on the Navesiuk Highlands. Due summer we had a bright little fellow, who although not in the least vicious, yet had i boy's propensity to destroy, and to injure and to inflict pain. Master Willie loved Jet dearly, and yet he wou)d persist in torturing the patient dog mdst outrage ously, oirJirintf hard blows. ENtfoHng with stmq sticks, and pulling naif os summer's afternoon, Jet was lying on the front piaz/a, taking a nap, and Willie came out and assaulted him with a new carriage whip, which bail been left in the hall. Jet knew the child ought not to have the whip, so he went and called the nurse's attention, as he often did when the children were into mischief or danger. But the girl did not give heed, us she should have done, and \\illie kept on following Jet from place to place, plying the lash vigorously. Finding he was left to deal with the case himself, Jet quietly laid the young one ou the floor, carefully took a good grip in the gathers of his little frock, lifted him clear, and gave him a hearty, sound shaking. Then he took up the whip and trotted oil to the barn with it, came baca, stretched himselt out iu the shade and fluished his nap. The young gentleman did not interfere with him again, and ever afterward treated him with great consideration. .Nothing delighted the dog more than to go into the water with theyouug folk, and to see the bathing suits brought out, always put linn in the burliest spirits. The chil dren cslle-i him "the boss of the bathing ground," and so he was, as he made all hands do just as he pleased. He would lake theui in ami bring them out again, as be thought tit, and there was no use in re sisting him, as he could master half a doz en at once, in the water. No one could go beyond certain bounds, either, under pen alty of being brought back, with more haste than ceremony. But within the proper limits, he never tired of helping the bathers to have a good tune, frolicking with them, carrying them on his back, towing them through the water, letting them dive oil his shoulders, and play lug leap frog. Boy a. Some people imagine tliat the world was made lor men. All a mistake; it was sim ply intended for boys to amuse themselves in. Who enjoy life except the boy, and an occasional girl or two? Nobody. Grown up folks try to think they do, and some really imagine they do, but they are mis taken. Men work themselves up into a fever of excitement over an election. They hold mass meetings and get up torchlight processions of great length and noisy roar; but do they gel any fun out of it? Not a bit. It is the boys on the outside who do that. They build the bonfires on street comers, and do a large share of the hur rahing. Men in a procession move along as solemnly as though they were going to their own funeral, it such a thing were pos sible, but the boy who observes them from the curbstone, or who trots along close to the drum-major is all animation and joy. He takes it ail in, and is the freshest one ol the party when the tramp is completed, no matter how long he is passing any number of given points. No one gets fcuch keen enjoyment out of a play as the boy in the gallery. And all circuses in the laud are gotten up with an eye single to his espec ial amusement. If we could be young again, we would be a boy. Cucumber CatHU|>, Three dozen full grown cucumbers, eight white onions, peel both and cut as fine as possible, on this sprinkle three-fourths of a pint of fine salt, then put the whole in a sieve and drain for eight hours; then take a teacuptul of mustard seed, half cup of ground black pepper, mix them well with the cucumber and onion; then put the whole in a stone jar and cover with strong vinegar, closing it tightly. It is fit for use iu three days, and will "keep a long time. When cucumbers were scarce I have taken half green tomatoes aud half cucumbers, and it made an excellent catsup. Cruelty and Civilization. The multilations of prisoners exhibited on Aa-yrian sculptures are not surpassed in cruelty by any we find among the most bloodthirsty of wild races ; and Barneses 11., who delighted in having himself sculptured on temple walls throughout Egypt as holding a dozen captives by the lmir and striking off their heads at a blow, slaughtered during his conquests more human beings tliau a thousand chiefs of savage tribes put together. The tortures inflicted on captured enemies by Bed In dians are not greater than were those in flicted of old on lelons by crucifixion, or on suspected rebels by sewing them up in the hid* s of slaughtered anincals, or on heretics by su.eariug them over with com bustibles and setting fire to them. The Danisms, described as so utterly heartless thul they laugh ou seeing one of their num ber killed by a wild beast, are not worse ttfian were the Humans, who make such elaborate provisions for gratifying them selves by watching wholesale slaughters in theii arenas. If the numbers destroyed by the hordes of Altila were not equaled by the numbers which the Human army de stroyed at the conquest of Selucia, and by the numbers of the Jews massacred under Hadrian, it was simply because the oc casion did not permit. '1 he cruellies of Nero, Gallienus, and the rest may comparc witli those of Zingis and Timour: aud when we read of Caracalla, that after he had murdered 20,000 tnends of his mur dered brother, his soldiers forced the sen ate to place him among the gods, we are shown that in the ltouiau people ihcre was a ferocity not less than that which deifies the most sanguinary chiefs among the worst of savages. Nor did Christianity greatly change matters. Thoughout niediu'val Europe political offenses aud religious dissent brought on meu carefully devised agonies, equaling, if not exceed ing, any iullicted by the most brutal of barbarians. A Counterfeiter'* Kit. A visit to the Secret Service division, of the Police Bureau at Washington, will give an insight into the possibilities of the science of counterfeiting. The arrival here of the ingenious outfit of the recently ar rested gang of counterfeiters preseuts a subject for the student of human nature and lover of the curious. Brockway's con fession furnished tbe foregoing number of the notes printed by him and his associates on the different banks, lie has now sur rendered of each kind tbe following : Pitls fleld National bank, 148 ; National Revere, 78; Second National Bank of Wilkesbarre, 38; National Exchange of Baltimore, 82. None of those counterfeited on tbe Pitts burg National Bank of Commerce are here. They were printed on tbe new localized fibre paper in use by the government, and tilts issue passed as readily among mer chants and bankers as tbe purest genuine. They have exhausted that entire edition, and those notes are now outstanding in the bauds of innocent holders. There was an edition oi one numura , preparation, but they had not yet fixed up on the name of the bank; it was, however, going to be another one in Maryland. They had remedied the defects ot all previous issues as nearly as possible, and they there fore contemplated a successful haul. It would necessarily lie more dangerous than the last, and would doubtless have run through several other larger editions. Be fore the last contemplated issue was struck off the offenders wre apprehended. Ninety-two notes were seized, bearing the fir6t carlxm impression on localized fibre paper, inserting the name of the bank and its officers, the red seal aud numbers and the green-tinted and black border. It is said that not more than three or four coun terfeits on the National Exchange bank of Baltimore were floated, not over twelve of the fcrecond National bank of Wilkesbarre,. but it is yet difficult to tell exactly the fate of each issue. A remarkable fact connect ed with the floating of all the foregoing counterfeits is that from their first issue to the present day the national bank redemp tion bureau of the treasury department has discovered but 22 of these counterfeits. The plates for notes are four in number. One is engraved and *.he other tliree are electrotyped by Brockway, who is a very skilled workman in that line. It is a perfect plate except the panel which contains the state coat-of-arms, which is found on tbe right-hand back of a note of the SIOO de nomination. This space is always left blank by counterfeiters until they decide on what state aud which bank they will issue their next lot ot "queer." Hence, ou the four plates alluded to, one has a separate coat of arms for each state upon wich they have made an issue. The vignette entitled "Signingthe Declaration of independence," also common to all notes of this denomina tion, is a plate of polished steel, and en graved with the most faultless precision. It is the object of admiration by all men skilled in the higher branches of that deli cate handicraft. There are also three cop per plates, one engraved and two electro typed. These represent all the characters and designs on the face ot the note, except ing the name and location of the bauk and the signatures of its officers. These omis sions, in the vernacular of the counterfeiter, are called "skeletons." The plates which supply these omissions are called "titles." Two only have been surrendered—one on steel for the Pittsburg bank, aud the other copper for the bank of Wilkesbarre. The others have probably been destroyed at the moment of soma scare or immediately after use, gs a means of covenng up their tracks in case of discovery. The little red seal was thrown overboard by Brockway from a ferry-boat while crossing East river some five or six months ago, he correctly think ing at the time that he was being followed by government detectives. The production of fac-similies of United States bond plates is equal, if not superior, to the note. When the "shover" Doyle was arrested in Chicago with $207,000 in his carpet-bag, upon showing them to the brokers aud bankers, they expressed them selves willing to buy the whole lot, aud for a long time public opinion was unanimous in pronouncing the act ef arrest one of mis take, and a cruelty and persecution if persisted in. The difference is easily seen when the discrepancies are mi nutely pointed out in comparing the or iginal and genuine, assissted by the glass. The first things that attracted the eye upon investigating this whole exhibition of me chamcal 11 genuity and patient labor are two small engrossed dies in copper. They will measure one and a quarter by three quarter inches, and are complete figures of cycloid engravings. It is from lhese small dies that matrices were made by Brockway, by which he was enabled, one by one, to produce 207 faultless and perfect imitations of the border to the 0 per cent, bonds of 1881. This was the denomination of which Doyle had hypothecated three to secure a sum of money, and at the time of his arrest was going to take them up only to tloat the whole $207,000 before the interest became due. Here arc the supposed genuine bonds with but one coupon left precise in every thing but authority to issue. But for the arrest, in one week's time that vast amount would have been placed on the Chicago and Illinois bankers generally. As it was $3,000 was lost, and that was by the Peoria bank. In like manner did Brockway take the engraved plate and electrotype a gen uine "counter," which is the circle that en closes the "100," also the "0." The bond plates are ot copper, the larger one having the border of the bond and five coupons, from which four were cut off when tne loan was made. There is also to be seen remnant of five more coupons located im mediately under the row joining the body of the bond. It would convey the impres siou that this was originally made a long time ago. There is no evidence of their ever being previously used. The other large plate contains a medallion of Secretary of the Treasury Chase, and the other designs incident to that bond. Its printed stipula tions, signatures, &c., are precisely the same as the original, or as near as it is pos sible to make two things alike by band. There are also two small plates for printing the coupons and two seals representing rcs|)cctively the loan division and the trea sury department. Bhere are three other small plates m the lot—one of steel and two of copper. These were intended for auother SI,OOO bond, either of the new issue or the five twenties. The machinery consists of a rotary hand-press and two first-class rulers, registered and prepared for the most mi nute work, such as are found only in first class bank-note printing establishments. The officers of the law still have another duty to perioral before finishing up this job. It is this: To find out where the pa per came from. He Watted to Laugh. At mid-forenoon recently, a man who was crossing Woodward avenue at Con gress street, Detroit, suddenly began to paw the air with his hands and perform divers strange antics with his feet, and after tak ing plenty of time about it he came down in a heap. More than fifty people saw the performance, and there was a general laugh. It had not yet ceased when a man with a funereal countenance pushed his way into the crowd aud asked: "Who is he —what's his name?" "It's Jones," answered a voice. "What Jones ?" "Thomas Junes." 4 'Sure ?" 44 Yes, I've known him for over twenty years.' '•Then I'll laugh," said the solemn-faced man. as he leaned against the wall and chuckled and laughed until he could hardly get his breath. One of the crowd remarked im 1118 Biugulßl VAnnluvt) ami 1.,. Ip ,". i.. wiped the tears from his eyes and replied: "Gentlemen, notuing tickles me all over so much as to see a man fall down. Ten years ago 1 was a salesman in a wholesale house, with a fine chance for promotion. One day a man just ahead of me fell down and 1 laughed. It was our old man, and he discharged me on the spot. Five years later 1 was engaged to a rich girL As 1 came out of the Postoltice one day a man sprawled out on the walk, and 1 laughed till i was sore. It was my Angelina's old man, and he broke up the match. Again 1 laughed myself out of a position in a bank, and but for the same failure 1 should to-day have a place in the Custom House. I have learned wisdom. Now when I see a man fall 1 ask his name and find out if he has any influence to put me out of my clerkship. If he has 1 look solemn and pass on. If he hasn't 1 la-laugh—ha 2 ha! lia! Jones is it! Jones can't do me any harm, and ha! ho! ha ! ha! 1 wouldn't have missed this for a month's sal —ha! ha! ha!" A strange Accident to the Engine. A remarkable accident happened to a train near Zanesville, Ohio, the other day. The train was running at a rapid rate of speed, when suddenly there was heard a sharp crack, and in a moment the driving rods, which had broken on both sides of the engine, went whizzing around, making a whistling noise as they whirled through the the air. They beat the locomotive until it fairly groaned with pam, battering it up and defacing it fearfully. Striking the breast-plate the rods glanced off, anil re turning to the attack like au enraged ani mal they assaulted the cab from beneath, aud with one desperate blow cut it virtually in two. John Moore, the engineer, who was inside the cab, was flung into the an as if by a whirlwind, lighting on top of the severed cab m an almost insensible condi tion. lie was badly jammed up, but not seriously hurt, the breast-plate alone having saved him from being cut in t vain. Mr. McKelvy, the fireman, retaining his pres ence of mind, picked Moore up, and re moved him out of harm's way, aod then put on the air brakes, but they were use less, having also been cut in two by the flying rods. He then rai ed the throttle of the thoroughly wounded engine, and man aged to get from it a painful whistle of 4 'down brakes,'' and the tram was stopped. In about forty minutes the damage was re paired sutflcienty to renew the trip to Zanesville, the heroic eugineer and fireman managing the crippled locomotive as best they could. A Drop of Whiskey, Tnere is a man in Alameda, California, who takes his cod-liver oil and whisky each morning. Of course such an oppor tunity of impressing temperance principles upon the youthful mind could not be lost. 80 each dose went down with a shiver, terrible frown and exclamation, "800 l 1 could stand the cod-liver oil, but this whis ky"—another shiver—"is dreadful." Their boy listened and stored it all up in his youthful mind, The other day he was cleaning out the top shelf of a closet for his mother. "Ma, what's this?" Mother looks and cautiously smells. "Oh ! Raacid cod-liver oil." Soon another bottle is handed down, another and an other ; contents varying from a teaspoon ful to half a cup, all "spoilt cod-liver oil." At last the youngster raised his eyebrows and gravely remarked: "Ma, it's funny that pa lets all this good cod-liver oil spoil, but never a drop of the whisky ?" Death of ThamM Jefferson. The Hon. A. H. H. Stuart, of Virginia, hag written an interesting letter giving an account of the celebration in Staunton, Va., of the fiftieth anniveriary of the Declara tion ef Independence. He says: 4 'Among the guests assembled at the Eagle Tavern on the Fourth of July, 1826, were most of the prominent men of the town and coun ty. I well remember that Daniel Sheffy, Chapman Johnson, Briscoe G. Baldwip, Thomas J. Michie, William Kinney, N. C. Kinney and other citizens of the town were of the number, and 1 think General Robert Porterfield, James Bell, Charles A. Stuart, and others of the same class from the coun try were present. The occasion was mark ed by hiliarity. The speeches were brief, spirited and appropriate. Anedotes were told. There *ere brilliant flashes of wit, and fancy, and all were in g xxl humor and seemed to enjoy themselves. In this way the day was passed until nearly sundown, and the company were preparing to sepa rate, with mutual felicitations on the plea sure which they enjoyed and the expres sion of hope that they might meet to com memorate many returns of the auspicious day. At this stage of the proceedings some one came into the porch, and in a low tone communicated to Mr. Chapman Johnson something which seemed to make a deep impression on hun. 1, who was then a youth, preparing myself to enter the uni versity, sat with a few other young com panions, near the foot of the table, and, being on the opposite side from Mr. John son, had a full view of bis face, and although I did not know the nature of the communication, could not fail to observe the grave expression of his countenance. The mystery was soon solved. Mr. Johnson rose, and in fitting terms an nounced to the company thai news had just reached him of the death, near noon on that day of Thomas Jefferson. After a few remarks on the life, character and pub lic service of Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Johnson requested all present to fill their glasses, as he desited to offer a sentiment. This was done. He then desired that the company would rise and remain standing. W bile we thus stood, deeply impressed with the solemnity of the event which had been thus unexpectedly announced, Mr. Johnson of fered the following sentiment: 44 the memory of Thomas Jefferson, author of the declaration of independence! Though the mortal man may never witness another celebration of the day which his pen lias so mueh illustrated, his immortal spirit will be present and inspire the last anthem which hallows its memory." The senti ment was purely impromptu. He did not lake time to commit it to paper. He gave it to us as it came gushing up, like living waters from the fountain of Lis great heart, and it found a response in the heart ot every one who was present. As for myself every word that he uttered became, &s it were, engrossed on the tablets of my memory, and, after the lapse of more thau fifty-four years, i ieel that 1 am able to re port Mr. Johnson 1 j toast not only with sub stuntlal, but with literal accuracy. A Natural Spectacular Scene. In Adair County, Kentucky, about teu miles north-east of Columbia, there is a grand and lotty projection on the banks of Green Kiver, known by the classic name of •HJrand Daddy's Cliff." which as a pictur esque phenomenon, is rarely ever surpassed. Tne apex rock, of the series of shelving limestone that climbs one above another to an enormous height, extends out over the azure and placid waters of this beautiful stream about seventy-live feet On the top of tais shelf rock canopy, divers little wild flowers, in the proper season, spring up,aud commingling with a mazy fringe of shruii bery, blossom upon the very verge of the precipice, where nature's curly hair, the tenacious climbing vine, falls in gorgeous and graceful folds to the water's crystal bo som, thus forming a closing curtain to a cave-like chamber of spacious dimensions and exquisite beauty. The somber wall, all studded with a num ber of fanciful formations that slightly pro trude from the rough sides, ihe cerulean tint of the rock ceiling, gemmed with star like crystals, and the waving, viny curtail, that floats eternally on the sighs of the pass ing breezes, with the velvety floor of snow white sand —all conspire to form and force upon the dusty memory the pictures of the little fairy palaces, with their million spirit inhabitants peeping from the almost invis ible chinks in the walls that fond old grand mothers usually paint to satiate the un bounded credulity of the innocent little praiilere who hover, with undivided atten tion to the story, around the blazing hearth on long winter nights, in 44 life's morning march, when their little spirits are young." This grotto is not only a beautiful acd sub lime wonder of nature, but is also useful, la the white, dusty sand that forms the, floor many of the neighboring farmers are wont to bury their vegetables for winter keeping; and here, one foot Leneath the sur face, they remain safe from cold and the furtive little animals that make nightly depredations upon the cellar aad grain-room, for the sand is so tine that it roils back to its place faster than the little thieves can claw it out. The Scoundrel he was After. A well-dressed Galveston gentleman found himself in a very embarassing situa tion the other day. He had left his money at home, and not a nickel or a car ticket could he find anywhere in his clothing, lie was about to leave the ear when a per fect stranger with a sinister cast of counte nance tendered the gentleman a nickel, who gladly accepted it and dropped it into the box. The gentleman then shook his unknown benefactor by the hand, thanking him for the confidence and accomodation, aud asking for his address so as to return the money. "Never mind," responded the generous man, fiercely, " it's a counter feit, anyhow. The street car company will make that driver redeem it. They will dock Ids wages I've got no spite at you. He is the scoundrel lam after. He trified with the affections of my sister, but this will show him what sort of a man 1 am when my blood is up." HAMBURG BITTRRS. —Gr'nd to a coarse powder 2 ounces agaric,s ounces ciisnamon, 4 ounces cass a buds, % 011 uce grains of paradise, 3 ounces quassia wood, % ounce cardamon sc. ds, 3 ounces gentian root, 3 ounces orange apples dried, 1% ounces orange peel; macerate with gallons water add 1% ounces acetic ether; color, browu, NO. 8.
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