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BELLEFONTK, PA.
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BELLEFONTK, PA.
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BELLEFONTK, PA.
Office on woodrlng*s Block, Opposite court
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DEALER IN
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pairing neatly and promptly done and war
ranted. Main Street, opposite hank, Mllhelm,
Pa.
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NOTARY PUBLIC.
SCRIBNKR AND CONVEYANCER,
MILLHEIM, PA.
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# JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
MILLHEIM, PA.
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collection of claims a specialty.
onice opposite Klaenhuth's Drug Store. t
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Shop uex r . door to Journal Book Stnro.
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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.