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SURVEYOR A NU CON V EVA NICER
ant.LeromTn.
W111.1,11A111 Ili. IFILAMR,
ATTOlttiliV AT LAW
ne.Lturners, re
Utile* In the Arre,ln, ' , orient Poor
PI M'ALLIATRR J 4MIIII A IVAVER
11.1.111T9 ft At 'MAW lag,
A ITORNEIS Al' LA it.,
rrNM'A
L. J. CRAMS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW AND REAL ESTATE
NIF.NT•
t I iSILFIXI 0, C 1,201 2111:I P CO ,
JAIME. n. RANIKIAI,
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ATTORNR.Y AT LAW,
BILLRIOMTS, 'uk:4'A
Otrio• on the Diamond, our door west of the
Peet 0115 e•
EVEN lithAricnAate.,
AT LAW,
1911.1.KFONTIC PitteNA
.oetarft m .ii, occupied by the Hon 44111. Burn
Pid•
J LINGER,
rl IiEI)N DENTIST,
119(Litro.TF, t 0 , PA
is non 'reps: ed Wareeit upon ell oho may desire
his proftseionai ser•loos
/teems at his residence on Spring street.
r wiLron
SARIN A el 11.$0N
ATTOKNKrti AT LAW
Mike nn Allegsny street, In th , building elr
snarly or...tried by Humes, McAllister, Iloilo A Co
li•nkers
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*natatory PER,
PHOTOGRAPHS A DAGUIRKILKOTY
laGeu daily isacept Sundays) from 1:1 • 111 • toor
BY J. Si BARNHART,
le hie splendid Saloon, In the Are•de Building
111•11efopie P•on'•
Da. G. 1.. roirraver--
PHYSICIAN k SUItiIIKON,
ret.i.nronre, ( co , ra,
tlffl•ti Illgh Street (old office ) W ill •ttend to
).roleileionsi calls at h•retotorn, and respoctrully
offers hle services tolfffiriendr and the public
DR. .1 U. 01 ITCIIIEI.i.,
PHYSIC! A, a ♦ SURIiIiON,
.Su,i.srnrrs, c KKKKK CO , pa
WM attend to professional calls ►e heretofore, he
riPlipeatrillly oEsrs hie services to his friends and
the public, Mice nett door to his residency on
It print 'tree( Oct 2H bl-It
ITI• WITC•IILL. -'• Cl NUM Tl, 11141DZR
ID
& A LEX AM,
ATTORNEYS' AT LAW ,
lIIMLIYONTZ. P 1 1 ,110.1
rlßle• In Reynolds' Arcade ou the Diamond
Ira C Itlttah•ll has usoeleled C T Alesunder
with hum in the practice of law, and they will
,tra prompt attentoto to all home's entrusted to
them to Centre, Willa, Clinton and Cle•rfirld
a -tooter
J. IS. WIDeIIiATIC,
RESIDENT DENTIST
eistrb•PC44.ls, eer , Ph
Ogles and residence on the North East Corner
ef the Dtarnotol near the Court House
lir Will be fnsnd at hi■ °Moe except two week!
each month, enannienaing on the tint Monday na
th e tnuntb, when h will It• ales filling plfteenonal
detiu
• ASKING HOUSE,
Whf F REYNOLDS .1. CO
11111.11.11FONTII, OONTYI Co., PA
Dills of •rehanite and Notes dlsonanted Col
i•otionsi m vt• and proceeds promptly remitted
I at•rost no I on rpocoal depornts. Etah•nge in (be
...ern rates conrtaktly on hand for sal. Depos
it. recelren
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a a
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DIPONIT
—a►—
McALLISTER. HALE &
estoaroxxx c RRRRR CO , r.
Inspostts Itecel•oel—llltlenf Exchange anti Notre
Diartantettl Pahl on poolal rer.._—
chileatinns-Mado. and Proottedi Itarnlttell roil] pi -
y --Reobange an the Kcal ennet. ntly on hand
J.7:III.STOVEN
ATTORNEY' AND CUUN6ELLOR AT LAW
El :01:1=1=
Will pretties blo profession in the Lateral Courts
of Centre County, Alt business intrusted to him
will be faithflaily attended to Particular attention
paid to eollections, and all monies promptly re
milted Can be consulted In the Gunman as well
on ff o thd English language
Ogles en High st , formerly ocCupled by Jed ft
Dornside and D. 0 Boal. Esq.
A. 6 W I° DIIACIIANIVII,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
MILLEVONTIC, IPA.
Jat•N Illisomanas has assoolated with Win. P
Maetaanes. Eng .in the prat: Mies of Law Prof...
atonal laueineasintrasted to their oars will melee
prompt attention They will intend ilia several
Court. in thei Counties of Centre, Clinton and
Olenribeid
Niue "a Allmbeny street In lbe building for
swirly oapipleals Linn A 'WIWI,.
V. r. ausum.
DRumner.
est.rairours, PA
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IVNuLIIAL■ .JD Refers D ill
Drugs, MedMine'. Perfumery, Paints, Oils, Var
Moho', Dye-Stufe, Toilet Soaps, Brunie*, Hair and
Tooth Bruits', Fanny and 'Pellet Artioles, Tremolo
sad Shoulder Grimes Garden Seeds.
Customers will and myit oak oomptete and trial,
sad all sold at modentio pries'.
tdrlitringri and Pliyalolang inn tit* °nano,'
aye ovlted to 'taming my Walk
gMIiMSM
' ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
IIitAMPONTII. PMRP ° A.
Will attend precept!, to all business entrueled to
their ave. Olta hi the buildrng tdrinerly eau
pl• 4 by gen. Jae T Hale.
A CARD.
trlelsrats A got' will attend to my balloon
Aerie ay Miaow* In ()Ingress, and will be as
glutei y we la theicli+of all apnea entrusted to
them. J•11151,T. HAL..
Deeepoiber 15.9.
STATES UNION HOTEL;
eor a 608 Mast Street, above
_
Ir P2 W D ILEfro ,PA s
t,
or
?Irwin • —ll 25 sast.B.at..
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risttllantous,
The Homestead Bill
We give bqow a copy of the Illorliesteali
Bill which passed the House of Representa
tives on the 5111, and on Brat reading in the
Senate on the 10th. This bill avoids _the
objections halide by the President in his-veto
otriTic bill 'passed at the last session of the
prein.nt Congress, a nd is likely to become a
law :
A BILL TO SECT RE 110 M KtTEA PE TO A CTI , AI. SET
V" T 14.104 ON TIIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
lie it entitled by the Senate and House 'of
KeptetenlaM•rs . t f the finti;d- States of A
?WTI, II 10 Congress assonbled 'That any
persona ho to the head of a family, or who
haivarrived at the age of twenty one years
anchos a ritiren of the Ilnited States. or Is ho
shall hare filed his intention to become such,
OR ',go:red by the naturalization laws of the
United States, shall, from and after the pas
.aigs„,pf this act, jieentitled to enter, free of
cost one hunified siol six'y acres or unnp•
propriat d pnlihe lands upon which said
person may have filed a pre em pt ton claim,
or n hilt may. at ilia tune the appitention
is made, he suhj7•r,t to pre-emption at one
dollar and twenty flee cents, or leas pt r
acre : or eighty acres of such unappropriated
lands, at two dollars and fifty cents per acre ;
to be located in a lady, in conformity to the
legal subdivisions of the public lands and
after the same shall hare been serreyed.
Sac. 2. Andbe if /lather entitled. nil
the person applying for the benefit of rlo
net shall, noon application to the register of
the land office in which he or she is alvint
to make such entry, make •flidavt,t before
the said reveler or receiver that he or she
is the head of a family, or is 21 years or
more of age. and that such appli atom in
made for InA or her I . IOIIMiVC ti.e and bene
fit and these specially mentioned in this art,
and not directly or indirectly fur the urge or
benefit of any other p. rson or persona a to tn.
'never : arid, upon filing the altidtivit with
the regoot r or receiver, he or she mho!l there
upon lie permitted to enter the gnantity of
land specified : Provided however. That no
certificate given or patent issued therefor,
until the expiration cf five ;ears from the
date of auotrentry ; and if at the expiration
of such time, or at any ulna ai , bin two years
thereafter, the person making any such entry
or. if he be dead. Ina widow
of her death. his heirs or devnime : in
case of a widow making such entry, her
heirs. or devisee. in case of her death—shall
prove by , two creditable witnesses that he,
she, or they have resided upon and cultiva- !
ted the Raffle for the term of five years im
mediately succeeding the time of filing the
affidit•tt aforesaid. then, 111 such case. he,
eh,, or they, if at the time a citizen of the
United States ahsll, on payment Cri ten dol
lar'', be entitled to a patent,ws in/other ca•
sew provided by law 7 And provtded fwebtver.
That in case of the death of both father and
mother leaving en infant child or children.
under twenty one
. .reits - of age. the rglit and
fee shall enure to the bent fit of, said infant.
Child. or children and the executor, ad
minixtrator, or guardian may. It any time
within two years after the death of the sur
viving parent, kid in accordance with, the
laws of the State in which such children.
Int- the time being, have their domicile sell
Rata land for the benefit of tratd infants, but
for no other purpose : and the purchaser
chill acquire the absolute title by the purr
chase. and he entitled to a patent from the
United States. on payment of the office fees
and sum of money herein !needled
Sir. 3 And be It further enacted, That
the rigister of the Land °filer shall note all
such apnlicatione on the tracts. books. and
plate of his uffice, and keep a register of all
such entries and make a return thereof to
the General Land Office. together with the
proof upon which they have been founded
Sao 4 And be a further enacted. That
all landa acquired tinder the proviAions of
thin act ahall in no event become liable 'ln
the aatiafaction of any debts or debts, con
tracted prior to the issuing of the patent
therefor.
Sao. B. And be a further enacted. That
if, at any time after the filing of tiix affidavit,
as fequired In the-80410nd section of this act,
■nd before the expiration of the five years
aforesaid, it shall be proven. after due SI n -
lice to the •ether. to the satisfaction of the
register of the land offici, that the person
ha•ing filed such affidavit, shall have actua
ally changed his or her residence, or than
dcmid the Auld entry_ Jur more than Oa
mootharit any time then. and in that event,
the land so entered shall rtiert to the Gov
ernin en t.
Sec 6.. And 6e it further enacted, That
no individual shall be permitted to make
more than one entry under the prnymiona of
this act : and that the Commissioner of the
general Land Otto Is hereby required to
prepare and lame such rules and regulations.
consistent with this act, ■s shall be woes.
airy to carry Its provisions into effect and
that the Re YR and Receivers of the Rev
ena Land Mike!, tall he entitled to receive
the same oenspen Lien for any lands entered
under the proeial of title act that they are
now entitled to remise when the gamesman.
tity of land"s entered with money, eine half
to be paid by the person making the appli
cation at the time deo doing and the.otber
half utt The Issas of the certificate, by the
pe.vuo to whom it may be Hatted : Prooid•
MDR
BELLEFONTE, CENTRE COUNTY, PENN'A„ THURS:DAY, J WAR-V-3, ,184141-
ed, That nothing contained in this act shall
be so construed pea to impair or interlerejo
any manner whatever with existing pile-
Ohl - din rights. And provided further. That
all persons whn may have filed their applica
tions for a pre•eMpilon. right prior to the
psiwiage of this act shall he entitled to all the
priv lieges of this act.
Diuolvink the Union.
The lent linickerborkci Magazine has the
following, which is not bod r ei,her as &story
or a speech :
During the exliiing campaign of 185 -,- in
pro'ronient made a dis
union speech al\gii,incy. After he was
through, and before the crowd hod diapers-
ed, a mhn aho aam to lletl the Aforesaid
R. I) „' aas called for Ile vt nt4 lifted upon
the platform so eleYattd that he coaldn't
foam! iilLhOU{ bolding 0» II) SOI1)(.1) log. Ile
bald : •
'•(lenilerneti attli holieg, you re lalkoi' of
di,solvin' the Union ; lon can't do It ' -
That's that flag a wane' tip called the
star spaneled boom r: how ye n got's' to
divide that, lift ? Are ye a goin' to give the
sun to the Norf and the airipes to the ti.urf
No air-tte the thing can't he Ill(' I Chi yrs ]
•• And thtr'a that good old tone II at the
band ti a play in' out lilac. called Y.trkee
Doodle ; how ye a-goin' to ditttle Ihol , th ?
Ate ye a goitt' to give the yuttl.te to the
Norf and the Doodle_ to the Soot T I hay,
11010. the thing 'can't he did' [tine's.]
' And taar'a that atiettu of %aux a run
dire thar called the • Fail). r 0• W•
tem' how are ye • gout' to divt.l. that --
Are ye a gout' to dam it Op with &
hioll'h line ? I AZ) tOll Call 't do . titat thing'
Wal. 3011 Can't ! ',Meet-a
•' And that's the railroad lay in' out thirr
how tou a gout' to &Yule that, eft ? Are
gnu gout' to tie It ul) with Maxon & Ihxoti'et
lutr ? can't do it ! rs 1
And 'bar s all the fa.i boss, s audits'
enrol hue; how ate ye I gum' to divide
them ? old bosses ! Art ye a g. lo
'ern Not(' sod run 'um Sour and fit
Eael. and ;on 'tin Wt.at !Cheer.>
'• And tharlt •II the hand•totte
round bete, how are ye • $;;;Io' toJl.vote
them 1 Are yr a gout' to give the old (4111,1
to the. Nor(. and the young ones to the Soot I
Wa•l, )ou don't It you ho to I hood; r ou
can't do it r bowl. t.e clivermg
" And thar's all the heath.n,il trihe . nori
other birds • Hp& dotal het, and the
ehn•k,•n+ and egg (tent sue. the rifler leg.
and the Mirk legs ; how ire tr. a gout' to
divide 'eta, eli+ Are yea pun' Lt give the
pulle , i to - the Nor f, and th, cooks to the
Sou(1 - 'Tremendous cliteroig
Our reporter could liter no to re for the
mar which vivo d n ipe du •
tor' caved to and I,•II front .he pl•tfor
I=l
Equal to the Emergency
Not many years ago, two Ftetirhitien—one
wealthy and in possession of ready cash,
and the other poor penniless °rimmed, by
chance, the RIMIC room in a stihorhoi hotel
In the morning the seedy" one ro.e first.
took from his pocket a pistol and holdn•g it
to his own forehead and backing against the
door, exclaimed to his hot-1.41rd companion :
`• It is my last desperate resort . I am
penniless and turd of life : give me five
hundred francs or I will instantly blow out
my brains atugyou will be arrested as a
murderer '^
The other lodger found himaelf the hero
of an unpleasant deltinma, but the cogency
of him rompanion'n arguinint Rim k him
•• cold." Ile quietly meta to his pantaloons,
handed over the amount, and the other vim
(med . after locking !he door ontaide
11. tone of this, another Frenchman, of
very Ravage aspect, one night tri, d to. !nom
with a all raw boned gentleman (tom Ar.
kansita, who had been rather free with lila
motley during the day. and evidently had
plenty morn behind'
Next morning " Pike " an nkening, the
covered Ilia room mate standaig over him,
with a mat o] leveled at lie ON it head, and
evidently quaking with ■gitettoo.
" What the deuce are you standin• tiler
for in the cold f" said Pike, propping him.
*elf on lila elbow, and coolly surveying the
• lam del:petite " was the reply, " You
give me one ll,ltidrrd donate or I will blow
out my brains I"
•• WiII, then blow an' beau-led," replied
Pike, turning over.
" Bole you vill be arres'ed for se mur-'
daire !" persisted the (foul earnestly.
what'a that f" said f l ;ke ; oh, I
see! " and murddirody draw , of a revolver and
a live pound bowie knife from under his phi•
low lie Pal upright.
' A men m■y as well, be hung fora sheep
as a lamb." he coolly ro mirk. d : and, at a
word. he star rd for tin Gaul : hut the let
ter was too nimble ; " the hose pistol." in
nocent of heed. exploded in the ■ir, and with
One frantic leap our little PrenChmon was
standing in his nOit rule' at the foot of the
staircasb—• proof that • het may suit one
latitude erri not answer for another.
" Paid • ydana urchin of tender
years. to hi. parev, ‘• does the Lora fake,
the papers "Ir
Why do you 11144 am+ a qoestion I"
" Because ottr preacher, when lie - pra
Is BO long telling him everything, I thou o ht
he was lint posted."
The Confession of Hicks,' the pirate
llreka has made what purporin to he a full
confess•on nt his many - crimes, which is pith
Imbed by R M !Mra. • This pamphlet is
issued for the benefit of the wife of the mur
derer, soon to be his widow, the copyright
teeing secured to her. This eunfesniun is no
doubt very much exaggerated. It hag been
prepared for the prt as by a gentlemen em
ployct! by Marshal Ryndrrs for that purpose.
By his on n areount. Hicks his been a sort
of a Red Avenger of the li'parnsh Main, haw
itig perpetrated it inaimity 61.1 tis crimes 141
the Pacific roast, aiming IGe Spa oittrda nod
Mexicans. We make some exirkeis hem
the proof ahreta of the •• moon asion " ❑e
refers to the ❑unu•rous ~ • uurdcfi committed
by himself and conic adc bet Cell Santiago
and Valparaiso, the details of whii h are giv
en. , fle ens on I nurd the ship Annie Mills,
a sliver and being to r of being cap
'tired, he nsna the chess 011 hoard were ell
tied to a cable, and the anchor thr‘m n over
board dragging them at! er it Ain r dela I
log robberies, murders, and ravishing , : 14 1111-
out number, he gives the car I
to the bloody murder on the di . t stcr sloop E
A J..htisolt.
The sloop E A Johnson nlr tied an easy
prey. She Marin board, 1 suppose from
all the information I could Rath. r something
over a thou:atitl dollars, and the t mire crew
coesiyted of but two boys and toys! If. I
hut 111. vi r I,now 0 111 or set n t'dpiain Riirr
before I ;tipped with him. Ile hod never
done me injury or wromasi so that I MO no
revenge to gratify. no grudge to pay. We
a•tiled on the liith of March froth al.. font of
Spring street. and procsed, d to i ry
Imre Ye reiliattted till Sunday %% htle
I ;era ped the mast of the atoop did a"lot of
carpenter a ark, and t Yid, fitly pleased cap_
tam flour v. cy moth Ity my earn. sm.6a 111
try log In maki everything look viiip shape
We armr ri at tira•eatilid on Satioday nfu
noon and aimed tht re for a fair a Ind At
lart a e pot to %ea and when we wt re efl the
Ocean Iltnt.e. I *Wit Its the foreeamle and
got an ex. • in•th 1 lint in the boat Minion
to the dent Sit no. younger Watt a tray
et the ht Im and I aeketti lotn to 111.. w the to
meer aln tle while. lie consenttd. anti a tmt
forw rd
" In a ft.* thinuos t left the helm • end
t 4ting the RI went to Jim, and sotked hum
if he RC.a llaenegnt light he said he did
not 1 told him in Merit[ again and pointed
tltmy It 'lid Ile 'unit d tout l and look, d
if, my fare a mnmeol : 641 i, even II 116 had
stistitteltsi rile cruel nurpnae he would have
read DO uuhca lion of it there for Iw& as
retro am ihmigh I was going to do the Rini.
lit antl most innocent thing in life 11 id
heel, mutt r Imam) intlin nett, ti,, rtinfith nt
and trusty nay m e htrh he Imo, fl hot eyes
II mine would have made me h e sitat e h u t.
1,11 such ilunight entered my heart a nd I
po , nted again and told him to 'lank therm
ain't that it ? 1k turned his head, soil
peered through the darkness in the direetion
I point, d and as he did so I struck him an
the ha. k of the head with the ax and knock
ed him down Ile fell ' Thinking I had
not killed lion I struck him again with the
ax as lie lay upon the deck. Wm fall and
the sound of the ax made some noise a Inch,
added to that caused by tnv running across
the deck aetracted thy attention of the Vali.
lain, who came up the
putting out his head asked what Was the
matter I I replied, ' nothing.' and then ask
.d hue, as I bad the younger Watts is that
Barnegat light 1 ('apisin purr replied,
you will not see it for twd,houts t' and will,'
spoke lie turned his head tenni me,
The nx sa wig in the air. and, guided
by my sinewy and niorderour gem. emir
down. Ihr edge crtisht d thniugh his neck,
nearly hevernig fits head from his body, and
ktlltng him instantly. The body fell down
the companion way As I turned to leap
after it and diapairo my remaining demi!,
I looked furl' and, and--oh, (loft how I
sdo udder to think of it now —he whom I
thought I had nlneady li 3 Otert-had arken, and
ass :timing aft, his hand o utstretched to•
ward me, and the blood atoning in two dark
streams over his to itl face, trona two ghastly
wounds on his head
For a mimient I stood undecided ; but as
be still came on, I ran toward him but ere
I reached him he fill ■bout muiships, and
rushing on him, I struck once, twice, thrice,
with the as and finished . ..dm. Running aft,
T jumped down the m:mpatt ion way with the
bloody nk In my hand There lay the elder
Witte in his berth, and close beside him the
ghastly bloody corpse of the captain. I
stood a M.lll/.11 t king at him, and doodled
at him and struck eat with this 11l Ile
leaped out of his 'teeth and sprang to Ine, all
red with the bliss! of the repot In whitey tilt
dv had Wien pest Mtn, covering him with
gore 111 its fell Ile tiied to grapple whit
me, but etepplog heck. I gave the fatal az a
full sering. and struck him again, again, and
again. Once upon the head. once on the hack,
and Mire more upon ;he heed. which felled
'him to the floor and be ley 'dead at my feet,
side by side with the.raptain
—My bloody work wait done ! newt men
(tll no tiles. 1 wan alone, No et! had
,agett me. and now I win Pei, to reap the re•
ward of 'my woik., 1 dud not feel the alight
eat regret for what I had done, and went
about removing die hornet; as coolly as dm'
they had been an much old lumber, t took
• ripe and hest it on to , the feet of the elder
I 11 9,itts, hauled him on deck, and throw him
ovet the ituatier. I thentthatiled the eaptitin
out 11l ihe seine manner. and threw hint (vet':
and theft going to midahipx, I liftiPd the body
of yolinger Walla from tilt deck. add plung
ed him into the melt by the Starboard side
I jlito threw the axe overboard. and am sood
as l had done this. t eitanged tilt. course of
the hlttop and ran iii close to.the Hook Sly,
intention was to run the sloop up North
river. and then lire her; Alit I tattle hear
running on the hog beacon. abreast of l.'ur•
ney Island and Staten WIWI •light hitbse,
after nsich I fouled -with a schooner, and
ram d RV% as , the. bowsprit. so I put the
initial- and muciiltither articles of value as I
could pick up, into the yawl, and then scull
ed ashore, three mile's. landing just betuw
the fort on Staten Inland
nd ge Nat From Appearances.
A lady fliedol,c i nntritiuteN to the Atictil
tenet hop+ rind girls the following cni.iini
Hory showing lhp tittogeh of judging from
nppetrgoreg When I way 'even yen re
old my irti 7 ither removed to the country
(Mr nennet neighbor wan A mininter by the
'acme of W1'3 , 101111, who in addition to bin
ministerial duties, owned and militant. d
lame fitrni. One night my attention wen
attuned to a bright light to one of the up
per roormi of our ileightior's honor In •
moment I saw the wile ti past the minor
',lined a inflow, (loftily followed be the hug
band, who wan mimed with a huge fire shovel
—round the room the went, still pursued,
and at I haterird hTenthlesahr, I thought
nay, I aiag sure, I heard n seream I has
timid to inc mother and told her what I
had oweli, toil *. lauh lontted ntit. lint the
Ljtht wait gone and all was trilet
standing: my mother's iMliemun warning.
10 gay tirrilong about it to anyone " before
itehool will out the next day I had confide
ii to toy leeiona friend and - in a %reek half
the village knew it aloft ■ great talk 'lt made
ton. Fin illy it reached the rare of
the d. avow:. who a' once prucei d l O utvra
ugale truth My mother looked glare
and (nodded when the) called but con.rioua
of having told only the truth I Met ih.th
fenrleaily, and rt•laitd what I hod Ferri
Thin they lett taking a • tee :Me" fur the
mnttalt is to call Imo to account. Stith
many apologiee they or Hie kilo% it Ito tr er
rand, when to their mum lee the mosialer
burl! MIA a hearty lieugh t Wait amo
sent " gaud he, "t0:1 I call Polly. You nee
'hat night I found a big ra's in the meal
cheat and cane• duals for Shut- idimrel, and
hade lo r hold the light while I killed him.
Fuelltig tit. mint' 'dare 10 lode the rascal
look et fOgem the folds of her dress and she
ran iiereaniiiig, till I managed to rl tslod ye
and kill him I have ever mince her It Are
nil tort to repeal an unfavorable report ■bout
lily to igtilmrs, at least tut it I kit itv the
luole 11 ill
Tellegraphing the Scriptures.
The enterprise of the New York Herald in
all matters relative to the Prince of Wales
has tier n meet ItOrfOlSiOtt . Am an illustra
tion of it, take the fillowing story, which I
believe re entirely true and a ell known RS
the press of hew York 'Fhb' Prance was
shout 10 visit Niagara I'sll4, and all the New
York papers were alike anxious to give an
arty report of his visit, descriptive of how
he liked the bow the falls hooked when
irradiated by the presence of royalty, how
fast the water rushed on that particular day,
how the Priiire enjoy it himself. whether he
was wetted with the spray, a hether lie r Ins.
tleitalte air of Henry ll's '
Niagatii,' or fretted to los (live of Newest , :
Ile the verses of dial I, s NI,, Lay. and other
such edify nig a n d mighty inforttiative infer
mango. Alm Times a anted to be first in
its report, so did the Triliutie but the
llerald4(ith its elephantine might. determin
ed that none of as contemporaries should
make err' mach capital of the Prince as it in
tended to do itself Mr, House was at Niag•
are ready to report the firweerltngs to N . lr
.I.mies Gordon 11. hilett, the proprietor of.the
!lei ald at New York Thei'nrice had not
arrived. arid there Willis chance of the 'I lines
or Tribune gelling pnaneasinn of the wires
hefore the IL, raid In his peiplexity Mr.
Rouse 11401 , d along a message to N 1 r Ben
nett, ti , king Mtn what hr was to do in orc.er
to keep the %tires open. "Ti I, graph me
the (look Ur Genesis " was the response.—
That was done. Bttll the report of the
Prince VI WI 1101 reads. 1011 atii I to do
now 7," atik , , I !louse; •Teleg, aph the
Book ~f R, velar ern all the way through."
r, plied Mn Bennett ; and the clerks turned
to the ennui tire ilihic awl 'clew I ac
comlingly is the ofli.e of the Mew York
liertild are lite tiro Rooks of 11,4 Wilt PM
LION tOlOgrt.llll. if -the Ilto thrill. 1 •trimose
that ever a chipter ' of the Scriptures a ss
sent along a wire. The telegraphing of the
Book of Genesis alone cost. I believe, $7OO.
—Letter from Philadelphia..
R•N6TOL•':T OLD LADT 7 - 4 1niticeet •Ii•o
child ! tt hot do you want two pals of cold
Otoslie-for 7 You bad only on e ye • iron t iy. !"
I. Little Girl—' Yes, ma'am : but Jnothcr'•
token liwordere •oo r l" ,
Not t tholimand miles Amin Oneida Co..
coroner's jury lately rendered a verdict that
a certain dem:11601mo " came to his death
by exciossive drinking, producing apoplexy
' in the minds of the jury."
t ,~--
Capital alti.
Wlib in there who desires to appear to hie
fellow erkaturea precisely what he iA I I
have known .such people and admire them,
for they are comparatively few. Why does
Me. Stnith when smite hundreds of miles
from !mine, talk of his place in the country f
In the etytnological kebilh of the veniidit it
crtainly la a place in ,the country, for it is
a tingly, our atotied cottage without„a tree
Siett• It, standing bleakly on a hill side, But
a place in the eountry — anirgergtH to tlte mind
long avt nut e, great hrubber'us, extensive
hown,i, for conservatories; lota of
horses, altindatice of servants 1 and that is
the pict u re ulitch Mr. Snot desires to call
-up before the mind's eye of those whom he
addreu,es
When Mr Robinson talks with tligiiity
about tlie political dimeatisions which takes
place in his servants' hail, the impression
conveyed Ia that Itoldoson has s vast emiali•
li liar, lot of domestics. A vision rises of an
cunt teiallll,n, of a dignified lionsekeepir,
of a bishop Ike butler, br JI33I:IIFIRS
number, of iimiinted October. A roan of
strong imagination may even thii.k of hunt,,-
men, of falcon, rm, courierS —of v. grand liar•
onral menage, in fact,. You would not think
i di o t Robirimon's establishment , conaists of a
cook. a botime amid. and a stable boy. Very
•.'1 for the fdlow too ; but why will ho
vapor f
N hen Mr Jones told me the other day
that something or other happened to him
when he Will going out ••I.C) the stable to look
at the horses," T naturally thifught, as one
fond of lINIt that it would he a fine
tight to see Jones' stables, as he galled
theta I thought of three handkome car
riage horses sixteen hands t igh, a ('pair of
pretty ponies fur his wife to drive, sonic lion
tent, ' , cantle's to look at and tremendous fel
low sto go. The words need might 1 , - .. , (11
have pito Illed the stipposition of two or three
race horses and several lade with retne rka•
hly long jaekets, talking about the yand
aas fitle , l a ith fury when I learned that
Jones' horses ctins , sted of a large brofig.
ham horse, titoken winded, and a spavined
pons
hate knoten 5 man who had a cdttple of
mooreland firms Ittloitlisitly, ImIL of his ea.
tile. One of the cornrnonegt and weakest
*lva of riporiog is by introducing into your
Convermation, very familiarly. the names of
people of rank whom yoti know nothing
earthly about. • flow sad it is." said Mrs
Jenkma to roe the other day, 'Shad the
duchene being so ill t Poor deal. thing '--
We al's all in mulch di.tr r ,sa \lo ut her !''—
'•%Ve all ' meant, of course. the landed arm
tocracy Of the dunk,, of which Mr Jention
hail lately heroine a tnethber. Jenkins having
retired flout the hard.. are tine, and bought a
small tract of cringinire.
Sonic tithe ago 9 re nn told me that he had
been down to I tatmeakhire to 1.4. e his feu.
entry 14 course he was not aware that
knew he slam lb° owner of just one, farm --
"This in my parish wo have entered," said
a youth of clerical appearance to me in
railway carriage In one sense it wan ; but
he would not have said no had he been aware
that p knew he warn the ettrate,not the rec
tor. ••llow can Brown and his wife get on I"
I certain person (iger rCii to me ; "they
cannot possibly live : they will Metre.—
Think 01 people being married with not thore
than eight or nine hundred a year f"
dignified ho thought he looked lc he Iliad'
the remark ! It was a fine thing to repre•
aent that he could not underatand ho*
man hemp, could do what he was well aware
was done by multitudes of wiser people than
himself.
"It iv a cheap horse. that of Wigging,"
rettidrited ; •it did not cog
more than seeenty or t.laitt'v potinds." Pont.
otlly Pigging !Alleles that all Who hear hi
will conclude that his own broken kneed
heck (1....ght for £2.5) cost et least £l5O
Oh• silly folk lA' hn talk big, and then, think
nu Cr.' adding to your importance , -don't
von know that 3 .11 sr only merely making
(Dole of yourselves ? cases out of
ten the prieon to Whom you are relating
your exsggerated story knows what the
precise fact is too polite to ehntre•
diet you and tell you the li•uth, but rely oil
it he knows it
No 0118 believes the vaporing story hid by
another man ; no, not even the man who
(awl , a that his own vaporing more Ia he 4
li ved Every rie who knows anything of
the world known how, by an accompanying
v.-cress of mental arithmetic, to make the
detturt;ons trotn the big story told which
wilt !wine it down to something near the
truth Frequently hag my friend Mr. ignookx
told me of the crushitig retort by which he
shut up Jeffry upon a Memorable derision.
I ti honestly d dare that I never rave
credenetbto a s3l able of wile( he said Re
peatedly has my friend li lt Longbow told
me of his remarkable adventure in Ihe Bay of
Bkray. when a shale nearly swallowed him.
Neter once did l fai to listen with every
mark of implicit belief to Inc friends nem
hat do you 610(4 hefiried it "1 And
more than once has Mrs. trGaliaghin tissuh - -
ad me that t he hot houses on her "rawther'e A bey was going ahleln I ."? 'lift":
claret." were three miles in length, anJ that a pitcher of Milk, *b etis i d na tlO
each cluater'of grapes grown on that favored I led, and smash wertirrever ho could
pipet Weighed above a hundred weight, Withxran the milk. Air •
profbund respect I gave ear to all she said ; saw the accidentkre3B providing fin
but. gentle daughter of Eriu r did you think you catob it 'V o i r a rr n o d m o 3 r r i t n ic s e te or fro i :
I was as Oft i.e seemed Molt may just er'll 0-311, r0 k Governor of farginin to
as well tell the truth at once, ye big talkersi ,tbr and deliver up on the requisition
or everybody will know it at anytlite. -.0 o
ovornor of Pennsylvania , three per
. t e irh had boon indicted in Pennsylvania
I TERUO : $1 50ixA,Dr‘mbq
Vbt.UME 6-,NlTAlllitat 1
Perseliptaieft
no wilb allows his epplicati'one to Nita'
tit Shirk bin VOA on fritrillous preteits; itl
tin the mire road to ultima.° fella°. Lot
any tank be undertaken as a thing hot poe
nible to be evaded, and it will soiSn eche td
be performed with alaciity and eheerfulnest
The habit of stf•enuims,continued lihor, will
eoltie 'Mint - tor/it ikely bast' In time, like eisir'y
other habit. Thus, even Melt With theeotna
moncot brairm and the most slender posers
will accomplish much, if they ail! but-eplil
theinselves n 1101 y ..1)11 1101c1:11 . 1.1gAbly to 0 00
thing at a time. tint liailes Napier, when
T midis en , minterid an army of 35,0011
2l'0) then. of *Lido only
400 were toropeins Ile charged them in
the cetitre up a high lank, and for three
bourn the !Mille traq .IMdeeldid. At last
they turned and.ll.-d. It is this sort of pluck,
tenacity. aud (lett rmined pereert ranee which
a ins soldiers' battles, aid, indeed, livery
b.rltle. ft is the one seek mat* that wipi
the race and shows. the blood ; the Linn ttinre
mill of the oar that proves the twedinesk
theiellove," as Oxford men say ; it is the
one mart h more than wino the campaign
the fli.e minutes' more persistent courage
that wino the fights. Though your force he
less that a nother'm s ou equal and outmaster
your opponent if you contutue it longer and
concentrate it more. The reply of the Spar
tan father, who said to hi+ son, when com
plaining of his sword being too short, Add
a step to it,.' is applirahle to everything in
rife It is not how MOM a man may knory
that is of so niuch importance as the end and
purpose for which he knows it Thrtibjeot
of knowledge should be to mature witdoitt
and improve character, to render us
, better,
happier and more useful—more benevolent,
more energetic and more IMc lent in the
pursuit of every high*purtntst! to life. We
must ourselves be and Jo. and not rent sat;
isllt d merely with reading and meditating
over what other men have written and done.
Our heat light ththlt he made life, and beat
thought action. The humblest and leant
literate must train his arose of duty, and
accustom himself to an °Merl) and dilligent
life. Though talents are the gift of t attire,
the high. st virtue may he acqtrired by tneh
of the butnlilett abilittell, through careful
self-diaciplioe. At least we ought to be able
to say, an Richt( r did, have made as
mach out of tnyaeTl - as could be Made of the
stuff, and no man should renulre b00r.."
A Hungry tartlet tisk,
The Buffalo Esprens relates an amusing
incident which occurred at krie, a few days
since. A e entletnan left Cleveland fur New
tork, It ail Sally holir lb the morning, with
out big lireakfalit. and In ing tery
upon the Arrival of the train at Pale, etneEeti
the dining room AM! I,laring bin carpet big
upon a dinlr, ',it down beanie it. and com
ttitoirod 6 taint-ohs attack tipoh thb Viands
placid halite hith
Ity•and_hy the proprietor of the esialihnh
tnent came round to collect fares and upon
reaching our finoid ejaculated .
"Dollar, air !"
"A Dollar " reClteg!ii , d the rating man,
•'a dollar ! Thought you only charged fifty
centa a meal, for one, eh ?"
••That's True,'' respontird meenneaa, — but
connt your carpet bag one, aincc it occuplea
a Aral"
The table was far flan being crowded.--
Our friend deliberately ;awe, and hpening
the carpet bag, full in ita Ride itiblith, dis
coursed tlutu ii , sayttig
rafpet t.eg. It acctne ynil ale
ainee you cat, at ledat I lore "paid for
you, and now you moat eat ," upon ti
he seized tveryi h ing eatable within Ida
• reaelr nuts, rnisone, apples" eillces and pies,
and attuil the roais.of the liyalandets, the
lelig11( of brother passengers, and the die
comfit, ue of lie landlidd pitlt•g@utiettll, went
and took a seat in L 6 cars.
Ile said he had provisions enough to last
him to New - yak, after i bountiful supply / .
had been served out in the cat* Tiled
was at least tight dollars worth ih the bag.
upon which the landlohd . realited nothing ift
the way of profit. So hitich for timennesc
Why lit TiloNnita.—Jedge Norton was
solemn, stern and diAnitied to CICCEIA. lie
*eh also at once, eg'otlatltal and setutitite to
Judge Nelson was a sit, tireless of deco
film, and had I aliiirp voice. lle did not
like Judge Norton. At a bar supper, Judge
Notion In an elaborate speech, Perching to
the early days of Wisconain, the tude pro
tics of that period, and the distcntorts
the profession in a Tit country, descnb
In a tregic manner M thitintlet Storm w •
overtook Mtn in tiding the old circuit '
was night in tke forest, the scene was r
and. said the, Judge, "1 especto,;i -
toomenethe lightning would strike is
undet which I had taken shelter -21-
" Why, then," interrupted
peculiar squeal, •• why In th-obiblo
you get fihder mother treel:! pr hie
The Ott, roared, the apt° punish
spoiled, and the pooriludO th m from
tho intim-