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' t i nil important, yet a puzzling one.
the Cioverntnem ircasurv nu im-
th-' Jtoplo : maivrs mo rieu poor ituo.
n-b ' makes I001.a Ol nipe men; exnuiiM."
ni i'f legislation ; makes men run mad
:"'.n t.'ol rad. The crusade has bejrun ! on
.r women WHnted toeanvass every
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if t!: FLORENCE, which alone has
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HOSIER " ITAIilTUJLL"
THE CRUSADE.
Th following pithy yeraiflcation on the
Crasada is by Frank Clive, of the Buffalo
Courier. It will be a looVIng-glaei to many
an old "rounder":
Hnllo, Jake TTev ye been crusaded yet ?
Anybody been around tocloae up ver he-
bang ?
No ? That's what I tola 'em. I avs, iaye
I hie
"Let 'em go for Jake Miller, fur he don't
keer a dang !"
Jake; cruiadin's hie
n I know'd it
h Only. Special Ikrm 9 to
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T7 .1(1' vir'C utt inr iici inn lit
.jttfi v.r mart rcathlu, a ltd in the liest
1' hcrr. In no "Jhtmeztic" ny'dt in
. I,-,..) m DOMESTIC S'. 3. Co., .V.l.
nrr.sr iNPKovsit
loniz io"rii:iis9
GRAIN THRESHING
ASD
CD SAWING MACHINES,
M.urji.unurcd and sold by
--. iv ! wi-h t., j.iin'hfisp maehinejs that hare
mi in ri.T t all others, will do well to
. ul. .r and d.-M-r..! ive .ri. list, which
.: rft iril.'d upon application, frco.
I J. & F. COATS' BLACK
MM) for pir MACHINE.
ATEMKNT OF AUDITORS'
V.T II.V1MENT with the Road Super-
:- Wir.i T.". nship for 1873 :
; :l- S!::t-KBX!. Supervisor PR.
i: '.r:: 'mi.-r. duplicate.. T17 1
-ri.r
167 W J985 60
'S no use talkin',
played out !
'S Jjist a;kind of tpazzum,
woman t wash.
'S'pose these witnmin 'sgwine to pray till
we it ehet
Ut takin' now 'a then a drop ? I tell ye,
Jake, it's bosh!
'N then ther ain't no law for prayin" 'round
a man's saloon ;
"What does the cons hie tution say ?
"Pursuit uv happinnss !"
But when these winiruin pray a man bald
headed hie ye see
He can't pursue his happiness with any
hie success !
"What's licker made hie outuv? Barley,
'n rye, 'n corn.
"Why don't thens yer crusaders go fur folks
that raise the grain '.'
That's bizness on first nrinoinles! Jake.
when they crusade you,
Shoot that conundrum at 'em, and ask 'em
to explain !
I can't say I like the taste of licker worth a
cuss ;
'N I'm alius jist as sober as I am this
mimiit hir. ;
But lidery'it hir liberty ! That's me hie
every time !
'X when they crowd the mourners they
ri'.u me mighty quick !
Don't keer if I take a nip, seein' I've got a
cold ;
Tay yer to-morrer. Eh ? What's that ye
say '.'
"Trust is played out?" Sho, Jake, ye don't
mean
To go back on me in no such ornery way ?
"Drunk :" "Who? Me? 11 ic Drmtfc .' You
be dtirned !
I'm out o' sorts like, but jest as hie so
ber as a jedge !
"Won't set 'em up, eh ? Ye dog-goned ga
loot, 'Twould serve ye jist right 'f I'd go 'n
sign the pledge !
Yer no great shakes enyhow ! That's what's
the matter uv you !
Ye kin keep yer old benzine, which It
aiu't wuth a dang !
Ye. hear me, Mr. Miller! I ain't no tem
perance tuan,
But I'll help these yer crusaders to clean
out yer shebang !
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..i. a'linwed $ S 97
- rvi.-. s 215 00
-k. don roads 668 64
t.t.2 145.03
7 25
lialaher 2 741885 60
M ilieu. Mvrr.. Supervisor Irt.
; :av- ..ii duplicate.. 4S53 83
h. ..r'h-r 132 13 $!'8S 06
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s .r,ra'i.n.y allowed. . 4 04
: t...I f..r scnSeei 142 uo
- t..r-..Il.-1'tinu; 167.32
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wrked on roads 833 J $0M03
ttni-ryi-.-ned. Auditor? of White Town
rr thar v have examined the foregoing
u:..'" l ownslup tor road purposes,
': o -..no? to l.r .-..rrcct.
u; !in I I hi, the 2 1 day of May A. D.
SKRsriAN KLOKE, ) Auditors
U i i KXEl!. i Auditors.
A vt". Clerk. 5-22 31
IM "ViA' COXFA13
a ii. i r i u k
?er Sewing Machine
And Where to Buy It.
"? S re h re. netffhhor. can you tell
! '.Ti lny the fewinaf machine people
Kh:- NiRi ni Yes. with pleasure. 1
''! s ii'T Sewing Machine that you
;;: '' i' t!,.- name of it.
? ('it down there, two doors east
"' the place, and my word for It
" ' ; i- I wit h your purchase if you
: I l.ia. hine". Mrr?. ISaii.ev
, have mi on hand all styles
.n ' ; lisal.l.- machines, from the
' !!..-; i'n aide, and are aceommo-l-o
" ill l.c pleased to show you
'" '' r various machine, whether
' ' ' " not. They also keep thread,
tie . -.a-r pamphrenalia of n row.
- ft all times prepared to ot
us of machines in a substantial
itner. and at very meliorate
the place Hiijh street, two
-tore, Eheusburi 4-24.-tf.
1ST A T 10 NNOTI C E.
r.-'a'.- ,,t" i )tto FIf.LLK, deceased.
' A I-,, r - ration on the estate of said
' Wii.!,ina;t.,n township. Cambria
u. i: -ranted tothe underfizned by
' : 1 1 amty. all persons indebted to
.'. r " 'e i to make iniinediitto pay.
' 'uv'if cliitns against the Mime
- -ii-n! pr -p. rly authenticated tor set-
V;K'Ar;KT 1IKI.I.E, Administratrix.
1. !;.. JJjy S. H',4.-6t.
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Ti'.ATOirS NOTICE.
t'.t.inv .j. Warxkb, dee'd.
I - i -, r . i v.lmiuitrat.ir t.f the es-
!-te of St. LtiwrencH. Ohest
a- a i. htej t r-aid estate are
t 'n.'nt niut be made with
" httv n i laim aaliit the
; ! )roperlv authenticated lor
'!':!: I M'll Kit WAHXKH.
' 1. !'T4.-5t. Adui'r.
How GftfMey Kept House While
His Wife Went Crusading.
Learning- that Gadsley's wife had be
come a leading emotional force in the cru
sading patty, leaving her husband in
charge of home afiaits, I took time one
afternoon to call ou him ; and I may as
well confess, now that I am out of his
heating, that it was purely a motive of
curiosity that led me to Gadsley's house
on that occasion. I was attracted thither
by an tmoontrollable desire to see how a
poor, lone suffering man would manipu
late a family of eight or nine children.
How he would manage, curb, restrain,
subdue, control them, feed them and wash
them up in the way they should go. He
met me at the door, and I immediately
perceived by the signs of delight which
shone from his eyes that he was glad to
see a familiar free.
"Well, well," said be, "really I am
oveijoyed to see yoii. Come id, come in ;
havn't seen a soul before in three weeks.
Sorry, though, only half of us is at home.
OJV keeping. You remember the story of the
man in Arkansas, how he kept hotel.
Well, I am keeping house something as he
kept tavern. I am a feeble imitator of the
man in Arkansas ; I am doing my levelest
to keep the house from going to the dick
ens ; but it will go there in the long run.
It is bound to go there in spite of my ad
ministrative ability."
"Do I understand you to say," I ven
tured to inquire, "that you are taking
care of thia house and all these children
without help?"
"Certainly! that's just what lam doing.
I am devoting my whole time to it, giving
the matter my exclusive personal atten
' tion. Why, uless me. yes ! Yes, see, we
I fell out about a servant I mean we dis-
! agreed. Wife wanted to get "
j "Hello ! what's that ? Don't you smell
fire, Brown ?"
"Yes," said I, "something burns. There
! it is, Gadsley it's the baby the baby's
' clothes are ou fire?"
j "Why, Buddy, what in this world !
; Never mind, don't cry. It's all out.
There ! Tush there ! Now, who would
i have thought there was fire in that ashes?
' Such a thing never occurred to me. There,
: n-e-v-e-r mind. Y ant down? Want to
I go to Charlotte Ann ? Well, take him, my
daughter. There ! go to Charlotte Ann
"Yes," Gadsley went on, "she wanted
me to get a black woman old Aunt Linda
to come and look after things and do the
cooking. Well, to tell the truth, Aunt
Liiul isn't any too honest, aud besides,
the children don't liko her, so I suggested
that we get the white girl who formerly
lived at Smith's and wanted a place. She
is an excellent girl honest as the day's
long and neat as wax. But, no, wife
wouldn't listen to the proposition, and
would have old Aunt Linda or nobody. I
can't understand why she should be so set
in her ways. Can't fathom her motive in
the matter, but at any rate I took the
other alternative, and here I am, sole su
pervisor of this menagerie supreme con
troller of the outfit master of the ranche
and when led "
Gadsley's attention was here drawn to
the movements of the twins, who by means
of some twine, appeared to be making a
sort of lightning express train by coupling
the cats together by their tails, but the
father laid an injunction on the train and
it failed to get out on the regular run.
"Now, Herbert Spencer, and you, John
Stuart Mill, just untie those cats this mo
ment ! What is the earthly use in tangling
up those cats in that cruel way ? It does
seem that you are trying to drive your
father into a mad house. There I Now
turn those cats loose and march yourselves
off to the kitchen. HttsU ! No words to
to me. March ! I say.
"Those twins are more trouble to rue
than all the other children put together.
"I say, Brown, when you consider how
short a time I have been engaged in this
work, I think you will admit that I am
doing about as well as could be expected.
I am by no meaus perfect in it. Of course
not. You cannot reasonably expect a mau
to make a situation like this in seven
weeks. Really I have succeeded beyond
my most sanguine expectations. At first
I didn't like it didn't regard it my duty
and undertook to express my viewa on
the snbject to Maria, but, Lor' bless you,
she talked roe right down ! You know
I have given only the most pruminant
incidents which happened in this bedlam
during my stay. There were many of those
minor joys that sweeten and flavor domes
tic life, which came under my observatin,
and which need not be told. I have not
time nor space to narrate them. The pub
lic is now, I believe, willing to admit that
before his conversion, John A.llen was the
wickedest man. And only a day or two
ago it discovered the meanest mm ; but if
you are not fully settled upon for a verdict
as to who is the most patient man won't
you please vote for Gadsley ?
BotrXD to be Married. A correspond
ent gives the Newtown (N. II.) Eegistc r an
account of a recent wedding ceremony in
Walpack township, near Flatbrookville,
that State, which was somewhat in this
way : A young woman in that vicinity
had become enamored with a young man
of Pennsylvania birth, who has been living
in Stillwater township for some time. De
siring to get "spliced," they offered a cer
tain local preacher $5 to do the job. He
informed them, with many resrrets, that he
was unauthorized to perform the ceremony.
They then despatched a messenger to a
corpulent 'Squire, residing in the Flat
brook Valley, who agreed to come and
marry them. Shortly after he arrived the
mother of the would-be bride, who had
been absent from home, returned and dis
covered the situation. Sezing a piece of
board three or four feet long aud six inches
wide, she proceeded to belabor all parties
concerned. She drove her daughter to the
garret, and her would-be son-in-law out of
doors. The 'Squire began to expostulate
with the excited woman, when she sprang
toward him and told him to leave. He
obeyed the command, but when he reached
the middle of the road, he told the sorrow
ing parties to come to him and he would
make them one. This still further enraged
the mother, and sho charged upon the
'Squire and forced him to flee homeward.
Later in the day the disappointed bride
and groom were seen togetner weeping
and bewailing the state of affairs. The
result of this conference was that early the
next morning they presented themselves
before the 'Squire in his barn-yard. He
asked them to go to the house, but having
learned wisdom from experience, they de
clined, stating tnat they desired to be mar
ried on the spot, before the bride's mother
should bo out on the war-path. Without
further delay the twain were made one,
the only living witnesses being the cattle
which surrounded them, and who stood by
chewing their cuds.
GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY.
BY E. 6HEKMAN SMITlt.
She stood at the bar of justice,
A creature wan and wild,
In form too small for a woman,
In features too old for a child.
For a look so worn and pathetic
"Was stamped on her pale young face.
It seemed long years of suffering
Must have left that silent trace.
"Your name," said the judge, as he eyed her
"With kindly look, yet keen,
"Is" "Mary McGuire, if you pleas, sir,"
"And your age ?" "1 atn turned fifteen."
"Well, Mary," and then from a paper
He slowly and gravely read
"You are charged here I'm sorry to say it
"With stealing three loaves of "bread."
"You look not like an offender.
I Anil I hope that you can show
The charge to be false. Now, tell me,
I Are you guilty of this or no?'
' A passionate burst of weeping
I Was at rirat her sole reply,
i But she dried her tears in a moment,
j And looked in the judge's eye.
"I will tell you just how it was, sir ;
' My father and mother are dead,
i Ami my little brothers and sisters
Were hungry and asked me for bread.
At first I earned it for them
By working hard all day,
But somehow the times were bad, sir,
And the work all fell away.
"I could get no employment ;
The woather was bitter cold.
The young ones cried and shivered
(Little Johnnie's but four years old)
"So, what was I to do, sir ?
I am guilty, but do not condemn ;
I took oh, was it stealing f
The bread to give it to them."
Every man in the court-room
Gray Ward and thoughtless youth
Knew as he looked upon her,
That the prisoner spake the truth.
Out from their pockets came kerchief,
Out from their eyes sprung 'oars,
Aiiti out from old faded wallets
Treasures hoarded for years.
The judge's face was a study,
The strangest you ever saw,
As he cleared his throlt and muttered
Something about the lair.
For one so '.earned In such matters
So wise in dealing with men,
He seemed on a simple question,
Sorely puzzled just then.
But no one blamed him or wondered
When, at last, these words they heard
"The sentence of this young prisoner
Is, for the present, deferred."
Ami :io one blamed hitu or wondered
When he went to her and smiled,
And tenderly led from the court-room,
Himself", the "guilty" child.
A WOMAN 'S HEROISM.
A TBIK STORY.
Very sorry sorry on your account. Fact I how she can talk ou temperance and wo-
is. Brown here Emetine Rell, take Mr.
Brown's hat fact is, my wife is not in.
A glance at the surroundings of the inte
rior will prove sufliciently convincing to
you that no gentle woman lends her cheer
ing influence here. Wife is out in town
to-day Hoonchensphlizer's or somewhere
started promptly on time as usual early
this morning. She is out doiug what little
she can in her feeble way, poor thing, to
clog the wheels of the social Juggernaut.
Samantha, daughter, bring in the shoe
brush and dust a chair for Mr. Brows.
Whew ! how the dust flies. There, that's
better. Now, Brown, do take this arm-
man's rights and franchise and things
when she warms to the subject a little.
She is merely a mother, you understand,
but she talked to me like a father, and the
result was I became a convert to her ideas
at once, as I always do after listening to
one of her overflowing speeches. Then I
settled down to my work and went at it
with a will went at it with just as much
dead earnestness as if I was going to take
a drink."
At thia juncture there was a crashing
noise in the adjoining room, as of broken
glass, and soon Samantha peered through
the door to say that Herbert Spencer had
chair and make yourself easy ; may as gone and broke mother's bottle of rbeu-
NOTICE Lottors
: "V o,, ),,, ,.,,ta.,,, of Hf.xkt
o town. hip. dee'rt. naving been
' ' a .- ,- i,y t),e Kewfibter ot Cam.
imry tint ice is herehy te'ven
i to s;u,l folate, null ihoae
a me will present them
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;l.W sruiTTMATTRK.
-St. Executor.
-I he I'l l iv n i rn int!n
' tl,!-i,'iy purchased from E.
'l t.v v " !"! 1 tiu'len furniture.
: .'.:' '"'d.-teads, bedding, stoves.
,' :..! Kre, etc. Alno. lumber.
""" I ! Vil 1"l'"'l,1'",s. and machinery tor
' ' w nil himdiirinar my pleas-
J,'j -JNK. M. p., respectfully
' ' fcv 1''r"1' -''ii;wl serviced to the
and vicir.it v. Office nd-
;i'"u-l!ii( - in the rear of
-..t-Mit calls can
fj'inn. ot Craw-t4-24.-!f.J
well be comfortable when you can. I do
so like to see people comfortable. Well,
as I was about to say, wife has been out
battling manfully against the accursed rum
traffic, now going on several weeks regu
lar, and"'
"And meantime," interrupted I, "you
have the supervision of affairs in the house
and look after the children."
"Supervision? Well, yes ; exactly ! I
t,..mr;nr in a few endeavors in that
,1111 "
line. Am doing something in , only
look at that child ! Buddy, give them
that poker ! I do think in my heart ! No,
I don't want the window fixed. You have
fixed windows enough already. Here ! sit
down here. There ! fish away in that ash
pan and be quiet one minute, wili you ?"
"That baby," resumed Gadsley, "is in
sane on fixing things. He never rests
from the labor of repair to the house.
Look behind you at tnose wi.iuuw-.
scarcely a whole pane to be found. See
the array of old hats and things that I
have crammed into the sash and only look
at the wall pawcr where he has skinned it
off until the walla resemble the rum
of a panorama or circus bill. I tell you,
Brown, the very old boy is iu that hope of
ours. But, let me see. Where was I '? I
am supervising things here. I rather
like that word, it is so fitting doing somo-thin"-
iu an amateur way towards hou.-e-
matiz-liniment and spilled it all over things.
"Yes !" exclaimed Gadsley; "I knew it.
I knew that liniment would go. Well,
when your mother comes home with her
rheumatiz in her knee joints there will be
lively times in this house ; that's all.
There will be a storm in this locality that
'Old Probabilities' hasn't got down on his
chart. You couldn't have broken the
clock, or some furniture, or the looking
glass? No; you must break the liniment
bottle and shatter your father's peace of
mind for the next month to come. You
couldn't have gone out in the yard and
chopped down a few trees, or killed the
canaries, or sawed the banisters, you ! of
the porch railings? Of course not. There
is no amusement which is comparatively
innocent that will satisfy you. Don't boo
hoo around here. It's not tears we want,
its litiirnent. Hold on, Brown, you are not
going?"
"Yes," said I ; "I must be off. I have
an engagement in town set for five o'clock.
I merely dropped in for an hour to see if
there was anything I could do for you.
Well, good-bye, Gad. Good-bye, old fel
low." "No but hold on, Brown ; won t you
stav for tea?"
'No, I can'C possibly. You w.x- ex
cuse me to-day. Good aftru-.'on !"
And I was "ff
Why Cut Off. At a recent Sunday
school servioe the clergyman was illustrat
ing the necessity of Christian profession in
order properly to enjoy the blessings of
Providence in this world ; aud to make it
apparent to the youthful mind, he said :
"For instance, I want to introduce waiter
into my house. I turn it on. The pipes
and faucets and every convenience are in
good order, but I get no water. Can any
of you tell me why I do not get water ?"'
He expected the children to Bay that it was
because he had not made connection with
the main in the street. The boys looked
perplexed. They cquld not see why the
water should refuse to run into his prem
ises after such faultless plumbing. "Can
no one tell what I have neglected ?" reit
erated the good man, looking over the sea
of wondering faces bowed down by the
weight of the problom. "I know," squeak
ed out a little five-year old, "You didn't
pay!"
Considerably Condensed. Moonlight
night shady groves two lovers eternal
fidelity young lady rich young man poor
but proud very handsome very smart
sure to make a fortune young lady's fath
er very angry won't consent mother in
tercedes No! no! rich rival very ugly
very hard-hearted lovers in a bad fix
won't part die first moonlight again
garret window open rope ladder flight
pursuit to late marriage old man in
a rage won't forgive them disowns them
old man gets sick sends for his daugh
ter all forgiven all made up old man
dies young couple get all the money live
in the old mansion quite comfortable
have little children much happiness
finis.
A Whitehall groceryman marks the
prices of provisions on the covers of his ,
barrels and casks. He had a new clerk !
the other day who mixed things. He got i
tho cover of the very common sugar barrel, ,
whieh was labelled "9 cents a lb.," upon j
the lard barrel, and straightway began to j
sell lard at nine cents. The suddeu de- j
cliue in the price attracted all the people
in town, and the clerk thought he was do
ing a big thing until the proprietor of the
store returned, paid him off aud told him
to emigrate to Troy, where smart people
were in demand.
BY MRS. E. J. RICHMOND.
"Well, George, what is your decision?"
The speaker was a young and very pret
ty woman, with large, expressive eyes,
plump cheeks of a delicate peach-like bloom
and a sweet, firm mouth. Had he been a
lover whom she addressed he would not
have stood as he did now, with knit brows,
twilling his handsome mustache with one
hand while with the other ho tapped the
toe of his tigh'ly-fitting boot w ith a small
cane.
The lady was quiet but firm in her look
and manner as she gazed steadily into tho
averted eyes of the young mau.
"'Pon my word, Madge, you are very
hard on a fellow," be blurted out impa
tiently at length ; then, in a lower voire,
"Thi comes of marrying an heiress."
The color deepenod on Mts. Howard's
' cheeks, and an expression of pain swept
i across the beautiful face. It was gone in
' stantly, and the rose-bud lips settled into
the old look of quiet determination again.
They quivered slightly, however, as she
spoke in a low, grieved tone :
"Do the dead know? Sometimes I ima
gine they do, and that my father looks re
proachfully upon me,asking how the wealth
he left is employed my father who loved
God and his fellow-man so truly, and whose
life was such a blessing to all about him.
And I, bis daughter, whom he loved and
trusted so much I am the wife of a ium
seller." There was a world of scorn in the tone
in which these last words were spoken.
Her slight frame shook with emotion, but
she went on :
"His money, which he held as sucb a
sacred trust from God, employed in dealing
out misery and ruin and eternal death to
the souls he would have died to save !"
"Spare me, spare me," said the young
man, mockingly. "Anything but a ser
mon from a woman. Seriously, Madge, I
don't see how my business affects you at
all. I am responsible for my own acts. It
is my duty to support my family, you see.
Now, I can do this handsomely out of the
profits of my store. I tell you, woman,
there is more money to be made from my
choice stock of liquors than from every
thing else in my store. Now, I do hope I
shall hear no more of your pious sniffling,
for I am heartily sick of it. Just reconcile
yourself to what can't be helped, will you?"'
Mrs. Howard answered firmly: "This is
the third time, George, I have asked you
to get out of this business. The curse of
God rests upon it. Your business, George!
You very well know you haven't a dollar
The popular superstition regarding the j 1,1 t C'm:ern'
days on which it is lucky or unlucky to
trim the finger nails is expressed in an old
rhyme thus :
Cut tliem on Monday, cut them for wealth;
Cut them ou Tuesday, cut tlU'tn for health;
Cut them on Wednesday, cut them for news;
Cut them on Thursday, a new pair of shoes;
Cut them on Friday, you .: cut their. vec;
Cu: Th era 'M Saturday, a journey to g-j;
C at th.-ir. on S'm.'.a v. you'll cut theun for evil.
J r nl'i ri-e i t wcvk yo-a'll "ce r alcd by ' !..
are you? F'ay tell rno
that? You are mine, as I understand it,
and all you have is mine. It is my duty
to take care of you and your property, and
I intend to do it." And Mr. Howard dt ow
his eigar-case from his pocket, and, light-
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ROMAXCE IX REALITY.
APPEAR ANCKS AGAINST 11 1 M.
"Mn Howard," she said, "I have said
all I have to say about this liquor business.
I give you until this day fortnight to re
move every trace of liquer from the store, j The histry of English law contains few
If you do not do it within that time, I shall 1 more startling judicial tragedies tl an that
attend to it myself." And bowing coldly, ; to which the statute against mui.U i owed
6be left the room. such humane amendment as tr m:.ke the
"Indeed, she look3 as though she meant finding and positive identification af the
business," said George Howard. "But, body of the slaiu person essential to tho
pshaw! she is only a woman, and its Iher conviction of the murderer; and as the
own property, too. She won't think of ' same remarkable case had a peculiar mo:al
destroying that. A man should be master and social significance for the young loveis
in his own family. I did plenty of knuck- of all times, who. in their passionate devo
ling and playing pious before we weie ( tion to each other, are altogether t -o apt
married. Too late for that now, my lady." J to disregard tho fortunes of everybody else
And snapping his fingers iu the direction
of his wife's room, Oeorgo Howard, the
exquisite, opened the street door and
w alked rapidly down the street. A pair of
tearful eyes were watching him.
"Did he ever love me?" murmured Mrs.
Howard. "How sadly he is changed. Yet
I must do my duty aud walk through the
wot Id solitary and alone if need be. God
help me." And sinking upon her knees,
she spent a few moments in silent prayer
and arose strengthened and refreshed.
"Madge has forgotten all about her
threat," chuckled tteorgo Howard, as the
fortnight had nearly passed by and no al
lusion had been made to the subieet.
"She's a darling anyway, only so terribly
fanatic. You're a wise fellow, George,
that you didn't give in to her silly whims."
And tho fellow actually hugged himself as
he thought of his superior wisdom.
Tlmt very evening the "darling" had
enRaSed three teams from the livery, and
had written notes to scores of lady friends.
"Make yourself ready at eight to-morrow
evening, for a short ride to the liquor
stoie of George Howard," the note read.
"A pair of rubbers, an axe, a hatchet or a
hammer are all the outfit that will be
needed.
"Madge Howard."
"What's up?" said the dapper little
clerk, who assisted Mr. Howard in dispens
ing his "choice liquors" to customers, as
the three loaded sleighs drew up in front
of the store and the ladies swarmed out.
George Howard began to comprehend
what was "up" when his little wife, armed
with a huge axe, and followed by a file of
ladies which absolutely seemed to have no
end, entered the store.
"Ladies, proceed to business," cylled
the clear, ringing voice of Mrdge Howard,
pointing to the glittering array of decan
ters, and the kegs and barrels around the
place. Then came the crash of broken
glass and the heavy blows of hatchets and
axes upon the kegs and barrels, and the
gurgle aud swash of wine, brandy and
whisky as they rose above the ankles of
the fair invaders.
"Let the imps all out," cried Mrs. How
ard, excitedly.
"Black spirits and white, blue and gray,
mingle, mingle, while you may."
"Shall I call an officer ?" cried the white,
trembling clerk, vainly trying to avoid this
tremendous Jfoic of spirits.
"What could an officer do among so many
women?" growled Mr. Howard. "No,
let the little angels have it all their own
way. since tny are bound to. I'd rather
fight a swarm of wasps any time than a
swarm of women."
The "angels" only laughed at this spite
ful sally, and went on singing at their work.
Iu a short time it was accomplished, and
when they left the store of Oeorge How
ard, it was entirely free from the presence
of the hated poison.
Honest trade aud sure gains is now his
motto, and the hatchet in his family is
buried forever. C. V. AdeoroAc.
A Mexican Market-Place.
The male and female Indians sjnnt on tlie
ground near their fruit and ejretahles,
which are placed in layers on a mat. and cry
their wares nio-t dieordantiy. "Atole"
nd "tortillas" (l..i!ed maize and maize
bread) tire offered by the Indian women,
who tail not with their .-oft voices to an
nounce their merits. Kound them are
assembled the muleteer, clad wholly in
leather, the soldier from the neih''. : h-.i
barracks, and the laborer, nil of toe merlins
class, to take their breakfast. Here roasted
wild ducks are landed, there a ra trout of
pork with Spanish pepper, wiii'-t the Indian
praises his puliiiie, or we are iniud to
drink lemonade, chia-water, and other re
freshments in colored glasses, at a table
prettily ornamented with 'lowers. Here we
find the sun-burnt ranehero. the peasant and
herduiati with hi wife and daughter, or
perhaps his sweet-heart; he, spurred, a
whip in his hand, and the slnmy "arape"
picturesquely flung over his shoulder liko
the toga ; she, with a broad-brimmed felt
hat, or with a blue handkerchief round her
head to keep off the sun. A brown, bare
footed fellow has a tray before hint, on
whieh are little wax figures representing
popular sulijects, while another "tiers lottery
tickets for sale, and promises luck for the
drawing whieh is to take p':,ice in the
evening; a third recommends a political
pamphlet as the newe-t and in st important
thing of the kind. In ail the public places
of the Mexican town-, we always tu n t with
the "lepero.-" or ia.aroni. They are found
at every corner with a rop and porter's
knot, offering their services sis porters ; thev
day-'.a'torers, scavengers,
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also officiate
in the world, it may be recalled appro, : i-
ately for modern reading.
Upon the death of Mr. George Perk in,
a widower of considerable property in L - -don,
it was found that his will apioiiitc! .
brothor of his, living near F.pping Fore-.,
the sole guaidianof his only daughter, a .1
directed that said guardian should inh .t
the whole fortune devised in case his yom
ward should die either unmarried or wi .
out children. Implicit confidence in bis
biother, who was a middle-aged bachelor
of limiteel means, had, ef course, inspired
the dying man to make snch a will ; but
number of family relatives pronounced the
elocument an extraordinary fatuity, a .dl
darkly hinted that harm would ensue from
it. This feeling causedjan alienation be
tween the occupants of tho Kpping Forest
residence and the aforesaid prophets, and
made the latter the bitterest prosecutors
of tho dead man's brother in the strange
and tragic succeeding events, which Lav
been described as follows :
Uncle and niece were both seen one day
walking together in the forest, but the
young lady suddenly disappeared and tho
uncle declared that he had sought her
as soon as ho missed her, and knew not
whither she had gone or what had become
of her. This account was considered im
probable, and appearances being clearly
suspicious, ho was arrested and taken be-
fore a magistrate. Other circumstances,
hourly coming to light, rendered his po
sition serious. A young gentlemen in the
neighborhood Lad been paying addresses
to Miss Perkins. It was stated, and gen
erally believed, that he bad gone, a few
days before sho was missed, on a journey
to the North, and that she had declared
that she would marry him on his return.
The uncle had repeatedly expressed hia
disapprobation of the match, and Misa
Perkins had loudly reproached him with
his unkindness and abuse of his authority
over her as his ward. A woman named
Margaret Oaks was produced, who swore
that at about eleven o'clock on the day on
which Miss Perkins was missed ehe was
passing through the forest and heard the
voice of a young lady earnestly expostulat
ing with a gentleman. On drawing nearer
tho spot whence the sound came, Marga
ret Oaks testified that she beard the lady
exclaim : "Don't kill me, uncle, don't kill
me 1" The woman was greatly terrified,
and ran away from the spot. As she Taa
doing so she heard the report of firearms.
On this combination of circumstantial and
positive evidence, coupled with the suspi
cion of interest, the uncle was tried, con
victed of murder, and almost immediately
afterward according to the customs of
those elays was hanged.
About ten days after the execution cf
the sentence upon the uncle, the niece ro-
appeaied, and, stranger still, Lowd hy
the history she related, that all tho testi
mony given on the trial was strictly true.
Miss Perkins said that,, having resolved to
elope with her lover, they had given out
that he had gone on a journey to the North,
whereas he had merely waited near the
skirts of the forest until the time appointed
for the elopement, which was the very day
on whieh she had disappeared. Her lover
had horses ready saddled for them both,
and two servants in attendance on horse
back. While walking with her uncle, he
reproached her w ith her resolution to mar
ry a man whom he disapproved, and after
some remonstrance she passionately ex
claimed :
"I have set my henrt upon him. If I
don't marry him it will be death to me ;
and don"t kill me. uncle, don't kill me 1"
Just as she proclaimed those words she
heaul a gun fired, at which she Btarted,
and she afterwards saw a man come frotu
among the trees with a wcod-pigeon in hia
hand, which he had shot. On approaching
the sjot appointed for the meeting with
her lover, she formed a pretence to induco
her uncle to go on before her. She then
lk'd to the arms of Iter lover, who had been
waiting for her, and they both mounted
their horses and immediately rode off. In
sleail. however, of going to the North,
they retired to Windsor, and about a week
afterwards went on a tour of pleasure t
Fiance. There they passed some months
so happily that iu those days, when news
papers, were scarce, when theie was no
regular postal communication and no tele
graphs, tbey never beard of their uncld'a
sad fate until their return to Ki-glaud.
A Mt. i.i: l.i.k-n with salt tun! .in as l.tdon
with wool forded a stream together. Uv
chance the mule's pack became wet aud
the salt became lighter. After they haj
passed, the mulo told his good foi tnie
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