tfcPIKE, Editor and Publisher. HB IS A FREEMAN WHOM TRB TRUTH MAKES FREE) AKD ALL ARE SLATES BESIDE. Terms, $2 per year, In advance. hlXME X. EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1876. NUMBER 14. II 1 . 7 ei'lr v T'c i .. .... - 1LIF0RNIA!! Wif.O SOUTH- LSTKRX BAILWAT ..nd.rooemanairemenl tne ureat I ronK p i wth in nurnTLUi. branches and eon ' VVm.the!inrt'-it and qulcitest mute b f forms im ln r,i.,ri, ir,,,,. pol iltniiriuitn, iitca, Ae- Lahaand California Line f,Mr'Mt antl bt rute fjr n point n L. r W u "!"' Iktto'tn. Xrrir;tktu, ll't f, I'iJi'f '. ' A"- 'a. California, Ort- a. Japan an-.i Aunrtum. i Madison ana St. laul line iin- -r "';; ";',."" u(,ii,dJ1I points in tho Great North- inona and St. refer Line L,' ronl ". ifrnrnrr. uvn-hi'M-fcit". s't- !'" -v,,r l"'n. and all L-Southern and I'rntral Mlnneiota. Iti tnUrt) and Marquette Line ' in for JanfViVt. " itff rfutrn. Fund iViWu .4l'pl't"" Urrtn llnu, Eacimi mv. Jfl'-'tu'ft. fiUihr.ti, Jiducuch Ltfi Suviri-t O-utitru- it! Vrrf on. Dubuque Line ru. for f.'.'l. R-eKfrrT'S, Teiporl, ,,nunlrtirl. ill - - - - W IcMjonna MiiwauKre iine i Uk Shore Rut, anil ! the only one Srwzli A.'iM'ii'"ii, Lnkt r'urt fff, Hiuh i, TinivfU'i'i. 1-iciiM, Kriuitha, to .lil- Villi man Future Varn n !! rhr mli t aim of thin road. ri-t ONLY LIN F. runnlns trtee -;ar9 h. i!'u'i'1 St. I'xul. Cbicatro and Mtl- 'r riik'te 'ul Win.inn. -j'M' ur Mier connert wfh ttie Orer :! uii th i mon leinf Kallroad fur I of ih MKSi iiri Kivcr. - nrr-Tal uf th lralD frotu the KPt or itrt.no! t L e- 'lr'-ao A North-Wsteru l.t: t VK I'llHMiiO a. fullowi : B fTt, (mh .nil Califorala. Two , i'r-jri j.iiy. nuh I'ullinan Faiace Draw- lj isi Mi"-i'!ui( far tbrouxh to Council . rl in'1 fllnnapoli.. Two Thronir,' i:!r. with i'ui.iDo Palace Can attached n.'H. -fn B ail I Snprlor, Two Trlalni -'h I' l'liran r.4lo Can attached, and -i-uu1 in ,Maruetl. fl:l"isk. l"iir Ihr'jush Tralm rtailr. . i.van:n!t traiu. i'arlor Chair Cart -t'tu. rrtH'l Wlnnna and point In Minnesota, ntt lri'D Uilr. with fuUiQKQ sleiprt it. Tla rrrrrt. TwoThrr.uih Tralni tli I'-jllmtn Curl on niy'it traina. I;)i4tr in.t La t ruaar, n Cilnton, Two !. . uilt. with rullman Cars on tke rut to tffittfT. ifntitjunl ankton. Two Traina dally. t ars to Misuri Valler Junction. UtiiMi f'.inr Trsina'dailv. hkl rl. Mrllnr. k.aoihi. JaartTllU. ;-.tMti. uu l-ju have from two to ten "V Nn 415 BfM.lw: t.iton f. : Sin FiiK-it.-o t;n-e. l-'l Mon'Koni V. ; l )i:car. i i't':t I iftecs: 82 Clark St Fi'-Tun ll MHf : r.rnr Canal and .Ma.llson K ai;e irtfl Vtvot. curnrr W. Klml :' Siri: We,: S:rel I)eL,ot rnrnr 'ir inf jrmat'.-'n Bt attainable from kattiemt acnls. apply to i'n r'i. Kn't. . U?u. Suu t, Chicago. rM. IST4. It. THIS PAPER IS OX S-ILB WITH tf Wber AdvrtUIiiS Contract can ! ! n Liu OKNTS AeaU wrne to Ctmlan fcr aevtook M HIS. J01RSTQII & Col JENSBURG, PA. I! RECEIVED ON DEPOSIT, MYiui.r. on nr.HAND. i-EtT ALLOWED ON TIME DEPOSITS. r-'M L".A4E3. COLLECriCNS MADE, AND A OENKKAL BUSINESS TRANSACTED. Silal nttontlon rnld io h!nMii of oor r " -tf. r-aht-r. b. M. MOORE, rn Atrane. near lOtb St.. riTisnriiuir, im. P TlHi LADIES! P .'st In w. rt of a large mrolce f ELEGANT fioon.Q f t hl',t:'"'J 001 t r,t ofnHoi and at rentli GnrmentH, VELVET DRESSES, CVh r.8""1 f,,r" P'"rene Saquea, new w.t'"' ""'i' ,rlrsej, NecK Scaift, - hu ni1 H"netii. nd a Urge KJ-. . -iu. tuiujb'I Boa; alm T"1 of Rel Floundugi. K NT . 1QcS PT MMTr aiiv ADAHELAB0NDE, in: n i ma No-13 SIXTH STREET, ir iSBUKGH, PA. w,u rite ai-rl i. xr.t, TO ' pL.'!1 your orders for dreaa- f- Fuhi V."" ,n cu'nir nd Ottln. H-lrs? 1 "P01 contamtnir the UtMt yd & Gamble, M Superintendents! Crania Sank Building, J mTSSURGII, FA. ly. aOHlTEGT! -r WurDtd from Enrop. PlrTHHUKOH, PA. LEXANDER TUT t r fhialri i " t Hr R . cV;"-. Night oalli rrmy SfflkMliza SOtn uwMaae la aw. run POIraamf. A Wrv ?7n. in Th. ,ia tocrra mt th. jwm. mormonlim ... i man m i. -n f, M r- I- hr e rmore. Bn. mw. uk awiy lOOIIaHnltai. DiMa(ln.laK,uIk-illk rfcaSM?1 Areata WAXTI'B I Bedala and Dloloma. Awarif .4 lor IIOI.M AM-s DifTlMT lT tiiti T T-.i I MKW A IClUniAlj HID Li Lid I 00 lllnatrnllon. Addresi for new clrcu an, A. J. HQL.MAN & CO., W30 Arch St., Phila. VANTPf) 'CowipleteHUtoryor rnn.T. I W 7. -Fir ', rtin the nrat ittlemcnti AfiFlJTQ he lre.enl. BjWb.m. Cor MUCII I Ot noil. LV I. Nearly COO lar oc tvo pic-s. Orer 75 line illuitrationi. No full history or oar State ha been Itsued lor orer half ? c.f,n.tn!iy' . Aent w"l receive a cordial welcome la introdoclns thla .plendid work. A trtrerhrrnc. We want local aent in every township. irr.fe atriicr fur full particular aud choice of territory ii'.HrJM' .'u1,",0'" PMUSnsBfa, 204 S. llth btreet, Philadelphia, $12 a day l konif. A Rentt wanted. Outfit and ternii free. TKUEa CO., Auguita, Malue. FITS, Epilepsy, .'Falling Fits This la no humbug. For Information. Inqntre of or write to MOYKR IlRtlTHKHS Vh,,i.V.i. rrugUts, Uloomsburg, Columbia Count, Pa. Vl.ltlnaj 'rda, with your name finely nt ior 3. we hare loo itylei. aat.it. a mni.i x- ... JLLER h. CO., Brockton. Alan. 5g lltlnaj Jl printed. r U A. H. FUL 25 V7r.X?"Ar' FANCY VISITING OR CALLING CARDS for 10 eta. Something entirely new. Address H. t. ADAMS ! SON, Chatham, Columbia County, N. Y. 'IIE TSITE .. 8TKOCPMBCBO. PA. nry hy n nti flarlilnrry. A'l If! P'r dT l no'- Pauiplei worth 1 W tU -pO tree. Stiwiow fcCo.. Portland. Me. S77 PtR WKKKOUARANTEKDtoAirenti, Male and Female. In their own locality. Terms and OUTFIT FKKE. Adcresi Pi O. V1CKKKY A CO., Augusta, Maine. FIRST PBIZK AT TIEXSA FXPOSITIOX, 137. Tffl" II. ROSEN STEEL, Manufacturer of mperior Union Crop LEATHER, AD BIALIS IJT BARK, HIDES, AXD PLSTRERSf DAIR, JOIIXSTOWX, FA. 4.000 eordi of Oa.k and Hemlock Bark wanted. Cash paid on delivery at the Tannery. Jan. T, JT.-ly. LATE "CAIN IIOnSE," Corner JHaln, and Pittsburgh St., CREENSBURC, PA. Very eentre of town. Fronts the south entrance to the Court House. IS V73.-tf.J JOHN POUT-ER, Losaoc. promptly. 3 31. -3m. J Fairbank's Standard Of all kinds. Be careful to buy inly the genuine. Also. Uafrgate. .Jarrows. Warehouse Trucks. Iin lroyed Money Drawers, tjrocers Fixtures, fio. Scales Repaired FA1HHAN KS. MOBSK & CO.. 4H Wood Street, Pittsburgh. ROSES ' SEEDS Iknlr. lontllll.l sentby mitll for Si.vo S.f Chnlr. VMrlelle anil for 9 1.OO. st (w n m iri ' Plants nnfl SeUa. fre-e lw mall. BKKJ. A. F.I.I. IO I T A 114 Market Hi-, Plttabnrgli, Ps. 150 Tons RAGS and WASTE PAPER, At Cah Hag House, W. II. 3I'CI,INTON, 42 South Diamond, 3-M.-lm.) AI.I.r.WllF.JIT. Attention! Black Hills Men. TTrT TC I Single or repeating, of best makes, Kir LLiO I at all prices Ir m to 50. citriT pttvpl Double and ilnle munle and hllUI uLINM breech loading, 3 to tf0. T,A,.ir. I . 6 ot 7-thooters ler ball and cap or KeOlVerSl metal cartridges, 3.W to m. Call and see or write for Hlnatrated price LiU OBEAT 5T:K.' t5 WORKS. (-24 -!m ) 5 Llbertj treett Tittsbargk, Pa. Seeds! TREES! Plants! KELIA RLE Vectable anJ Flower Seeds. Fl nen Mixed Uw Omi. Seed Potatoes. Fruit end Ornamental Treet. Small trolls and l.yer Kreem. Roees and Bedding Flanti, wholesale and Fctail at reduced prices. -?u,??M0S'?rPP ,ion jyHN R. k A. Mt RIKK H, ft-n.-lm 1 112 Sialthfleld SI.,.I1tteburg. OW FOR GOOD MEAT at BOT- TOM PRICKS t The) iinUemigiil de alrei to Inrorm Ihe pnulie that he ha opened SI EAT MARKET in the building recently pled by Lewis Rodger, on Centre street. resu ineatof all kindioa Monday and Fr'day evening of each week. My term! will be araiOTt-T cii. and price! much lower than elsewhere In K bena born. v- Atliu. March 2, H78.-tf. TOUCH NOT I Having bought at Bhriff" "! a the property of Johw Wa;la!i, nd loft with him during my plfi nre l bay rnare. 1 black horee, 1 two horse sled, and t seli harneia. I'hereby warn all porsons not u . interfere or meddle it P Clearfleld Twp.. April T, 18TA-3U B. McCOXNELIj, M. D., phtsiciaic add Scboeoh-, Lomo, Pa. Offlce formerly j'l'- JnV?'!?,hl calls can be made at Pwet-otflca. t-14.-cin. j GALLITZIN LAKE, Attoenbt AT Law, Ebnabnrjr, P. Office wltlt Hegtster and Recorder. In Coart Howae. .TIOAL. AN P LIME for sale in large ! or itnall qnar I Kkrek J4, lfrr.-tf. .4 tm kv EVA?' mFHEDM. There is many a rose) in tba road of life If we would but stoop to take it i And many a tone from the better land, If the querulous heart would make it To the sunny aoul that is full of hope, Aud whoae beautiful trust ne'er failetb. The Rraas is green and the flowers are bright, Though the winter storm prevaileth. Better to hope, though clonda hang low, And io keep the eyes still lifted, For the sweet blue 6ky will still peep through, "When the ominous clouds ate rifted. There was never a niht without a day, Or an evening without a morning ; And the darkest honr, so the proverb goes Is the hour before the dawning. ' There ts many a gem in the path of Jife, Which we pass in our idle pleasure, That is richer far than Ihe jeweled crown Or the raiser's hoarded treasure. It may be the love of a little child Or a mother's prayer to heaven. Or only a begger's grateful tuauka For a cup uf water given. Better to weave In the web of life A bright and golden filling And do God's work with a ready heart And hands that are prompt and willing. Than to snap the delicate minute threads Of our curious lives asunder, A nd then blame heaven for the tangled ends, And sit, and grieve and wonder. . THE FA TA L XAIT, On the evening of June 20, 1837, a ped dler on horseback stopped at the smithy of ona John Steele, on the outskirts of the town of Tickhill, near Doncaster, England. 8everal persons were in the smithy at tlie time, beside the blacksmith and his son Richard. The peddler asksd Steele to shoe Iiia horse as quickly as he could, as he wished to reach Donca6ter early, and get abed at his old place, for the next day being "Statutes," or fair, a number of vis itors would be looking for accommodation. While the smith was attending the ped dler's horse, another stranger arrived, also on horseback, aud likewise desiring the smith's services, as his horse had cast a fihoe. The two strangers and the loungers got into conversation, and the peddler finally opened a mahogany case, which was sus pended by a strap from his shoulder, and exhibited bis wares, which consisted of r"gs, gold and silver chains, watches and so forth. On the last comer's hearing that the peddler was going to Doncaster he offer ed to accompany him, as he was going in the same direction ; adding that as he was a stranger the peddler might take him to soma hoube where be could get accommo dations. The peudlei replied that he was going to "The Traveler's Kest," on the outskirts of Doncaster, as it was a good house and he knew the landlord. When the smith removed the shoe from the horse of the last comer, he examined it closely, remarking that it had been made in Holderness, pointing out the fact that the nail was peculiarly made, having a half split in the head, aud saying that it was a Holderness fancy. "I'll keep this nail," the smith said, and drove it as a wedga iuto the handle of a small hammer, where it passed through the head. The peddler sent for a flagon of ale, and they stood drinking aud talking for some time. When the blacksmith joked the ! peddler about being in such a hurry when he first came in, be laughed and said : ' "Oh that's all right. I've made up my mind to sleep in the big out-house, where I have often slept before ; it's comfortable, and you can take anybody you like in there, you know," the peddler added, with a wink. When the two men were ready to depart, the peddler took a large wallet from the valise on the saddle bow and paid the smith. The peddler seemed to make rath er ostentatious exhibition of his wallet, which was crammed with bank notes aud gold. The two men rode off together, and the smith cleared his place aud closed it for the night. In due time the peddler and his new friend reached "The Traveler's Rest." and told the landlord they would sleep in the outbuilding in the rear, in which there were several beds. The landlord said there was good accommodation there, and promised to make them comfortable. The peddler retired first, and the stranger re mained behind to have supper and linger over his ale. At 11 o'clock he went to the building, aud five minutes later the laud lord observed the light put out. Next morning, neither the peddler nor his friend appeared, aud the landlord went to the outbuilding to arouse them, lie found the door open, and on entering the room discovered the peddler in his shirt, lying on the floor at the -far end in a pool of blood. His head was battered in, and near him was lying a hammer with blood and hair on the head. He was doad and cold. When the alarm was given it was found that the horse belonging to the man who had accompanied the peddler to the inn and occupied the same room with him, was missing, and suspicion at once fell on him as the murderer. The authorities were not'vfled, and officers were in pursuit of the supposed assassin before the day was au hour older. They tracked him to Conin bro but lost track of him jnst outside that town, on the road to Sheffield. The keen eyes of the officers, however, caught sight of a horse among the brambles in a valley to the left of the road, and there the man was captured, ne was terribly frightened -so much so a to be unable to articulate for some time. Strapped to the saddle bow was a valive, and on opening it, a heavily filled wallet, identified as the ped dler's, was found. Before the coroner the prisoner, who said his name was Henry Scott, told a most astounding story. He said that when he went to the out-houpe the peddler had al ready gone to his bed, which was a high, old fashioned tent bed, with curtains. Scott took a bed at the opposite end of the room. This bed had curtains also, as the room was large aud draughty. He placed his clothes on a cliair, and flung his valise, or holsters, on a bit of carpet at th side of the bed. When he put out t he light, he observed that the moon was shining full into the room. He lay awake for some time, and presently heard footsteps in the room. The next moment the curtain of his bed was gently drawn, and he saw a face looking down upon him. He lay quite still, though greatly alarmed. The face disappeared, and retreating .footsteps were heard. He arose on his elbow aud peeped through the curtain. He distinctly saw two men at the further end of the room, near the peddler's bed. They passed round the foot of It, and disappeared at the other side. That moment be heard a scream and a scuffle, and saw the legs of the peddler protrude from the curtains. There was a scuffle, a surpresed cry, and the next momeut the peddler bounded from the bed and rau screaming "murder 1" toward Scott's bed, holding his valise at arm's length. Two men followed the fugi tive, and Scott, horrified aud fear-stiicken, slipped from his bed on the other side aud hid himself in a closet. He heard the groans and blows and the sound of retreat ing footsteps; then all -as still. The next instaut, however, the door opened, other footsteps were heard along the floor and the curtains of Scott's bed were hastily drawn. The visitant, whoever he was, ut- 1 tered an oath of disappointment and fled from the room. After waitiug for some time, Scott came foith from the closet, and found the ped dler lying ou the ground, dead. Scott was in a teniblo dilemma, and saw at a glance that he would be suspected of having murdered the peddler. Panic-stricken, he hastily dressed himself, picked up his valise from the flooi, took his horse from the sta ble, and depaited from the inn, resolving to seek safety in flight. It was daylight when he reached Coninbro', and then for the first time be discovered that the valise which he had taken from the floor was not his, but the peddler's, which he had no doubt dropped when the murderers fell upon him, and in the place of which they doubtless seized and carried off Scott's, which lay on the carpet close by. This extraordinary story was not be lieved by the coroner's jury iu the face of all the damning evidence against Scott. It was shown that he had seen the peddler produce his wallet from the valise, in the blacksmith shop ; that he had offered to accompany the peddler to Doncaster, and that he had taken tip his quarters at the same inn, and slept in the same room with the murdered man. Beside this, he was captured with the valise in bis possession, and what better evidence of his guilt could there be? Scott was sent to jail, and in due course tried for wilful murder. Out of charity a young lawer undertook his defense. The evidence for the prosecution was clear aud convincing, and Mr. O'Brien afterward Sergeant O'Brien the prisoner's counsel, saw no chance of his client's escape. The principal witnesses against him were the blacksmith, John Steele, his son Richard, the men that were in the smithy when tho peddler and Scott first met, the landlord of the inn, who swore that Scott urged the peddler to go to another ion, aud the of ficers who found Scott with the peddler's valise in his possession. The hammer with which the murder had been committed was produced in the trial, and shown to the jury. One of them remarking to the court that it was a black smith's shoeing hammer, Mr. O'Brien quickly asked to be allowed to look at it, and he examined it closely. Then he flood up and handed it to the prisoner. Scott glanced his eye over it for a moment, and then handed it back to his counsel. The next instaut he clutched it, drew it from Mr. O'Brien's grasp and scrutinized it with the most intense interest. Then he leaned on the dock and spoke in a hurried tone to his counsel. The latter, with flushed face and hasty movements, made his way to the side of the prosecuting officer, and con versed with him in a low tone for several minutes. The prosecuting officer then spoke with the judge, and after a few seconds, beckoned an officer and whispered to him a few words. Mr. Steele, the blacksmith, was recalled to the witness stand by Mr. O'Brien, who said : "Mr. Steele, you are an old and experi enced blacksmith, are you not?" "Yes, sir," Steele answered, with a per ceptible tremor in his vo'ce. "Did you work at your trade in Holder ness?" "Yes, sir, when I was a young man." "Anything peculiar iu the manufacture of horse shoe nails in that district, Mr. Steele ?" 4T think there is, sir." "Pray tell us what the peculiarity is, Mr. Steele.". "The head is divided like, io the midd.e." "Anything like the head of that nail used as a wedge in the handle of that ham mer, Mr. Steele?" the connsel asked, hand ing the witness the weapon found near the body of the murdered peddler. The witness' baud shook like a leaf as he reached it out for the hammer, his cheeks grew deadly pale, his lips became parched, and though he held the hammer in his hand, his starting eyes were fixed on his questioner. "Anything like that nail?" Mr. O'Brien repeated, calmly looking at the witness. "Y'es, sir," Steele replied, at length, with difficulty. ''Should yoj say that nail bad been made in Holderness, Mr. Steele?" "It looks like it, sir," was Steele's re ply. - "Mr. Steele," the counsel said, moving almost close up to him, and standing so that judge and jury could see both witness and interrogator distinctly, "did you ever see that hammer before you saw it in this court ?" The witness gave a gaspr aud then re covering himself, said : "Yea, sir ; I saw it in the hands of the coroner." At this juncture there was a disturbance in the court, aud the officers were seen striving to prevent a young man from quit ting the room. The young man was Richard Steele, the blacksmith's son. "Let me go," he said. "That's the old scoundrel that did it. He knows that hammer is his well enough. He knows that he planned the whole thing and led me iuto it. I'll turn king's ovidence ; I'll blab the whole story. Let me go, and I'll hang the old villain, though he is my father." The scene that followed cannot be de scribed. Suffice it to say that a nolle pro sequi was eutered,and Scott was transferred into an important witness, Steele and his eon being duly indicted and tried for the murder of the peddler. Scott swore to the blacksmith having taken the nail from the old horse 6hee, remarked that it had been made iu Holderness, and driven it iuto the hammer head as a wedge. The hammer was furthermore identified as hav ing belonged to Steele, and testimony was given which showed that the blacksmith and his son were absent from home the night of the murder, a niarkctroan swear ing that he had passed them near Doncas ter, in the direction of Vickhill, at 3 o'clock on the morning of the 21st of June. But tho evidence that settled their fate was furnished by Scott's valise, which they had taken at the time of the murder of the peddler. It was discovered in the ash heap at the back of the smithy. Steele and his son were convicted and senenced o be hanged, and both made a full confession to the following effect : Steele, sr., resolved on the robbery and the murder, if need be, of the peddler, im mediately after he discovered that the man was possessed of a large sura of money. After the peddler and his companion had quitted the smithy, Steele closed it, and communicated to his son his design re specting the peddler, The son, who was a profligate man, assented to the scheme. Both were about to start after the two men and get ahead of them by a bridle path, but the smith changed his plan. If they did that, they would have to attack them both in the open road and on horse back. The smith knew the inn to which they were going, and was well acquainted with the out-building in which they were to sleep. He proposed, therefore, that they should rob the peddler in his sleep, and only use violence in case it were necessary to secure their safety. When they entered, the smith went toward Scott's .bed, while Richard remained near the door. Finding the man they wanted was not there, Steele and his sou approached the other bed and found the peddler asleep, knowing it was he from his bald head. They tried to re move the valise on which he slept from un der his head, but he evidently had his hand in the strap and the tug awoko him. The reader knows the rest from the story told by Scott. After the smith and his son had quitted the room with what they sup posed was" the peddler's valise," Steele's mind misgave him, and a dread that Scott had been an observer of the bloody deed, and recognized the perpetrators, seized him. He hurried back to the room, resolved to brain Scott if he found him awake. On discovering the bed empty, tbesmith drop ped the hammer iu afright, the only ex planation to his mind of Scott's absence being that he had witnessed the crime and quitted the place secretly to give the alarm. The smith and bis son departed . panie stricken, and on reaching home discovered to their intense mortification and disap. poiotment that the valise for which they had murdered a man ar.d exposed them selves to the gallows, contained only a few old clothes and a Bible. Stceele and his son were hanged at York, December 8, 1837. The advantage of having a dress reform woman for a wife Time, midnight; scene, a bed chamber; two pair of pants banging over a chair ; enter the bloody minded burglar; sees pants. "Ahal curse on 'enil one roan I would brave ; two I will not face." Exit burglar in alarm ; burglar deceived ; only one man io bed ; other pants belong to his wife. A TltVE STOIll' FOR BOYS. Many years ago, a gentleman from the town of Methuon, Mass., while on a visit to a promiuent merchant in Boston, was asked by the merchant if he knew a boy in Meth uen that h could recommend to work in his store. At first the gentleman could think of no one, for he knew none but a faithful, hon est boy would suit the thrifty merchant. At length, however, he called to mind a boy of excellent character In his neighbor hood, but feared he would hardly do, as his parents were very poor, and he had no education or other advantages to fit him for such a position. But the description of the boy's habits pleased the merchant so much that he handed the gentleman a dol lar; with which to pay the boy's fare to Boston by stage, and requested him to send the lad to the city, and if on a personal in terview all should not prove satisfactory, he would pay his fare back home again. The gentleman, as requested, visited the boy's parents, and stating the merchant's proposal, advised them to send the boy for trial. He then gave him the dollar which was seat to pay his fare to Boston, aud de parted. Under similar circumstances ninety-nine out of every hundred boys would have said, "Now for a good time ! I never saw a city, and never rode in the stage. Oh there will be-so much to see, and it will be such a long ride, aud here is money to pay my fare." Not so with this boy. Putting the money carefully is his pocket, he said to himself, "This is the first dollar I ever had ; how I wish I could save it. It is only I look "de-awake. - majority supped WONDERFUL GIFT OF GAB. A SPEECH TWENTT-SIX HOURS LOSO. The longest speech on record is believed to have been made by Mr. De Coomos, in the Legislature of British Columbia, when a measure was pending whose passage would take from a great many settlers their lands. I)e Cosmos was in a hoieless mi nority. The job had been held back till the eve of the close of the session ; unless leg islation was taken before noon of a giveu day the act of confiscation would fail. The day before the expiration of the limitation De Cosmos got the llxr about 10 a. m., and began a speech against the bill. Iu friends cared little, for they supposed that by 1 or 2 o'clock he would be through, and the bill could be pnt on its passage. One o'clock came and De Cosmos was speaking still hadn't more than entered upon bis subject. Two o'clock he was saying -in the second place." Three o'clock he pro duced a fearful bundle of evidence, and in sisted on reading iu The majority began to have a suspicion of the truth he was goiug to speak till next noon and kill the bill. For a while they made merry over it; but, as it came ou to dusk, they began Ut get alatmed. They tried interruptions, but soon abandoned them because each one afforded him a chance to digress aud gain time. They tried to shout him down, but that gave him a breathing space, aud finally they settled down to watch the combat be tween strength of will aud wt-akneps tif body. They gave him no mercy. No ad journment for dinner ; no chance to do more than wet Lis lips with water ; no wandering from Lis subject ; no Eitting down. Twilight darkened ; the gas was lit ; members slipped out to dinuer in re lays, and returned to sleep in squads, but De Cosmtis went on." The Sneaker, ta ', whom he was addressing himself, was al- ' lAI'tlflftlir rlfMtlli M.N..in.w Z . . .viiii.ij woiii, Diivilllf auu tl vine ItJ Day dawned, aud the pped out in squads to wash and eVA..A.. tz T 1 A. T a V . j v. Vv.Vi. 4 naia ' h.-paVrad ,t 1 1, c.-U.., -t .11 .. t- there in a day. I'll do it, and save my J can't be said it was a verv logical, elouuent. I or sustained speech. There were digres sions iu it, repetitions also. But still the dollar." His mother patched tip his clothes as well as she could, and early the next morn ing the little fellow parted with his parents at the door of their humble home, and set out on his long tramp to the great city, which he reached, tired aud dusty, a little before sunset. He soon found the mer chant, who sternly asked, "Where have you been all day? The stage came in two hours ago." The boy thought he had dis pleased the merchant at the outset, and with downcast head aud tremulous voice be auswered, "I did not come ou the stage, sir." "Did not come on the stage 1 What do you mean ? Didn't I send money to pay your fare?" The boy thought it was all up with him sure, and amid gathering tears he managed to reply, "I'm very sorry, sir I did not mean to offend you. I thought I would walk and save the dollar. I never had one before." Placing his hand gently upou the boy's head, the merchant replied : "My little man, you did exactly right. Come home with me and get some supper." Then turning to a bystander he reinaiked, "I wouldn't take a thousand dollars for this boy, to-day." That boy has grown to manhood and has since become widely known in business circles. He is now owner of the extensive speaker kept on ; and, at last, noou came to a banled majority, livid with rage aud impotence, aud a to single man, who was triumphant, though his voice had mink te a husky whisper, his eyes were slinost bhut, and were bleared and bloodshot, his legs tottered under him, and bis baked lips w ere cracked and smeared with bio id. De Cosmos had sjKikeu twentv-bix hours, aud saved the settlors their land ! LOVERS' WOOING s. "Probably there is uo instance in which any two lovers have made love exactly in the same way as any two other lovers, since the world bepau.' if Arthur Ilelpu Barks insinuated. Vivien charmed Merlin. Alexander made a boufire for Thais. Paolo read naughty stories to Franceses. Hildegarde took the bull by the horns. David played it rather low dowu on Uriah. The Merchant of Venice soft soldered Portia with a lead casket. The garrulous female in the Arabian Nights told her husband stories. Milaniou had a close rare for Atlanta, but he played the apple game on her. Victoria sent for Prince Albei t and told him she wanted him. She was victorious. In tho Polynesian Islands they win their heaits by beating their heads with a shilla lnb. Harry the Eighth aud Bluebeard were off with the head of the old love before they were ou with the new. Dr. Johnson poked the tobacco in ' his mills at Methueu, the Pembei ton mills at ! P'P down wi,h ,,5s aweetheart'a finger i Lawrence, a banking house in Boston, and one of the truest farms iu Massachusetts. A Family Discussion. Yesterday noon a bold, bad boy who lives on Columbia street went home from school aud said : "Dear mother, mayn't I go in my bare feet this afternoon ? None of the boys wear shoes in the spring." But his mother said : "No, my darling boy, I cannot let you go barefooted, aud, if yon tease me about it, I will wattle your tender cuticle with the unkind end of a cheerful ekate-etrap." So the bold, bad boy closed the debate with a sigh, and, when the yeas and nnys wete called, his trotion did not prevail, and the house soon after adjourned. But the boy went out of the yard by the alley-way, and took off his shoes and stockings, and hid them behind the wood-pile, aud scudded merrily off to school, and everybody admir ed his flat, muddy, bare feet. But when he got out of school the ground was cover ed with snow, and he had a very solemn time hippity-hopping back home. When be got there he couldn't tell a wood-pile from a haystack, aud bis shoes and stock ings might as well have been in the middle of the ocean for all the good they did him. So he went into the house, and, after a great deal of filibustering,, he made his re poit, which was tabled, and the bouse went iuto committee of the whole on the state of the boy. His mother took the floor, and after an exciting and highly interesting session the committee rose and the house adjourned, while the boy rubbed such por tions of his anatomy as be could reach, and framed a bill for the more perfect preven tion of chilblains. warm token of affection. Tristram did it mostly with a harp, and was likewise a good liar. His two Isoldes were too many for hitn, Bothwell was incliued to Marie and locked her up in his castle. It worked as well as Peter's pumpkin shell. Cobbett's wife caught him with the grace with which she used her wash tub. She never was known to use at after the weddiug. Sam Romily, the famous lawyer, killed himself because his wife died, w hile a good many others kill themselves because they won't die. Nicholas of Russia wanted to pop at a dinner table, but didn't like to be caught at it, so he imbedded a ring in a lump of bread and handed it to her. Ixs Sueur, the French painter, tried to brush up a flame with a nun, and suicided because he couldn't have none. Grammar is of no consequence where a pun is to be. madaO CLfi lemagne's secretary was canght by a suow sparking the Emperors daughter at midnight, and she carried him home on her back, o that his footsteps shouldn't be traced. The Emjieror beaid of it, and saddled hitn on her for the lest of her life. The Honest Newsboy. A newsboy was passing along the street, when he chanced to discover a purse of greenbacks. He was at first inclined to conceal it, but, repelling the unworthy suggestion, he ask ed a venerable man if it were his'n. The venerable man looked at it hurriedly, said it was, patted bim ou the head, gave him a quarter, and said he would be President yet. The venerable man then hastened away, but was arrested for haviug counter feit bills iu his possession, while the honest newsboy played penny ante with his hum ble quarter aud ran it up to $2.62. Moral : Honesty is sometimes the best policy. The Lost Gardes of Eden. Take the garden of Eden for instance. If Adam, had been left alone teu to one he'd have stopped there till now. All he had to do was to walk np and down the flowey paths ot Eden, smoke hia mild cheroot, and count the auimala. Happy man. Blessed existence. And what happened. Why, Eve hapieicd and that ended it. I often think of the jolly times the old folks micht have had, if they had been contented. N work. Everything handy. Private menagerie in the back yard All the fruits in their season. No clot lies. No weekly bills. No tailors. No patent bustles No servants. No crowded car. No high hats before tin m at the opera. No Trade Unions but. hold on. I ruesa there was a Trade Union, for Cain and Abel were on a st rik at a very early period. Come to think of it, however, thre was no Cain aud there was uo Abel till after the fall. Dry buckwheat flour, if repeatedly applied, will Remove entirely the worst grease spots on carpets or any other woolen cloth, aud will answer as well as Frenck chalk for grease spots on silk. J Hesoid wrote 2,700 yeais ago : . Let no fair woman tempt thy sliding m!4 j With garm set fathered ta a kntrt Wwal
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