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Somouhoro l HoKt: r, tUo laborer
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bend hitn a Bhelter his c hill limha to warm.
CIIORt'S.
Hard is my fortune I'm poor and forlorn!
S..ekii,K for work in the e!,,'.! wintry Htorm;
Don t. look so eoldly upon my distress
Help a Kor wand rr and Heaven will bless.
F:eea wear frowns when they hx.k upon me,
Smile and kind greetings all vanish and
nee;
Coldly they look on mv clothing so worn
Sneering, erhaps, ), 'tis J.anl to 1? Iion.e!
hat h ive I done that doth merit this
fhante. ?
l.ihor I'm seekincr. vet I'm not to hl.ime-
iJiadly rve toiled through the happy day !
Scotbing the. hours with a j ly-laden song.
Hard is my fortune, ete.
Wide spreads the cold, frozen Adds to my
silif
Oive toe. a tdielter this dark, gloomy night!
tJIittcr the Ktarn I h rough the frost-armored
trees
Wails through the forest the damp-laden
breeze.
Happy yon cattle, secure from the cold;
Calmly the tl-ei v idieep rest i,i the f.ihi;
. that I had when to lay down my head.
Where the cold winds would not harass my
bed!
Hard is my fortune, etc.
List night I slept on the cold, frozen ground,
S -f ened by leaves that the wind had blown
'round;
Twinkling stars peeped through the twigs
from tin' sky
Only the A !l-k nowi tig Presence w.ia nigh!
Ah! but I tasted life's bit'erness then,
S-cret to all but the Oinnieient k-Mi!
(;! know s it is bard to tie poor and forlorn,
Setkiiig for work 'mid the chill wintry
storm!
Hard is my fortune, etc.
Some may lie worthless, though poor and
oppressed.
Vet fioil-like charity 's hand will le blessed
If she but, give with a wi-di to allay
Misery's work on poor souls of tbe clay.
When the few years of our livus shall have
flown
When wi must tread the dark vallev alone
Thoughts of the wretched relieved from dis
t icss
Will the last moments of memory bless!
Hard is my fortune, etc.
A. I. H.
Till: VALUE OV AX OATH.
BY JL IM.K CLARK.
It wa an unpopulai case to defend. The
Ci ime chai ged against my client was one of
shocking atrocity the murder of bis own
child. The popular verdict bad already
condemned him, and there was little doubt
but that of tbe jury would go tbe same
w ay.
Aithnr Perkley, the prisoner, bad mar
ried Edith Oi anger, a wealthy beiiess
whose father bad died, leaving her bis
whole fortune, to the exclusion of a protli
gate son whom be bad disinherited and
driven from his home.
Mrs. P.eikley died within a year after
marriage, leaving an infant a few weeks
old, a feeble little creature, requiring con
stant and assiduous care. Indeed, Pr.
Baldwin almost took op his quarters in the
bouse, often passing the night there, that
he might be at band in case of need.
One of these nights, the doctor, as be
aftei wards stated in bis evidence, after re
tiiiog to bed, feeling solicitous about bis
little charge, got tip and stole soflly to the
nursery to see that everything was right.
Jf? found the door ajar and a dim light
burning within. As be advanced, he dis
tinctly saw Arthur Heikley standing by the
table, holding to the child's mouth the
Wile from which it was accustomed to re
ceive its food. At tiie sound of the doc
tor's footsteps, be quickly put down the
bottle, and steilthily left tbo apartment by
a side entrance.
Not n little surprised at these move
ments the doctor approached and laid bis
band upon tbe child's face, which he found
i'i violent colvulsions, which were followed,
in a few seconds, by tbe stillness of death.
A pout mortem examination and analy
sis of the contents of the stomach, placed
it beyond doubt that prussic acid had been
administered. And an examination of the
bottle, f.Hind where Eeikley bad left it,
proved that the milk in it contained a
large quantity of the same deadly poison.
On this evidence Berkley was arrested
and indicted for murder; and there was
not a dissenting voice as to bis guilt. An
incentive to tbe crime was found in the
fact that, as heir to his child, be would in
herit the fortune which bad descended to
tbo latter through tho death of its mother.
No wonder deed so monstrous, actuated
by motives so mercenary, should excite the
deepest indignation.
Berkley's previous character bad been
good. He bad al ways a ppeared gentle and
kind ; bad been a devoted husband ; and,
durin" the brief period of its life, had
shown tbe tenderest attachment to bis
Cl In my conference with bim, be seemed
overwhelmed with grief, but strenuously
denied all imputations of guilt, asserting
that be had not gone to tbe imrfiery after
retiring that nicht, till called by tbe alarm
of the child's death.
Of course, bis statements, in tbe face of
n,',,f, ko damaging, weighed but little
I
lllrl no confidence in tl' myself.
Still, it
was my professional duty to seetbac a man
d for bis life, who naa enu...
EBEXSBUIIG,
corded him. This duty rierfoimed
my
conscience would be clear whatever the re
milt.
uouiu ue tedious to dwell on the steps
eceding the trial. I interposed no obsta
cles in its coming on speedily. My aim
mi.ka . a. a. a l a.. .
- ..v.w juoi ivt-j UUb
to see it fairly meted out. ,
j Dr. Baldwin was the first and chief wit-
, noss. He told bis story clearly and meth-
odically ; and it was easy to see it carried
conviction to the jury. My rigid cross-ex-
animation only served to bring out bis evi-
nrt? uui to t wart I MP Pivk nf inwhon K.,
I rtence with more distinctness of detail. I
, elicited the fact, for instance, that the
! child's nurse lay in the same room ; that
! she was asleep when the doctor entered,
! and that it was to her be first nr.nounced
tho child's death. I also examined fully as
to the prisoner's acts at the time the alarm
was Riven, thinking to prove that he came
from bis own chamber, appearing to bavo
been jst aroused fn
"in sleep. Hut I made
nothing of this, the witness stating that his
agitation had distracted his attention from casion of the fifteeth anniversary of tbe es
these points. i tablishmeut of the military order of Maria
The doctor bad only recently settled Theresa,
among us, but his conduct bad been so ex- ! Not far from thirty thousand cavalry
emplary that he had made many friends. were in line. A little child, not more than
lie bad especially won the confidence of
the prisoner. I interrogated him as to his
past career, but brought out nothing tj his
discredit.
The evidence of the chemist who made
he analysis was next put in, and the
State's attorney "rested."
"I have brought the nurse here," he
said, "but as she was asleep when the pris
oner entered, her evidence is unimportant.
I thought it my duty to have her here,
however, to afford the other side the op
portunity to call her if they desired."
Nothing could render the prisonr's case
more hopeless than it was aheady, while
something miyht come out to his advan-
tage. i
"I will call the witness," I said. j
She was a middle aged woman, of not
unprepossessing appearance. Her agiia
tation was visible ; and I noticed that, in
taking the oath, she laid her hand beside
the book and not upon it.
"I ask that the witness be sworn with
her hand upon the book," I said, calling
attention to the omission.
The judge so ordered ; and the witness's
hand shook violently as she reluctantly
obeyed the direction, and the oath aus le
administcred. After a few preliminary questions as to
the hour of her retiring, her failing asleep,
&c.
"What is the uext thing you remembei?"
I asked.
The witness hesitated.
"Answer the question," said his Honor.
"I I heard a noise as of some one com
ing into the room," she faltered.
"Did you see any oue enter ?"
Another pause.
I repeated the inquiry.
"I did," was the answer.
"What did the person do?"
The woman's face grew paler, and it was
with difficulty she found utterance.
"He came to the side of the cradle," she j
said, "with the bottle of milk in his hand, j
ami put it to the baby's mouth." J
I
I liu iti'io a'i4 4it ivvs a nii"niv, -jwiiiii. . At i . -1 m a
. . .' I book than the sheen was sent with me, trut i
i . r ........ ..i a ....ai .it.iiiii.tii t ,a t... t . 9
lien I. tin ii inn rnci itii-jiiii'iu. i uc ..ib-
ter, it was .evident, bad uot expected this
testimony,
I felt that my questions thus far had
only served to draw the halter closer about
my client's neck. But I had gone too far
to retreat.
My voice trembled almost as much as
that of the witness as I proceeded:
"Did you recognize that person?"
"I did," was the answer, scarcely audible.
My client's life hung on the answer to
the next question! The silence of the
court-room was death like. I dreaded to
break it. The sound of my voice startled
me when I spoke.
"Who was it?" I asked.
Her lips moved, but no sound came.
"By the solemn oath you have taken on
that sacred book, and by your hopes of
salvation hereafter, I adjure you to tell the
truth !" I said earnestly.
Her agitation was fearful to witness.
She shook from bead to foot. A deadly
pallor overspread her face. Slowly raising
her trembling band, and pointing at Dr.
Baldwin :
"That is the man !" she almost shrieked.
Then, in quick, wild accents she went
on to tell that on finding himself discover
ed by reason of her waking, tho culpiit,
who was no other than Geo. Granger, Mrs.
Berkley's profligate brother, bad disclosed I
to Iter that, n is purpose was io regain ins
lost inheritance by putting out of the way
those who stood between him and it, prom
ising the witness to provide for her hand
somely if she kept his secret ; but, when
put to the test, she bad found herself una-
ble to violate her solemn oath.
Geo. Granger, alia Dr. Baldwin, would
have left tbe court-room, but an officer was
ordered to detain him; and when bis dis- j
niisfl was removed, though he had been j
r
absent many years, there were many pres
eut who could testify to bis identity.
My client was acquitted on the spot ; and
bis cell in tho prison was that night occu
pied by his false accuser.
Witat we know here is very little, but
PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1870.
HOW A CHIT.D WAS SAVED FROM
CRUSHED TO DEATH.
BEIXO
A writer in the Ledger says t I find it in
my scrap book, clipped and pasted there a
fiv.wi r j v n i piju, lll llllll LUIIU111I1 lilt
Austrian cavalry bad a charm for me at the
time, as I was just home fiom that part of
the world. I bad witnessed the evolutions
at drill of the cavalry or every European
nation except the Russians, and the Austri-
aim bore the palm. It is a grand sight
c. - a . A I. :
twenty to foity thousand horses, where
each and every borso understands the
slightest note of the bugle, sweeping over
the plain, and changing position like an
enormous machine, guided by an unerring
master band.
It must be seen to be appreciated. Words
cannot reproduce the picture. On a certain
occasion an event transpired which lent a
tnost thrilling interest to the military scene.
It. was a review held in Vienna, on the oc-
four years, standing in the front row of'
spectators, either from fright or some other ;
cause, ru.siieo out into tne open Held just j
as a squadron of hussars came sweeping
round from the main body. They bad
made the detour for the purpose of salut
ing the Empress, whose carriage was drawn
up in that part of the ground.
Down came the Hying squadron, charg
ing at a mad gallop down directly tijK'ti
the child
The mother was paralysed, as :
were other5!, for there could be no rescue
from the line of spectators. The Empress '
tittered a cry of horror, for the child's de- j
struction appeared to be inevitable and :
such a terrible destruction the trampling j
to death by a thousand iron hoofs. j
Directly under the horses' feet was the 1
little one another instant must seal its j
doom ; when a stalwart hussar, who was
in the front line, without slacking his
speed or loosening his hold, threw himself
over by the side of his horso's neck, seized
and lifted the child, and placed it in safety
upon his saddle bow, and this he did with
out changing his pace or breaking the cor
rect alignment of the squadion..
Ten thousand voices 'nailed with raptur
ous applause the gallant deed, and other
thousands applauded when they knew.
Two women theic were w ho could only sob
fu th their gratitude in broken accents
the mother and the Empress.
And a proud and happy moment must it
have been for the hussar, when the Em
peror took from his own breast the richly
encircled Cross of tho Older of Maria
Theresa, and hung it upon the bieast of the
gallant trooper.
tiirki: Of on LI2SSOXS.
"One of my first lessons," said Mr.
Slurgis, the eminent merchant, w as in 1813
when I was eleven years old. My grand
father had a fine flock of sheep, which
were ca.iefully tended during the war of
those times. I was the shepherd boy, and
my business was to watch the sheep in the
fields. A boy who was more fond of his
left the work for me while he lay under j the three men then took the road west-
tlie trees and lead. I did not like that, I wa'd .1" hw ''' hour John Stonier
, - ,, A, . i and bis brother-in-law, John Lambert,
and finally went to my grandfather and , ft blacksn.iil, by trade and a tho.ough
complained of it. I shall never forget the fionti-.-rsmau, weie startled while in cou
kind smile of the old gentleman as he said: j veiationJ on the poicu outside the inn to
"Never mind, Jonathan," said he, if j Pollock's ridei less hoises approaching
you watch the sheep you w ill have the
sheep.'
"What does grandfather mean by that ?'"
I said to myself, "I don't expect to have
a sheep." My desires were moderate, and
a fine buck was worth a hundred dollars.
I could not exactly make out in my mine!
what it was, but I had great confidence in
bim, for he was a juelge, and had been in
Congress in Washington's time, so I con
cluded it was all right, and went back con
tenteelly to the sheep. After I got to the
field I could not keep his words out of my
mind Then I thought of Sunday's lessons:
"Thou hast been faithful over a few things,
I will make you ruler over many things."
I began to see through it. Never you
mind who neglects his tluty, be you faith
ful and you will have your reward.
I leceived a second lesson soon after I
came to New York c'ty as a clerk to tbe
late Lyman Reed. A merchant, from Ohio,
who knew me came to buy goods, and
said, "Make yourself so useful that they
cannot do without you." I took this
meaiiinrr nniekor than T did that, of mv
"
yit y t j i . -j
iicii. I wuikcu upon itiese iwo lueiis
1 .
until Mr. Reed offered me a partnership in
the business. The first morning after the
partnership was made known. James
i n , , . . . .
. Geery, the old tea merchant, called in to
t T
j congratulate me, and be said : 'You are
j all right new. I have only one wend of
; advice to give you ; bo careful who yon
i. .1 . . . i -.i ti ..
wulir IliA uti'fkntQ of inrrhtl with " I hfif
That
b ..... .
was lesson number three.
And w hat valuable lessons they are :
"Fidelity in all things; do your best for
your employers ; carefulness about your
associates." Let every boy take these
lessons home and study them well. They
are the foundation stones of character and
honorable success.
The sting of a reproach is the truth of it.
tiik siokv of a l.tn:,
A child in a nursery crying a boy in a
iricket-fiehl "out!"
A yonth for a phantasy sighing a man with
a fit of the gout
A heart dried up, and narrowed a task re
peated in vain
A field plowed deep and harrowed, but bare
and barren of grain.
Some sense of experience wasted, of counsel
misunderstood.
Of pleasure, bitter when tasted, and pain
that did him no good.
Some sparks of sentiment perished some
flashes of (renins lost.
x. lorieni. oi laise lore cnul isueil aiippleot
4 . c i , . .
i run love crossed.
Some feeble breasting of trouble, to glide
again wttb the stream
In principle void as a bubble in purpose
vague as a dream.
A future hope half-hearted, for dim is the
future now
That Hie triple cord has parted, and death is
lamp on the brow.
And a debt, is to pay by the debtor a doctor,
a lawyer, a nurse;
A feeling he should have been better, a
doubt if he could have been worse ;
While the ghostly Huger traces its ghostly
message of doom,
And a troop of ghostly faces pass on in
darkened room ;
With shostlv shapes to Wkon, and ghostly
voices T-o call.
And the grim record to reckon, and add the
total of ail.
The sum oi a life expended a pearl in a
pig-trougli cast
A comedy played and ended and what has
The J ,na oll a ri,low-the
journey taken alone
The tomb with an urn and a willow, and a
lie carved deep in the stone !
11 rave Hlacksinilh Lambert.
In the year 1812 the western portions of
Pennsylvania, embracing the mountainous
legions between Chambersburg and Pitts
burg, presented little more than an un-
broken wilderness, through which the great
road from Philadelphia passed ; and at that
jeriod it was a highway between the East
ern cities and the great Western wilderness
of Ohio atid Kentucky.
About midway of this road, and in a
most dismal locality, was located an inn,
kept by an honest, well-to-do German,
named Stottlers. The bouse was a small
one, Out the accommodations were amply
sufficient for the travel that came that way.
In the spring of the jear mentioned, theie
came from the stock-raising region, around
Pittsburg, a drover, who, with his thick of
well-fattened bullocks, was on bis way to
Philadelphia, lie was well armed, and
j mounted on a horse of spotless whiteness.
In conversation with the inmates of Stot
: tiers' inn the most of whom were ordinary
hunters be staled without reserve the ou-
jeets of bis trip, .and communicated tbe
fact that on his return he would stop at the
! tavern with the proceeds from the sale of
I his cattle in his possession.
On the day following his arrival, the
stranger departed. About three weeks
j thereafter, or at the time be was expected
j to return, two Canadian Fieuchmen, of
I villainous appearance, and both heavily
armed, ai lived at Stott leas', and, alter
i breakfasting, continued their journey east
ward. In less than an hour they returned,
! accompanied by a thiixt tiaveler, who was
mounted on a white horse that closely ic
seu.bled that ridden by the Pittsburg
' drover. The third party, in the course of
bis conversation wuii tbe landloid, stated
that bis name was Pollock, that lie lived
near the residence of General Arthur St.
Clair, in Weslmoieland county, and that
he was on bis wny to n j 'in his wifo and
childien, from whom he had been separated
for some weeks. He slated also that ho
was a tanner, but possessed of small means.
The contents of his pure weie, however
small they might be, at the disposal, in
equal shaies, with destitute travelers, such
as those whose company he was in, and
whose expenses to Pillsbuig he expected
to pay.
Alter pai taking of some refreshments
: luuiu on u gaiiop. -vs ine? riiiiiii.w nctieu
them they saw that he was besmatted wiib
blood, and La.ubctt, w ho had just been com
muiiicaliug his suspicions oi tbe French
men; insisted that the farmer had been
murdered, and urged an immediate puisuit
of his companions.
1 he servants about the inn were at once
mcMjhted and sent out to scour the country
for assistance, while Lambert aud his less
energetic relative busied themselves in pre
paring their horses and arms lor the chasu.
By noonday about a dozeu men, residing
nearest the inn, congregated at the general
! rendezvous, aud, with Lambeii fora leader,
j were soon iu pursuit of the inurdeiers.
j After a journey of about one mile the parly
j came lo Ike scene ef tbe murder. Here
they discovered the evidences of a terrible
: struggle, 'ihe snow which lay upon the
! ground was much trampled anel greatly
discolored with blood, aud a lew leet away
from this scene lay the corpse of the mur
dered man, wedged it: between two logs
and covered with the lubbish of leaves
and broken twigs. Two balls had passed
through the boely, and in the breast were
several gaping wounds that bad evidently
beeu indicted with a large bunting knife.
One of the bands of the deceased was
terribly disfigured, as be bad evidently
grasped the blade of the knife, which, be
ing drawn thiougb his liugeis, nearly cut
them in twain. His clothing n;.s badly
I lorn, while b is countenance indicated the
. ri j .
intense agony of bis dying moments,
it appeared from the foot tracks in the
! snow leading to the west that the murderers
' f'oir horses free or been compelled
it'j pait with them, and this seemed a wise
1 , ., .' .
.1 il'iiAH 111 lull tt t It k 1 1 lit lT Ott I llM nilillllTlll-
ous condition of the country aheaet of them
rendered travel by foot, to those accustomed
' "c1' exertion, lar more expeditious than
i by horseback. Lambert and his compati- 1
,' J ' . I
, i,,IK If now tn cr t h is to li I he ease, ilelei miner! i
to follow their prey oii foot also. Accoid
ingly the major part of the party at. once
continued on the trail, while three or four
of the men removed the boely and horses to
Stottlers' inn. Shortly after night bad
fallen, Lambert's associates became dis- j
satisfied with their errand, aud in a body j
returned to the inn.
Tho intrepid blacksmith, not withstand-
ing the demoralizing defection, continued
the pursuit nlone. Alter tiavelmg iu a
uuithves:ciu direction, for twelve or four-
teen miles he came to an old and disused
road, running nearly parallel with the one
be had left. This was called the "Old
Pennsylvania Trace," between Philadel
phia and Red Stone Old Port, situated on
the waters of the M.uiongiiliela river. It
was the first road ever opened Ix-twcen
eastern Pennsylvania and the htvid wateis
of th
l Ohio liver, and the nnrii nt land- i,
i, "three chops and u blaze," were till j
tnai k
visible by daylight till the trees.
1 his ancient road and landmark were
adapted by the old suiveyors ai.d openeis
of roads in the West to tironitiate ll.-iv..,i
r. ... . .1.. d . . .., j. .
nii.noi -m in..; nisi t-ci i ici s oi tho
great
w csiei'U wimerr.rss.
, and beiicetl:e first ebon
was for the Father, t lie second for the Son j onnaul by grnvitaf hm. under control of an
and the thiid for the Holy (lliot ; and the ! xpeiienced eoipsof brnerot-n. V nina
blaze was merely designated to attiact tbe ! W;.V train down one of those sharp'y slop
eye of the obseivcs. 1 ing places is a rate eoruiicnce. rei v nil"
When I.amliert struck the old rond ho
discovered on the north side of it a dilapi
dated log cabin. Anproachincr tbe cabin
ne ooiiceu a iignc wninn, and, Icehng satis,
Iil.1 llnl ll.n liiiiul,ii-i,ic 1 I
. . ...... . , a m-.i hum- nl liailU,
1 I 1 I ' . .
ne ziv .i ii"iu coiigii. I Ills lirouglit to
the rear of the bouse the old aoh a l who
occupied it, and who obtained a living by
selling cakes ami beer to passing wayfareis.
JianiOeit, m a feigned voice, ai-ked to spend
V. '"-MI' w iii.in, aim wnsat oiicotidmiitKl.
I ,,e ,,su" ,l,t crossed the threshold when the
' report of a musket was heard in the next
j room, and tbe ball spliuteicd tbe wood-
work of the door above his head.
Without a moment's hesitation Lambert,
with nothing but his tomahawk in band, i momemtitm as it went until it ncared tho
'spiftng into the next room and struck down ' front of the piano. A woikmnn named
the man in vhoe hand was the still smok- 1 Duikin, who was engaged pushing a car
ing musket. The villain's companion, the j n'"2 a branch track at the foot, iiuincdi
smallcr man of the two, at once lied the j ately in ihe way of the runaway, saw itriw
bouse ; but before be passed beyond the ' l"oach him and was paralj zed' with awe
light of the lire within, the avenger, with ! 1' was several yards distant, and he mad
the wretch's own rille, brought him to the ! A desperate clloit to escape. Put with a
earth in a struggle w ith death that lasted velocity almost as great as that of a cannon
but a second. As soon as he had filed the i uu st struck bim and the car by which he
shot Lambert turned open the prostrate W"B standing, sweeping both n distance of
murderer, w ho was about to i ine, and struck (' f yttds. until Duikin and the car collid
him a second time, felling bim to the floor ' r" wit1' " l-ige coal train lying on Ihe
again. He then with a rope furnished him ! level. The scene that ensued b.t files des
bytheold women, bound the vil'ain's hands i cription. The crash was f U iwed lr a
and legs security, in the morning the
avenger norrowed a horse trom the woman,
strapped upon its br.ck the living and dend
murderers, and before nibtf.ill an i veil at
Stottlers' inn. On the foil. iw ing day the
living man was lynched in front of the inn,
ami the two bodies were then consigned to
an unhonored grave. Lambert's compan
ions, craven hearted as tiny bad proven
themselves, were loud in praise of their
daiing leader, wIkk until the day of his
death was a hero in the humble circle of
life in which be was placed.
CiiAc.t;n ttts Minp. A young ivan
whom I know, says a correspondent of a
New York paper, crossed the Chelsea ferry
to Boston one morning, and turned into
Commercial stieet. for his usual glass. As
be ninied out the poison, the landlord's
wife came in and confidentially asked for
five bundled dollars to purchase an elegant
shawl she hud seen. lie drew from his
breast pocket a well-filled pocket book and
counted her out the money. The man
pushed aside the glass untouched, and lay
ing down ten cents, depaitcd in silence.
That very morning bis devoted Chiistian
wife asked him for ten dollars to pinchase
a cheap rloak. that she might attend
church. He crossly told her he hadn't the
money. As he left the saloon be reflected ;
"Here T am helping to pay for a five linn-
died dollar Cashmere shawl for that man's
1 - ,
wije, nut my wue hsks in vain lor a ten
i . . -i , . r .
dollar c'oak. I can't stand this. I have
spent my last dime in diink." When tho
next pay day came that meek, loving wife
was surprised with a beautiful new cloak
from her refoimcd husband. She could
bard'v believe her own eves and ears as he
laid it out on the tabic, saying:
'Th ere.
Lmnm. is a present for you ! I have been
a fool long eitontjb. Forgive mo for the
past, and I will not touch liquor again.
She thiew her aims about bis neck, ami
her hot. tears told her heart felt joy, as she
sobbed : "Charlie, I thank you a thous
and times! I never expected so nice a
cloak. You couldn't have selected a pret
tier one. This seems like other days.
Come, now. I have supper all ready. You
are so gixxl. and I am so happy." The
great, strong, noble fellow couldn't hide
his teais as he related the facts to me. Ho
said it was the happiest hour in teu years
of mariied life.
Coxcfrxino the word "Salt Ti'vor," as
politically applied, we clip the following
from an exchange :
Davy Crockett, tho famous Kentucky
i Congressman, while a Whig candidate, was
! challenged by Ins Democratic opponent to
meet turn on the stntnp in joint disension.
Crockett accepted and tho d.iv and place
were fixed, but Crockett did not appear,
and tbe poople. thinking bim afraid to do
so, rallied for his opponent, and elected him.
It afterwards turned our that Crockett,
who had stnrtrel f"r tho pine in a eanoe
propelled by a negro, bad been landed in
the forest at the bead waters of Salt River,
by his tronelierous guide, who til"" swiftly
p:-dd'ed oft" down the stream. Crockett
was too good a hunter to staive in the wil
derness, but he was totally unable to reach
the appointed place in time, ami gave Hup
nnd with it bis chance of election. Honea
tbo phrase "Up Salt. River," meaning that
a paity is hopelessly defeated.
A Temper nce Przzi.E. Tbo .TefTer
son County J"'trnil furnishes the follow
ing ingenious puzzle :
R
RER
REDEU
REORDER
RE hR TRUER
REDRVMrRDFR
EEDHrMA-MriJIiER
It ED TCP MURDER
R EDRUKDElt
RF-II!DER
RF.nER
RPR
R
Tho secret is to discover bow mny d'f
feicnt ways yon mm rend the wartibn;
words Weil Rum and Wur'ter. Aferyou
think you have the solution crroetly, look
it over again carefully and see if j'o.t are
not at least a thousand out of the way.
"
The chnmpinn schol-ir ha turned up.
Being asked to sign his initials to a docn
' nient. be wanted to km
w rliat Uis'.iels
were." Why, vour name "wing Geo. Gnu Id,
ng Geo. Gould,
see," he said,
yoti want two tin. K)u, l
and wrote "2 Geeze."
XUM15EK 13.
A Thrill i it tj Accident.
A special dispatch fiotn Scranfon to the
New Yoik Ut r.ibl as : The wildest and
most impiobable of .Fules Voi no's "Sc eu
t tie lloininces" coniains nothing norJ
tbinling than an accident that has just or
C.iired at. Dumuore. one of tb i..,.i... . c
this city, a:.d the great shipping outer of
the Pennsylvania Coal Comiin" Tl.
coal trains aie hoist. .) no a kci ..r
! plains over tbe tiiidiilating tn .untains tha t
J intervene between Sci.intoii ;H,.d Iaw(.v
j by a finely regolated an I ad.niiablv equ;'L
j l ed system of luat hii.ci v. -i t l ". i.
i.l i inu ..-sii .!. 1 . . . " " ' I
! tie slopes and ! :..' !cm-U" .....i
I-,. - I Kl lllllll I. ,11 Ul;.,.. ......
r i:ili,,n .v. ... ,1.1.. 1.. : . i ' ' '
..... .ssiine ot mg taken toaveit such
in ..cciciii. ret. occasi.,;,nv. (here is
innaway, and us 1 e.Tll.Min tliCht is on,e-
i miog tori me. 1 1. t,j,, r lit., i ...i.
' I.juivil.,i1 ..T t. ... .. . . 1 , t
'.- " IOUI i:aiS MUCH Willi R.n
. M', 1 . - 1 w
... up me . lane by s Bto nt
wiieropo. and were pit . . .led by a small
truck known as the 'l..il.,i,,e car." Just
they bail reached within a few feet of the
bead house the fastening pave wav. a mo
ment's pause and then the coal train coin
menced its wild career down the mountain
side, striking terror into the hearts of tha
woikmen at the engine bouse an thev saiv
it stieed away. Down, down it .i" i..i
I !, .I-....... - .1 , .
vuth a rush like a whirl-wind rr,;;
, 1 ciouo. oi coal, piec, s of wo d and inm
and m the midst of the dost i uctive tumult
poor (hn kin was torn to pieces. The tne-i
who saw him when he wasrtruek looltd
for bun after the foice of the shock bad
. beer, spent and weie horrified to find hitu
cut, up into fragments, the largest of which.
! weighed not moie than a pound. The
! strength of ti e shock may be imagined
; when I state that heavy car wheels were
filing as liij;h as the car shops, fully a height
: of twenty feet in the air. I he accident,
j which is the first fatal inM.np tl,at has
j ever occui ri d on No. 0 plane, is describe, I
by llu.se who witnessed it as being wildly
' piand when the rushing train descended,
' like a thundei liolf, down the steep track
: The plane is constructed on a grade ofone
, to every three fe. t. Duikin was over six
ty j eaisof age and bad Ik en in the em
ploy of the Pennsylvania Coal Company
; for twenty yeais.
WiTHmiAwixr. Lust i;;.i.v, The Elko
(Nev.) J(J,pt nd, nt tells the following:--.
bile traveling thmugli Arizona in 1S4'.
with an exj.loiiog patty, we made out camp
one evening near a canyon, the totom -f
which was covered w it li tine sands that bad
dnTted fi-fim the ricigl.bonug plains.
bile employ d in arranging our camp, tho
l.otanisi ol the rxju-dit i..n. Dr. P.., wander
ed off a shoit distance in pursuit of plants,
e returned Mini tly and i noted that theie
. 4. I . ....... . . I 1 .
i """'i' m-i i nanu. no was
f . . . . 1 n n ... ... I ... . II.. ,
as
nr. . oituiiiui i, anu iiuiu t s'.iow a si"n
of anxiety :r alarm. In answer to oTir
hasty inonii ics he ie plied that while he was
engaged in examining a toss:! -pfcimeu l.o
heaid a grunt behind bun. and on looking
around discovered an Indian h.. l.u.i
seized bis gun, which had been placed
Ann I...-. . 1 f I ... . ' .
! against a roclc. I he Indian drew a bead
' nun, and in tctaliatioii be drew bis i-e
volver and sighted the Indi an. ii'trestiniT
' at the same time ton aid ihecanvon, which
was close t band. Neither "lir.-l. i n
j leaching the canyon be walked leisurely
into ramp. A party immediately set rut
: to determine ti e M.ssi bdity . f danger, and
discoveud two Indians and a squaw. Af
ter capturing them thev examiiud the vi
cinity in which ihe doctor had met wiili
I. is lemai kab!e ndvei.tuie. They found bis
f.Hitpriiits. which signified a cautious te
trcp.t to tho canyon. But alas! for the
! frai'ty of human nature; his f.Kitpiints in
i the canyon we:e ciht feet apart by meas-
nrenicnt, and not exactly indicative .rtl e
leisurely in inner in which be bad aiv
proached the camp. The d.K tor acknowl
edged the com. and rem.uked hat that
w as aiioiu fs leiMpcly as he ever w ished
to walk under similar circumstances."
I A i:r.M4RKr.t.K incident occurred at
, Blown A: Hall's saw mill, h, Acton, whiie
a pine log was Wing sawed into himlier.
Tho outside slab and cine board had been
cut e-ff. and while the Uoikn.eu were turn
ing over tho log they were surprised to sen
a largo toad poke his head out of a bole in
which be was imbedded, and where be bad
bauly escaped being cut with the saw.
How the stranger got there was a mystery,
ash was completely incased in the "hiukI,
ilh impossible means of ingress or egress.
As the log was the f.umli or fifth from the
butt of the lieo, his jm Kit ion must bavo
Ih-cii at least fifty or sixty feet from tbe
ground, and be had no doubt grown up
j with it from infancy, being probably hun
dreds of ears old. I he annual was quite
flat, and neatly as large h a man's band.
He was peifictly blind, but when taken
from bis bed be made use of bis bmbs to
' craw I away. Tbe tree was pei feclly sound
i with the exception of a decayed spot about
! a foot in length below the hollow place in
j which he was imlieddeil. Mow did he get
there, and what did he live on ? Toronto
( Globe.
Newspapfiis. An exchange sagrlv re
marks : "Weobseive that the greediest
man after a neasp:,er is tbe tine who ia
too mean to subset ibe. He is alwa(. in
waiting for the latest pacr, and it is noi;
two minutes on the owi cr's j teniiscs till
Ihe non-subscrilier piuim- upon it aid
never V . ti'l h No ;.,v js tead, idol
tb p reihaps casts it aside with theiemaik
11 at "he could make a better paper him
self." He can be called the "newspaper
li-1 d, aud there are oti.er like unto him.
i Oi e of these is the chap w ho sieals newti a
i pera from door su ps, lumi y aids and other
- eligible locations, and yet another is bo
i fellow who sul.cril.ea fi- a pa 10- and re--
i fsi'es l. pay for it. Ml nel will Mn-ely
n ap Ibtir reward ami it w ou t be a uico
UliC.