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EHENSI5URG, PA., FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1877. 11 you THE r AKAINST NATIONAL FRAUD. i. . who was nut cleflcil by the peo . i ,. ri jiMiiirunite'J at Washington Iraiid. we call upon lion- ',' .' i.i J-: to rally t nsret her in n de " . .') ,,. -i-iiT.t etlort lor tlii' corn-o-ui-n wi'oiiir and for the punish ' ;. ftjilty, to lie enforced through the , -j T r:ir upon the riirht of self-jrov-r-t- Ki'i'ii I'lii'nn party and Its present riin.triiy responsible; but the ' - ,i i i.ik -!i office t hroHsrh such moans '. ..'tr ,11 tn.ol.v cxcrcisinir the power of ' riiiii-'it itpmi such authority, are ',' ui.lity limn tiny who entice! veil ";,,.,j this unparalleled political swin- 7-,,. nt PivsiiHnt and bis advisers "' i.i'tkiii t.i forsake the ancient ways - ii ; hi .ir.iti p.-n'.v. n t i lun iks invited a i' in I 'liner Itehel to occupy one .. i import. ml nSlictsin the Cabinet, j.i.iui li the ii. meat punuc sonti .in h by tin Cncstownl of nlliees ,-ii. rim Hi" si stem of I Soverninent , r:i:.r.. .01 nd canals, honinir thus in i-i i"H the work la-triiii in n t - rti.- time, with hj poorilieul I i. I nini.iif the civil si r lee, they :ii.;t '! Northern theorists, to the j i -it crime iti which this Admiu i .muled im.y be ovciljoked unj ..ii'.'Rlplex scheme, US irnin.it the . ii Ii In. in ii in in inati d. we call , ;le to commence mi media tely a .; ke merciless and pert inacboi. en in that tiotii hcirinninir to the N iiull never tie found InuK.ird or i i- h Iv cru.le: mid n't; invite - 1 1 - ill ever quarter to join in 1 he I fi '.i'l- an I renders - n tody rf i.i the fame nuiohor as , w li.ie .-ii iz.-ii-i w no. in N o em. : i f- i S-.miu. I .1. Tihboi tor Hresl . i !. y - iv tmil we slmll continue . n H i- pat. to content for hon i : .i,ii. economy, and justice in -..'.'i.i I Ji 1 1 v o snail still endeavor 'i i ;:.; consult our columns . r. iv.j.le'e, .in. I trustworthy ac , oil i v i Hi -i i I news from i-vpry i i. v ' ne Ir on Washiiiirtoii es- i ? I - u. i 1 con 1 1 ii ue t be t u 1 1, i ; ii i!--. 1 : .,.!; I" X i- cent a mt hi ! h. .i.i"-' ' ii.l ; or. u h the So ii. In j i !! -it. ( ilil pities. ' llolli , is -: ,.e. : -', ! V. eiirht f. in-t, is tl a : in I ri"i'j .i ioii wl.o s ri I -ni -i-i if . r- li ioii imy one pluci ! :o oiie. i,. .,r h'nis.-ll wilh- THr. -fX. New York fity. ?Y0TJ WANT An.'ht To be Itonetlt, 0- it or bnli'. Mi l el.HMili-i" Sold, r.f". ilo..il-ti: pprai.-c-, . - I itn I roj- I.i h Ti :i inn oi nee ; ' ' i !.!-, ll'ii-iiir A.-iis I; i i Jr.'.-s or lin kcrs, I'nit-, : - '. V. I,-. 1 r .Skirt er Kiouticc, A l 'n ! tor riensi', ' ' A h -ii. y Vuiie. A Mu-lin .'lemise, . .- j r -t i 'hi i s.., es, I'.. S. -1: in-. I is : i .:i. i r ;!'. iri.n ; '-. To rnilke klloU'n - ' :! ' . Vour StiM'is ! It -telry. I I ( . OOlj , - ' 1 ! . co.. !'c!i..lstei y, ' ' .!' : I'lellirs. "I . : i : 1 I. I'. Veil I -;mJ. K'.iel. Knack. "i , I -'I HIS. -'.it .ii; ... l.s i eu.lv nnip, I nei eii-e o i h). i -:iN. fi.ke and Wood. Vii i it -, I,- ei nre, ' r tl-,. ir r, :t. Ml Is ,.f Food : '.o ks ,,ii Mi,., ili.vy, 'i' :t. 1 -jii'. A st ri 4 .'. ' ' I 'In: . ; V'.'e i it I. .. Kelie.ty. V oi i.j-w iiie 1' uililici'y, l-'hlk'S, lt..lfs. If ., N.,.,, -!!'-. I'i' -s.Slrrtti-Collars. ! ' ' i Alnoiilin II .liars, I I Ols. s to K.'llt :' I- t re. 'i neillellt, ' i.-ll to l.e Lent, '.t-!i to be Spent, -eet. . ' ''"''".. i.' oiinu Cetnent, 1 r i it. :,, - K' it I the advice, I t bevond price, ' ' " V.'rii u rt below t'. fDVEHTISE fte FEEEMAN ! Wor.n linrsK, KiiKsnf;. 1a. "r ' '""- r :ik n ...sseisi,.n el the well . ' ..m-i. m Kh.'iisbur. which he r.-i ; : , -I, ..,.,., j,, B,M- fijic. and I ' r '.. - ri i u -t ,n ntrjt I riiijn niiiee '.' "'" : -'-ri i. r ': r t'.-sr '-y M.iieiif the - T '' '"'' v'i" M. iy viif the eoutity feat ' r ..:.-iir.. ;i 1 1 hum lie pie dice" ' oi Iti- .,t ..isil.i liiTllltier . ' ' i '--.i !. .r.-". I; .eel lent Ucei.in- . . ,' '"' '"rn'--ie. t.i juni'ii'T Niiirdcrs, , '"f'Tfn .ha:inl urn! rron- II ...' Ii tn-o.-n. I the ln-iitcil term. -. , , is m: i.ii.vh ki. ' - -M'f-1 27. Is77. r.iviNirs. ' K:' "MAKER AMI .T 1-: v r. i.nt. '-,,. , KUK.NSlil Kt, PA , . . "'T.11 tl,p ,,nl.i.: ,f. . . ! " ' :...i:rw.., k;;n - '"V .. , ' '-"i rum ri.-k. ' " n-:V,7- f'- :" H ' 5?. i. ue ibior wester Huntley" '" -M. Is !.-lv. ''o-l-AIN Jlnl-MV - '"I,, ,,,! nttshuvyh St., cJEEnSBURCi PA. Krotit i In-j.iuth entrance , ... He- Cnurt Mouse. JoJiN I't HtTF.R, lHneo. i ll " - i V" -v '" these time?, but ill !"",,: in 1 hr-e luonths' by any 'I.,', ' " "i. In anv pun. of lit eoim- n i i """"Jf "' worn steailliv ni ,. , M '' lu.-nish. You nce.l not v.-r inlit. You can icive ! ,'" """ w"rk. or only your fl-nre -'V'"". """'-"X to try the business. i' i. " ,T,m''- AddreM at nnee, H. - 'rtli.u.i, Mai (:v-iJ..y. ' ! IS(., "evernl li.i.l ..r lt..u VAT I 4i,. "roiiKin from the fsi ; in,-' ' I'T'd to Inrnisn my oust ; 1 ! ; l'er eflered for nl I '.'" 14 cent per lb.; te - per li. ;' ! 4n. ' r 'toiikIh from t he State t h. 1 I'irf.i to tnrnisii m eusteniers in this )pl teak and -is-. JOSEPH fn.TTWAl4l. - Iar"h !ii iw-- J 0 ATM A X, y. P., Vnv- "r"l r. ,"i L K,;KV, j:iien.l)ur7, I'a, " "I.h.i. lOIIIIIIII ' '4-lv, ,7'' r ilair House. iii w .illlillinf on li'B" 1 1 ' M KEIM. K --. A.NII rsl'KOF.IIN, Vsii'i . . . ,Air,r . L'MtKTTl), PA. man a k a mi r i I.iS. j. A, G. BARGAINS ! BARGAINS ! BARGAINS ! Are now fttterltiar to tho pooplo of northern j '.auiuiin a iai c w;pir i u n 1 1 y Kit HfCll re As they nre scllitnr their entire stock of DRY GOODS, KDT10KS, Qrasware, Shoes for Men, Women and Children, AT COST FOR CASH! And many other pond at less than they cost in the city, and will outiniie to so sell un til the entire stock is disposed of. zzr LOOK AT SOME OF THEM PRICES: Printa, son.) fast colors 6 ets. per yard. lb-own M n si ins I roin ri to !t ets. per yard. Alpiiens, Cohcrits. &e., " So to 411 ets. " 'l ickings " 1". to at i ts. " Punt t loths 20 to 'ill ets. " All-Wool I'lissitneres l's. White l'i.)iics, Mtlpe I'llni'ict. " bn-e stripe. .211 to bii cts. Ladies' and Children's ll.e-e. r. in. i.i (lnd 20 ets. per pair. Ladies' nn-1 diibircn's (Moves. 10 to 1.1c. per p'r. ; ( 'lark s ( . N. 1 ti react I cts. per do.cu. V.'it x Thread, for hand fewina, :? ct. " j Shawls Irotn l.lil t.i tidO. i i Will sell you more pins, needles, hair-pins, shoc-l.iccis, e'le.. etc.. tor III ft, than yon ever before obtnined for the Same money. Also, a irreaf varii'ty of other K'X'ds at equally l.nw PR H 'KS. (in and see litem, and learn for your selves, as yn.i will be sure to learn, that money i.ii n tie sit veil ly dealing with them. SmEHSa THAT IE! SSL filCiSH And don't foriret lh.it they have added to their stock a larire assortment of So po i-l oi .orri 1 1 NG K'.r men and lu y, whit.-h they do not propose to s-; at C"Sl. toil pienirc 1 tiemsei ve to nupnw of lit lower rates than wearuur apar(d eiinlly perlcct in make and fahric can tie boiifrht any wbeie else in these parts. Call and examine it no. Is Htid price, and bear in mind that- A. A. DARKER & SON, KIIK.VSIH ltJ, lA. :,m. STATI.MI'XT OF AXTDITOHS' SKTTI.BMEST with the Supervisors of Susquehanna Township. April 21st, 1877: d. W. I.t.ovn. Suiicrviser. 1r. Toammmt l.'oart Tax Ituplieate Tor 1T t'W.H CisU " " '.... 1W1.02 42;..ls; Clt. Hv amount work on roads 27t.S2 3 .M p.ionerntioiis ' land returned order" paid services as Supervisor. 32 days n t l..ri per luy " per o'lHaL'" on cash tax burnin slumps " tax wnrkel by C. T.loyd " work iloiic with team IJ lance due Township 31.60 ah no a ;o ft.no 1..SS S.BS 4US.32 16 86 Disitt.S. MrXxrtTT. Supervisor. Toamounl H..ad Tax implicate tor is. 6. . r -w Clash ... u vt CR. I?y work done nil road I'XIII'i TH I n.iin exonerations ..... M-rviecs as supervisor, 34 days l.:o t l.-.0 per day .' ' V :' ' tim't paid on Seanlati s docket. for (dunk per rentage, en cash tax K.ilanec dnc Township 4. HI) 5.2J 317.71 21.23 We the iinders'frned Audit orsof Snsquehfln roi Township, eertily that the above is a cor rect statement of the settlement with the fcu ier isors of said towi.ship. ' .I..I1N SOMKUV1LL.E, .1 It. STALII. f Auditors. (HAS. W KA K I.F.X. I . . , Attest- Ias. A. I'oktek, 1 wp. ClerK. .f--a..n-j A NNITAL FIXAXCIAIi STATE- Xi MKXT of I5AKK Tivnmiiii School Uistiii. t, ( noil ria Cunty, for the year eiidmjr June 4th. Is. 7: STA TKMKMT (K TAX COLLECTOR. (iros amount id Tax Duplicate. 4i5 25 Heduct exonerations, etc flU Colloelor H commission 20.6 30 0V Sf 4 f4 Ain't paid Treasurer and Orders.. ISalance due Treasurer 231.60 102.95 STATEMENT OF TREASl'RKK. H T Kticw v. A K kb. Treasurer. In account with ' ' Harr Township School Hoard I. To balance from former Treasurer. .. . .. . ." . . ,,. ! ir.on A. Sehnanlc. t'oPr. 2.JI.A9 - ii i ii t. i . i,. -. ' State appropriation. " am t ree d Irotn County Treasurer ,. .. i'iirroll Township...;.. ,, fr use of Sehmil House ?o for elect i.ju purpouei Or. Uy cash Phl Teacheri-' salaried... .615 00 .. - for fnel. etc "Lt Treasurer's commission 14.08 -T72Q..) HaUnce In lavar of TownFhlp 4rr Tt. J. NAdl-K, Prcs't of Hoard Attest-8. H. Patterson, Sec'y, June9'h. 1)7T. we. the undi-rslgrned Auditors of Harr Township, certify that we hare examined the atave stated aoeounts and And t hem to be cor rect. yA2PviH.:(-H ' Aiirtltuti. 6 29.-3t. S. P. KlKSt H, EO M. HEAPE. Attorney-at-Ijaw. V I fhinharr. Pn. Office on Cen freest reet, three dooia Iroiu Hib street. l,t -. -l 14 2 fiO H0.2.r 62.20 6.00 KIT'1IX4 AKOlMt. They were sitting arouut! upon barrels and cliaira, Discnssing their own and their neighbors' a ft'a i rs. Ami the lonk of content that vas seen on each face Seemed to nay "I have fouud my appropri ate place. !" Sitting around. In bar-rooms and eroeeriea calmlv tliev sit And nerenely chew borrowed tobacco and i spit, While the stories they tell and the jokes that they crack Show their hearts hare grown bard and un doubtedly black AVhile sitting around. The 'Viteftr around" is a man of no means, And his face wouldn't pass for a quart of w liite beans, Yet somehow or other contrives to exist, And is frequently seen with a drink in his fist While sitting around. The loungers they toil not, nor yet do they spin, Unless it is yarns while enjoying thir gin. They are people ef leisure, yet often, 'tis true, They a'.Iude to the work they're intending to do While sitting around. They've a habit of talking of other men's wives As they whittle np sticks with their horn handled knives ; They're a scaly old set. and Wherever you go You will find thetu in groups or strung out in a row, Sitting around. JJODOIJS G I Oli LilVK. 1ST KET. IRVINO f,. BEAMAN. John King was sent in haste on an er rand to 1 1 is uncle,', a mile distant. His way led along a well-tuxhlen path across a belt of woods. It was in Western Pennsylvania in the da i k years of Indian wais ; bni the savages IihiI not been seen in that vicinity for some time, so that no danger was feared from the hut on such a short ttip. Indeed, he had passed, over the same road almost every day since his rather moved into the IVesque Isle country, two years before, and had never met anything stranger thau a wild tin key or a deer. John was a brave, athletic boy of four teen, quite noted in the settlement for his punctuality, and as sure to return on time as an express. As he left the door he noticed that it was one o'clock, and said in a jolly tone to his pa ten s : "Now, Tor a race with The shadow; 1 shall bo back he Tore it reaches the two n.aik." So many years ago the pioneers of the borders measured the flight of time by a Rort of snn-diol on the cabin floor. A spot was scleced where, in clear days, the sun shone full through the narrow niudow, and when some olticer having a watch was present, the line of the shadow made at noon by the perpendicular window -casing was ilra wn along the rl air. Then the boms anl half-hours were spaced ofF on either side the noon mark for the forenoon and afternoon. This kind of clock answered very well when the skies were clear, but in cloudy weather a settler's family was sadly adrift on the flood of lime. When the shadow had crept across the two mark, the mother noted it, and said to herself, "For once John is outdone." When half past two was reached she went to the door and looked for him; when the three mark pissed she felt very anxious about him, and called to her husband who was in the field near by. Hut their confidence in the young fellow's ability to take care of himself was such that they waited, though uneasily, until after four, when the father slung his gun across his shoulder and started up the path by which the absentee was expected. Mr. King was a fins specimen of a border man. tall, strong, steady nerved, brave and intelligent. He was an experienced hunter and a successful Indian lighter. IJut now, leaving him, as with a cat-like step and a watchful eye he treads the belt of woods, let ns en with John and discover the cause of his unusual delay. He had done his errand, his aunt had stuffed his pockets with parched corn, and on his return he had reached a certain bend in the paih where he had sat down on a mossy bank to tighten I lie strings of his coarse shoes. Just as the matter was fin ished, noise caused him to look sharply among the trees, when be espied within a few rods, .tinning towards him with up lifted. tomahawk, an exceedingly large In dian. A glance was enough to start the lad to his feet and prompt him to his best speed for safety, iiut the warrior's posi tion was such as to cut him oft" from the path to bin home, or to his uncle's, so that noway wai left him but to strike into the tin trod forest and inn for life. !Ie had gone but a little distance when he heard the steps of his pursuer rapidly overtaking him, and knew that he could not escape by flight. And to aggravate his case, he saw at ibis instant, just before him, a large tree upturned by the roots and lying directly across his. course. His fate seemed sealed ; every instant, he expected to feel the edge of the battle-ax ; and such a horror Lad he of the knife, and of having his scalp stretched on a hoop to dry, that he involuntarily put no his hand to save his head, a fact about which, in after years, ho used to laugh heartily. The tree, towards which desperation impelled the boy's feet, had grown in three parts, and as it fell the largest was uppei most , some six or seven feet liigb, at.d the other two directly underneath like the rails of a fence while the great flake of earth ad hearing to its roots made a cross section of wall two feet thick, a rod long, aud ten or twelve feet high. What a trap! Hut as he came close to it he saw that ib tinea nronrrs, as they lay one under (another,' were far enough apart for him to r .. m . I. a itiuiqiillo rtirt it-iet sup nciween, winvi ...... ......j t in time to dodge a furious but fruitless blow from the tomahawk. The Indian, perceiving that the place was ion small to admit his huge body, swiftly sprang around the root, thinking to ca-ch bis victim on the other side. Hut the keen-eyed lad was too wary for him. Detecting ibe red skin's purpose, like a flash he slipped back between the fallen trees, so that as his bloodthirsty enemy dashed iti sight with a yell, the bar ricade was still between them. At this the savage nfshed Uy the fence, and plac ing his hands on the uppertree, attempted to jump over, but he could not spring so high. Then he tried to craTrl through where John had just gone, but found only room enough for his ugly bead. After a little he turned about, and saying in broken Knglish, "Good-by -me go' way, walked slowly around the root and disap peared. The boy knew, however, that it was only a trick, and kept his eyes aud eats alert against surprise. Immediately he detected the snakish eyes of the savage gleaming at him from among the dry leaves on the ground at the corner of the root on the opposite side of the fence, where the old rascal bad crept in order to watch the youngster unseen. After lying in Ibis position for two or three minutes only his head in sight and that covered with leaves he made another dash around the root. But John was too quick for him, and slipped safely between the logs once more. Failing again, the wicked red-skin re soited to another ruse. He began to par ley, saying : "Me good Injun nie no hurt.. Shake hands !" And lie thrust his band through the barricade. Of course he did not succeed in cheating the little fellow by such a shallow device, and so again changed his tactics. Presenting bis gun he commanded John to surrender or be shot ; but the lad pre ferred to die by a bullet rather than a toma hawk, and so siood his ground. Strangely enough, the Indian did notshoot ; but after looking across the sights of his gun and making fearful faces, he placed the weapon behind a tree some rods away, and resorted to the dodge of parleying once more. "Injun hungry good boy go home get Injun bread." Hut John did not think it best to start for home on such an invitation. The next efl'oit was to kill the lad by throwing his tomahawk at him between the trees; but he miscalculated the space and st nick the weapon against a log, breaking out the handle, which, falling at John's feet, was ;mmedia:ely picked up by him as a means of defense. One of the savage's devices, by which, pcihaps, he meant to frighten his victim, was to place his hideous face at the open ing between the logs, and howl and gnash at him like a wolf. IJut the boy's courage had rallied, aud he began to pelt his enemy with stones and lumps of earth obtained from the upturned soil, giving him many a stinging hit. This so maddened the Indian, that he drew his scalping knife and gave chase for a long time, perhaps thinking to tire the youngster out by constant dinlging. Hut in this plan he was mistaken, Tor a resolute, hard-woik-ing, frontier boy has a vast, fund of endu rance. Once the gleaming knife, thrust bet ween t he logs after him, came near do ing its bloody work ; but John's grit was aroused, and he struck the brutal hand a heavy blow with the tomahawk handle. Hut the many turus and tides, tricks and dodgesof that fearful struggle, can never be related. There ate some scenes too tragi cal for words ; Hesides, the particulars are covered under the drifts of forgetfulness ever heaping above the past. Of course, dming all that terrible after noon, John's thoughts and ryes were con stantly turning in I be direction of his home. He knew that his father would seek him before night, and as the hours wore on he began to look with great anxiety for his coming. He had the common faith of all children in parents, and felt they would not leave him to perish. At length be caught a distant glimpse of a form coming up the path. Oh, how his heart bounded ! With renewed force he began agnin to hurl at his foe everything he could seize, raising such a commotion as lo attract his father's notice, who comprehended the w hole scene at a glance, and stole up within gunshot of the unsuspecting redtnan. The sequel is soon told. The crack of the settler's rifle signaled the Indian's fate. The warriot's weapons and trinkets were taken as trophies ; the gun having a bullet but no pnwdei in its chamber, could not bo tired, thus explaining why he bad not. shot the boy when he had threatened to do so. These trophies are still treasured by the grandchildren of our hero, who are justly proud of such an exploit. In those early times American boys were trained in a school that developed a rugged and noble manhood. Tub Papat. Tiara. The Pope's tiara, like those of most sovereigns, is sumptu ously ornamented with precious ktones and s-irmounted by a diamond of great price and romantic history. Splendid as it is it is far from being the equal of a dosen others that had been worn at the Vatican since the days of Boniface VIII., each of which eclipsed its predecessor in cost and beauty. They were a treasury for a lioniau court, which more than once availed itself of their jewels to discharge its debts so frequent ly, indeed, that in the evil days of Pins VI I. but one gem remained. The papal tiara at the beginning of this century was of card board, with ornaments of paste and glass, save the master diamond. After the Con cordat, in 1801, Napoleon gave the Holy Father the diadem that is still worn. It is valued at :44,0O0 and consists of one emerald, eight rubies and twenty four pearls, w ith a cross of t welve diamonds and pendants of pearls and rubies, the whole fastened to the head of the Pope who, by the way, wears it but rarely with two cords of gold. The tiara was hidden dur ing I he revolution of 1813. The big dia mond once belonged to the crown of the Great Mogul, then was bought by Charles the Bold of Burgundy, whose magnificent tas es led him to take all the precious at ti des which made him the most sumptuous piinceof his time the middle of the fif teenth ccutnry with him when he took the field. At his defeat at the battle of Grandson his treasure, among which were three splendid diamonds, fell into the hands of the Swiss, One, valued ai ?G0O, 000, is now one of the ornaments of the Austrian crown ; auolher, the famous Sancy diamond, became the property of the Freuch crown under Louis XIV., aud after the restoration was sold by the Duchess de Berry to the Dcniidofts. The third was picked up under a chariot by a soldier, who thinking it to be a piece of glass, first tossed it away contemptuously. He subsequent ly picked it np and sold it to a priest for a crown ; the priest sold it for three crowns, and its next possessor obtained for it 5,000 ducats. Finally Pope Julius T I. purchased it for 22,000 ducats, which in the sixteenth century represented a much larger sum than it would now. The sarest remedy against scaudal is to livo it down. A Wonderful Automaton, THE MARVELLOUS MACHINE WHICH FAIRLY EXCELS ALL PREVIOU8 INVENTIONS. From th LontVm Time. Messrs. Maskelyne & Cooke's Zoe, the new writing and sketching automaton at the Egyptian Hall, bears no resemblance whatever to the celebrated aildroids of the Swiss mechanician Le Droz, of the French mechanician Maillardet, and of the great conjuror and subtle inventor Robert Hou din. They were ingenious pieces of clock work and nothing more. Thus Mr. Le Droz' s figure was the size of life. It held in its hand a metallic style, and when a spring was touched, so as to release a de tent, the figure immediately began to draw upon a card of Dutch vellum previously lain under its hand. After the diawing was executed on the first card the automa ton rested, and five other cards being placed in succession, it delineated that number of different subjects. Two of them were like nesses of the King and Queen, and one fea ture of met it consisted in the precision with which the figure lifted up the pencil in its transition from one point of the drawing to another without making the slightest mis take. Maillardet's writing and diawing automaton was the figure of a boy kneeling on one knee and holding a pencil in his hand. The attendant dipped the jiencil in ink and adjusted a small sheet of drawing paper upon a brass tablet, and upon press ing a spring the figure began to write. When the line was finished the hand re turned to dot the i's and cross the t's. It executed beautifully just four pieces of writing in French and English, and also three landscapes, the time occupied being about an hour. Robert Houdin a wot" del ful master of real fcleight of hand, as well as the inventor of various principles for woi king automata and magical appara tus by clectro-niagnets, by concealed levers and other clever devices also const ructed a drawing figure which was remarkable for its life-like imitation of the motions of the arm and hand in using a pencil, and for its faithful and exact execution of minute de tails in sketching and in writing. But in all these pieces of niecliatiic.il apparatus the pa'h tiaversed by the pencil point was guid'id by tracers resting against the peri pheties of slowly revolving ciicular cams, or lather shapeless wheels or bnirels, on which weie made indentations and waving indentations conformable to the lines o? the incline to be drawn on the caid. Now, Mr. Maskelyne's auiotnatoti Zoe. while im itating the motions of an artist's arm with facility holding her crayon in piofessional form, striking a 1 1 ue line across her easel in a masterly manner, promptly carrying her hand from one point of her drawing board to another, carefully yet instantane ously raising her pencil from the pajeraiid tiaiisfei ling it to another point, returning to add touches and inseit omissions, and finally loweiing her arm and hand when a sketch is completed does uot execute merely the particular specimens of w riting, figuring and diawing which she might be constructed and set to do. She executes anything she has a mind to, or, in other words, she can w rite any letters or num bers called for by the audience, aud designs forms and pictures impromptu, accoidmg to ihe ability of the secret operator who must certainly govern her movements. Herein lies the wonder of this new inven tion of the machinist at the Egypt ian Hall. How is it possible that any motion at all, much less the multifarious and complica ted movenienisof the aim and band, wide in range as well as exact in shoit strokes, while describing straight lines in any direc tion, and curves of any tortuous form what ever (to say nothing of the ejes surveying the paper and different parts of the w ork as it proceeds), can lie conveyed to a figure detached and isolated as this is? Mr. Mas kelyne submits to the examination of the audience a small stand or table, having an oblong base or plinth of wood resting on five small knob Teet, also or solid wood, and a single wood pillar supioits the thin table top, which, on its upper sniface, is or silk stuffed like a cushion. This light sand is then placed upon the stage, and is isolated from the floorcloth by flat squares of clear plate glass, fust inspected by the audience, and then, without possibility of substitu tion, lata one under each Toot of the table. Zoe, the model of a young lady in Greek costume (of a more voluminous character than would seem orthodox to Dr. Schlie mann), is fashioned in a sitting attitude, and it she could stand up would be about four and a half feet in stature. She is car ried round for any one to test by her weight the Tact that she is certain lj a hollow doll fitted with light mechanism, aud cannot possibly be an outside shell holding a dimin utive human being wi bin. She is placed sitting uion the stuffed top of the little ta ble, with her back to the audience; an easel, supported by a bracket from the table top, hokis upright before her, and at near ly arm's length, a drawing-board wi h a sheet of white paper about 21 inches long by IS inches broad, and a ciayon is held between her wax finger and thumb by means or a sliding-pencil arrangement, with a small weight which, when the crayon is applied to the paper, maintains a uniform slight pressure sufficient for distinct mark ing. While Psycho is going through his feats of calculation, Zoe records the pro ducts and totals, writing figures about a couple of inches long (though they may be much smaller or much larger at pleasure) with celerity, her facility being particular ly observable in the way she adds the bot tom stroke of a figure 4 or touches off the top stroke of a 3. While Psycho is playing his hand at whist aud ei forming his in scrutable card tricks, Zoe executes various outline sketches, two, on the occasion of our visit, being original and excellent cari cature representations of Lord Beacousficld and 2l r. Gladsloue. TnE mistress of a most disorderly school at Skow began, Maine, lost control of her scholars one day last week, and allowed the nausihty boys to throw wads of paer and balls of clay at the pretty ciils. One of the giils finally "reported" a certain boy who was .mnoyiug her with pot shots from a popgun The timid school mis tress sternly reproved her for tattling in school. The girl returned to her seat, and her prosecutor, resuming military opera tions and tiling at long range across the school room, hit her in the Lice. "If the teacher can't lick you I can," said the pretty girl, and darting across the iiunn she struck him with a big book, dragged hini out of his seat, and beat him until he lay on the floor blubbering and bi ggtug for mercy. Handsomest Woman In France. The Paris correspondent or the New York Tribune, in hi? account of the recent ball in Paris to Don Carlos, says : However, as far as the entertainment it self went, Don Carlos seems to have had more luck than in the Basque m.mntain. His great success was in waltzing with the Duchcsse de Chaulnes, and assuiedly he could have found no lovelier partner. The Duchcsse de Chaulnes (born Princess Gal litziul is a bride of two years' s'and'ng, and just 19. She is, perhaps, a slight degree too tall ; for standing beside Don Carlos, who is a good six feet high, the difference or height struck no one. But being per fectly proportioned and slim and willojvy, the tallness cr the young duchesse is no drawback. Her complexion is of the most exquisite pearly white, now and then faintly lighted up by a pale rose blush ; her large eyes are of the darkest hazel, and a fine, broad, open biiw is crowned by such a mass of pale gold chestnut hair as never was seen on a human head, unless on that of the Empress Elizabeth of Austria. The Duchesse de Chaulnes is not as lovely as the latter, because probably no other born woman ever was or will be. She has not that strange radiance, that sovereign grace, that undefinablo "something" that instant ly compels and proclaims the goddess, the Venus reluctantly surrendered to the sea ; btit though not equal to the absolutely su pernatural Elizabeth of Austria, the fair Duchesse de Chaulnes is by common con sent the handsomest woman in France aud walks a youthful Juno in the woild. Her story is a fairy tale, and has been enough of an "event" to bear recording. The Prince Gallitzin married a French wife and lived in France, exiled by Russia for having turned Catholic. Ho had one daughter, Sophie, who really "came up as a flower," for there was literally less than "no money at all." Meanwhile the old Due de Luyncs had died, leaving his daughter-in-law, the Duchesse de Chevre use, a widow, with two sons. The family descends in a straight line from the famous Connetable do Luyncs, who, under Louis XIII., killed ihe Italian favorite of Marie de Medicis, Concini, and reigned over the young king (future father of IouisXIV.) with absolute sway. Besides this, the Luynes are among the richest families of France. During the war of 1S70 the young Due de Luynes, who had married Ins cousin Volande de Larochefoucanld. and was al ready blessed with two baby boys, was killed at the battle or Patay. There weie widows on all (sides at Hotel de Luynes, and the only'grown man or t he clan was the Due de Chaulnes, who at 23 had also won renown against the Germans. Wiih a large foitune at his command, nice looking if not handsome, gay and ready to enjoy the pleasant things r this earth, the Duchesse tie Chevreuse was de sirous to see her son, Ihe Duo Changes, married and out or harm's way. But he was not seemingly of this mind, and he re sisted the maternal entreaties. One morn ing, however, be announced to his mother that at a ball the night l-efoie be had seen ! his future biide, or that no nio. till woman would he wed. This Juliet was no other than Mile. Sophie Galitzin, the d.iwerless daughter or an exile! Or course, there was an unqualified opposition. But the young couple had the luck to get the Je suits on their side, and it was nuthoiita tively expounded to the Due he ss-tuol her of Chevreuse that the fair Franco-Russian was a eircct!y warranted "mi'vi '," that the Holy Virgin or Lourdes was certain to be her friend, aud that altogether the maniage would bring info the Lujiies Chevreuso family a large amount of j a ron age in paradise, and an unlimited share of the favors of the Church 1 Against this the dowager was unaimed. She yielded and .1 marriage took place, the like of which has never been witnessed in this country in modern times. But the medal had its re verse too. If the ecclesiastical c iininiinily was universally content, the merely secular portion of society was, and lemains to Ibis hour bitterly irate and unfoi giving. In the first place the moiheis whose daugbteis have not married M. de Chaulnes, yet w ho were rich enough It) buy any duke, are leagued together in everla'ting bailed and abuse of the poilionless damsel who has married him, and in the next the entire population of "used up" young paupeis who live in the hopes of being "choseu" by fabulously rich heiiesses do notdisguise their disgust at the Due de Chaulnes and say ojH-nly in theirclubs and clsewheie that he is a traiior and has sHiled the trade: " a gate le tuetlcr." That is the received expression. Nevertheless the youthful duchess walks I reieat it Juno like, over the floor of Parisian salons, looking rathei as though sho knew the enmity Mie excites and repaying it with incoibestib'ie disdain. Gree.ni'.acks. The saviors of the peo ple. Every man and woman in America wants them. The lawyer pleads for them. The preacheis pray for them. The printer sets for them. The farmer plows ami hots for them. The merchant sells his gids foi them. The soldier faces death for them. The Congressman betrays bia constitu ents for them. The Executive vetoes the will of the people for them. The tramp begs for them. Men mortgage their pr ieiiy for them. Thieves lisk their lives to steal them. The hungry starve for the want r them. Business languishes without them, as plants wither for the want of rain. They keep the labor of the country cm ployed. - They develop the resources of the nation and make the waste places blossom. They keep death at bay, and diive want from the d.or of labor. They strew the earth with the floweisor paiaili-se. ami draw prayuisor thanksgiving from stony hearts. Tbev f. ed the hnngry. clothe the nakd. administer to the hick and afflicted, and ! const itu e the most potent agent ever de i vised to pr.itnote jieace oa cailh and gooo will among men. j They aie the cheapest, safes', mos' reli 1 able ;nd most uuifoi m med in in of exchange ever adopted, and white they weie in suf ficient quantity the country enjoyed a de gree of prosperity never bef jre known. Now the golden-throated mule with bis tail sticking out an straight a a pump han dle, and his breath as s veet as new mown hay, humps his back and sins bis hummer sung. A Plucky Woman's 1'cat. AFTER TWO BCKI.Y (MWAKlis JI'MPEH STOPS A III. X AWAY TEAM. ens j On the stage route between Ellonville and Summitville, X. V., is a long, steep hill known as Budd's Hill. As the stage, containing Mis. Jane Hollingswortb and two small children, William Biani and James Iow, the driver, had just begun tlia descent of the hill the pole sliped through the neck-yoke and the stage ran heavily against the hoises' heels. They at once started at a furious rate down Mie bill. ; The driver dropjK-d Ihe reins and jumped from the stage to the roadside. Bram, who ! occupied the seat with Iow, sprattgout at ' the same time. Mrs. Ho"it'.gswoith and ' her two children occupied the rear seat in ! the stage, and there was no possible way for her to escape.from it, if she had thought it w ise to do so. Seeing herself and chil- dien left to their rate by the men, she de j tei mined to make a desperate efl'oi t to save j their lives, iT possible; although with the , team plunging madly down the steep lie I clivity, w ithout rest i aim or guidance -f a I driver, and the coach swaying from side t side threatening momentarily to be cap i sized down the high bank on the lawn side, I the chances for escajx' rrom death seeimd slim indeed. Mrs. Holling-worth clam bered over the three hiah backed seats 1 i tweeti her and ihe di iter's box, first quiot 1 ing her children, who were screaming in tenor, with the assurance that she would save them. Reaching I he di lvei's seat she was compelled to climb over the dash boa id t" ihe tongue of the coach, between the two frantic louses to g.tin possession of the reins which bad apparently been flung lover the horses' barks by the cowaidly and terror-stricken driver. Mr. If. Tah nian, or Midilletown, who was driving np the bill, saw the stage team dashing over towards him, just as Mrs. HollingswoitU had secured the lines and was climbing back to the di ivei "s seat. Tal'.muti says she was as pale as death, but clutched the lines firmly as the M.igc dashed by bis wagon. He says he expected to see the coach hulled over the bank at the turn in Ihe road l-low, but the courageous woman by most miracu lous stiength succeeded in pulling the horses close along the bae of the hill ti tho upper side and lounded the curve in safety. Tallman and others who had wit nessed the thrilling scene, hurried after the flying stage. Tbv.vca.tpe in sight of it, and saw the hoises pulled ski'TuIly against the hill by Mrs. Hollingsr.oi until tha Tiny of their career was broken, and iheti were adroiily turned olf at a level place in the" road and brought tip against a fence, wheie, after several inefi'enual plunges to free themselves fmm the obstacle, they came to a standstill. When the men came up the biave woman was still holding the lines but was unconscious. Whcje the lines had lieen wrapped about her bands they had almost buiied themselves beneath the flesh, and blood streamed f:oni the ugly gashes they made. 1 he chi'dieu weie Mid eroucLing in tenor in one c iiier vf the coach, l.icked in each other's arms. There was not a scratch on the hoises. not a break in the hal ness, not the slightest inj uy done to the coach. Mrs, Ilolhngsvi oi th w as at once taken to the neatest lionsj and given the best or caie. She soon rtcoveied, and in an hour or so had the strength and tim to proceed "ii her j uin;y in the sane coach and behind the same hoises which, she had bad so tei i ible an exj-fu ience. She says she never expected to see her children again Alien she left them to attempt the control of the team. Her bravely and prowess made her a heroine, and the crowd that had been drawn to the scene gave her tlnee hearty cheers when the a age finally drove on with her and her children. Mrs. llollinirswoi ih is aWul thirty yens old, aud of a slight frame. Low, Ihe diiver, rind Brain, the passen ger, were both badly l.ui! by their coward ly jumps but their iujuiies did not save Ibctn f rom the scoiu and iudignaliou of tho populace. Conch-Fhem. Bit tons. It was possibly dining his stay in New Vork in 17itl that Washington began to wear on his coat the c mcli-shcil buttons now in p:ssesion of Captain Lewis's daughter. Anew fashion in dress, introduced by a president, is worthy of recoid, especially w lieu theie is an iijtei-estii'g s'oiy couiu-eted with it. This story, related by Robert Lewis illus trates two stnkingly rharactci istic tiaits of Washington generosity and economy. A needy sailor v.ilh it wheelbarrow of fhells accosted Ihe General on the street, and, holding np a number of conch sheils in.ploicd him to buy '.hem. Washington listened w ith synipatliy to the story of his sufferings aud want, and kindly leplied that be would buy theni if he coti!d in any way make use of litem. Necessity ocrl.ap sharpened Ihe sailor's wits and he prompt ly suggest! d that I hey would make lovely buttons: for his vi lvci cont. The Gctieial doubtless smiled at the ingeni ns pioosal, but agreed to try them. Cauying bom his ocean treasure of pink kIm-H, tie sent for a but ton-maker lo know if ue could inanuf.tctuie a useful ail tele- out of tho pretty plaything with which be round bttn-4-if ei'Cumliercd. The woiktnan le pbed he could make the buttons if be could liud aii insi i utuvlil shain rm-uh to pieice them. Washington would have nothing useless alxiut him ; and so Ihe shells were dcliwird to Ihe niauufactuier, who indue lime retuiiK'd them to htm in the shape of c iticave buttons, a little Iai ger than a quar ter of a doll. u. wi h a silver drop in the center hiding the spot where the eye w fastened lieueath. The Pi evident then as tonished the lepnblicau con it b apeatiiig in a coat with pink cotich-sheii buttons spai kling on its dai k v lvet stti face. Eigh ty years ago, it seems fashion ruled in the hearts, or over Ihe costumes of men aud women just as it d'H-s now for Cap'aiu Lewis treats test imony that couc'u-shtll but tons imiucdi telv lx came the rage. The i shell vendeis' nod but toil inakeis' fort noes weie made by the Geneml's passion f(,r utilizing evemhmg that c.ime into his sih i scsa.oi!, ScrHttKr J'ur J '. TlIK latest tli t rr in d"ll is a voneg l.dy i f tinted wax, wins ulcii wound up and given a high chaii at I In- Libit-. I -! ins nt her arms seizes a piece of hiead ma slow ly puts it in her mouth. When she I as done this a cci tain number of tine's, p necessary ' ojh'ii bf-r luck, lem.oe .he food, and "if.(! her up auain. Djsppptics wili prdjaMv yearn fr mi simple joid ea-y a metli.d of escaping ihe Loiiuik if indigestion. s
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