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EHENSI5URG, PA., FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1877.
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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.
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