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VOLUME XIII.
EBENSBTJIIG, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1879.
NUMBER 33.
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Important Announcement!
JOHN WAjSTAMAKEE,
GRAXD DEPOT,
Thirteenth Street, - - Philadelphia.
rjll IK lnrpo inoreano of our 1iinf5 thnn far- tliis year makes
it necesfttry to
ENLARGE OUR PREMISES.
We hare been cramped and crowded all the season In pome of our Department, and our only
alternative Is to make some Important altcrntlons and additions to give us the needed room.
The only time to do this is during August and September, the dullest periods of the year.
To allow the builders to iret on rapidly with the work, some of our (roods must bo removed
or sold. To save expense i or removing certain stocks, to prevent loss and depreciation from dust
during the alteration, we have concluded to offer mimy of our iroods at or about cost.
The whole of ourstM.'k will be found to be marked very, very low.
THE GREAT ALTERATION SALE
COMMKNCKS IMMKDIATKLY.
Our prices are always at the very lowet point, and at this time, when (roods are advancing
In prlco, we should not press our stock to sale but to iret the (roods out of the way of the
EXTENSIVE ALTERATIONS
And Improvements to be made to the Orand Depot.
It Is unnecessary to say that the nualiticn of our foods are the best. We do not mean to
lose reputation by seUinjr poor or Imperfect goods. The well-known rules of Exehontre and lie
turn Money observed by the Orand Depot lully protect our customers, and. besides, in building
up this great business, we are very careful to keep good faith with our patrons who aro depend
ing on us.
"VVe onlyadd that It will be to the interest of the people in city or country to buy during this
GREAT ALTERATION SALE.
Silks, Dre Uoods, Trimrainirs, and everything In Ladies' and (lentlemcn'e Wear, whether
in lftrjre or small quantities, promptly lorwarded by mall or express and exactly as ordered ;
but even then, il not as expected, cheerfully exchanged or the money refunded. Write a postaj
card, specifying what you desire, and samples, with full instructions (ororderlng. will be mailed
you. postage paid, without any obligation to purchase if prices are not satisfactory. For Imme
diate attention, addrcrs MAIL DEPARTMENT YOH SAMPLES AND SflTLlES.
CilVTN'l) DEPOT,
Thirteenth Street, Market and Chestnut,
REAL FIRST-CLASS CLOTHING
WANAMAKER & BROWN.
I'lio tliongt ful and ili.-sc"iiiiiitir1 ilia Dortiori of the pnUlic who
li rchase
READY-MADE CLOTHING
Villee witheven lint 1 i i t lo -oiii1ei-rt ion t h.it thoold houseof
imainaker A- lirown ii-i in : iiowition to ei'v-o suporior
sicl vant mz i itM patronw. M'Deo advantajeH
t-otiisit in Mipplyina kom1h th.it are
lii-.-jf 1 'l-opei-lv 3rlo TJ.
ecoiiclIXjiteiiJil Slivtinlceii.
miii-llCxcollnt. in Iit-
'The cut and litiisli of our Men'n :m 1 I Joys' Clot hing; isofachnr-
acler to outrank the
ORDINAHY CUSTOM WORK.
We found out long aifo t. j- actual evprr!cn'-e that irarmcnts bought up from the Wholesale Stocks
are by no means so reliablo :ia thise made up under our nwn p"rin:il supen ision.
'Neither will the cut an-1 general srvle (after weariiig) bear a comparison
to our own careful make, liy making our own g.Kiils the
PllODTJCEli AND CONSUMER
Are brought in direot contact, and as a ennscciuenee the latter reap no small advantage.
BOYS' FEil YOUTHS' CLOTHING.
TliN form" a verv considerable portion of our business, nnd we are atified that we can con
vince any one that wealwavs ofler the Hanilomest and Hest-'lni-hed (Joods known to the trado.
LOW PRICES
!). n"t alwavs mean good value. On this head we shall only say that when Style and U"ality
are taken into account, we are not. under any circumstances, ever undersold, and seldom are
the prices to which dealers fall as low as our first and only one tixed price to everybody,
OUR STOCK IS
Especially in thin icoods, suited to the present weather. Inviting a visit and recommendations
from our friends.
"We lU'inain, Very llexpeetfully.
WAN AM A K Ell & BROWN,
The Largest Clothing House in America,
O -A.lv: IIVIl., - SHxtH ami Market,
TIIK
PITTSBURG- EXPOSITION"
Will open nt their Bnildln and Grnnnds In the City of Allegheny,
TIIUKSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1879,
And r o 11 1 1 ii n r oprn, nay unit Erfalnt, fnndayiexrepld, nafll
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11th, 1879.
dreater Attractions (hit year than any prevloat one. A perfect reflex ef the
ARTS, INDUSTRY, CULTURE AND SCIENCE
Will be displayed with a prodigality never before attempted in the city.
XBW AAO HTAHTLIXG ATl'RACTIOXSI
THE CCLOSNtl, JI AM MOTH, or Siberian Elephant, standing 19 feet high and 21 rot in
length : together with an immense collect inn of Wild Itet and Skeletons. Minerals and Fossils, have,
been secured at enormous expense irom the Museum of rior. Ward, at Kochc-ter. N. Y.
Prof. EO. It. ROnnT.I.I the Ean om American Traveler, will give Illustrations eneb
evening showmar the beauties ot Kump-an and American cenerv. the mi.'! t'-imons statuary of the t ld
World, rival :i - ti e w "ii lr is beauties f nature, and the splendor of nations In great Taricfy.
'lt nM tltni N Mff, ''ham! i .m Shot ':m ar.l Rifle shots ot the World, will sho.it fdav
and ev'nira) fn.ni Ski-tkubct lth to OcroTtai -in.l. A UKAMi SHOOTINO TOfBNAJl ENT f.-T
I'nzes previous to and alter the engagement 'apt. B -a'.irdiis A Son.
A gnarter Mile IUcjcle Trafk on the enlarged grounds has been constructed for daily
tournament, and r-ices.
The I leclrle I.isht will illunrinate Floral Hall and the Grounds each evening.
The (;rrat Western riRliteenth Itelment ftnnd will play day and evenins.
Ilnrnl Hall trans formed Into a fairy-like arotto. with ea?-ado, geysers, and alpine scenery,
planted with the r.ir. t ol t'.owers and c-"tics. toriuing an enchanting scone.
The UnllilliiRa tilled to overflowing with Exhibits, snrpassinir anything of the kind ever f eon
in ritul'iirjr.
A DEl'AKTMI'.NT OF I'IJ1UIC COMFORT,
T'nder the management of a popular caterer, will supply at jiopular prices any refreshments that may
be desired.
KXcuiisioN- n at i :s.
The u,.inager of the rarimis Kail nad centreing in I'itt"irg. apiireciaf inz the gTsnd work of the
Ex x. -m Ion S-oetv. have ma.le I'NrHH'KbKNTKU " N' 'FSlt N.S In the reduction of fare, for ex
cnruns, the particulars of whlcu will herealtcr be announced.
(Jen era I Admission to the Exhibition, -CJiildren
le.s than twelve years of age, -
E. I". t it'Ni I, (Sen l M uir.-s. J. C. rATTF.KSON,
. A. I'AKKF, AsVt Mavackr. SxcfiFT AltT.
t'ity- Office, f uM'iuania anlc liuibliiip-, Voocl Street, I 'itt-sliurg:, I'a.
ENORMOUS,
THIRD
1879.
2,5 Cents,
IS Cents.
THE C'AMHIIATE.
"Fathor, wlio travels our road so Into;?"
"IIusli, tnv child ! 'tis the candidate !"
Fit example of hitman woes,
F.arly he conies and late he ernes !
He preets the woman with courtly grace ;
He kisses the baby's ditty face ;
ITe calls to the fence the farmer at work ;
He bores the merchant, he bores the clerk ;
The blacksmith, while his anvil rinjrs.
He erects and this is the soikj he sings :
"Howdy, howdy, how d'ye do?
JIow is your wife and how are you ?
Ah, it fits my fist as no other can,
The horny liand of the workinsiuan."
"Husband, who is that at the crate ?"
"Hide, my love, it's the candidate?"
"Husband, why can't he work like you t
Has he nothing at all at home to do ?"
"My dear, whenever a man is down,
Xo cash at home and no credit in town,'"
Too plain to preach and too proud to beg,
Too timid to rob and too lazy to die.
Then over his horse his lec;s he Mines.
And to the dear people this song he sings :
"Howdy, howdv how d'ye do?
How is jour wire and how are you ?
Ah, it fits my fist as no other can.
The horny hand of the workingman."
Brothers, who work early and late,
Ask these things of the candidate :
What is his record ? How does it stand
At home? Xo matter about his hand,
He it hard or soft, so it is not prone
To close over money not his own.
Has lie in view no thieving plan ?
Is he honest and capable? he's your man 1
Cheer such a man till the welkin rings !
Join in the chorus which he sings :
"Howdy, howdy, how d'ye do?
How is your wife and how are you?
Ah, it fits my fist as no other can,
The honest hand of the workingman ."'
THE LEFT HAND.
The murder of Dr. Ilunston, of West
Bench, England, in IS.i, presented
some very unusual points of circum
stantial evidence. Dr. Ilunston was a
physician and naturalist, anil was
wealthy. He lived alone, and was of
somewhat miserly habits. lie had an
illegitimate son, whom he had brought
up with care, and who was apparently a
worthy vouth. Dr. Ilunston "s house
stood in the suburbs of the rural town,
with trees around it. Very near to it
was the residence of a lawyer named
Terwhit. Dr. Ilunston was originally
a very successful surgeon in London",
but during an autopsy he cut his right
hand with an operating knife, and to
prevent fatal consequences immediattly
submitted to the amputation of t he arm".
The dwelling occupied by the doctor
had been purchased many years ln-fore
the date of the crime to lie narrated.
Erom time to time he added to it until
it was a peculiar structure. In a wing,
reached by livo steps from the parlor,
was the doctor's lwdroo?n : beyond that
was his workshop, and beyond that
again, is an odd angle, his study. Jam
med into what appeared a passage just
begun and left unfinished, was the desk
in which the doctor alwayskept a quan
tity of loose cash and some old jewels of
great value, heirlooms of the Huston
family, from wnich he was descended. 1
A coachman, a gardener, and a groom i
lived in the yard right below the win- !
dows of the doctor's apartments, and he
was in the habit of saying that they :
gave ample protection to the dwelling;
in that direction. In his workshop
A LARGE BLOOD MASTIKK
always slept, and the windows of the !
parlor were supplied with strong shut- 1
ters, carefully closed every night. '
"When lawyer Terwhit joked with Dr. '
Ilunston about his chances of being ,
robbed he was wont to laugh and say ;
that it would require ery expert ;
thieves to get an entrance, or, having
got an entrance, to get out again safe
anl sound. J
It was the l."th of August, l-2.'5. !
Young Ilunston had returned from col- i
lege and gone to London for a visit to '
friends. Lawyer Terwhit had sat with
the doctor until '. o'clock. Then the
latter saw that his .servant closed up
the house, and soon afterward retired. :
Dr. Ilunston was an early riser, and i
when he failed to Ik? stirring at eight i
o'clock next morning, surprise was ex- i
cited among the domestics. liy ti :
o'clock they wtre alarmed, and by It)
o'clock resolved to send for lawyer Ter- i
whit and ask his advice. The lawyer
suggested the forcing of the door lead-
ing from the parlor to the bedroom of j
the doctor. This was done and the
lawyer and the domestics entered.
A DREADFUL SPECTACLE
was disclosed. Dr. Ilunston lay on the
bod in his night clothes. His arm was '
thrown out so as to hang out over the
side of the lied. His head lay over the
bolster, and his throat was cut from ear
to ear. An ordinary kitchen knife,
sharjH'neil like a razor, lay on the left
side of the Vied, and in the bolster on the j
same side was a gash. The doors thro1
the work-room into the doctor's room !
were oien. The dog lay jieacefully
sleeping. The desk in the study had j
been
RANSACKED OK EVERYTHING
of any value. There had been difficulty
in opening it. ami the person forcing
the lock had worked on the right side
of the desk as it stood, for there were
marks on the wall showing where lie
had rubbed off the whitewash. The
windows of all the rooms were examin
ed. All were fastened except one in
the workshop. Of this the cords had
been broken, for when the broken sash
was raised it fell with a crash.
Kight below this window was a (lower
led. In the soft mold there were
prints of a man's knees and of his left
hand. There were also marks as tho"
his toes had struck the soil. The ser
vant men who slept near the spot had
heard no noise in the night except
w hat sounded like the banging of a shut
ter, and as there was wind they thought
nothing of that.
Lawyer Terwhit was a very shrewd
man and a very clever criminal exiert.
The authorities were duly notified of
the dreadful crime which had been per
petrated, and measures were taken to
find a clew to the guilty person or per
sons. The motive was clearly plunder.
The perpetrator or perietrators know
that the doctor kept valuables in his
apartments. It would seem as though
they knew where there was a defect ive
window. The joints presented in the
case were numerous and pregnant :
THE I'OINTS IN THE CASE.
1. There was no possible means of ac
cess to the apartments of the doctor ex
cept by the window already spoken of.
That this had lieen used was evident.
It was twelve feet from the ground.
There were marks of feet on the coping
just Ik-Iow, as though some one had
walked along it from the corner, cling
ing to the windows, on purpose to avoid
leaving traces. Ininiediatley IkIow in
the soil there were n marks of feet,
and no impression of any sort other than
those already mentioned, namely: the
marks of the knees, the toes, and the
left hand. These, it was very clear,
had been made by a person in falling,
and were turned away from the window,
the toe-mark being nearest and the
Landmarks being furthest off. These
impressions were evidently made by the
murderer in his descent from the "win
dow. The bottom of the window-sash
showed on it stains of blood, w ith pie
ces of skin adhering. How had the
blood and skin come there ?
2. The throat of the doctor had been
cut as the murderer stood at his left
side. The knife was clearly drawn
from right to left, and hence the gash
in the bolster on the left side. The
position of the knife on the left side of
the bod, where the assassin had drojv
iH-d it, also proved, that he stood on
that side when he penetrated the deed.
.'. On the soil outside of the window
there were impressions of his knees,
two toes, and the left hand only. The
Ierson forcing the lock of the desk had
leaned against the right wall, and evi
dently worked with his left hand. The
person who wielded the fatal knife had
used the left hand, for the wound
slanted upward from the edge, and was
made from the left side. If made from
the left side with the right hand it
would either have leen straight down or
inclined from the entrance of the knife
downward. A moment's thought will
show the justness of this reasoning.
4. Was the ierietrator left-handed V
He might have been ; but in that case
why did he not fall on the right hand
as well as the left in descending, or
rather falling, from the window.
". Had the murderer only one hand,
and that the left ? That seemed to Ik?
the fact, and then the remarkable coin
cidence presented itself of a man with
only the left arm being murdered by
a man with only the left arm.
". Were the doir and the mnrderi-r old
friends. If thev were, the
savage j
1 least's quietness was accounted for,
THE SrsrECTED SAILOR.
Wisbeach is on the Wash, a small
arm of the sea, and does a small coast
trade. Seafaring men live there. Half
a mile from Dr. Huston's residencelived
one Joseph Ilarrell, an old man-of-war's
man. He lost the right arm by the ex
plosion of a gun when tiring a salute,
and had received his discharge. He was
in middle life, and the head of ii'gangof i
smugglers who frequented the Norfolk !
coast. lie was a pretty hard character, j
Suspicion fell on this man for having
killed Dr. Huston from the fact of his j
having only the left arm. He was ac-j
tually arrested ami examined as to his !
wherealionts on the night of the murder.
It was so clearly proved that he was J
elsewhe re that all suspicion faded away, j
Lawyer Terwhit found himself oxecu- '
tor of the dead man's will, and proceed
ed to settle the estate. All the proper- i
ty. with the exception of a few trilling
legaci'-s, was bequeathed to James Ilun
ston, the doctor's illegitimate son. '
This young man was notified of his.
father's sudden end, and he hastened
down to Wisbea'-h. He had recently i
had a fail from a hor.:e, and sprained his
right hand, which he carried in a sling. I
lie did not stay af his late father's resi-
donee, but at a hotel, and as soon as
possible settled all the affairs of the os- j
tate which needed his presence, and re- ;
turned to London. lie listened to all
theories as to the perpetration of the
crime with deep attention, and only
made one remark. When the circum
stance of there having been found the
marks of two knees and ten toes, and of
only one hand, was mentioned, young
Ilunston said :
"Is is not just possible that those
marks were made by rny father himself?
He might have fi'llen, for you know he
was fond of going among the tlower beds
and examining the leaves, and beetles,
and worms, and such like."1
This set Lawyer Terwhit to thinking.
The doctor was a proverbially careless
man in his at tire, and if he had fallen on
the damp soil, as suggested, his clothes
would show it. They were examined,
but there was nothing to indicate that
such an accident had happened. Hut
the lawyer had suddenly acquired a the
ory of ids own, and he resolved to see
whither it led.
AVATCHED.
When young Ilunston quitted Wis
beach he went to l'cterboro to await the
London coach, for the time, be it re-memlK-red,
was before railroads. The
morning following, the coach started,
with ilunston on the lox seat near the
driver. On one of the rear seats sat a
well-to-do farmer, comfortably but plain
ly dressed. When the coach reached
London the fanner hurried away, but
not for far. Once outside the precincts
of the old "Bull and Mouth,"" on Hol
born, where the coach stopped, he turn
ed and jiosted himself in a doorway.
Soon voting Ilunston came out, ami was
about to enter a cab which had been ;
called for him. Suddenly a thought :
seemed to stir Hie farmer, and he moved ;
toward the cab into which Ilunston was ,
in the act of stepping. .
In those days the number was placed
conspicuously on the outside with the ,
license, and "the farmer had no trouble j
in ascertaining it. Then he inquired (
from the people, in the hotel where the ;
cab was usually found, and later in the j
day sought the stable. The driver's j
memory lK'ing aided by a donation, he )
told the farmer whither he had driven ;
Ilunston. j
"Drive me there, too," the farmer
said, and in a minute he was on his w ay j
to the famous hostlery, the (J olden !
Cross, at Charing Cross,
A CONVERSATION. !
Once lodged there the farmer seemed
to be comfortable. He met the landlady
in her quiet little bar parlor, and in a ,
few days was a favorite. j
"That seems a nice, quiet youth." the i
farmer said, as Ilunston passed the bar j
window. 1
Yes, very." the landlady replied
'Where does he keep his horses
the
farmer inquired.
"Horses?" the landlady replied : "I
never knew he had any."'
"Oh ! I thought you said or it might
be somebody else that he fell from his
horse and sprained or broke his Avrist."
the farmer said.
"That is the first word I have heard
about it," the landlady answered.
"Still it might be so. for he was absent
for a day or two, and returned with his
hand in a sling, as yon see."
"It must Ik? painful and awkward for
a voting lellow like that to haA-e to go
low like that to have to go
around in that way." the farmer re
marked. "It is better than having to lose the
hand," the landlady replied ; "at one
time Dr. A rdoble thought amputation
would I e necessary, as many of the small
Ixmes were broken."'
"Clever man, Dr. A rdoble V" the
farmer asked.
"So they say," Avas the reply.
"Vou .-co," the farmer said. "I've got
a little tiouble 1 waut to cc-uouil a duc-
tor alxnit, and I would as lief go to him
as another."
"Here is his address," the landlady
said, handing the farmer a slip of paper.
An hour later, the farmer was at Dr.
Ardoble's residence, and closeted with
that gentleman.
"Iam executor of the will of Huns
ton's father,"' the farmer said, after
some introductory matters, "and wish
to know beyond doubt whether you can
save the young man's hand."
"I've little doubt of it now," the
doctor replied ; "though at one time I
was in fear."
"Have you any idea how he injured
it ?" the farmer inquired.
"None at all," was the answer ; "he
did not say and I did not care to ask.
Evidently some great weight lias fallen
on it and crushed it."'
'.Such as a heavy old-fashioned w:n
dow4sash V" the farmer asked.
"That's the very kind of a thing that
would do it," the doctor said.
When Lawyer Terwhit for he will lie
recognized in the farmer got outside,
he looked up to the sky and gave a great
sigh and a sob.
"My God !" lie exclaimed, half aloud,
"to think the bastard he had tended so
lovingly should have done it !"
When the farmer returned to the (iol
den Cross he was accompanied by two
strong men. They stayed below and
chewed straws while he went up stairs
and spoke to the landlady.
"Madam,'' lie said, "my name is Ter
whit, and I am a lawyer. 1 c ame here
to find the murderer of my friend and
neighlmr, Dr. Ilunston, the father of
the young man whom vou know. I have
i found him."
"Gracious goodness I" the landlady
exclaimed. "Vou have found him !
and who is he ?"
ARRESTED.
"Send for Mr. Ilunston," the farmer
said, "and I will announce it in his
presence."
Ilunston speedily attended the sum
mons, and found himself confronting
the farmer and two men chewing straws.
'Mr. Ilunston." said the farmer, "if
you look nearer I think you will know
me, though my side w hiskers have been
shaved off.
"Why, I declare," Ilunston said.
i
"it's Mr. Terwhit!"'
Ilunston held out his left hand, but
Lawyer Terwhit pushed it aside saying:
"No, sir. Vou are charged with the
murder of your father, and these men
are here to arrest you. "
1 1 unston's face changed to purple,
and he endeavored to draw a pistol from
his breast jacket. Having only his left
hand he was not export enough to do
what he purHsel, and in an instant he
was in the grasp of the officers.
The young man's guilt was now all
too apparent. He resolutely denied
everything. In the lirst place it was
proved that for some time he had lived
extravagantly at Cambridge and run
ir.to debt. lie had kept a mistress w ho
had drawn largely on his resources, and
his gambling proclivities had led him
into other difficulties.
IDENTIFIED.
It was shown that on the morning of
August ISth a person answering his
description, though evidently disguised,
had come down to Norwich by the Lon
don coach. A blacksmith, whose forge
was aVuit half a mile from Dr. Iluns
ton s residence, saw a young man pass
his place about o'clock in the evening.
On the blacksmith and the driver of the
Norwich ooaeli. comparing notes, no
doubt was left that the man who came
down from London and the man seen
by the blacksmith were identical. Then
there was the wounded hand. When it
came to be a question of importance,
Ilunston refused to say how ho injured
his hand. It was clear, however, that
on ojx'ningthe sash from which he had
probably removed the catch a month
before when meditating the crime he
placed his right hand on the sill. The i
sash fell, and hence the injured hand.
In spite of his frightful wound, how
ever, he wont on with the bloody work.
No doubt he tied up the hand nnd then
worked with the left. This
CLEARED IT THE DIKFKTLTY,
and accountt d for the left hand lioing
used to cut the throat and open the
lock, and also for the impression of the !
left hand only in the soil outside the ,
window. The voice of young Ilunston j
had probably pacified the dog before the l
window fell. He and the dog had been
playmates for years, and the dog was '
not given to suspect wrong when his old
friend was alnmt. To complete the !
chain of circumstantial evidence, some
of the missing jewelry was found in pos
session of a man to whom young Iluns
ton sold it.
Ilunston swore positively that his
father gave him the jewelry on his last
visit home, but Terwhit swore with
equal clearness that he saw it in the
doctor's hands the very day before the
murder, when he wassearohing his desk
for a fruit-knife.
Ilunston was convicted of the murder,
and hanged at Norwich.
Love in a Cottaoe. A woman who
Avrites from exiK-rience draws this pic
ture of love in a cottage on a small in
come :
"A few months of rase and comfort, then
they begin to realize they are saving vcry
littfe. 'Retrenchment begins : they move
into a smaller house; perhaps illness comes ;
the little money laid by goes for drugs,
and other com forts have to be sacrificed to
pay the doctor's biil -. little helpless lives
come calling for attention. The young iikh
ther who could easily attend to her domestic
affairs before now finds all her time taken
up with baby. Duties that came easy then
are irksome" now, but they must be gone
through xvith, though the head ach.es and the
limbs are weary, for a servant cannot be af
forded. The husband, too, may have had.
i his dreams of making life pleasant for the
i woman
of his choice,
and f find himself
straining
every nerve
to make both ends
manhood eric? out
; meet : tuid, though hi
against tae eternal grind oi urudgery lie lias
o witness, he is powerless to avert it. So
theA" slave nnd slave, tasting little of lib
comfort. Do vou think 1 ant
overdrawing
i the picture" 1 would I were, for tin
! of some I know, and thousands I d
sake
not.
I Lives of sacrifice are not easy ones to live,
i and though Ave may in rll good faith think
we could live them, and not be unhappy, few
I of us are the heroines we think we are, when
I tho test is applied. Living on 'bread, cheese
I and kisses' reads Avell in romance, but the
j r
alii v is not pleasant. For life, even at its
,M
best has its cares, and husband and wife of
ten encounter trouble that require all the
love and respect they have for one another
to surmount them."
Wise rn Otherwise. The wild oats of
youth change into the briers of manhood.
No one is ever fatigued after the exercise
of forbearance.
Kindness is the golden chain by Avhich so
ciety is bound together.
Let us always he cheerful : if life is a bur
den let it be a burden of song.
A houe without newspapers ami book- is
like a hou-e ivithout windows.
A LOST STATE.
RISE AND
FALL OK THE
FRANKLIN.
STATE OF
Evorylvody knows that there are thirty-eight
States, and that originally there
were thirteen colonies, and most jieople
can repeat the names of these States
and colonies as glibly as their a'pliaWf:
but we vt ntnreto say that very few have
ever heard of the "state of Franklin.
And yet history recognizes the existence
oi such a state, ami one that, in its lay,
enjoyed no small degree of celebrity. i
It is well known that, after the Bcvo-
bition, most of the original thirteen
States claimed jurisdiction among them- i
selves over the territory stretching in-
definitely to the westward. The separ- j
ate jurisdiction of each State was ill de- i
fined, and, to avoid all trouble, to gie i
the general government what seemed ;
its due, and to assist it in throwing off
the debt incurred bv the Avar of
iude-
pendence, the Congress of the Confeder
ation requested tho various states to
cede their claims to the General Govern- j
ment. The matter was not definitely
settled until after the adoption of the ;
constitution ; but the state of North j
Carolina attempted to cede, in compli- J
anee with the request of Congress, its ;
Western lands, which now form the
State of Tennessee : and it was this at- i
tempt at cession which brought about
the coniplic.it ions that shortly afterward
resulted in the brief existence of the
State of Franklin.
North Carolina ceiled, but Congress,
vacillatingand vigorless, hesitated about
accepting the cession. Having made
the session, North Carolina gave up all
interest in her liordor settlements, anil
Congress refused to accept the change
which North Carolina had thrown off,
The.consequeiices wore serious for the
fortunes and happiness of the Tennessee
settlers. Their borders wore overrun
with criminals and fugitives from jus-
I tice. such as always infest a pioneer
; community, and yet the action of the
, mother state left them without courts
to assert justice and indict punishment,
j They had at all times to be on their
: guard against marauding bands of In
j dians, and yet the were without a reg
j ularlv-oonstituted militia for their de
; fense. They wore, in fact, cast ofts,
and did what one would naturally ox
i i-ct them to do under the circum-
stances. The three northeastern counties
of the Territory Washington. Sullivan
and Greene lying in the northern part
of what is now Eastern Tennesse e, then
i the only well-settled portion fit" the
State, met in convention at Jonesboro.
Washington county, in August, 174.
and aft or a long discussion in which the
.Declaration ot Independence was read
and cited as a lit example fur them to
: follow, they declared themselves inde-
; h mlent of North Carolina. After a
variety of fortunes the little State was
i organize;!, and. in honor of Benjamin
I Franklin, was cahed the state of Frank
lin. ; The chief interest which the State of
i Franklin has for us to-day conies from
two or three striking characters: which
its history brought into prominence.
The principal of these, John Sevier, a
; Virginian by birth, but a Huguenot by
descent, is one of the noteworthy char
acters in the annals (if Tennessee.
Sevier was the foremost man in all
; the councils and enterprises of the man
i who afterward formed the State of
i Franklin. He was commander of the
' Tennessee KilWiian at King's Mount
1 ain, and was chosen as the first Govern-
or. and continued to be t he only Govern
' or of the State of Franklin.
; Sevier fought hard for the State, but
after the first year its existence the
'tight was a losing one. for North Caro
: lina. after the first abandonment of her
; offspring, suddenly t in ned about and re
i asserted her jurisdiction, she had all
'. the power, and had the communication
i between the States been easy, and had
she
asserted her rights with v.gor and
promptness, the revolt of the western
counties would have been crushed in its
incipier.cy : but the fact that these two
conditions were entirely wanting neces
sarily made the policy of North Caroli
na a "waiting" on", and this policy, as
sisted by fends and divisions in the
State of Franklin, made a peaceful and
! bloodless settlement of the ditficulty
possilile.
Maj. John Tipton seems to have lx-en
' as unlike Sevier as it is possible for two
men to be. lie had none of Sevier's
i suavity of manner ; he was brusque and
uncompromising a ma:i to whom it
, was impossible to endure a rival, who
! aspired to leadership, and who was jeal
i oiis of ail who contended for it with
! him. This man 1 ad supported the
State of Franklin in its early days, but
afterward, probably lieeanse he s;iav that
Sevier's influence was likely to over
shadow his own. threw the whole Aveight
of his influence in favor of a return t i
the jurisdiction of North Carolina.
So rapidly did the fabric of the noAA
State jierisii that, three years after its
establishment, in the Avords of a recent
tvriter uon the subject. "No Legisla
ture at all con !il be assembled, and it
Avas one of the duties of the Legislature
to elect the Council, and a the Legis
lature, at its last session, had failed to
do this, the Council Avas soon a thing of
the past, To complete this catvlogue
of misfortune. Judge Camultcll, the
bead ff the judiciary, accepted office un
', dor the f ioverr.ment of North Carolina,
j Gov. Sevier was left a'mne in his official
: dignity. Even this s"ie relic of the
j Franklin Government Avould not. in the
I natural course of events, remain long
j exempt from the general Avreck. for the
J Governor's term expired on March 1.
i ITss, and it being a const it ut ional func
tion of the Legislature to elect toe
Governor, and there In-ing no Legisla
ture to perforin this duty, it followed
inevitably that after March 1. 17 there
would be no Governor of the State of
Franklin."
; sue:! were the facts, and ihe State of
i Franklin thus ended.
i Sevier finally licoamo Governor of
I Tennessee, and for many years served
; in the House of BepresentatiA'es in
Washington.
1 n ore of the primary schools of NiVm. ,
j Mass, a toad. or amis endeavoring to as- '
! certain the extent of her children's;
j knowledge of numbers. The question :
j be ing ns';ed : "Won! 1 you rather have
'three paper bags A' itii two oranges in
cncli, or two bag's avuIi three oranges in
each ?" all but one little fellow expressed
themse lves as a ithont preference. -The
teacher asked this pupil lor his decision,
but lie was persistent m his liking
thre-e bigs with two oranges in each,
reason, when finally giAen. l-mg:
I could have more bags to bust."
for
his
.s (e-t
I Of t-
THE SAMSON OF THF. WEST.
FEATS OK THENoTH ATTK1 1'.UTI'.T) TO
A WIcO-IN HALF-Dt'.EED.
A Milwaukee eorrcsi indent of the
Chicago Tim's writes as follows:
Honorable Sat. Clark, of llniicn, wn irt
town the other flay, and. after telling .or;t
of his jnti resting reminiscences of th. "e-.r'y
days when Jeff P:u is ceinniai iled m i-,,rt
Winnebago, where Mr. Clark was rost sut
ler, he said : "Bv the way, you have lieat.1
j f old Fete raiujuetTe '."'" The correc--(,n.-
tun oii.i i:.;ini ioiiai:o. a ni on on. 01 1 1 : re
liiaikable man, ni?d knew that Mr. C'-uk
roe 'id tfive interesting fact- concerning him,
and replied : "Oh, ves : ., wii the Sam-'oi
of Yisein-in. Tl me something about
him '."'
'Itather call lain." said Mr. Clark, "the
Samson of the world : for without doubt lie
was, in his prime, the strongest man who
lias lived since the great gales of thr ity
were borne away. 1 have never doubted the
bible stories of Samson's strength since I
first :iv ;om'tliilic of uliit lt.. lin
! iiiiotte's mnsch-s wito eniinl.1. if .biitiT "
I I lien Mr. Clark meditated awhile nd r-
: marked : "j imi-.t have known Famim tteas
long back as lvhi. aJ1,t i think ti e er-t
Mnni's i ever nnara oi ins priNtigjoti
j strength wa tlil me by Jeff Davis: ah I
: Jeff was a bright young 'otheer. You sec,
j l'auquette, who vvas a ha:f breed. ue, to
make the Aicinitvof the old fort his head
. quarters, and every now and then, as m-ea-sin
happened, we would see some new evi
i deuce of his wonderful jxiwersof endurance
! or strength. He was not a heavy ninn or
I rather, is n..t, for he i- tiil alive hi. t he
I was finite slim, although his arms mxl !. l.'s
' were big with muscle-. I almost iIKh'ce to
! give instances of his feats, as rcnn i:i!st
i them, they seem so incredible. The fu-t re
i mailable exertion I ever saw I'aiiijiie'.t,
make was to take an iron weight that had
been used as n pile-driver and lift it c!"ar
from the ground, and swing it aioiin 1 more
easily than I could handle a hundred i"vi.l,
and 1 have got some nuisele myself." tiot.
a crowd of us saw him !o it. and we eot the
exact weisiht of the iron. It was L'.eon. I
, don't believe a man has ever lived w ho coul.l
it except I'ati-juette. aiol 1 declare h didn't
seem to exert himself much either. One
flay a parly was proccoding.hv'hont ir the
Fox, intending to go down the" Wi-c.'.n-ir..
' When the portage came to be ma.!" a oV"
of oxen was procured to draw tic boi't
across. The boat w.i- cry bra v. ;, d be
fore half the distance had been mad.- ..:ic i f
the oxen gave out fviiiip!etclv. Fa-; t net'
Avas along, and what do i u suppose he ."'
"Picked the schooner up aiid thnw it
across .'" ventured the con pondont. :.nx
iotis to imply faith in anything.
! '-Well not hanlly that : hut he t...
nd of the yoke vacate,! l. the plav
ox and pulled against the other o, a
the
-lilt
the
novel team hauled the boat and fran-. ;"rn
. all right, and Fete didn't seem to mi"d the
strain half as much as 1 he ox did. Now, I
know that these assertions seem like r.ii'ovr
tough yarns."
oil imt at all. Years r.g i I lica-d of
: Fauqiiette s Wotiderfu1 strength, but never
before had tip- opert unity of listening to a
description of anything he ha 1 done ;
ahead."'
"Jlis mils, Is were !ike iron in their :
ness. J ha-chad h:m bare his arm-to
and I have taken a hammer nnd
r.b
t'O'
eked
w is
f.'.t'
.! to
hickory nuts m j .n the nm-cles, and ;t
j like clacking them en a stone. Or,.
; that 1 know of Paiiqnotte's doing, a
wlii' li there were a number of wit!.,
i seems s,, absobitch imp ,s-i'e!e that o
will believe the story jf 1 tell it, but
true true as life."
The correspondent i::fcrru:d.od the v,
tor to ik-!;v him that implicit faith v
matter ef principle with a truly g-xid p
and that the tab- should be beheved am
'Well, it happpm-d at (Jrecn Itav. 1.
body up that way had heard of Pete's
and was anxious to see some ovi-h-nee
! It.
Fhe Sampson had a friend who kept a '
eery stote, and in the evening unite a crowd
gathered there in the hopes of seeing mi ex
, hihition of strength. Fauouette came i'l in
1 his ijiiiet way, noted the crowd' and tool; in
, the sit nation al a ghmce. A barrel til hick
ory nuts sat by the counter, an 1 with , a
Word he took up a l an.lf il of the dry . h ud
lltlts. held tllclil out so all i-ould see. IMul
, then ciiished them to pi-'ecs by sininlv . ; ,s-
ing his harnl on them, bi-t as you m 1 u
crush a handful of hivS- eggs. .), f I
U Itl
is
and other oibccis at the foil saw 1 iin ih ;h.'
same thing repeatedly, and there i m, (;. s
tion of the fact that I'ai'i1t" realty di 1 r
forra the wonderful feat as I have rlese'i'i.,.,!
it. hven more.sfiai ge stories .f his go ; t
strength used to lie common, hut I haw : ! I
you only of things tint 1 myself saw
know beyond doubt. 1 1 is powers of walking
running." ct'. Avere almost equal to l, s
strength, and he could probably go one hu!i
le, d miles to Weston's sixty or scvetlt . I'
will never be positively known how : "iu ii
Fauqntte could lift w hcii he w as in his j i ;.,
but, judgingfroni the way in which he l: ;n.
led the g, i-pounds pile'dri ver. it is reason
able to srppoe that at that time he e. a; 1
have easily raised double, or nearly io n
that weight. At auv rate, he ought ! go
upon the record as the modern Sampson. ,.-,
strongest man in the world."
Peter l'au'jii'to has long been know.! a .
a iiian ot almost sui 'ihunri-i strength. Mi l
at one time, a number of years ago. Mr.
Clark prepared and lead a paper bclote the
Historical Society (".') in v.hich abiun! ut
proof was furnished of the half-breed ha i::g
actually performed the astonishing feats Mr.
Clark fias here nscribed to him. In the in
terest fit" what is rare and curious, the proof
that is yet obtainable ought to U gathered
and made a mottcr of lecord that could r..t
be disputed in relation to the physical pow
ers of the Samson ot Wisconsin. '
HEM m:k aui.e Feat r.v
"II. W.," a riting ln-m
street. Aberdeen, to the A.oi
A D'M,
Mans,
'.;..
hal
.1,1 -
ri'il. says :
''The following remarkable f,
it. pelf irm-
ed hA- a Collie dog, mav I'rove of interest to
some of your readers. About three weeks
ago I decided to have a short holiday, an !
started per rail from Aberdeen, aeeomp inied
by my Collie dog t lyde ei route to Hal' iter.
From F.allater 1 walked to lir.i' inar, r sted
: there all nighi. ami m t day went through
; Clen Tilt (tording the TatiiV) to Kiair Ath
I ole. From lllair to I la naspid il. on the
Highland line, w as t ra cr-ol the following
day. Arriving at tin later place la'e nt
, night, and finding no accommodation, I Avas
gl.i l to avail nn self ot a Sift on an engine
as far as Newtonmore, and remained there
that night. Thence in the mormiig to F. .at
of tJarten. and from 11 iat of iarteti to lree-
burn Inn, Touiai in ( C miles from Jnver
' ness i. and here my journey ended, so far a
the dog was concerned, as lie got out early
' in the morning, started a lar;e hare or rub
bit, and that was the last (.f him.
Imagine my astonishment when a boy 'u-o't-Clyde
home this morning. The dog had
' Im-oti found near Not wood II.i'.l, Cr.'ts. and
apparently itid not k'tow hi- w aj anyfiiith
: er, for he remained there three days : 'nit,
' having a collar t n.. was then brought lu re.
The dog is ju good condi' j.-n, nn 1 apparent -lv
none the worse tor his j.,:;rne . Till- in
e'ident is. I t'.dnk. oie-ol "the 11'ai-f (.t aor
flinary cer heard of in c.eiu 'ction with
flogs, for he n; usl ha." retraced his steps
nearly two hundred m'l.-s. a. id that not
wi1litan!i'i' bre-.ks in the imrne bv rail
way travelling, i-odi'ii
iting di-iereni places."
l wo rivers, and is
Wor.is
or
t-noo. -rumbling ki!N
g.iodl'ess.
Joveriiment begins
"it home.
ileal deeds su i i
the thud of time-
t .real ness ;, s i
( l,0: Words Wl I
not 1 euig groai.
ill inn h an I cost
biu
little.
Orxid nature i "He
herb.
( to, hi here is better
ids h
e
Iron
at l
r.
an ! best ;o
last.
mmhI words are g ,.,1. nid good
deed at e
better.
;rc:t souls hae wi
is: feeble fines ha
old', w'oh 's.
:... r.-sil e V'loli'dV f'iieete.l
becel .
a source ef e-. ilt te -' ! t whom, ben
Wi le i'l'ell led.
nr