t THE CAMBRIA FREEHAE!
' I I'tiblisheU WcckJjr at
lEF.TiySliURG, Cambria Co., Fm.f
! UY H. A. McPIJiK.
Yl"vit i-iiitr HateN.
The larre and reliable clrcalaUun of the On
MiA Vhkkm aw erannienJ It to tfcefavaraeJe eea
Kleretioe of adrertMers. wbnsa favor will be la
eertsaj at Uir following low rates :
1 Hie, a times ill
t niontbt 1 4
0 aaootha.......
1 yr "I.I'I'm""!""""
6 months g ar.
7r ."."."."..".".".".""; 1" 0
montbi ejr
1 year im no
irantted Circulation - 1,068.
SI 'BM'AIPTIOX
one year, cash la advance 11.50
" if not p i wtth'n 3 raos. 1.75
" " if not D'd witbirj mns. 2.(10
" " if uot p'd wtthtn year.. 2.26
eoln t months '' lOOO
a month.
.
i " 1 year aa oo
I " f months 4,, r
1 1 yr
Administrator's end Executor's Noeet y 10
Auditor's Notices SUf
Stray and similar Notices 1 at
pusfnesj Items first tnser'ton Ijc. par lice : eob
subsequent Insertion ftc. .r line.
( t- Retolution, or prorrrdtno of any ccyarmtion
or tnrirty. and conmumation, irwnrd f toll mttrn
fioti r sv matter 0 ttmitrd or tnimidul intera,t
mutt be peid tor a, adrftitrmmntt.
Jon TRiKTOts cf all kind neatly aad expediU
on!y executee at lowen prices. Uon't tob rorret
It.
TTo cersans residing outsid. the county
.4 .;? sdslltleeal per year will bechars-od to
rottace.
. rnf it do event wiil tbe above terms be de
ltr'. 1 frotp. and those who d'lii't eou.lt tbeir
v'vg interests br payinir ir. advance must not
9rn'. to be placed on the 'irar fonf.ru as those
ii do. Let this fact be distinctly understood
l-ti his iimt) forward.
H. A. McPIKE, Editor and Publisher.
'HS IS A FREEMAN WHOM TBI TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL ABB 8LATE9 BESIDE.
SI.50 and postage per year, In advance.
4rVj for your paper before yon stoo it.
l-op it you iut. None but sr ala wairs do ot
r . Don't be a ii:a:awa-life's loo short,
if
VOLUME XV
EBEKSBURG, PA.. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1SS1.
NUMBER 45.
! a t ri
to
f NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
THE PITTSBURCH
WEEKLY POST
FOR THE TE.4U
Vtmoratie Organization, Princi
ples 11 ml Candidates.
Mm
Iwtrlnf the Flac, XoRatrsnder,
a 4'oiieeaslon,
Bat tb Ifiifwal of the Old Battle for 1
Old Tim Vietorjr. I
".r was there a icrnter nce.'ty ror rt flty,
:i'rofiilnesi. nd unyielding p'.'iri.'sl Inteitrtty,
thai there now i in the iH-inficntlc psrtr. As
an o'-rtositlon party it on d'ret the .-on'plrstora
I. rraaittion mist he tr.ainttine.l In all Its old
fisne viaor ; Iti partv n;i2 n d trditt(ns rher
i l : itf own . rl-ct'-.i 1-a.ler trnt.l and en
ariursiced: Its m;nhTtrp "trenirihend tind edn
it.,l In the faith nf the Is'h-s To the Ite-no-erati.
party Is ennndd ihnT!ted d'i'v of defest
!d tue efforts ''f men lo the Kerntdlf-an psrtr to
let on another f"rm "f f .Tntr-nt In plf'tf that
W tch exists. Therf.ir- it is the hleht patrtnt
I" n to defnJ and niainlaln i r!r lition in Its
a;res?t eflffttlv-n''a
Tn FiTTSrKn I'ist 1 -nmniltted to thtt prin
eipl :a all its length and hre:idth. and if poslMe
- .re viorousl v unci iinwitiij rm'.innlv than In
the o-l will It !ah"f to .'renathen the parry, hold
up 'he hsndsn' i' trns'e I leaders, .prend Detno
rratte trtifb and rr"ro'te by sll hnrorsMe means
the ineness of Iieini'ratie '.andldntes. National,
B'ste and loca'
st tench for the n,.liti-tl coitr'e of 'I'm? Wititt
f :,wr dortua; the caininif rur: hot In all Its de-
tisTtTiots It will utintain the htirest dea-ree of !
ae .line, to It. r'.i'!ers ss a famli inurnal.
? Tss J.iTaaAaT 1 rtwkkt will he enriched hy
4ltolee find caret'iUy .ectef1 tnicellanv. eonist
t af tales', poetry, "ketches, humor and binm-a,.
Ta M ewe T'kpahtv ?ii will he careful I v edited
123d tnclnde a e i refill ynir.mirriit the events r.f the
It-Wat home and abroad, with .pecinl.. te!err-ims
ITjfi e'rre.pordenoe from Wa.hinkrton and Harris- '
'. nir'a ri .T itjt ,i,e ' ioni r Censrrets and the f.e.
Hji' x t or .
At Asttrt i.Tt Fii and Hfirisnnt.n I)kpa"t- .
IFSTW.11 be addad ss a new and attractlre fen-
r.
I 1 MsaaitT RrrokTS. and espeefallv reports of
Ht markets, wiil ie prepared with the utmost
fr "d afford information of the biarhept value
e farmer and !ealer.
if .' -i!iti.T. Tbk Vrtitr Post will di"cn
: le.tiona with candor an'! .ineeritv. It will
' s -ite ss bear it m a TetnoeraMr revival and re
t' id efforts t diinierate the party rr weaken
' Is "f nitation. 1 1 t hert- 'ore a .t "i 1 w'th cor, ri-
" --e to Imocrsrs to second its effort, l.y evr-n I
tg lu eircnlatn-n.
. TKRMS:
- tl?r PITTSBURGH WEEKLY POST.
I toT r8i-rtfTY six cct.rjos.
'' me t'ni- tie Year ! fc
. r t t'l'lh. of Kie or M .re 1.2.''
. I in ETtra
je-Jm.1 (or Spe
'pv t ' r f-Ivery f
I'imen 'orv.
Int. .if 10.
i
r , . r , m -w w V- W I . . .
shed Kvery M 'rn ou (ejeept Sunday).
ernnnum. ie-i-tage freo sa.oo
nth. " 4.'
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mtlis. .ou
1. j'S'i 11 FuMiher.
i .TAS. I. liAHVJ A-
' 145 Wood Street, Fittsho ct.
re.
HE SUN for 1882.
ivi rTc'ut'''ri indrT th prnt munnjfr-mrit.
fcnjr. ftii.wiT. for ail. Mjr nd I'cfl. mem
i.-.rB"CT" ; ie. JT-r ! rd virt'ion. intl
fcrt? n.'i tbtn. Tri 8rs' I'arh fTinerfnil
S wnMrrk'Oii of erprr 9frX : hu menial
rrv.rh (nf u r. oi. while (t f.n-ir h.r rlirnrr
tnn tht bl ir eg back cf ih rrii?Tit'T
i.ex e,f ina a tiwi.i pt- o' 1 Tiw k'nn
'' 31 tnii''f rh fnrir.M and n iin!t''tii'i f
iijrT".TMi w irrj nn-1 It r f nnntit i.-ur-tT,
1 : nrdrtriiK To .-Tnrt 1 n fn h . n-'ipi't.
a''OBnl wt nil t o' tt w- r' i.
, - ro nt ot hums r intr-4t nnr ."imnif-n-
I !rn ftir with the fe r lwni3 f iil'tture
( -it' mnr. r! nrT rr rhm t-Trr'mnt
f f tieePt of Th Pr-. It etTetd h ,4-iTin-J
" fn tht r'tv! rf Am ""an n wmpe-j.
- 'tti rtn-it i'iurnrl T'(h!,--h(1 ?n 'onn-
99 Srs,. Fvfrf ia fwirtKTit tonrrinl p'-ri-l?'
ir'rr v bn mo(;f!i and bettered hy the
r- Tts r"s e)mtde.
. Vi w of IS'J w H hj the mm nutfpokea.
Is.-4- ' nr. nvf tnte'-eiTinkf rePHt'pr.
- ty i ' r1 n-e ef tl.e rtiMf!1 wh'fh Nun
It rr .vfr1'T afford". w -hnll make H better
e")- rvnre. We shall print ell th Tifw
" tirw f radah'e h:r. and rnrw-nrintf- it"
torr :. wot h? th t -s 1 1 io s l Tirdsrifk. hut
It, r ii, rarest to the ve'd'1- I'trtn- r'n
f-r ''f-n iqa.r ii ntt Tie ftf on,dpm
.. iw;'::l pf! SfH. Whenever an vthtna- har.vn
In ni'.rttnw we at the ni-M.u(ar, whth?r it
.n FrocklTQ or it H'-nnara.
j.fditi-a w have defided omri-on: end w
otomd to XTre?-e Tnrn in 'nut
tindertV)d. We - r whnt wu th'rk eht-nt
xnil eete. That bubit i- tbe onfy e?ret of
iditteal eoT rv
weelfly edit-on of ! Srir irnhrs into
e r:'e t et marrer f the ,n dnf'v !jn''P
. - -t'tiral TrpartTi-',r rf un equal led merit.
c -s-t --tirrt". and :i liberal rr.portfon of lit
r -r r, a nd d- met ;e i n el ? ' epnee eomnletft
I v, r -k: x.t Si . and ms Ve it t te bet r''w-!i.
tMe tar jieri household that wji ever print
er ! -t know and read and Mke the rs
? M'-v. fc-Tb number whteh i p. oiT.ndi of
irett-ir it Arr i r. wtth th I'-e-t T.orrv of the
I -
rt-v Hre .rth reidn .r. news, burner
n -tiifh o fin jfoo.l 'Tofi rook. end n
im vnrted snd entertaining than an
hi'le?
f whst nwpapr should be pleas
ed f r th Nvw.
,"y- are ni follrws :
r Srw, a Ion r parn sheet of twen'r
the irre by run 1 . pt-pld. ie fifi
;,!:h. or (Hl.O a ya; or, 1nlMd'nif the
r
r 1 v t
ef. an itrht-p e heet of ftf'v-wiT er 1-
' 1 ; rre is 63 eects a month, or 37. TO a
! aid.
r editiitQ of the pon la aNe fnrniphed
jh: pi l.tO a yanr. postnff raid.
i-f .( W star, t S!. eirh pa ires, ftftr
r. ft Pll a year. For rlua of teo cend-
Will end an exfa eTT free.
Address I. W. KNftf.ANP.
rab 'tberof Thi Sum, New Y'rk Citv.
imi.-si.
V
r ' ! nne tn act us Se' ii tors for Patent.. 'a
J Vrade Narks. Copyrights. i., for the t'nl
f Canada, t uha. Trvland. France er-
t xv iava had thlrly.flre tears
Ifrlenee..
' r.'s o'.tamed '.V.ro le-li 11. are noticed In the
'ic Amfhiax. Tin. larira and .plenrti.
jr. 4.-o per year, or at so to all h0 jT1 .,,i,jj.
one year in a l vam e for 'he Vi-vi-m .
F l ie Prors of seen.
I .erv i... ....'
ri an enorthons ciren!a:
an enorthons circnTa:..n V-l.irp. r
Patert "olleifor". Fui.ll.i i
ir a r'ara Kow. .ps nrL- or i ...
p . :--ne. inrootn paper. (.. irvririr vppi
r" I! I'axssia Fk ewa t ) and a e J.v et Kn
, f. laus' teen the More and H-s Hi .P
' 'A of the kind ever put lnhed. Hand
' f- -at Paten's snt free. fll-H -:.
,- t . XiTil .s4TFIt. A rarechaneetomake
... ': ' J "pltS'.y sel.iiitf our Aeir f'nnk :
n liii
mm
, HHK Uti 1h New Y rk .
jwded thoro
so-tla'i. with tt. riala-
rofrr!les .'nl,'
f;. it. nihir.Lre'evated
-k erirnes and temhie .,-.. .;..'. ... ... '
I tn (.M-t evert rh., ,.r , ,hr
- twa.tetirr.e ne.,nw,.rik n .end
.-sai-vire full table ,,i ,,rnii tn
. I rotpn-tu. now rudr .n,i territorv
t .I'lilladelphla. Fa. rc., ,.r,
! ei.ATSi! PI.AVH! PI.AYK!
-.'Cloh. for AmateT.rTh.ltrira' T.o.
Prawinr K.H.rt Flats. Kairr plats
' !r. ;ni ie Hooks. Sneakers. Panf.v
nfir I.lir hts Mazne.inm Uirh ts '..1
'"' Cork. Theati-esl Face Frvpari
- I Wit ,.ri(,. Wirt. Beard- M..ns
iile.. Charades, and Fafie- S.-.-nert.
vu. .er.t 'rp. ivint-iininir foil it.p.rin-
e -
t
I
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r
ri, FHF.XOIA S4.
.. ?4w York.
:KT HOOK
t am
" r r- plr, .
i M.t..,fa!l fie.-sn-lv ,oiind
';aM "Unr f..e the
-n t- F. C.Hl.ivs Newark
Ve.-
, 1
. JMilM.i:!. in... y, r;r
It.. Pl,"0,'T BareHclidsy
- .dy. Vr.ue or oe.1 ,a Rasril
li "'
f ' A TF.AR a
"d e.t,Pn. t .,l.
r e. :
nt tit f-ee. A,l,,r,.,.
tlebery. Auvuitn, v.
-r Jay st haw.
"ample, worth S5
..'.''
k
- crissos a c.,. prt-
n-4.'f.-ly:j
.TENTS
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Trn ro
B. B.
SOVFMIItR 12fh, ISSi.
1JAIIOAINS IN
Underwear for Men. Women and Children.
t.lir.' HFRI0 I'SflFRWEAR
At SO. o. 7V . f1.01 and tin.
Ladles' Scarlet Underwear at 1.50. ai.75
atid no.
'hlldren's f erlno T'nderwearfrom V.V apiece up.
Children'" Sftot'h M'Ted Pant, and Vests.
f'htl tren". Scarlet Facts and Vests In all sires,
fr.'m 1 t. 3V.
Men's Merino Sh'rt. nnd fh-awers at '.5, 40. 60,
80. :v . 1.0o and no to the finest qualities.
Men' trenuine Scotch Wool Shirt.s and lirawers
all sire..
Bnv' onderweqr In White, fjrsy and Scarlet.
Pfircha-'er. will find the above lines full and
complete and at prices lower than elsewhere.
Laror Lutes of
HOSIER Y,
For Ladies. Mies and 'hildren.
LrnHes' flne rnshmere TTo.e nt 5. 40 45 and faV.
Ltdic' fine I'n.nmere Hose. 7Sc., $1.00. $1 -js and
tip. in choice new shades.
T.tdfeo' heaw f'ntton Hoe. plain dark colors
and funev stripes.
(r-est Tirletr Mi.aes' Hose, tn Cashmere, Meri
no. Wool and Cotton.
I hltdren'i Jf Wnol nnd rtq.hmere Hose, in hand
some .tribes and fancv olnids.
Men's Half lln'e. Merino. t"ahmero. Cotton
and W.ol.
-Jpeetal hnrirnin In M do7en Men's Real Sootoh
Wool Soiik. extra hearv. opened to-d:lv.
SII.K HtMIKFRf llirrs.
So rlozen Silk Handk"rchlef-'. in a irreat variety
of hand.ome new deiirn, at each, onre silk.
50 dozen Silk Handkerchiefs, pare silk, at 40c.
each.
1"0dorenPk Handkerchief., at SO. fVi T.V. and
il .In ererv lmar:nai' rrie. and quality.
Silk and f'a.'imere Moffier..
l.inen Handkerchlefj f,.r la. lie. and ircntlemen.
plain and fancv hor.ier.. at Wr. eaeh. and nt.
Attraction in the t'loak room constant lv increas
ing Choice Walkio r .facketa Cuff and Pockets
of Fln.h. nf .1 oo. Walklna-.Tackei. at ,M 7 50
fi oo. eio oo. spj .',o and e15.nu in Pifht cloth and
fne Pl ick Tla,sr-inal Dolman from S 00 np tofAO.On:
an endle.. varletv tn select from.
iMlman. nl Satin Mervollleux. etc.. at tiTOO,
worth .;o .no.
Itolman". new shapes. Satin Rhadatnes at jni.oo,
worth 9M 00.
Dolman", trimmed in Fur and Flush, 40.00,
$45 no vi (10 and ?6o on.
silk circulars at i'J5.00, f.'iO.OO, 3T.00, 3o.oo up to
00.
Seal Skin Sacqties to suit a'l in prices, size and
quality, commenclnn at tl'jA.oo. and up to the boat
grades.
A verv srood varietv Children". Coat.. 1'lster.
and T!terett.. comtrencinir at 00 and up fu i.
New li-erfs ttood-. New Silks. New Plushes and
Velvet.. New Fringe.; Fi -emcnterie., Hnttons.
ef...New Neokwear. Kid frtovc button and hook.
Chatnols (rlove. verv lone. 1 .ot a pair. Full
Pnej ot Men's and Hov fHoves. Prlvinsf Hove. ,
'ur Top Olnves. I'loth Oloves. Wool Knit (.Moves.
li'KHiS V' lil'HI,.
11 rrniiRii. strfet. ti i tiiiirAY.
(Qiticnik
Scrofulous, Jff fiina and Sralu llu
inors of the Shtn, Sralp and
Hfonrf '11 rett.
m Mi Aci Locs a ;;.
T wt'1 now tate thnt 1 trade a mirennlom r?tre
, r r-ir.f nf the wrt rne of kin diene kn'iwn.
Th n-tir,T I- a man forty resr old : bd nffTe.l
flf'nn v:r. iff eye, enip and neirlv Hi- m
,re hodv prewpTjted a frtirtHtfnl a pppurA nee. Hnd
bad the attention of twelve dfTererit phv)etfln.
who prerrthd the be-t remedies known to the
Trofion. nrh a fodtde potnfitfnm. aren.e. enr
roofve )thlfm.Tte. ear-rtpail'a. efr Had imid .V0
lr rnn,t(m trentmnt wi'h but Hftle reiif-f. I rre
vaHed t?itn him to ?. tlie ''i tti tpa RiiTvitxt
intrrm"T ind hn YTifTr?, n nd ttti t"R a So h y
r- T f rn-i 1 1 r. FTe d'. ?o. and wi com pi 'ft rl j cured .
TH -k'n on hi hd. hfr, :nd imnv ntier parts
(-.fi jj hf.-lv. whinh i.r.enf ed a ni't Ion f h n e a r
j.o i w - ia nnw frt n n ni'int h n an infnnt"
w"1' r- f.r r,r tr,' .T The r1isj- l.o hrhiiitl.
Tie ri'i nnw Seen rnrpd twelve month.
K'prrfed
F. H. Rnowi, K? n.. Harnwell. S. C.
smnrrr.A soke.
Rf rr. . In detailing bi eTrerIen, with
rriflt'T-srrrR Ri'vrmrs (rl thit fhronirh Iirine
Prvi.fenre fno of h pnrfhioner was omred of a
Tnf'i''ni .re. wM'-h wn -lowlv drainfna' nwav
h' lifo hr the f 'rTTfT-T T?Fo VFT fnternllv
nrd frTrf-TA and t'TTK tpa Sfip eTternllv
The ro;-on thnt had fod the diefiae. was complete,
ly driren out.
izxy.i'yTA.
Sirteen morh" -fnre en eriiTJion broke on t ort
rrtv b e nnd both fent, whir-h tnrned or,t to be Fr
7em . and ertnd me vrent nain and ennovane.
T tried vaH.n remdi with no -jrood ren?t. nn
tit T'ned the '"vrjrr-nK Rkoi tftt tnternolU and
CriffTBA and CrTrrna So? eTte.naHv. which
entfreiv enred me o th;t my Ktn i as smooth and
nutural a-1 ever.
JLen. M. Kkailkt. t4 Sonth St.. Keltimore.
current a.
The Tntfenra rfltmont for the nn of Skin.
S"lt and Hloxl TMefiei. rfnBit In the iTtrnal
nae of t'rTKTPA TRksoi.vent the new Klood Prf.
flier and the external ne of (YTHTm and (VTt-rr-rA
Soap, the (Jrent Skin J'tip.
Friee of C'tTrcVR a . arn1!! boTe. fto ; larrrp boT-
1. ''rTti"m l(KOTTR?tT 1 Iter bottle.
Tict n Soap. 2re i 'rTtrrt' ha vifi Simp 1 .V.
Depot. WKKKS h 11 H TKK. HoUon. Ine.
OFFirr: of fFFMo? SrriN: PoMiMtv
Xo .-!3 South Fourth fNiorn n. Ah. 2 ) F'onr. J
I'Hir. ATF1.VR1 Nov. 7.
"OTICE TO KTorKTIOI.PFH
Ll A metinc of the er.irkhoMer of the f
fv?f Spnins - 'pvp anv will be held at the onp nf
rne f'ompnny. on the fth tfttt of January. If. at
11 nVTovk. w.. for the purpose of votinjr on nn in
rreae of the erdtal o'k of this CnmpTiv. v
h f 'ta rtre of f -rpfe rrei wtnlt. R a tt t hr 7ed h
an art of the Onertl A rphi v. entitled k A n Aet
to authorize the f reeon SnT"inirw i'omrnnv to i
lie preferred Nvok "ppro-ed !Tarr-h l"th lT7!.
arid r tranirtinj nh other buinei a. miy be
bronifht before ho r'fotin'
.TOIKS K. Mrt'U'KK, SeoretarT.
Nov. n. Ihgi t.
TXKrrTRTX'S NOTICE.
Ftate of Fl tf A TrrovArP. dee'd.
T.rttr testamentary to the estate of K'iza Me
T'iO;tld. late of T.benbii-j' boronch. dee'd. have
hnn irninter to th nndrfiTnef. who hereby fio
'rl, aH rer-onp Indebted to iM estate that pay
ment mint bp made without delay, and lhoi hnv
vz rle-m- or demand acnint the ame will be
ren;ntred tn hare them pronerlv authenticated for
settlement before trepntirir them to
FI.IZA ANN Mriw.NAi.D, Executrix.
Fhenbnr. Nov. 11. lSl.-t.
A
T)MIN'TTT?ATOn-S NOTICE.
F-rip of Thomas M Con'vki r.. dee'd.
I.etter of admnitrttt.T on the efae of Th..
TxT'nnneit 1-ite o" SnTnm"'M!l townbin. deena
ed hnvirir rfn tned to the under-iirned bv the
Ke4T'-ter of f fmbrt eountv. all peron indetetl
to an f rt e-Tare Tre reiif'ted to make Immediate
pa vrncnt and the hnvina" claim mr.inat the
-me W)l ,Tpaenr thoni prfH-erty probated for et-
tlemept ATTITSTINK I 'f N N FT.T.
Nov. n ll.-flt. Administrator.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Vt tp of V sRV Kv Ma. deeeaed .
I ,. tor of "admtnletr'. t ion
A-lilirs, la te of f "Vt rfle'.l tn
been t.jne.t to 'he under. orT
Ine: ft eni.elve Indehted to
noffhed to make Immedi-.t.
the ei.f-.te of Marv
roit dee'd. havinir
"-I. an person" know
a;d estate are hereby
i.avment. and tho.e
hsvitijr claims a tra tnst the. .me will present them,
properlvranthcntieated for settlement, to
MARTIN L.Cil(l,. Administrator.
Clearfield Twp.. Oct. JS. l-si.-t. .
N
"OTICE. Tli- P-cop.l ar.1 nartiHl
iT.nnf nf Josef. h Cri te. Committee of Fal
len CsMan. n lunatic, ha. heen tiled In the Pro
thonof . rv 'a office of I 'a tnbrla conn f v. and will 1
r-....iit.(( to the .Tn. lire, of the Court of Common
P.e-.s of a'd courtt. for confirmnf i.in and ailow-an-'e.
on the fir.t tnntiav nf T'rcrmhrr mfrt.
J' UN C OATF-S. Pr..thonotsrr.
Protlmnotarv's ItflJoe. Irhepahntn. Nov. 8. lSSI.t.
CJTi; W STEER. CnniP to fh rsi-
I J d-n"e of the nnder.lirned. In Dean township,
on or en...f the l.t of p.-t letot er. a red steer with
white fi.ee .it r.'.it tn Pea vearold last spring
The owner u nn-ified t mr, yrnTtv pav cbsiv-
e. ard take h,. h,v . f.,,,,,,,. , Khie, ,h wr
will In doe time t.e ,,.r,fi ,.f .irr.,,r,hr,r ,n Hw
Ite'-n Twti Nov. is mi
s
TIM V Trr.r..-,-nr,. tn tl,P i,r.r,ii.
ses of tho snt.scrit.eT. in IVan town.h
P.
on or
.hi..
aooui irie -irn ot Tictoner lat a red ar,T
.on. wnn wni.e me. ami one yearni.j ia.-t sprinir
The owner is requested to come, forward! prove
proi.ertv. pay charae. and t.ake him awav other
ie he will be disposed of as the law rt
PHILIP FOOT.K
l.ean Twp.. Nov. 18. -3t.
"t'TirE. TfiPflrt and final arponr.t
--X f h j Had.. Assignee of A. K. Il7lnirer
ha. been filed In the Court of Common Pica" nf
aamhrla enuntv. and w'll be confirmed ab.olntelv
unle..e tretions be filed on or before the tlrtt Man
dav nf I'errmbrr nrxt
My the Court. jf HN HATES, Prnth'y.
J rothonoiary s OnJco. Ebensbnr. Nov. I lev 1-44
J LOVE 1ST A S. OTTAGE.
Unci. Cflleh snrl Ruth, his xeifp,
f'arinff litt! for outstrip weather,
Fifty vpar of thpir worl.lorl lifp
Srnt in this tiny honse toeether,
Mocsv the roof and crav the xrall,
Xnrniw tbp window, low thp rloor :
Btit loco'si own attnlicrht hatlowerl it all,
From rafted railing tn sanded floor.
Silent to-rlav. hut silver sweet
Voices of children lotia asro,
Keenintr time t the retlps feet.
Followed the mother o and fro.
Scattered nfar from Kist to West.
Seetino" their foptunea far and wide ;
N'a one stars in the nMon nest.
Where snrh heantifu'I memories hide.
Sfranoer feet on the time-worn stairs
WaVe the pchne of nther days ;
Sfva nter voice, are lifted where
Caleb, orice "tntned the tune" of praise.
Catn.r natinht for the doola1e oain
O the win.4 o tbo rttne tree tons ;
t"'ar!ro- tianht for the rrievin7 rain
That so sndlv over thpm drops.
7 Too.! tn o- nc little the sonheam's Vriss,
Fnllin" cwoo' from the summer Sky,
Tn a narrower ,mje than this
Caleb and Ru'h together lie.
'n where the mnnv mansions wait.
Ts there. T wonder, a eottate small
Vot too statelv it J oearlv yate.
No too sliinintr its golden wall
Whom these two truy in neaoe ahide ?
TToaren woro none if thee most part
Cateh Ttvav from his (rootle bride :
Ruth far from his faithful heart !
TTand in hand from mornini? till nio-ht.
Traveled thoco two the lonty earth dav :
Snrelv thev walk thTrnch the fields of lieht.
Hand In hand on the shininrj wav.
Rloased love of hnshand and wife
T.ovp that lasted thropo-h pares and fears,
Fi'linrr this place with the chrism of life,
Peace unclouded for fifty X'ears.
THE MINE BY THE SEA.
A strano-e sirlit is a coal mine. Wonder
f otlv nictnresque with its stmets and lanes
and allovs. its nnond'n eorrtlors and count
less chambers of the riead. The men there.
wih blackened faces and ecan'v attire, seem
of unci her race from th.tse nhov rrronnd. and
'ie fseh's lights oleamine in ths midst of the
clorVncss rdve a weird, unreal asnect to the
lei.
The nnlv sounds heard are those of the
coal sornns olow'v npsbe n'nny Ivhovs to
wards the mouth of the pit, ansl i the nar
row passacres, where the men are it work,
the clang; f tlir-ir pickaxes as the- cleave
their wav throiio-p the creat rocks f eoal.
en are- not the nnlv heme's here. There
are horses that have not seen the davHrrht
for rpanv a venr. to draw the waffons to the
hroa lor nassnn.es. and somettmos.'if the lioht
of the limn is turned toward the trroimd,
the brirrbt li't'e eves of rats ( how tev rame
to that nnder-wnr'd T don 't know, may he
seen neorinn out of nook" alone; the vails.
Tore is an a'o.osf fearful snm arenoss
ahnil' be place Tliouehts that the divlitrht
would at once dispel seem to haunt fie air
and thp voices of the men as thpv w:ndf r
about, each one. (iideon-'ike, with his amp
and pickaxe, have a deeper, hoi lower lone
than ahnvp PTonnd
For twr. davs a storm, long; remf mheredon
the coast, had hepn raoinor; but the men n
the mine, accustomed as thev were to hea.--inc
the roar of the waves above their heads
naid !:ttte heed to the increased noise, fieo
TTeimt-rs a'one had noticed it. and each dav
had nent more time than usual in examin
ing the Qtinnort. of the roof.
Tt was now nicrht time, and he had been
superintending some rather dancrerons work
in the lower levels of V.lastmtr with ciinpnw
dor. which. mi:ch ncrainst his advice, the own
er had ordered. This beine done, leavine
further orders for work with the men, freore-e
turned awav and walked alone in the direc
tion of the pit's month, cay-ving in one hand
a laroe canister containing the rnnpowder:
in the other his lamrt and the heaw stick
that, on account of his lameness, was his
constant comnaninn. Even in the imperfect
lioht it m'fht have been seen that a preat
fhwoir. bad passed over his face. Tt was hair-o-ar
1 a -d ptnctied looktn7: thorp was a stranje
and ri. ss pl'tter.in his eyes, and now and
t'.pn 1 is tins parted with quiverine move
no ' -t d wore pressed together aeain with
li st t.-rn. set expression that was now ha
bitual tn thorn
Tnstead of leavine the mine, a surlden
tlinmjht seemed to strike him half-way, and
he trnrned ashle and entered a part of the
mine lonr rteserted on account of wnrkinsr
too near the bottom of the sfa, but which re
cently had been opened acrain ; and thotieh
f?enro-e had manv times warned the owner
of the dancer of weakening the support of
the roof, larcre quantities of coal had been
taken from it
All was still as he advanced through the
narrow passages, but soon these widened In
to a more open space, and as he entered the
noise of the tumultuous waters overhead was
fearfully lond. A cold draught f) air smote
him and made Mm shiver. The place was
known to the miners as the "Bopeart's Tlole"
or the "(ihost Hole." jt was an immense
low roofed ball, one of those natural caverns
that exist beneath the sea and land ; and in
the centre was an nbvss into whose depths
no human beine bad never penetrated. The
work in cr. bad been carried on all alone the
sides, and n rude pathway led half-way round
and ahruptly stopped about the irreat chasm.
The poor litrht which (ieorce had illumined
only a narrow circle round him, but he knew
the place well, and cautiously steppine along
reached the part where the last workines
had been made, and which was so low that
he could touch with his hands the black, sli
my roof, 1 to which ericantic, loatl.some funol
clnncr.
As he stood thpre wild fancies stole over
him. I.oud above sounded the thunderous
boom of the surf, while beneath him lay,
wrapped in eternal daikness, the great mine,
sfretchine for miles into the depths of the
earth. He seated himself on a prftjectinz
rock, the canister of powder on the ground
beside him and the lamp held between his
k nees.
What were his thoughts jrtst then? I know
not at all ; but there was one fiercer than
the clamor of the wave's almve. more terrible
than the abyss beneath him he had lost all
all I He looked hack npon his life all had
gone wrone from the beoinnine. and now,
when at last the cup of sweetness had seem
ed to be so near his lips he had seen it dashed
away. He eronnd his teeth with rage and
then his passion took another form; his breast
heaved and a great sobning cry rose to his
lirw.
"If she only knew hew I love her I Tie
love! A moment of the love I could give
her would he more than a lifetime of his.
But I know that never, never let me make
an end of it.
"Ah ! and Jim Masey, too :' a Jin-h'-, te, hs
powder and there'd be no victory to any one
the sea would cover us too close for that !
But the others?
"Fooh ! it's only dying a little sooner: and
what is life to stupid, toiling; drudges like
them ?"
A terrible smile passed over his face as he
placpd the lamp. by bis side and bent over
the canister. Only a light to the powder and
the rocks above would be riven, and with a
micht burst the sea would rush in and over
whelm them all I lis took out his knife and
proceeded to open the lid of the canister,
which, bv some means, had been fastened
down too tightlv.
But. hark ! Close beside him, just beyond
the ending of the path, he heard a rustling,
crackling sound : then a crash, and a huge
fracment of rock rolled down and he was
only inst in time to lean aside before the
place where he bad stood was covered with
shivered portions of it as it descended, and.
leaping from ledge to ledge, at last, with sud- (
den roar, was lost in the depth below. Still
he listened, for another and more dreadful
sound caught his ear the low, swishing
sound of falling water. Tic crept as near as
he could along the pathway, and ns hedid so
his facp was sprinkled with the cold snravs
of the t.irrent. np held out his hand, and
then, touching his lip, tasted the water. It
was salt I
Still and breathless as a statue he stood for
a moment : the next, holding the lamp before
him, he was rushing with wild speed down
the broken path ways ml awav from the scene.
As he approached the entrance he stopped,
and for a moment looked around in bewil
derment. He had mistaken the road, and
instead of taking that bv which he had corns
had followed another which ahruptly stop
ped, a mass of coal having fallen and broken
it off. ne had no time to turn back. TTo
threw his lamp down. and. as fortune would
have it. it had not been broken, but had only
fallen on one side about ten feet, below";
then, drawing in his breath, be prepared for
i the leap, ne did not know the ground the
lamn bad pone out. Tf he leaner! be might
: fall into some deep fjss.ire : but there was no
I time to hesitate. He took the leap and fell
the firm "round was beneath him.
j His aim was bruised and bis ankle sprain
; ed. but he hardly felt it. Relighting his
lamp, he dashed along through the narrow
; passages towards the mine where the men
were at work.
At last he met a boy slowly dragging along
a small coal wagon. He caught the lad by
the shoulder and shouted to him :
"Can yon run. Will?"
"A v. oi can," answered the boy.
"Then run your hardest. Will. Tell them
in 'the lower main that the water's coming
in, and in an hour it'll be flooded."
"Favther's there!" the bov cried, and with
out another word rushed off.
f )ther boys, forced bv George's stern voice
to obey, were sent to other parts of the mine,
he telling them that he would not let one
man leave the pit till they were all there.
Then he waited. And if anyone had seen
his face as tie stood alone, a s'ng'ilar change
would have been noticed in it. There was
now such a look; of triumphant gladness as
for manv a year had not rested there, ne
stretched out his arm lik one who had just
fini-hed some wearv labor. Then his head
sank on his bosom and he muttered :
'Of;od! aved! Sa"ed ! Thou hast kept
me from it, and I may yet save them all."
Quickly he recovered himself and went
iinto a small office where he kept his books
; ind instruments, ne took from a box a
j :mall revolver and some matches and com
iig out again set licht to a heap of shavings
ajrt dry wood lying near the door, which
. so.n blazed up and illuminated the whole
plice.
! -Again he waited.
1 S.on troop after troop of the men, flving
at r.ieir utmost speed, reached the mouth of
the tjt. and a fearful sight it was to see the
Strug-line mass of men, each one with mad
dened shouts and blows striving to come
closer "o the basket. But George Heimers'
voire wis heard above them ail :
! "I'll sioot the first man that touches that
i basket before I tell him."
They ssw the levelled barrel of the revel- !
yer and d ew back.
"Those hat are married stand here,"
And in slence the men obeyed him.
He then .ignaled to a certain number of
them to pnpr the basket. Not an instant
was lost, an! they were hoisted out of sight.
The other, strained their eyes to watch
the ascendint mass, calculating how soon it
would ft urn to rescue them. Some of the
men who had their sor.s with them clasped
them tight in .heir arms, whispering messa
ges to be givenif they were lost, for In near
ly every case tie fathers chose that the boys
should go in their ulaces , some sank to the
ground mntterhg prayers that they had
never spoken shape childhood, and others
listened to Georce Heimers as he told them
that there was still hope if v,hey would obey
him.
Jim Massey, having beer, in one of the
most distant workings, was me of the last
to reach the pit's mouth, an( now he stood
by the wall apart, with eyes bent down oh
something he held in his haid a lock of
Agnes' hair that she had given'iim the night
before.
More than half the number f men were
now safe; and the basket, whrled up by
those who knew just how muci depended i
upon their work, had just left, wfcm George
i in the same calm voice with whfh he had
j spoken before, said : "Men, whi's to go
; next?'' Tlvere were only about tw-nty left,
j men and boys, whom George had many a
j time helped by words and deeds, "hey rc
! memhered this, and they all cried a once:
j "Next turn's thine, master we'll cine af
ter!" "Thank you, my lads," he answers qui-
i etly; "I'm not going this time, but I vant
to send some one in my place. Will yo let
j me?"
j Not so eagerly this time but still the.n
j swer, "Ay, master !" was given.
I ''.Tim, come here!" Geerge shouted. "Y-u
j take my place when It comes again. Na
j lad, you must ! Remember, Agnes want
,' you. Jim, you'll le good to her, won't yoir
And tell her sometimes the last words T ft-i-A'
to say were ; 'God bless both of you " " f;n(,T '"tU'en, an agreeable young gen
. J ' you. , tlewoman, of the same place. The enter-
Once more the basket descended, the few tainment on this occasion was very grand,
that were chosen leaped into it. the rope was It here being no less than one hundred anil
shaken as the signal to hoist up. and with
i one tight hand-grip George sent Jim on his
way. And as they parted Jim looked at the
other's face, and never to his dying day did
he forget what he saw there the bitterness
of death had passed away and a stranee
peace was shining forth from his eyes.
Tt was the last freight. George already
had heard the distant thunder of the waters
the end was come, and when the basket was
ascending he turned away down a side pass
age that he might not see the agony of the
poor men when they found it was too late.
Just as the basket reached the level of Ihe
upper ground, where hundreds were waiting
anxiously the arrival of each company that
was saved, a tremendous black cloud rolled
up the pit's mouth, bursting up a fearful
roar high into mid-air, and when it had clear
ed away the men peered down the shaft.
Far away in the darkness beneath they could
hear the dash of the waves, and sometimes
thought they could discern their white gleam
as they leaped up the sides of the shaft.
Jim Massey and several others volunteered
to go down and seek for any who might be
still struggling in the water. It was too late,
however, when they reached the place, and
only a few of the dead bodies were ever re
covered. The mine is now deserted and its buildings
in ruins.
Some time after the disaster a part of the
cliff above it, probably undermined by the
i action fif the waves, fell down one stormy
I night, and now there is a great cavern'wan
; dering away in dark passages tinder the cliff
i where part of the coal mine had been,
j It is easy to penetrate beneath these gloomy
j arches in a boat during fine weather, and
many times in after days Agnes, then a hap
py wife and mother, would come there with
her children on summer days and tell them
the story of how their father's life had been
saved. And when she had ended and lean
ed back in the boat as they floated on thro'
that silent gloom as of the twilight, the large j
tears would gather in her eyes as she thought i
of him who lay in that unknown tomb of his !
own choosing, far below in some dark cav-
1 ern of the sea.
i
j 5ovk of the Foolish Things. Talking
1 slang.
1 Traising yourself.
Wearing tight shoes.
Tramping tor a living.
' Borrowing newspapers.
I Getting mad at nothing,
j Kissing poodles in puolie.
I Living ocyond your income,
j Trying to "cram" school children.
Sleeping away the early morning hours.
, Marrying a man for his fine moustache.
I Hunting for white-handed employment.
Counting your money before it is earned.
Trying to do business without advertising.
Endorsing notes for friends and aequaint
j an cos.
1 Thinking it don't pay to economise in tri
fles. Flaying the gallant to every woman but
your wife.
Expecting to have money without work
1 ing for it.
j Leaving off heavy flannels too early in the
i season.
Wasting your smiles on every man but
your husband.
Lending an umbrella without bidding it
, an eternal adieu
Exposing your ignorance by pretending to
know everything.
Moping t hroueh 1 ife when its just as easy
to dance through it.
Getting married in live haste and repent
ing at dead leisure.
Judging a man bv the cut of his coat or a
woman by the shade of her complexion.
' Envving other people their wealth when
you might be hoarding a pile for yourself.
Falling in love with a woman's hair or
i teeth befoie finding out what she paid for
; them.
Joining so many lodges and chnrch socie
ties that you have no time to become ac
; quainted with yonr family.
Turning up your nose at ordinary ways of
1 earning an honest livelihood, and waiting
! for some ppteel job to turn up.
An rCT of Tri-e Hf.roism. When the
Cyprian was wrecked on the coast of Wales,
a few weeks ago, the two hundred people
who stood horror-stricken along the shoie
saw an act of hetoism rarely witnessed un-
der any circumstances. The captain, John j
A. Strachan, of Liverpool, had told those on ;
board that everyone must look to himself. i
Most of the ercw had dropped oerboard, j
and Captain Strachan also prepared to leap i
into the billows. He tied a life belt about ;
his waiff and mounted the rail. At that mo-
tnent he noticed the pale face of a boy peer- I
ing from below decks. The lad was a, srow-
away A few hours ago he was a sneak, an !
ltnn'nrtliv tbln.r a micor'il.ln nilfsr.r nf ,
ileges : hut now the skipper only remember- '
ed that he was a human being, to be saved
if possible, at any rate not to he left behind
Without a word Captain Strachan unbubkled
the life-belt from his waist and lashed it
ship-shape upon the little stowaway, bidding
him safe himself. "1 can swim," said the
captain, "take the belt." Over the side
went the stowaway lifted upon the serf like
a cork : over the" side went the captain,
trusting, like the good brave fellow that he
was. to his strength, enfeeb'ed with long
watching and anxiety. But swimming was
impossible in such a sea. The ho-itswain.
struggling for his own life, caught at the
captain, who was still making headway, and
both went down, never to be seen again ;
while the little stowaway, with the good
captain's life-belt about his waist, was thing
upon the Welsh coast, battered about, but
alive, to tell the story of his strange fate and
his kind friend's heroism.
Do Yor Hear ? "My son," said'a Little !
Rock mother, "go down to the grocery and i
get me p. can of condensed milk,
"I should squirm to wiggle," answered
the boy.
"Go on, I tell yon "
"I shall limp to jump."
"If you don't go this instant I'll tell your
father when he comes home."
"I should blow to tattle."
"Never mind, sir "
"I should hoop to squeal."
When the father came home the mother
sa,fI : "l wisn tnat "ol,'rt w,lip Tom- 1Ie
positively refused to go down to the grocery,
and told me that I was a tattler, and that he
would jump on me."
"Tom."
"Yes, sir."
"What was that you said to your mother?'
"Never said nothin'."
"Then I'm a story teller and your a pret
ty boy," said the mother.
"Look here, young man, if you don't be
have yourself I'll thrash you. Do you hear".'
"I should titter to snort."
Come here to me, sir," and the young
man squirmed to wiggle, limped to jump,
blew to tattle whoopd to squeal and titter
ed to snort.
libsnnfip Frstivitits of Oi r Ancfs"
tors. It may be of interest to know bow j z'y" wanted to fight some one, but he want
they arranged marriages ene hundred years j ed to pick his man. When he saw the
ago. .an oin paier uas uie Kiiiowing ties- 1
eription bearing upon thesnhject : "Married
in June, 1750, Mr. Wm. Donkin, a consider
able farmer of Great Tossen, near Roth-
bury, in the county of Cumberland, to .Miss
' w,'n:-v quarters of lamb, forty-four quarters
t veai, twenty quarters ot mutton and a
Miantity of beef, twelve nains, with a sulfa
te number of chickens, vie, which are con
Oided with eight half ankers of brandy
iftde into punch, twelve dozen of cider,
txt-lve hogsheads of wine, and ninety bush
el! of malt made into beer. The company
cofcisted of five hundred and fifty ladies
ant gentleman, who concluded with the
Hinje of twenty-five fiddlers and pipers,
andthe whole was conducted with tfce ut
rccst order &cd aaen!fe.?ry.
JIARRIED-niED.
In the columns, side by side.
Stands the captions. Married Died.
What fine irony in this
That shares with death our nuptial bliss ;
That blends beneath our earnest gaze
The story of two wonderous days ?
The kiss of death, of blushing bride,
Sarcastic blend in Married, Died.
Throbbing breast of heart that bleeds,
Tearful, bright, or dull eye reads
Lines whose message is liot clear,
Blurred and broker, through a tear;
Lily lingers, hard of age,
Trace the line along the page ;
Death and Cupid, side by side.
Sport in man witn Married, Died.
Here a requiem, there a song.
Blend and roll their notes along.
Village bells that ring or toll
Greet a glad or passing soul ;
To the chancel call the crowd.
Clad in satin, gown or shroud.
To the church we twice may tide.
Heed the badinage Married, Died.
Hoist the anchor sail away ;
Summer winds or sunlit bay
Lure thee o'ei the outer bar,
Where the white-capped breakers are ;
Staunch thy painted shallow he,
Strong to ride life's restless sea,
God shall rule the surging tide
That laps the shores of Married, Died.
Orange blossoms, ripen wheat,
Springs or rue or 1'illies sweet,
Curls ot gold or locks of snow,
Wedding robes or garb of woe,
Hands in loving hands to rest,
Or folded lie on pulseless preast ;
Who shall brooais and fruit divide,
So near the stories Married, Died.
A THRILLING CHAPTER.
There is in the Detroit Work House to-day
a prisoner whose smile issoft and sweet as a
woman's, and the stranger who meets him is
instantly drawn towards him by his clear,
j blue eye, soft voice and gentle smile. And
I yet that very man is accounted the shrewd
j est, sharpest and most "nervy" prisoner of
j the lot. The fact that two officers rode over
J a thousand miles with him handcuffed and
j shackled and constantly watched is proof of
the above assertion. When tney turned him
j over at last to the custody of the Superin
i tendent they lelt the following record on the
! books :
i "Prisoner has been engaged in one train
; robbery at least and in half a dozen stage
j and highway robberies.
j "Has broken jail three times and bears the
j scars of several wounds.
! "Has the reputation of being a shooter
and a fighter: has killed at least three men ;
! was a pal of Wild Bill : is supposed to know
( all the loading outlaws in the far West. Is
; sharp and crafty and has great nerve. Look
: out for him. OrtVnse : Highway robbery."
The "smiler" has not yet exhibited the
) slightest desire to see the outside walls of
! the Work House, but is reported as one of
! the most orderly and quiet prisoners in the
I institution.
I The first Deadwood line stage robbed was
! the work of a single man, and if that man
; was not the prisoner we write of then lie has
j a twin brother. The robbery occurred just at
! sunset six miles from Dead wood. The stage
, contained seven men, all well armed. It
! was just rounding a thicket when a man
. stepped in front of the horses, halted them,
1 and quietly said to the driver :
"If you pull a line until I am through I'll
send a bullet through your head !"
This was accompanied hy such a soft,
bland smile that the astonished driver yelled
back :
j "Stop your fooling or I'll rnn over you .'"
1 But the smile was deceiving. Up came a
! navy revolver on line with the driver's eye,
1 and his teeth chattered as he loosened the
! reins and soothed the horses. Yells and
shouts were heard inside the stage, but none
of the passengers suspected what was hap
pening until the road agent pulled open one
of the doors and called out :
j "Now, then, gentlemen, please climb
; down !"
j "Who the are you ?" waj shouted
; at him by three or four in chorus, and his
; smile was honey itself as lie answered :
j I 11 introduce myself directly. Come,
gents these shooters are In a hurry to hurt
I some one !"
He backed off a few feet, a revolver in
either hand, and the passengers began climb
ing down.
Leave your arms in the stage !" shouted j
the "Smiler." "I'll pop the man brines out
any sort of weapon with him ! Come, now
sun's going down fast !"
There were seven revolvers and three Win
chester rifles among the passengers, but that
one man had the bulge on the crowd. Men
are half disarmed when surprised. Coop
them up in addition to surprise, and pluck is
gone. The road agent knows this, and the
fact is as good as half a dozen men behind
him. One by one the seven climbed down
and stood in a row, and as the last man left
the coach the "Smiler" confronted the line
and softly remarked :
"I will now trouble you to deposit your
watches and money on the ground !"
With many a groan and curse and sigh the
request was complied with. Those who had
wallets lost all ; those who had divided their
money in different pockets saved half. Two
of the seven had no watches to los. After
the last man had
"deposited"' the robber i
pointed to the .open door of the stage and
said :
"It's a tough country and 1 won't take
your weapons. Please climb in."
As the last man mounted the step the rob
ber slipped behind the coach and called to
I the driver to go on at a gallop, at the same
I time tiring threa bullets over the coach to
start things with a rush. Half a mile away
i the coach halted and the seven victims
jumped down with their arms, but the
j "Smiler had disappeared with his booty,
j Less tean a month after the robbery rela
: ted above, the "5ruiler" was half asleep in a
, Custer City saloon when in came a sharp
j known as "Giizzly," accompanied by three
j or four men, whose admiration for his brag
i nis oacKere. "Gm-
mm muster mane tnem his backers
.c,.,:i.
dozing aeray m his chair he tho't
i he had discovered a "tender-foot" whom he
! could wallup. Without a word of warning
! lis ,!v.i, .nn ...iij n. 1 .
he advanced and pulled the sleeper's nose,
; j e son smue came to the little man's face
as he slowly rose up, and his voice was no
more than a whisper as he inquired :
"Stranger, did you mean that?"
"You bet !"
"Then sich of this crowd as don't like bul
lets had better git !"
Three or four men rushed out just as the
revolvers commenced to speak. The "Smi
ler" was alone the bully had three backers.
Eor three or four minutes there was a con
stant pop ! pop ! of revolvers, and then two j
of the "Grizzly's" friBds roihed cut and 1
ran away, both wounded. Those who rush
ed in found the bully down and severely
wounded and the other one stone dead,
while the 'Smiler was sitting on a bench re
loading one of his revolvers. Thirty shots
had been fired at him from a distance of
twelve feet, and yet he had received only
one slight flesh wound.
One day as four men rode out from Jules
burg, Col., they encountered a smiling stran
ger, who made several inquiries regarding
mines. Tney were giving him all possible
lnformation, when he suddenly intetrupted
the conversation with :
"Gentlemen, dismount and hold up '"
At the same time he coveted th? crowd
with his shooters, ar.d there was no alterna
tive but to yield. The crowd left him over
1 1,600, but it was his last robbery. A large
party were soon on his trail, and after dodg
ing them for two or three days he was cap
tured a nd giveD a sentence of ten years.
FOES OF THE TELEGRAPH.
HOW BVFFALOES, BEAKS, MONKEYS, ELE
PHANTS, WORMS AMI SPIDERS DE
STROY THE WIRES.
If you will kick or pound on a telegraph
pole or place your ear against or.e on a win
dy day, what will the noise remind you of?
A hive of bees ? Precisely. So it does the
bears in Norway. Bears are passionately
fond of honey, and when in one of the wild
districts Bruin hears the humming of the
wires he follows the sound to the post where
it is loudest, and begins to tear away the
stones, heaped round the poles in rocky soil
to steady thrm, in order to get at the hive
which he imagines to be there. In his disap
pointment and disgust he usually leaves sav
age marks of his claws in the wood. Nor is
he the only victim of the wires. In the Elec
tric Exhibition at Paris they show the top of
a thick pine telegraph post through which a
woodpecker has drilled a hole several inches
in diametee. The bird had apparently
perched on the pole and taken the humming
of the wires for the buzzing of a nest of in
sects in the wood, and had fet himself man
fullyor birdfiilly to dig theiu out. Wolves
will not stay in Norway where a telegraph
line has been built. I was formerly the ens.
torn to protect farms by planting poles
round them stiung with cards, something
like rabbit-snares, and gradually the wolves
came to rsspect these precautions, so that a
line stretched across the neck of a peninsula
would protect the whole district. The
wolves take the telegraph for a new and im
proved snare, and promptly leave the coun
try when a line is built. On our own tree
less plains the buffalo hails the telegraph
pos as an ingenious contrivance for his own
benefit. Like all cattle he delights in
scratching himself, and he goes through the
performance so energetically that he knocks
down the post. An eatly builder of ttle
graph lines undertook to protect the posts
by inserting brad-awls into the wood, but
the thick-skinned buffa'o found the brad
awl an improvement, as affording him a new
sensation, aud scratched down more poles
than ever. In Sumatra the elephants are
systematically opposed to telegraph lines,
and at least twenty times a year make raids
on them. In May, ls7f, the elephants tore
tore down the poles fora distance of several
furlongs and hid Cue wires and insulators in
the cane jungle, and for three nights in suc
cession they repeated the performance as
regularly as the repairers rebuilt the line
during the day. The monkeys ami apes are
about as formidable enemies, as thev use the
wires foi swings and trapezes and carry eff
the glass insulators as valuable prizes : then,
when the repairer goes to correct the mis- '
chief, he may be pounced upon by a tiger or
driven up the post by a mad buffala. In
Japan the special enemies of the telegraph
are the spiders, wf ich grow to an immenst
size and avail themselves of the win s as ex
cellent frameworks for their wehs. So thick
j are the cords the Japanese spiders spin that
j often, especially when they are covereP,wit h
j dew: they serve to connect Cue wires with
! each other or the ground, and so to stop them
from working. In the sea the wires are not
any safer, as a small worm has developed it
self since cables came into fashion which
bores its way through iron wire and gutta
percha, lots in the water and so destroys a
line worth millions of dollars. V. hen a great
storm comes on in the centre of the ocean
and the cable breaks while it is being laid or
threatens to break, no one is alarmed. Thev
fasten the cable to a buoy and eomo back af
terwards and pick it up, or if it is at the bot
tom of the sea they drop a dredge, with a
mile or so of rope, and fish out the precious
thread, as large as one of your fingers, al
most as easily as you would fish up a penny
from the bottom of a tub f water with the
tongs. But the little worm no bigger than a
needle is more formidable than the elephant
on shore or the hurricane at sea. I'oufAuiirf
Pleasure.
How Far Wrong is This "Old Maid?"
She had been called an old maid, and rath
rather resented it. She said: "I am past
t thirty. I have a good home. I tnink jou
j know I have had abundant opportunities to
1 marry. I have been bridesmaid a score of
times. I ask myself with which one of the
beautiful girls that I have seen take the mar- !
riage vow would I exchange td-day? Not
one. Some are living apart from their hus
bands ; some are divorced ; some are the
wives of drunken men ; some are haningon
the ragged edga of society, endeavoring to
keep up appearances : some are toiling, to
support and educate their children, and
these are the least miserable; some tread the
narrow line beyond the boundary of which
lies the mysterious land, and some have gone
out in the datkness and unknown horrors,
and some are dead, A few there are who
are loved and honored wives, mothers with
happy homes ; but. alas! only a very few."
From This to That. "We don't know
j much ah. uit il, of course, "r says th. editor of
j the Burlington otrd-ete, but we should
think aftef a man has been secretary of the
trensurv fnrtliree r.r f.t.e ,-i.n .,'l,n . ...
; casjonallv dumped f.vi 000 ftoo' into Wail
i street to relieve the market, and bad called
' 1", iJl-i'T,six7 on'' VTe' ,m"ff,lt
I 2,000,000 of Imnds every week, and dishurs-
j ed Sll.Ojo.non one week and ?is.ooo,o.mi the
next, we should think it would gravel him
awfully to go back into his law office when
the administration changed, and make out
an abstract of a farm away out in Bucka
shaw county and sell for an old woman down
in Kickapoo township to an old fellow out
in Waukindaw settlement, and only get a
fee of J and tmve to wait four months for
that, and flien have to take a soirel colt for
it. Perhaps the ex-serretarie of the treasu
ry don't mind it much, hut we just say we
don't like to get used to it."
The grent secret of rF.p.i'Nt is that 't al
ways coincide w:th the titsmfrftrofrtxnafura,
(battue.)
! MODES OF COI RTSHII.
Taking it for granted that the declaration
; of the sentiment of love is a privilege of the
men, founded on natuie, and sanctioned by
custom, the various modes of making that
declaration by them, and of accepting or re-
fusing it by the women, were we able to
i give a perfect account of it, would make one
; of the most curious and rntertaing parts of
human history, anl equally furnish matter
of speculation for the fine lady and the phil-
oopher. Wecan. however, exhibit but little
of this entertainment, whi'e wp treat of the
ancient inhabitants of the east. who. stranger
to sentiment and delicacy of feeling, bought
a bride with thp sa me dispassionate coolness
and deliberation as they would have done an
ox or an ass . and even in the review of oth
er nations, historical information does not
enable us to make it so complete as we could
wish.
It is taken as a general rule that th. de
claration of love was the peculiar privilege
of men : but as all general rules are liable to
some exceptiops. there are a'so a few in this.
An Israelitish widow, had, bylaw, a power
of claiming in marriage the brother of her de
ceased husband : in which case, as the priv
ilege of the male was transferred to the fe
male, that of the lemaV was likewiae trans
ferred to the male. He bad the power of re
fnsipg ; the refusal, howevei. was attended
with some mortifying circumstapces ; the
woman whom be bad thus slighted was to
come unto him in the presence of thp eldere
of the citv. and to loose the shoe from his
foot and to spit in his face.
To man. by nature bold and intrepid, and
vested with unlimited power of asking, a re
fnsal was of little onnsequencp : but no wo
man, more timid and modest, ar.d whose
power of asking was limited to the brethren
of her deceased husband, it was not only an
.ffr-nt. but a real ipitirv. as everyone would
conclude that the refusal arose from some
well-grounded cause, and wou'd. therefore,
despise the woman, so that she could have
but little chance of a future husband
Hence, perhaps, it was thought necessary to
fix some ruhlic sticma on the dastard who
was so uneailapt ns not to eonip'y with the
addresses of i woman.
A custom somewhat simi'iir to (his re
mains at present among the nnrons and Iro
quois. When a wife dies the hnsband is
oh'io-ed to marrv the sister, or. in her ead,
the woman whom the family of the deceased
wife shall oboosp fnr h'm. A widow is also
obliged to marrv one of the brothers of the
dpceased husband, if he has died without
children, and she is still of an ace to havp
anv. Exactly thp -.amp thing takes place in
the Carolina Island ; and there, as well ns
amonor thp TTnrons. the women may demand
such h-o'ber to marry her. thonr-b we are
not informed whether they eyor exert the
powpr.
Tn the T-thmns of Darion we are told, the
richt of askinrr is riromlsounnslv exortort bv
both sexes ; who whet, the fool tho passion
of love, deo'are it without the least embar
rassment : and in the Erkraine the same
thing is said to be carried still further, and
the wonipp mnrp geoorallv court than the
mpn. Whpn a young womnn fa Ms in lovo
with a man : shp is pot in the Ica.sf ashamed
to go to bis-father's house and reveal her
passion in a most pathetic manner : and to
promise submissive obedience, if he WH nr
cept of her for a wire. Should the insensi
ble man pretend anv excuse, she tells him
she is resolved never to go out of the hopso
till he gives his consent ; and. accordingly
taking un her lodging, rerna ins ther". Tf he
still obstinately refuses, his case becomes
exceedinrlr (Mstressinrt the Chnrch is
mon'yon hersido, and to turn her out would
provoke all her kindred to rerenge her hon
or : so that he has no meth..d left but to be
take himself to flight till she is otherwise
disposed of.
As thp two sexes of Greece bad but little
intercourse with each other, and a lover wn
seldom favored with an onnortunitv nf tell
ing his passion to his mistress, ho ned to
discover it by insorihinp ber name on the
walls of his bouse, on the bark the trees of
a public wa'k. or the leaves of his book : it
was customary for him also to deck the d-or
of the house where b's fair one live! with
flowers and rarlands : to make libations of
wine before it in the manner that was prac
tised at the temn'e of Cupid.
Such were thp common methods of discov
ering the passion of love; the methods of
prosecu'iug it were sfJH more extraordinary,
and less roeonopaMe tocivi'i7ition and good
principles. When a love affair did not pros
per in the bands of a Greek, he did not en
deavor to become more enpagingio his man
ner and person -. he did not lavish his for
in presents, or beenmp more obliging or as
siduous in his addressps. but immediate! ,
1 pad recourse to incantations and philter, in
composing and dispepsipgof which, the wo
men of Thessalv were reckoned the most fa
mous, and drove a traffic in them of no in
considerable advantage. These potiore
were given by the women to the men. as
well a by the men to the women, and were
generally as violent in their operations as for
aome time to deprive the person who took
, them of sense, and not uncommon'v of life.
A Wisf. Horsf. The Wilmington (Del.)
.Cfo-r tells of a horp in that citv which a f-w
Sundays a 70 was running loose on the streets
and passed In the nPl?hbrtrhivrvT of a oortvn
store, wberp the proprietor not joe 1 h hx 1 a
sovpre sore on bis bar k and several loss ser
ious erun'ions on one of his shoulders,
whereiipr.n bp put a suitable plaster or each
of t' p wounds. Thp animal then wept of!
and be saw no morp of him until the next
Sunday, when bo again went t.a the door of
the establishment, whore hp remained nnfil
the wounds were again dressed, and since
then be has regularly apneared every Sun
day at the drug store tn havp the planters put
upon his back and shoulders, and tb" pro
prietor kin.!'y accomodated h:m. It t snp
posed that the owner keops him busy aT! the
week and tnrns him Vaosp on lundare.
Stray Thopchts Tie eonqti-rs who en
dures. An obedient srife commands her husband
Two mav kepp co:tns-l keopi"? on" a way.
Much letrnin; shows how litttp morta's
know.
Every person has aomething about him to
spoil him.
Strength is bon in the deep silence of long
StifTprine hearts.
Self-deception the at which has at-rive
the nearest perfect 'on.
rti'!e sleeps in a gi;d-d crown. C..u-'.r-ment
In a cotton nttrht-eap.
H twthorne desoriS-s a ..-'- ' 1
wfth the nioon sbln'n on it. - s
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