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EB ENS BURG, PA.. FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1SS2.
NUMBER 17.
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who send us address on postal card. Hundreds of orders are
filled daily, and goods sent by mail and express to every
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money if they do not suit.
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PHILADELPHIA.
Chetr.nt, Market and Thirteenth
btreeta, and Cuy Hall cquare.
Dry
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12,000 WORTH
OF THE CELEBRATED
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nmvn itnriEs
Quality, make and price,
has ji sr m:i.N iu
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ALSO, A LAHGE AND EI.EGAXT STOCK OF
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T. tr. Itff 'K, secretary.
I benstiur. Jr n. 31. mi -ly.
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rr. AV. DICK,
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OLD ReLlAB' E "ETNA"
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EbpDonnr. Sept. 22. ifgi.iy
TTENTIOX. EVERY BODY!
.F. Ti. T.T.OYT,
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COAL, COKE AND LIME.
KBEXSBrRO, PA.
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r uses iu tiuiouBAils on OaoTTwait.
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I will now stHte that I marte a miraculous onre ol
one of the wort eii'ec of pkin disease known. The
patient is a man forty years old : had suflerc.1 fif.
teen Tean. His eve, tea In and nearly h.s whole
body presented a fnifhtful appearance. Hud had
the atientlon of twelve difforent physician?, who
prescribed the best remeiiies known to the profes
sion. (Mich as lod'de potainm. arsenic, "nrrnsive
sublimate, sara.iparilla, etc. Had paid .W0 fer
medienl trettment with hut little relief. I pre
vailed mion him to ne the Cttiocra Kfsoivixt
Internallv and the Trier ha and Tthtra Sor
externally. He did so and was completely cured.
The skin "on his hexd. f ice, and many other ports
of his person, which presented a most loathsome
appejir.ince. is now as soft and smooth as an In
f int's. with no scar or trace of the disease left be
hind. He has now been cured twelve months.
reported ly
F. H. Bbowh, Esq., Barnwell, S. C.
SCnOFUHA SORE.
Rev. Pr. . In detailing bit experience with
the 1TTIC-.RA Kkmed'ES. said that thro' IMvtno
Providence one of his parishioners was cured of a
scrofolons sore, which was slowly dralninir away
his life, by the CiTirrB RrsmviM internally,
and CrTlrrBA and I'mcrFA Soap externally.
The olon that had fod the disease was complete
ly driven out.
EVZ1ZMA.
Sixteen tnon'hs since an eruption broke ont on
my leit and bo'h feet, which turned out to he Kc
Zm, nnd censed me g-rent "lain and annoyanoe.
1 used the CrrnTRA Kkolvett Internally and
T-TtrrRA and 'Tthtka oap externally, which
entirely cured mo so that my skin is as smooth and
natural a ever.
I,ew. yi. Frai by, W South St., Baltimore.
CVriCVRA.
The Cnticura treatment, for the core of Skin.
Scalp and Blood I)ie:ies. cot(sts in the internal
nse of t'rTiii'R Kksoi.vktt. the new Hlood Purl,
fter. arid theetcru;il use of fencrRA and Ttt
crRA Soap, the ffresit Nkin Cures. Price of Tti
ct"RA. "n il! boxes. Wc. ; 1 irire boxes, f 1 O'J. CrTI
crRA Kk-.oi.vbnt. f 1 per bortle. t'rTicur.A Soap,
Ac: I't'Tin'RA Shavtno Soap. lfc.
Depot, WEEKS t POTTEK. B..ston, Mass.
Sanford's Radical Cure.
H(i fol.ls. Watery I)ichari;es from the N' So
and Eves. Ilinirinir S'oi-s in the Head. Nervous
Headache and Chills and Fever Instantly relieved.
Chnkinir. putrid mucus Is disl' dae I. membrane,
cleansed, disinf.-cted and healed, breath sweet
ened, smell, taste and hearings restored, and eon
stitntional ravaices checked.
CoiiKh. Bronchitis. Ih-npnlna-s Into the Throat.
Pain in the Client. Iyspepsia.Wh-.tinirorr-trenirth
and Flesx lo'S of Sleep, -.c, cursd.
One bottle Hadical Cure, one box Catarrhal Sol
rent anil one Iir. Sanford's Inhaler, In one pack
age, of all rlruKiri-t. f..r 1 . Ak for --jisrnr.o's
Radical Cthe. WEEK-. Jt ItiTTKK. BoPn
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IIV VOLTAIC PLAN.
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Weakness of the K'dnevs,
I.iver and I.trnns, Khenma
t'm. Neuralirla. Hvsterla,
Female VVeakness, Malaria,
and Fever anil Airne. Price
2J cist. Sold everywhere.
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THE JAWS OF DEATH.
We were estnped in a canyon by the north
ern lakes, when we pot to talking of cowards
and of stories that men had been so badly
frightened that their hair turned white, and
ITarry Flovd expressed the opinion that no
one, tinless only a terrible coward, could by
any possibility be frightened to that extent.
Onr guide, Ned Whitman, one of the
bravest men in danger lever knew, laughed
as ITarry pave his opinion.
"See here, narry," he said, "we've been
on the plains and in the mounains together
a great deal, and you oueht to know me by
this time. Do you think I am an awful cow
ard ?"
"Ton ! cried narry. "I should say not.'
Ned lifted his cap and displayed his hair,
which was as white as the driven snow.
"Take a good look at it boys," be said.
"That hair was tHrned white by fright,
neither more nor less. Now, what have you
to snv about that,, Tlairy?"
"I've only got thi.s to say that the thing
that could frighten Ned Whitman In that
wsv Is worth telllner : so just brace yourself
for the ynrn," said rinrrv. as be crowded the
tohncco into his pipe-bowl, and leaned back
to smoke and listen. "Fire away, Ned we
want to hear it."
"T should reckon it wsfiften years affo,"
said Ned. qnietlv, "that I was in the moun
tains np north of herf-, having a bunt all by
myself. I am a erest fellow for solitude,
nnvhow. and it wasn't anything new for me
to be off on a hunt a'one. I knocked over
three antelopes, and got ft sight of old Eph
Orizzlv, but he was !r, company with his
mate, and I was no such fool a to draw a
bead on him. I know Just when to let a
grlz'v hear have bis own way, and that ttiev
won't touch a man unless they are awfully
hnnp-rv. or h" tries to drive them awav from
meat F.nh has found himself, or when he has
a cnb with him."
"So 1 Inst tramned alone one way, and the
cnzlies took another, and when niaht came
on T was near a cave in the rocks, where I
meant to stav. It was a small place that I
fonnd one dav. and I had made a sort of
camp of it whenever 1 passed thq night up
that wn.y.
"There was a flat rock outside, and when
I lit a fire and broiled some antelope steak,
and had made a square meal I calculated to
smoke a pipe or two and then bunk In.
"Put before I did it T threw a firebrand or
two into the cave, and looked around to see
that there was nothing in it. and then had
my smoke out.
"After that I crawled in and heaped up
stones before the hole, so that nothing could
follow me. and rolled mvself up in my blan
ket, and was soon in the land of dreams. v
"I told yon the place was a small one, but
I forgot to ell vou that in one corner there
was a sort of hole about three feet acros
where a spring of water ran down a sloping
rock and out of sieht.
"T didn't know how deen it was, and the
fact is I never investigated very close only
I knew the hole was there.
"But. as T say, I eot to dreaming, and the
idea came into my head that I was falling ;
and I half woke, and then I realized that I
was goinr down a greay rock, flat on my
nactc, with cold water splashing around me,
like a streak of lightning.
"Before T eot half way down I realized
that I was leally falling ; and by the time I
got to the bottom I knew what the trouble
was. Boys, I had rolled around in my sleep
and fallen into that cursed hole, feet firt.
"I reached bottom at last, not hurt in the
least, and manaeed to get on my feet and out
of the water as badly detnorlizfd an indi
vidual as yon ever saw in your life.
"It was darker than Tophet in fact, it
seemed to me 1 could almost feel the dark
nessand I was so completely turned round
that I didn't know how I had come ; end
what's more I didn't dare to move, for fear
I would fall into another hole deeper than
this one.
"Was I scares! ? You may safely reckon
that I was. I'd have given a thousand dol
lars just then to know exactly where the
hole was I had come out of. But when I
found it, as I might, perhaps, it didn't follow
that I could go back the same way I had
came.
"But it wasn't easy to find by any means.
In the first place, it was dark as pitch and I
was afraid to eo feeiinu around for the hole,
and I could safely calculate that it couldn't
be far from a hundred feet aliove me, by the
time it had taken to come down.
"So I just crawled out of the water and sat
down on the cold stones, and I give you ray
word I c.iuld feel my hair bristle all over my
head. I was the worst scared community la
fourteen counties.
"But it wouldn't do to fool, so I crawled
round and found that the water ran in a lit
tle gully it had worn out in the rocks, and
arter a while I found the hole where it came
pouring out. I stuck my head up in the hole
and tried to climb, but as soon as I put my
foot on the rock it went out from under me
as if it was greased, and I tumbled down
again.
"I tried it a dozen times, but I saon found
that nobody could et up that way it was
too slippery. I knew I was in a bad trap,
and, finding dry place, I lay down and'
thought I would wait until morning, and
then, maybe, with the light I might do some
thing. "That was the longest nipht I erer passed.
I tried to sleep, but it couldn't be done ; for
if I went off ;nto a doze, I'd wake with a
start and think I was sliding down that shaft
a train.
"But at last I judged it must be morning,
and I put mv head up that shaft and could
see a little daylight, but not much. What I
did see didn't refresh me a bit
"It wasn'5 less than a hundred feet to the
top, and the slope was about sixty five de
grees, and when I felt the bottom of the rock
with my hand it was like glass. Then I laid
down on my back iu the shaft and got my
hands and feet hraced on the upper part, and
bf gan to work myself op.
"I got, maybe, twenty feet, and began to
think I could fetch it, when my foot slipped
and I went down again like a shot out of a
gun, and slid out into the cave on my back.
"It was awful ; but it was my only chance
and I went at it again ; and this time I got
up maybe sixty feet, and got a brae for my
toes and took a rest. Then I wriggled up
en feet more and t-xik another rest.
"I bejrnn to feel good all over. It was,
nisybe, forty fec-t t9 the top now; and if I
f und everythinft all right, I'd get there after
awhile; bnc pari ifs awful to tell when
I made the next trial the pteee of lianestona
under my toes broke off and away 1 went
again.
"I was ciaa usad np now, and fo half aD
hour I sat on the rocks, half tempted to give
myself up for lost; but, as you all know, I
have got a will of my own, and I was bound
that the shaft shouldn't beat me If I could
help it.
"I worked my way up, Inch by Inch, until
I got within ten feet of the top, and tbere I
stuck, hanging on with teeth and toe-nails,
and here I found the toughest part of the
work.
"The upper part of the place was nearly
as smooth as the lower, and it was almost
perpendiclar. I didn't dare to loose my grip,
and I couldn't get forward a single inch.
Once I tried it, but the first time I did it I
slipped a little, and came near going to the
bottom again ; and I knew that if I did I
was a doomed man, for I never should have
had the strength to get up again as far as I
was now.
"I was getting chilled, too, for the water
was as cold aa ice, and I had been working
in it for a long time bow long I don't know,
for I was in no condition to measure time.
"I loosened one band and felt the side of
the shaft, and got hold of a point of rock
above my head and drew myself up, gaining
three feet more. Then I stopped, out of
breath, and took another rest before I tried
it again; but I couldn't find anything I could
get bold of to help me farther np. and I fell
my strength going.
"I knew well that if I didn't get out of
there soon I was gone ; and just as I was
going to give up In despair, I felt something
brush against my face, and I caught hold of
it.
"By George, boys, it was'the end of my
lariat that I had thrown on the floor when I
crawled into the cave, and that I'd taken
with me when I rolled into the hola. I al
wavs carry a lariat with me, you know.
What if it was fast somewhere had got
caueht on a sVone or anything of that kind ?
"I pulled on it easy at first, and then a lit.
tie harder, and. beys, it was fast. I gave it
a good tug to satisfy myself that it was really
solid, and then up I went and tumbled out
on the stone floor more dead than alive.
"But I didn't stay there a minute more
than was needed to get my breath, but when
I went to take the stone away from the front
of the cave I saw what had saved me. The
end of the lariat with the knot on it bad got
caught between two big stones as I piled
them np, and that, and that only, saved my
life, for when I looked at the place afterward
I saw that no man could have climbed that
last seven feet, for It was smooth as glass.
"When I met some of the bovg next day,
they told me. that my hair was white, and so
it was. Whether I am a coward or not it was
the fright of that night which did the work.
Tass the bottle. My throat feels baked,
and my heart is in my mouth when I think
of it now, and if you ever get in the same
box you will be as scared as I was."
Harry has changed his opinion and thinks
that even a brave man may be frightened.
A TRUE INCIDENT.
BY A IOCTOK'8 WIFE.
The stricken mother sat by the bedside,
stroking tenderly the brown silken tresses of
the fair boy, who lay there all unconscious
of the sad diama which was being enacted.
By her side, with her head buried in her lap,
kneeled the beautiful yonne sister, whose
life had been so suddenly, so ruthlessly dar
kened. Within that chamber of death, nothing
save the low sobbing of the heart-broken
mother broke the awful silence. The kind
friends and neighbors who had gathered in,
with offers of sympathy or assistance, stood
with bated breath. The physicians, having
exhausted their skill in a vain attempt to
snatch the victim from the grave, could only
stand still and watch the gloom of death set
tling down on the pallid face. As the clock
on the mantlepice ticked the speeding mo
ments the Destroying Angel drew nearer
and nearer the smitten home. Tie clasped
the beating heart in his cold embrace, and It
quivered, stopped, and then stood still for
ever. The fair young being who had passed
so suddenly away had entered life under pe
culiar favorable circumstances. Gifted
above many, he bad completed his education
and received the degree of M. D, on the eve
of his twenty-first birthday. In less than
three years he had distinguished himself in
his chosen profession. His many gracious
qualities of bead and heart had drawn
around him a host of admiring friends. Yet
in the midst of such bright prospects he had
permitted himself to be enticed Into the
tempter's snare. He not only loved the red
wine In the cup, but had become addicted to
the use of a most powerful drug chloral
hydrate.
At first no doubt, this young man employ
ed it medicinally. lie found its effects so
gratifying, that ere he was aware the occa
sional pi act ice had become habitual. Then
commenced a hand to hand fight with the
monster who had bound him so pitilessly
with the chains he himself had been forging.
With all his bright dreams of life before
bim ; with his mother's prayers sounding In
his ears, and his sister's tears still undried
upon cheeks, he went forth jnto unwilling
bondage. Time after time had he been res
cued from the jaws of death, onlyto begin the
terrible struggle In weakened strength.
This last dose bad brought a sleep from
which tbere was nu waking.
Amidst the falling of the autumn leaves
we laid him to rest beneath the cypress ; yet,
in the gloom that surrounds the tomb, there
is a glorious rift in the clouds that widens
and widens as it draws closer and closer to
the throne of the All merciful. God be
thanked that there is One who judgeth not
as a man judgeth ; who holdeth evenly the
scales of justice; who weigheth against our
sins the whirlpool of our temptation. Let
ns hope that, in tender mercy, the Great Rea
per has gathered this tried and tempted one
into bis sheltering arms of love.
With the clods that rattled on his coffin-lid
still ringing in my ears, I wish to sound a
note of alarm. But few are a ware of the ex
teutto which opium and chloral eating are
carried on in our midst. Men and women,
young men and maidens, are included in this
fearful catalogue. It has already assumed
dimensions second onlyto wine-drinking.
Throttle the giant ere it sweeps some of your
loved ones into the yawning abyss awaiting
them.
We think this U about the proper time to
get up a correspondence with country rela
tives ; for time flies, and soon will vacation
be here, and then how nice it will be to take
a month in tbe bay fields and see the bull-dog
cbase the cow, and the not net get in Its work
on the small boy's beck, and the goat Stand
on bis hind legs and eat tbe linen off the air
11H. AT. r. Star.
THE PARSOX AND THE HEI.
PATIENCE SORELT TRIED.
The American Poultry Yard tells the fol
lowing amusing story : A setting hen Is per
haps the most unreasonable thing rn the
world, or It may be she Is sadly misunder
stood, and Is, If so, made of the best martyr
metal to be bad. Bat be that as It may, she
has a very Impolite way of sticking to her
own opinion, and In doing so she tries the
patience of many good people to a degree
most unwarranted by scripture or common
sense.
This sort of procedure on her part, often
causes trouble, as was the case at our par
sonage not long ago. A middle-aged yellow
ben who resides with the parson's family,
and who has for some weeks past been deal
ing in eggs, had chosen as her base of opera
tions one corner of the parson's carriage
shed. One day recently the hen arrived at
that stage of her business when" it Is necps
sary to set, which she'signified by the usual
siens. This was mentioned at breakfast by
the parson's wife, who advised that the hen
have a chance forthwith. But the parson
wanted that part of the carriage shed and
advised that she be set In the wood shed.
There was no use to expostulate with him.
lie was "boss around here, and not the
hen."
After breakfast he laid off his coat, took
an old axe, and after four hours chopping
and pounding be succeeded In converting an
old wheel barrow Into what he supposed to
be a nest far superior to the carriage shed.
Then he put in twenty nice white eggs.
"There, now," said he, "I could sit on that
nest myself if I were a hen." He then went
to get the nen. She pecked at him savagely.
He got the horse blanket and threw it over
her to save his hands while carrying her to
her new nest. lie dropped her in the wood
shed. But she didn't see the net. She only
stood in the middle of the shed, and turned
her feathers all the wrong way and clucked
and squawked and screamed like a hyena in
a grave-yard, tie shoved her toward the
nest, but she did not understand.
Then he got a fish-pole, and was proceed
ing to direct her with it, when she darted
past his legs and out, and In three seconds
was at the old nest. lie was patient and
soon bad her back. But still she did not see
the nest. lie shut the door, and went for
a little- shelled corn. When be came back
the hen was gone. So he scattered some corn
around and in the nest among the eggs, and
then stopped up a hole under one side of the
shed by which it had seemed slie had taken
her departure. lie then bronghs the hen
back, closed the door, put her down kindly,
and flung some more corn in the direction of
the nest. For a moment the hen seemed rea
sonable. She picked up the corn about the nest, then
she got up on the side of it and fished out the
last grain from among the eecs ; then she
stood nn erect, shook hr feathe rs mightily,
stretched ont her neck till it was as long as a
goose's, and, to the parson's great delipht,
seemed about taking possession of the nest.
But to his great dismay she gave a scream
that would have awakened the dead a mile
away, and then flew out of a small window
ten feet from the ground and did not touch
the side as she passed out. The parson re
strained his anger.
He stopped every hole In the shed which
a fly could get through. He brought her
back and placed hfr on the nest, piled a
whole armfulof boards over her, and weight
ed them down with a stone a? big as he could
lift. Then he locked the door and put the
key in his pocket, and walked off with that
peculiar feeling one has after gaining a con
quest. In about two hours he had occasion
to go to the carriage shed. As he passed the
wood shed he Indulged himself in a congrat
ulatory chuckle, and was just thinking how
much better it was to be a man than a her.,
as he entered thi carriage shed, when he was
greeted with a defiant challenge from the
hen, who was on the nest again and ready to
maintain her rights. He lost his temper,
picked up an old broom which lay at hand,
and pounded her off the nest.
She flew to the horse-trough, and he fol
lowed. In bis baste and wrath he made the
horse break loose, and he was soon galloping
over the yard and garden. The dog began
to bark at the horse, and a general melee fol
lowed, which was taken part in by pigs,
calves, chickens, horse and family. In seven
minutes there was not a whole flower pot in
the yard or good plant or vine in the garden,
not to mention the other damage done. It
ended by the horse breaking down the front
gate and starting on a run for bis old home,
five miles away. The wife then proceeded
to make some remarks which the parson was
not very interested to hear, and so he took
his hat and went to bring back the horse.
When he leturned he found new flower-pots
in the yard, a couple of boys at work in tbe
garden, a carpenter was banging a new gate,
and in the catriage-shed sat the hen on a
large nest of eggs, ne paid the bills and re
mained quiet.
A L.TTTLE Boy's Cooutess. The suit of
William O'Connor against the Boston and
Lowell Railroad, at Lawrence, has resulted
in a verdict for tbe plaintiff In 1 10,000, one
half the amount sued for. This suit grew
out of an accidmt which occurred August
27. 1880. The piaintiff was the father of a
child then between 5 and 6 years oK. ne
and his brother, three years older, were cross
ing a private way maintained by tbe railroad
for the Essex company, and the younger boy,
while walking backward, stepped between
the rail and plauking of the railway inside,
and was uuable to extricate bis foot At that
moment the whistle of a train was heard
within a few hundred feet and out of sight
around tbe curve, and it appearod from the
evidence that the older brother, finding him
self nnable to relieve bis brother, ran down
the track toward the train but finding that
be could not attract the attention of the train
men to bis brother's condition, and that he
roust te run over, he told him to lie down,
pulled him outward and down, and held him
there till the train bad passed. Both feet of
the little fellow were cut off or mangled so
that af jputation was necessary The t heory
of the defense was that the boy was not
caught, but while running across the track
fell and was rnn over. But the testimony or
tbe other brother was unshaken In every
particular. It would be difficult to match
the nerve, tboughtfalness, and disregard of
6elf displayed by this boy, who at tbe time
was leas than 6 years old. Botton Brald.
Doh't forget tbat Sinea' Syrup of Tar,
Wild Cherry and Hoarbound takes all the
prizes for curing coughs and cold, it you
have been unfortunate and oon!ractd for
ore flaring tt-i wet woatt,9r.
CHASED DT WOLVES.
A 11 AIL. CARRIER'S SNOW-aFOE RACE FOR
LIFE OVER IOAHO MOUNTAINS.
One Thursday afternoon George nennlng
house, a short, thick German, who Is em
ployed to carry the mail between Bullion
and nally at such times as the road Is im
passable for teams, left Haily with a sack of
mail weighing a'out seventy pounds for
'Bullion Camp, which is seven miles almost
due west of this c'ty. As Hennlnghnnse
started down Bullion street toward the river,
mounted on snow shoes, and the sack of
mail swung over his shoulder, he remarked.
"A heavy storm is approaching, and I must
hasten or I'll lose the way." The course
taken from naitv to Bullion by snow shoes
is over the mountain, and the well worn
trail is easily followed, except during or
just after a storm, when fresh snow obliter
ates the tracks made by the shoes. Ilen
nmghouse had gone as far as the road which
turns off to the Warm Springs, about two
miles, when a blinding storm set In blowing
almost a gale. All signs of the road and
trail were soon obliterated, and, as the out
lines of the mountains were not distinguish
able through the descending snow and sleet,
nenninghouse was forced to go considerably
by guess. Miscalculating the distance over
which he had traversed, he turned off bis
road too soon, ascended the bleak, wild
mountains to the north, and must have fol
lowed the precise course of the unfortunate
Allen, who perished on a 6imilar trip a few
weeks aeo.
Upon reaching the highest point no famil
iar landmark met his vision, and, not daring
to descend without being sure of the way,
he wandered about for hours In search of
some clue to his whereabouts. Night set in
cold and dreary, and as he was about to give
np from exhaustion and lay down to rest,
the dismal howl of a wolf was Iwirne to his
ear. Roused by his ominous sound, fear
leant strength to bis weary muscles, and he
started along the ridge he knew not whitV
er. Soon other wolves were heard, and from
the distinctness of the sound he knew they
must have scented him and were on his
trail. Now thoroughly awakened to a sense
of danger, he hurried forward, wildly peer
ing out Into the darkness, hoping to seA the
light of some rancher's or miner's cabin.
Nearer came his pursuers, and, as no light
appeared, the howling, snarling fiends upon
his track seemed to be sounding his death
knell. Soon be could bear their loud breath
ing and the pat, pat, pat of their many feet
as they came swiftly over the frozen snow.
With his eves staring wildly into the great
blank before him, and the perspiration issu
ing from every pore like rain, he hastened
forward. At last he felt instinctively that
the game was up, that his pursuers were
upon bim, and as he was about to halt and
face them, a wolf sprang upon the heel of
his snow shoe and threw him. In his great
fright be bad not thought of dropping his
heavy burden of mail, hut as he fell it was
hurled away many yards, and immediately
set upon by the famishing wolves.
Taking advantage of the moment, nen
ninshouse struck a lilit, and drawing some
papers from his pocket, set fire to them, and
the glare of the flames frightened the wolves.
This gave him time to mount his shoes, and.
turning them down tlm mountain side, he
fiV w forward with the speed of the wind,
knowing nothing of the course before him,
wheiherit led to safety or a prc-ciplfe hun
dreds of feet deep. An angry snarl told
him that the animals weie again on bis track.
In aoout twenty seconds he placed half a
mile between himself aud pursuers, and as
he rode out into the valley he beheld a light
only a short dManee ahead. Screaming for
help he pushed on, and was sojn met by
the inmates of Vireil Lamb's cabin. As
they came up to him he fainted fioin exhaus
tion, and was carried in and cared for by Mr.
and Mrs. Lamb. Two wolves came close to
the cabin, but after a few howls they re
traced tiieir su-ps and disappeared in the
darkness. We learn that llenningbouse is
all right again, except a little soreness of the
muscles from overexertion. He affirms,
however, that if he packs any wore mail for
Uncle Saui in these parts it will be done
during suushine.
A Wonderful, Thing of life. In our
boyhood we often heard of a hoop snake, one
that, bringing its bead and tail together,
rolled over and over like a wagon wheel. It
was said that ths snake did its execution
with its tail, that being pointed like a needle.
We never had the terror of seeing one of
them, but did, when about eijjht jearsoid,
see a jointed snake. Tbe joints were about
six incites long. When alarmed the snake
fell to pieces, the bead joint darting off like
an arrow to a place of concealment. Tbat
was the lust snake of the kiod we ever saw
until quite recently we saw a hoop jointed
snake. We were walking leisurely one day
through our field. All of a sudden ve were
startled out of ourself by somethine rolliug
by us, which looked like the rim of a bugv
wheel without the (-pokes. When it passed
about ten tU-ps bevoud us, in making an ef
tott to turn, it accidentally struck tbe end of
a projecting rait. This must have alarmed
it, for all at once it fell to pieces, and the
head joint darted through a crack of the
fttnee and into the swamp as quickly as pos
sible. Keuieuiberiug the jointed snake of
our boyhood and that our araudfattier had
told us if we would watch we would see the
head return for the joints left, as badly as
we were scared we detetniiued to watch and
wait the bead's return. Not unmindful tbat
we bad been told by them of old time that
tbe only protection from a,hoop snake was to
get butiind a tree or stump on tbe opposite
side fioin tbe one it was couiiug, we took a
position behind an old stump and waited de
velopments. It vas not long before the head came slow
ly and cautiously through tbe crack of the
fence, and raist-d itself to an anle of forty
five degrees, looked in every direction ana
then commenced the work of rejoining its
body and tail to its bead. This was soon
doue. IU next movement was to rear itselt
up perpeiidicutnrly, or in other wolds to
stand on its tail. As the bead went up we
distinctly saw tbat each joint possessed India
rubber qualities, for as it went up each Joint
became extended uutil, when the perpendic
ular position was attained, the bead was en
tirely out of sight. By a mathematical cal
culation we ascei tained its bead to be a ilttie
less than five milea high, when it passed out
of sight. Having taken Its bearings it grad
ually contracted to nine feet. It then made
a circular dart for its tail and without mora
ado rolled off rapidly in tbe direction . At
lanta. dimming Viorion.
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An ouueeof preventiou is rvottii a pound
of enrt and sares doctor hil! take khuha.
FROM POVERTY TO WEALTH.
HOW A LIFCTEX ANT OrrFRVOR BECAUE
KALTBT-RtrFK ASn DOMES
TIC tWHAPFir;E-.S.
The divorce suit tbat has been Instituted
by Mrs. Tahor, wife of the Lientnant Gov
ernor of Co'orsdo. is f pother Plnsrmlnn
thit wealth does pot alwars bring htipp'ress
with it. Mrs. Tabor frT d'rece tr,e
?r.0.nno alimonv rr year. The fiets are
tints related by the rirvelard Tenter: The
unhappy couple wire rrnrr'ed t trsrc,
Me., In lK'T, P.nd tbetr eneecr t'rrf t''e pe
riod has been marked bv frris;iciTs fr-i do
mestic felicity to the nr vloVt fmf:v
Jars : from absolute povertv to pr'ie!
wealth ; from the rnde hovel rf tbe f-o-ntW
to the most luxurious home that th Tnr cf
a millionaire could command. In 1V.Q thev
started for Pil.-e's Fek in a mrlorrir d-awn
bv two oxen, taking all their property wih
them, and after drifting about the conrtrv
for some years they settled down in tha
place where Denver now stands. He
searched In vain for pav gravel," and whilf
be was prosreeting cb cooked bacon, made
bread ard kept un the bouaohrd,! pwrienses
by boardina mlrers. FinVv T'W bni't a
log bnt and starred a tore fd 'mnvding.
bouse combined, which was a cTpesl ren
dezvous for the miners. AH t" hs'd wy.rk
of the establishment fll upon Mrs. TaVir.
She was the rni'v woman w'hln one hun
dred and sixtv miles, and she rl'd the cook
ing snd washing for the rn'rers. attended to
all their wants In the store, weired tbeir
gold dut on the only pair of scales In the
neighborhood, making herself the wn'tor
and drudge of everv one. In the meantime
the husband vielded to the irractir! fever
that seldem lessens its grin upon one who
has once become its victim, and contin-ied
his search for gold. n moved from pros
pect to prospeet. from dirdns to digcinir. al
wavs beHevinsr himself on the brlknf for
tune, and whi'e he reveled in golden dreams
the wife drudged and toiled to procure for
herself and her rnra! dreamer tbe substan
tial of l fe. In lfTii be began to reallre
some of his grand expectations, r.nd he was
soon knr.wn as a millionaire.
Tabor continued to prosner at a wonder
ful rate, and is now considered one of the
wealthiest men In the Sstp. ni wife's pe
tition savs he Is worth fin.noo.ono. and has
an income of flOYi poo per month. He pert
his means lavisMv and surrounded Ms wife
with evprv lnxnry thst moriev conld bnr ;
bnt, adds the Leader, she sars that be grew
bard hearted in proportion as he became
rich ; thai be absented h!mdf from home
for weeks and months, and on one occasion
be offered to civ her a portion rf his lsrg
fortune If she would apply for s divnrr
All be has to say is that be gave her ?loo O 'O
a few years a?o. which sh nrectd. and
which now yields her 14.0Of a rear; tv-tt
she Is a woman and be hop she will receive
all the sympathy growing out of the case
Both sides of the story wi'l on'v e--n nntrni
trial. What is certain now is that their do
mestic happiness took wings the moment
wealth rolled In rpon rhem ; that as soon as
tbev ceased f ghting with poverty the began
fighring each other. Their happiest davs
were when thev were poor, and as they new
sit In the midst of luxury and plenty It is
probable that their memory holds no pleas
antr period than when they sat together be
hind the ox-team and were being dragTl
out Into the Western wilds to seek their for
tune nearer to the setting sun.
THE NEWER ARITHMETIC.
A citizen whose pas bill was f7 for the
month of Jannary shut his house up for two
weeks in March and his gas bill was $7.7,1
now mu-h did be make?
If a butcher-cart, poing at the rate a
mile in three minutes striken an AMa. .n
who is walking at the rat of four tulle nn
hour, what is the resisting power of aac' ?
A County Treasurer knows of a dea ' s.,rp
thin? in wheat, and he puts in Si 050 . I t'-e
peopie's cash. The distance from his .-n
to Canada is 10 piiles, and tbe av-'e
speed ot a mi'road tram Is tbiriv-five miles
an hour. Find but they never find Vd.
A lady bought pome tape for eleven c,-nts,
and some thread for two cents, and worVe.J
off a quarter with a hole In it on the peddler.
How much did she save to bny tracts for tha
heathen ?
A stone weighing twenty-two pounds is
concealed under an old hat. and a man kicks
it with snrh force as to send ft 9 yards. As
it takes two and one-half pounds of e!jre
pressure to move one pound of dead weight
one foot, what force did tie exert ?
A man spends eighteen cents for lager,
ten certs for tobacco, twenty cents for ci
pars, fifteen cents for street car far, and
loses f l 50 at poker; lie then perrci's l is
wife to purchase a button hook for thne
cents, and figures that hur extravagance will
ruin him in three years. What is bis capi
tal? A man has ninef y-o;ie fheep, elghtv.spvi n
calves and thirty five pigs, and he desires to
divide them among three sons and a flangh
ter, so that the daughter will have nine un.re
bead than the bors. Whht will the share of
each, providing three sbeep are ston, two
calves pet lost and five pigs follow a circus
away ?
A citizen desires to move a cook-stove
twenty-four feet and put np sixteen feet of
stovepipe without using either axe or ham
mer. Find the exact divisor.
Q. What Is reduction of fractions?
A. Breaking a dish and then jumping cn
the piteces. Ask ns something hard I
Q. What Is a prime number?
A. No. I.
A boy having lost half cf bis kite string
added forty-five feet, licked two boys, club
bed a dog and fell off a fence. The siting was
then one-half its original length. What was
the original length?
A man gives an oider for seven tons cf
coal and finds that be bas received on'y six
tons and 100 pounds, now much more Is
due h!no, and wbat'il yon take to convino
the dealer that he roust send it t
Q. What Is dry aeasnre?
A. Measuring sawdust on a hot day.
Q. What is abort division 7
A. Letting the other boy tava tbe worm
hole for Ids share.
A Mi ntb? si In the southwest took break
fast one morning with a couple of hi par
ishioners. Johnny-cakes were served, and.
noticing a feather protruding from bis cake,
tbe revereud Bald : "Sister Jane, your J hi-ny-cakes
are feathering out" Y-s"--
replied unabashed ; "I toM A r" -' f v !
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