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run inventors guide.--!
V r7ir.ni!A FARMS FOR SALE.
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(lff')itf H iuiitjia Dj3s, in Lini'i'i EuiUiu:.
Hir.H STIlEET.JKllENSBURG, PA.
J. II. JANT, I'lopriHor.
M'HKI'fHI.H? will slwivs in.l ns at our place
1 of t'u."iiiesi In lniltiii!. hours. Kverythlt.K kept
brut m il c. sy. I'lics a tuw ai.ai a Hriti laLTr.
II NT nnl HI ST. 1'rlrea Krnutn
HOLMAN'S NEW PARALLEL EIBLES !
ver J.k'o, pa -es. f ..;, U.nt,-ttr4 A "-t t wanted
. -.'.ar. t:re . J. itnluinn si ,I'UII
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pahlori w&mm
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Absolutely Pure-
Tno powder never varies. A rauxTel of purity
tr-nath and x h..!eomrni. More economic il
than the orditiiry kinds, and cannot oe sold In
rouiprtit ion with the multitude of the low test,
sin rt wemUt, alum or thsphate powders. Sold
nnltj in cant. Korat. liAKlHO I'osuii Co.,l'
VV.iil St.. r aw York
NATURE'S
cuas FOR
CGIIST1PAT10!!,
fcFl.ltBI.K RCBED.
For Sick Mamsrb.
I'or Tnrpld l.lier.
llilina. Headarh e,
lllllrir,
Tarrant' ttTrrvrsreat
S-lty.ir A iri" lit.
It Is certain In ltsetlt-ct.
It is iccntle In us acti n.
It Is p.latenMe to the
ts'te. It ran be relied
:ipon to cure, and It cures
by ajjtitfifirr, no by outrar
In, nature. I'o no: take
Tioier.t I'tirsr:' tive? your
selves or si'ow your chil
SicMIaaiiache,
dren to tike th -in, always
ue this el.tfiint phar-iMi-nutit'itl
preparation,
which has heeu . Kr more
thin lorty years a puti;i-!
l:lvorle. od by druggist!
DYSPEPSIA.
The
"ldct an I b,'t It'titntlon lor obtainina a
Ilu
ticri l..lai-.ito.u . W'e ha e suc 'e.-isfully pre-
1 li.iti. ti.l .if villi, I'l.n th. . .ii i
in rd
duties ct lite, t'nr 'iri-ular.-i ftitdrc-..
I', in r l- X Mi, l'lttsbtinr. I'a.
pt. -J-T.-St.
D. LAHGELL'S
ASTHMA
AND
CATARRH
SOLD BY ALL DRUCCISTS.
Having sfroif-rlcd i!0 vcnr between llle and
.lea th with AM MM A or I'll I'll ISlf. treated by
eminent ph yU-:ans. and receiving no beneht. I
W'as compelled dunntr the lam 5 iiears if my III
ni' to sit on invch.nr duy and niuht gapm for
brenh. !! v sudcrlntfs were beyord description.
In du-i nir I experimented on tnyjelf eompountl.
loir ro' ts umt herls ami Inhallntr the medicine
tfiii'. oi-tn i red. 1 turttmntelv discovered tkls
viihh;h'i. t'l Ki: hk Asni.tiA and
t ' 1 .1 K K !i. w;irr iiied t relieve the nirt stub
iMrncii'.i .slini.V IN HVKMIM TIX, so
h.it the pitiern run !io ilown to ret and leep
ci iiiliir:.: Iv. I'lemo resl the following condens
ed cxir.ii !- Iro'.n uan hcUcI t -t uiiotihil" allol re
cent il tte .'
i 'liver . K. l!lme. Sin Jnse.t'al. writes: I
find the Ketne.iv si 1 1 end even more than repre
sented. 1 re. 'five lu.-rttn.ireiNiS relief."
K. M. t'.ir'n, A. M. Warren. Kan., write:
" i.ii tre.ited . e;nini-nt physicians of th 1. coun
try mi, I lierm.iny : tried llie climate ol different
Suite iiutiuiipt a Horded relief like your prepara
tion," I. . I I'helps. I'. M. r.rlirij. hlo. write -Snf-f.ri-d
with A ft htm o je:irs. V our meolclne In 3
mlnii'es tloe inure lor ine than the mu.-t eminent
ph iiicl.ini d .i l.-r me 1 n th ree years."
II. I'limptoi:. .loliet 111., writes: "Si'tiJ ('
tirrh liCitiedy at once. tsnnot aetalona without
it. I find It the most valuable medicine 1 nave
ever tried."
e have niary othcrhearty testimonials of cure
or relief, nr.d In order th.it all -iinVrers iroin Ath
m a. t'litiirrh. liay ir'eirr, and k ndred tllseases
may hisve uti oj-i ir'unrif of totiniitfev-tiue ol
the lietne-lv we will send to snv a.l'lris 1 KIAL
I'.U K,i;K Klil.K t'r H Alii i K. II i our dr-:it-
lt Mils to keep it il " not pe-tn.t him to sell you
!.ome worthli'.-" itut:itioii I'V his repre.-entlnic it t
be iwt . f.iof. but send directly to us. Write
vuur name anl a. I li'. tilalolv
!.lre-s. .1. Y. M M 1.1; M A?7 i f.. 1'rops..
h'ie.i.i I'rut; i-t WiNsftr, Wavne t'o.. O.
lull slzn Il u by m ill L.uO.
lur.c -.1. l--T.-ly.
B. J. LYWCH.
I JNDK KTAKER,
Anl Manufacturer Jfc I)flr in
HOLIE AND CITY WADE
FURNITURE!
LOUXGES, BEDSTEADS,
I attresses, itc,
H',; KI.KVKMII AVKNl'K,
ALTO OX A, TLXX'A
;l'itIz, r.n of Cambria ConDty anil all
t.:iu r wihmi: to purrha4 lior.rst KL'liNI
Tt"i;i'. &c. at htmrst trlosj are: resixTtf ully
In v:ti-J to cive us a call lielore buying lr
viliero, is ws are ctipf.ilent tttt we can
n.K l t-vrtj want and pleas .ver? tasto.
l'ri-t h U.e very lo eL 4-16-"0-tf.l
0!t.lnp(l ard all TATKNT Bf'SINFS at
fvn.itd to fur MODLliATK FK.
Our flicn Id i't iMie ttie I'. S. Tatent
" fliOH and we fan obtain patents In les time
tl.nT) tl'OM. remcie fre.m WAMIlMiTON.
N r. I MOPKI, U I)!:a ISti. We ad
V'.st B, t( pstciitatiHit v tree if chari'e ard mm
in. k- N :!IAK(iE I'XLEiS PATENT IS
r?F.l I KKI).
We retire, lier, to tha Poftmaster, the
uut. of Mni.ev Order . and to tt.e offi-
als if the l". S. J'atenl Ollii-e. For clrcu
lan. a.lvifp. tem; and references to actual
client In your own State write to
CJ. A. SXOW Ae rjo.
pp. 1'nl rut Ufllro M athlntlOD, Is. C.
-fliV.lMOwT'on.TES.
1 NtUllAI.I.KU IS
Tens, Tcucli, Worliansliij & Dcraliility.
iriu.iAn k:abi: a. cc
Kua. ?04 and ytsl Wf-st Itultlmore IStrcKH. -..uUmoret
Nj. IL! Ir'iXUi Avouuc, Now York.
3 GORE FITS!
vriT I . y cur. 1 .1" n.,l M.R IMOl, lo mr Ihsm f"r
tin: t.nl tan h.v. tlisra rslurn .!.. I less. . ralnt rurs.
i I., v.. tn,..- iii. ,iim. his. uni.aiY or rsu-ivf
S' N K.l . tile-'.-nc slwrfs. I vasrrs.l tur rm4y to curs
t.'i wmt B-ss-. ol hra liss. Isjlv-U la " KisM f"C
...'! Bnv r.r.1DS .rurs. es.a.lwar. fur . trsmt.se s."l
T tJullls ..f nif iMlsllltU. insrd;. visa -Ji-rvss sJ ron
c to. Ilssis . .llo..,T Uir . I r.sl. ed I ..ll.-uls ). .
annual- ' Vr,'r,l!l.''IM,V.A.
PATENTS
lili: STIUKM'S STOKY.
All yt! It n easy to call anvone tn.nl.
I know wlict l.aptx ncil to mvs'-lf. Nono
of oti wi'l l-elit vo tliisptorv'; hut what
tiuttti-r? A truth ia a truth, if no ono
f i-hevos it. I never Fav anvthin is im
. s-il.Ie. Nothino; is. I iove nUstrus
sulij. i ts an 1 stti.lifg. I Imre. .laMil. i! in
what i sn.posi to he forgotten ioro. I ilo
not tel: you that the oM al. heinists hail
no foun.ltion for the hope) that they
coiil l triinmiiiite the las-r luet ics into
t:lJ. I ,! not say that there will never
W an elixir of life f..r sal., in bottles at
th.' .iru-rfti.res. They'll toll von I ntn
viM.-narv, hut wait a while. I am almt
at the heart of the secret of irpetual
rii.-tP.ii. When I make that .lieu overy,
an. I the iri s o'-TereJ in every I iipI on
earth f. r it have leen awarvK-a ine, von
shall hear a .lirlerent story.
"That hrilliant Mr. W'nfel :" they will
say. "That well-rea.l-an.l-mueh-to-l.ti-res,xrted
Mr. Wur.tl! That won. lerfttl
renins -we All knew what he woull do
at last."
l isten, then. Tlil in the way I an
situated when mv ncene ojiens.
I am tive-a id-twenty. I am h.md
i"e. 1 am jor. I am betroth-d to
rauhno, w hom I cannot yet marrv. 1
raui I am mt rich enoti-h. I'.-i.lore
Panhne, and I lon. therefore, to have
n ore money. I liave invent -d tlrisi no
matterwh.it. My patent has been ft -.en.
1 have discovered that people cry
"Pooh-pooh !' 1'eople are fools.
I live with my maternal irrand-nnrlo,
who has the jrout, who sutlers terribly,
who has lost every relation in the world
but me, his nephew ; who has made his
will and left all his fortune to th" A?-o-t
iation for Indigent old lUn h-I ors; who
a vs ol me : " I hat I ranz in a gou I fellow.
1 like him ; but if he had mv monev ho
woald l in,' it to the doj-s. I thall not
.eave him one penny."
."o voti see I .lo not live with him front
nieri-i-n try motives.
Yes-jour, in iove, without expecta
tion, but not unhappv. 1 smole my
i' ir I make love to I'auline ; I play mv
violin; I study ; 1 enjoy my: s -If. " .
Sometiii es I play cards "or hess with
my old mule. We play always lor love
never for money.
omtt!iiies lie has the pout verv l a l!v,
and I ntirs him. He must " alwavs
speak his mind when he has got the
pint. Then I penk mine to him.
"Come, oi l ffi i.tleman." I sav ; -this is
vi ry we.l. II I were your heir I miht
ti.n-e and bear it; but yiu !o not in
tend to leave meone cent ; iherefoie von
are aldisiirj votir best and most uis.nu-r-iM.-d
fri-nd. n.- civil."
Then be will sav:
-That is true ; but if I thought von
wor liy to Ikj my heir, I should have a
letter opinion of you."
Mill, lie ,1.,,-s not sav he h.ia no n:ed
of me , still I stay with him. Aft -r all,
he is a -o 1 old fellow. He savs of me :
'd rill', is not had, only era v."
Well, I am not crav. Once or twice
I blow up the little' back at tie at'-lier
w th a failure of an experiment. This is
an act ident that mil.t have hapiK.-iu:l
to any scientitf- man.
No matter; there is no longer a roof
to the atelier. It can never blow o:l
a'ain. I yo on with my extieriments.
Ii they can make diamou.ls, as it is
proe.l they can, vvhv not make "old ?
I ask. Pauline belie vea that I shall do
it.
If the woman one loves lelieves in ono
it maker) the heart strong let who will
carp. o you nave me.
One day I awake in the morning, sn l
"O d..w nstairs to my uncle's room. AVe
have no s rvant. We should bo an
noyed by one. I rap at th-.? door. No
Voice cr'es. ('oiue in." I rap arain.
Mill no an swer. I ojren it. Ah, my
io l ! 1 here, on the bed lies mv uncle";
his face Is r;'id, his hands are dropped
by his side; his eyes are- o;en, ghisav,
staring. He is dead.
I am physician enough to know this
w itl.out a doubt. I do all I can to re
store him, if tin re is a breath of life re
inainiu; but I am aware that it is vain.
At la.-t I sink down into a chair, arid
hurst into tears. He scolded me. He
did not approve of me. Put we loved
each other.
1 am all alone in the house.
The silence is intense-. The very cloek
Las stopped at the Lust night's niidnht.
Suddi nly I Inviii-to tremble. Ties
l.a.r s-eii;3 l.terally to rise iinii my bea.L
Mv llesli creeps. Is it fear'. 1 think;
not. I 'e.ith di.-s not terrify mo. 1 am
used to tun dissect inii-roJm. I have
necii with t r ii-1). ia of mine, who were
: ned ii ul studeuts.to rob new -made grave
No; it is not fear. I know, th-.u'lt I
have never f. It it Irefore, that it is that
s.-innkiiiir which the spirit, clothed in
tiesh. leels at the approach of a naked
sp rit. .-Mjii tthin is near me. Niuie
tl.inj toiuhes inc. Souittlai; tails uir
name:
"tran t !'
I K iv :
-Well? Am I wanted? Who are
yo i?"
The answer comes:
"" " V .M :r.t. '
"1 hat or my nncle ?" I a?k.
The answer ciiues :
".No."
" h are you, then ? I cry.
I have no name. Listen. The
spirit
o: your uiic.e is
in another world; his
l-oo : rout the window.
L'odv ;s en pty.
There lie h.s I road hinds. Think of the
nioiuy tha: lies -an the bank. Ii yon
r.a i that ni: ey an I these lands you
uou'.d marry Pauliue t-j-inorrow.'1
"Ay," I say. "Put they are not mine.
He d.d not Loose to yive them to me."
"You may have Hum." whi.ers the
v .ice. "Pivt st oiirsclf of your Lodv.
slip your sou! into that which lies
there. Then you at once Iwcome the
pos -s-iir o: all his lands, all his wealth.
You en a marry Pauline to-morrow."
"Put I shad be old, and die soon?" I .
ask.
"No," says the voice. Your soul Las
its de-tined time to stay an earth. You
will live vo ir own lile out. You will
l.ave his pains and aches, but thev will
not kill you. He was a handsome old
man handsomer than you."
1 drop my head into my hands. I
poll ier.
-If 1 wish to change again, can I ?" I
.isk.
"While the body remains unburieJ,"
is my answer.
"1 am ready, then!" I cry.
Suddenly I see something vapue, yet
aw ful. 1 sink upon the floor, lu an in
stant I remember every incident of my
whole lite, each in its regular succession,
'.roiti th; hour when my mother held mo
on her knee and told mo of tho Kriss
Kin,-!", to this last hour of mine. Then
souit iinnz horrible, that I had no power
;o ie.-i.t, seemed to clutch me. Then
nothing !
I iouil' to myself. I sit in a great arm
chair. The physician supports me.
"P. or oil man!" I be.ir him say.
"lie i-i coining to himself. Pemovo tht)
bo ly."
I see a 1 bie-veiiied hand ray own; a
lon- w hite beard my own.
I glance towards the door. Two or
thr.-e men carry the form of a youn
man thro -gh it. I know that my spirit
i in my uncle's bo.lv, mid that my own
holy is empty of it. I arse. I walk
with the little stetej of a,e across tho
roo-n. 1 look in the glus-i. I see jny
uncle.
"Who am I ?" I asked the physician.
"You are still bewildered, old iriend,"
he r.-plies.
"Put cal! me bv name !" I entreat,
"Hans I'.niil Muller," ia what he
answers.
"Yes!" I cry. "I am Hans V.mi
Muller! And they carried a dead "man
through the door just now. Was it my
nephew, poor Franz W'urzel ?"
"lo not distress yourself," said the
doctor. "Pe at rest. Ha sutl'era no
more pain."
Suddenly I feel a twino-e of the gout.
"The .leu.-e ! " I cry. "Put I do!"
I will not be put to bed. I eivpiira
particular. It is supposed that Frame
Wur.cl si i Cot a ted himself with some
noxious g-as evokel by some wild eperi
ment, and that the uncle fainted alter
bringing him down from tho laboratory
in Ins anus.
o 1 am no longer Franz Wurztl ; I ant
II am Lmil Muller. The ldy of Fran:
Wurel lies in white linen in a cotiin in
the .juiet parlor. Friends come to view
it. So. lie weep, so run are ijulet; some
sav: "Wo knew he would kill himsc.f
at last."
I cannot lcKik th? form once my
own, but when my dear fruul Adolpli
comes to the house 1 take him bv th.i
arm, and lead him to a place where no
on-3 can hear us.
"Adolph," I cry, "do not weep for
I ran.:! 1 am he!" and I tell him all.
lie sighs, shakes his head, bids me
rest myself, and Bends the d.ictor to me.
It is plain Iks thinks me rnud.
Then I am left alone for a 1 ong while.
A nurse watches me. All are suspi
cious of me. I hear whispers from those
w ho come to the house of mourning of :
"This has turned the old man s brain."
The next morning 1 awoke with a dim
rememi.ranceoiwh.it had taken place.
I arose and looked in the glass, en i saw
the rc'lectioa of the face of lay oil
uncle.
1 w ent dow n to the door of tho closed
an I darkened loom. I oiened it. and
lx-epe.l in. Two old wo aeu sat there,
wat lung something covered with a
white sheet. They di I not hear me.
"lie was very young to '.ie," said one.
"Only live arid-twenty."
"An I betrothed, too,' said the other.
"She takes it hard."
"A pretty ;irl will Mud aaothcr lover "
s:u 1 tii litst.
I slipped away. It was indeed timo
that I ea-ed Pauanc's heart. Sue always
believed "ine she would now. I went
out into the street. 1 sought Pauline's
home. I efore it was a garden bi.-ht
with tulips; at on" end a pretty ham
mer -house. I heard a sound ol soft sob
bing th. re. I entere I. I s iw Pau'un-
lur heal was bent down upon the
rable ; she was weeplug bittcrlv. I
stopped aul kissed her lordiead. " Sua
looked Up.
"Ah. my goo 1 Herr Muller." she said,
weeping, "you have come to me. We
w ill m iirn lor him together."
'Pauline," I said, "listen. I Mi eve me.
I have alwavs dsirf I -Mher
men ."orneil. At last I have learnt
treat secret. This is not Herr Muller.
It is I r::n: Wur.el. My soul has taken
osk -ssion of mv ix)r uncle's bodv in or
der that I might hold the wealth 'he left
behind him, and so marry you. My
form appears old, but I actually am as
young ;ls ever, and I love you more d
voteily." "Ah, ah!" I heard her sav in a low
tone. "It is true, then, the old man has
lo-t his min i. Poor old man '."
Then she ad ins-ed me softly:
"Let a e lead you home, fcir '.' After a
little you will fee! better."
"Pauline," I t ried, "believe me. Ki3
me, Pauline."
"He is quite mad." she screamed, and
fell fainting on the tloor of the arbor.
I hear ! steps approaching and lied.
How I loathed ihe form 1 had taken!
If Pauline would not believe my store,
of what value wan all the gold iio'w
mine'.' I had only gained an old lxdv,
full of aches an I pains, by my o ld freak.
My on'y hope was that the sp'.rit had not
deceived me, and that 1 couidonce more
regain my lost self.
I hurried homewarl, bnt rapid wtlk
idg tii 1 not suit my gout. 1 hobbled
painfully ; at lat, at a certain tloor, I sat
down to rest. While 1 was catching my
breath, I looked up at the brass plate
that shone uimhi its panels. It l.oro the
name of the legal gentleman who ha I
trausucte i all my uncle's biisinis.
A bright thought struck' me. I
knocked and was admitted. This time
1 was w ary.
".-ir,"lsiil t the notary, "you are,
doubtless, surprised to see me here to
day, but my poor nephew s su Men death
shows me tii- transitory nature oi h:e.
I have long w ished to after tuy wid. Y ou
have it in your liossesaiuu. 1-t me see
it."
With t me surprise h" unlocked the
safe behind him, and drew forth a tin
case, from w hich heproduc-d mv uncle s
Will.
"Til's wast a great mistake," I paid.
"Why should on-provide lor old ba.-h-elors
w iio sho ll l nave provided them
selves with wive long ago : ' I s.u.L
And I biok a knife lro:n ihe tablu an I
cut th" ptn linii-nt into fragments. "If
ll.:ns Kind M ulh r lives mild to-inorrovv,
h will u-ake a new will. t.ooil-day,
s.r."
I bowel and hurried away, leaving
the nun of law blaring alter tue :u
ama.eiiK-i.t.
What did I care?
I reached home at last. I hurried to
the room where the watchers sat. 1
turned them out witltout ceremonv. I
iiK ke 1 the do r, an I turning bacic the
feheet. li Miked lor the lirst timu ujk:i my
own features, divested of the color and
expre.ssiou of life; upon my own form,
frozen into marble immohdity.
It was an awful moment. Wor.iscau
not paint it. I retreated Iron the collin.
I rushed myself against the wail, 1
crie. 1 aio.i I :
' iive me back myself my dear oil
B.lf ! Oive me back" aiys.df !"
It came again, thnt'er-epinj of my
flish, that curdling of my blood, th.it
rising of my hair; the while an.l awfal
presen-e ; the HooJoi minute memories;
tho nothingness.
Then :
"1 shall break down the door!" cries
a voice. "He has Imeii there lour hours.
Hans Kmil Muller, answer! Are voa
there? Sp-ak!"
1 strug I J to a sitting position. I look
nrouud. 1 aut sitting in my grave
;?ioth -s in my coihn, and in t tie corner
lies trie form of my uncle Mil. Ier.
The next moment they break down
th" door.
There is shrieking flying a tumult of
wil l wonderment.
The dfa l Franz Wurel lives and the
in in who was living a few hours ago, w ho
entered to mo irn In-side hi n, li -s dead.
This is th story they tell now.
My experiment Udi. ts! there was
iioiie ! i u.y exjieriment with tli3 gases
injured both of us-uiy .uncle most. I
was on.y entranced ; he died s owly
a-
ici me. ii i.oueve ll.
My ioor un le lies fiuietl-in his grave.
I have myself tigain. In default of a
will, the protserty has fallen to m ;ts
next-o -kin, and 1 am married to PaiUin ,
who has told me, with tears in he.- dear
eyes, ho- my death s.-t ttu 7, o.- 1 1 err
Mull r mad, so that he, said strangj
Ih n-s to her oa she uiournt il me in her
ijaricu Wtior.
I shall nver t-Ml Tanlino the truth.
If one is wis.r than his fellows he is
called mad.
- H Hard .Money in Mails,.
"We don't make money here," said the
courteous Chief t h rk of the Assav
Oilice ; "ihat is, we don't convert Lu l.oii
Into coin. We receive gold and silver
from depositors, melt and assay the bul
lion, form it into bars and bhip the bars
to the Philadelphia Mint, and in the
course of a few days that institution
sends ns back the coin. i'overnmeii".
furn'uhes us with a bullion fund amount
ing to over thirty-live million dollars,
out of which we pay the depositor jut
ns soon as the lineness of his metal is
determined bv assay, the weight as-t-r-ta
Hed end the value calculated. In
fact, all our deHisits, except in tr.s -s ol
r?-melt and re-ansay, are ma lo w.th'.n
two days.
"Now," said he, picking np a bright
new double eagle, "you know how easy
it is to siuid that coin, but units yo 1
are familiar with the work you can form
no idea of the time and labor it took to
make it. From the time the bullion
from which this double eagle was made
reached the mint, until it was couverte 1
into coin, it had passed through no less
than ten distinct pro: esses, such as melt
ing, alloying, forming the metal into
ingots, rolling the ingots into strips the
thickness of a coin, cutting irom the
stnns the 'planchets' or 'blanks,' an
nealing, milling and adjusting the
'blanks' and coining or stamping the
piec-s, beside) sun lry minor operations
incidental to milling. Now, examine
that coin closely un Ier the glass, and see
how well the work is executed. '1 lie
l.'omans excelled in the art of engraving,
and many of the coins were masterpieces.
Put we cannot af!ord to throw up our
central designs in such bol 1 relief as tic
Pomans did, for in the hurry and bustle
of otir day and the rapid handling and
piling ot coins, we would soon wear the
face ojj'of the goddess and wings oTthe
eagle. So, while our designs are in I old
relief, yet we make them low and protect
them as much as possible from abr. sion
and wear by throwing up' the edge ol
the blank, technically called 'milliug.'
"The manufacture of dies, or the art of
'lie sinking,' has reached great jwr.'eo
tion at the Philadelphia Mint, and all
the coinage dies or other mints are made
at that institution. The artist lirst makes
the design, and then a mo h i of it in wax
thr.p or four -times larger than the tie
sired coin. From thisi model an electro
tvK is taken, and then the design is
trans'erre I by means of a Hill engraving
machine, which works on the prmc.ple
of a pantograph, to a block of st'-cl the
sie of the coin. Put as only the princ
ipal design, such as the head, ea :le, or
shiel 1, can be thus transferred, the artist
tills in by hand the stars, date, and ail
surrounding details. Then, after remov
ing the groun I on the face of the block,
he strikes from the block an impression
into and upon a sivond block. This
second block is hardened and an impas
sion i; transferred to a third similai
block, which we ca!l the 'parent die" or
'master hub' and from whicti the regular
Coinage dies arvi ma le. Th imj r.ssion
oa the 'master hub' is in relief, or con
vex, while that on tlci 'working' or co a
age die is 'intaglio,' or concave.
"Hut let us see what they aro doing in
here," said the Chief Clerk, as he step
ped into Ihe "Weigh Loom,' where truck
loads of silver were being weight. "1 'hat
scale you see there is a model of accur
acy, and will weigh from ten thousand
ounces down to one-hundredth p;:r: of
an ounce. This small . balance weighs
fiT.ni twenty ounces down to the one-live-thousaii
dth part of a grain. In fact
we must have accuracy in this work,
not only to check our operations, but to
maintain the reputation of lhisotlic.
w hich is such that our stamp of weight
and lineness p. esses current in all the
tommercial centers of the world."
1- or Cola Collector.
A coin is said to le "proof when it is
specially struck by hand press intea I
01 bv steam press, from a io!ishcd plau
t hct. an 1 a -proof set" is a complete set
of proofs of current coins. A "patt; ru
piece" is an caily specimen ol piool
Irani a newly u lopted coinage oie or
dies. An impression in sott metal to
test an ex eriiiiental die is called a "trial
piece " Wh. n a piece is struck fro 11
legular dies on experimental dies with
experiment legends, devices or designs,
it is denominated an "cxcriuicn:.il
piece." Trial and experimental pie.es.
fct ru k for mint purines, only, will not
be issued, circulate 1 or sold. Pi -ces
jxipularly know n as iestnkes, lalse im-t.il
pieiis and metallic lepl 01s, or copies,
nr.? prohibited by the revised st.it ut s.
Proof an l pattern pieces are so'd l y the
su;eriiiien sent of ihe mint. The super
intendent w.ll furnish without charge, a
pattern piece to any incorjKjrated mini s
liiatic society in "the I "nited States. In
silt h rases, if the pattern be in g,, el' or
silver the value oi the metal w.ll b: re
quired. Saved Iiy Its-ill; si jlis'i.
Tic Southern ltotiud mail train on the
SeaUiard iV Poauoke Pailrou I cnii,-11 -a
killing a young lady on Friday. .Iti-t
Ix-yon I Margi-tisville the ro id runs 1 r
Mme distance through a kin I of swamp
whieli is a favo ite j.lac- lor lish.ng.
Miss No:ii .I:i it s was silting 0:1 tip em
bankment indulging in t ie s-dm-tive
work of angling lor eel. when the mail
train came thundering along. Th -re w;:s
fiiisigli r.o 11 for her to remain in su.rty
where she w is but with the usual 110 i-pii-scinv
of mind which gen. rally pre
vails n mi. ll ix'cas.ons she g.l i:paiil
started aero-s the track. The eiigiaec.
did bis b -st t stop his train, but w is 11a
a'il.' t) do so. Thg 1-jco.aot'V' s';-;i
Mi-s .L-pjU-s and hurled her from the
tr.ic'c. The train was stoppg 1 and ba -ke I
to the place where she was .up;sed to
Im? lying a mantled corpse. '1 It-. train
men and pas-rf-ngers, however, were
amazed to lin 1 a very much frighten--.!
anp exceedingly angry young I : ly, who
had escaped nil injury except having the
back of her dress torn out. hiving been
saved from a terrible dg.Hu by her hu-tle.
Komelliins About Wlrpsj.
Th"re are twenty tbotiK-tnd miles of
telegraph wires in New Y'ork city. Of
this titiuihser one ctimpauy opi-rates and
ciiiitrvds more tbrui five th xisaud miles.
The same cmp;iny operates over 4'l,U.K
miles ali to!.l. Its wires if stretched in
one continuous line would go around the
tilolMi nearly eighteen times, and they
would reach from the earth to the moon
and ahnod back again. The twenty
thousand miles of wire in New York city
wt.uld make over two thousand two
hundred and twenty parallel lines from
he Itattery to Harlem river, and over
double that number from the F.ast to the
Ninth river at the greatest width of Man
hattan Island. This length of w ire weighs
romparat ively little. The wires of tht?
Western I'nioii Coinjatiy varv in weight
from '.V'Jt to :"0 irotiud.s per mile. Taking
the smallest -sized wire as a basis for cal
culation, one toll of metal would make
thirteen aiid one-third miles of wire,
w bile -J.IHNI tons Would Ih' silllicient to
stretch nr. emd the world, with plenty to
spare.
Till: FAIR ORGANIST.
"Married !" gaped Mlr.s. Adams, in
consternation, front tho head of the
breakiast-ta!)l "my twenty-year-old
Teddy married!"
"l'i ln't you hear what I read ?" de
manded her husband, looking up from a
Utter just received; "or mast I again
convey to you the pleasing information
that your son Kdwiu has made a fool of
himself'. Yes," continued the head 01
the family, "married, and has been for
two months ; and the lirs: thing he wants
is monej-. Well, as he has male his
bed, so let him lie ujon it. And al
though he is kind enough to intimate
tint it is his own money, loaned to 1110
two years ago, not a fraction ot it shall
he get !"
Alter which rerrark the cxasDTated
father threw the.lettee ou the udle aul
walked out of the room.
"1 1 lou t wuiider Teddv left home when
he was hl'teeu:" said L.hth, the oldest
daughter, a pretty girl of eighteen ; "the
won ier t me is how anv of us stanl'it
her.-. I or my part," rising, "I'll marrv
the first leliow that asks me."
"Well," teasingly remarked her oldest
brother, Charlie, who was studying law,
"we need not fear losing tin light of
your beaming countenance at a verv
cany de.te."
l iven Mrs. Adams smiled feoblv at th."
raillery, hut her mind and heart wire
busy with the contents of the letter
w Inch she now read aloud again.
"of coarse," w rote the i--n.L r. "vou'll
all be very mu-h surprised but Lhope
not o !en be 1. when 1 tell you 1 have
done th" most sensible act of ii.v life, and
inarrie 1 the dearest girl in th-e "world. I
wo il I have told you before, but was
waiting until 1 coui 1 bring mv wile up
ho ue to see yoa all. However, as I'm
about to start 0.1 a trip lor tht' linn, I
find it impos-ible to do that, and being
under heavy expenses an I having to
leave May in the city during my absence,
I would nke lather lo lor war I the money
he owes me. And as May has no rela
tives I would like it ii you were to write
her," et .
"Poor old chappie!" said Charlie, at
the cusiclus-on ol the lengthy epistle.
"I il send him some mvse 1 if I had it,
but the cot oi the last set oi books 1 lnd
to have le:t mo without a sixpence.
Lveit had to make a bet," he added
comically, 'that I 0 -1 ' - -'
order to avoid remarks on my apparently
insane course in that direction.'
So the harsh answer went back to the
happy young Pcne lict that, as he had
adopte I bis own course in the matter,
the writer tould scarcely see how be
could be expected to interfere at tin
present date, "but," coaelu led bis
faf.er, "you and your wife may come
home."
"We may go homo, my darling!"
wh'.'percd Teddy Adams to his y .img
wife. "We may go horn;, but I won't
let you g alone, as I know you'll be
much happier here, and there's 110 danger
bat that we ll get along."
And with a moek s:ern command not
to wo. ry. It in Uoaie impulsive ieddy
started a h s long trip.
.V yiL-. r little smile pl.iye.l around the
dimpled mouth of Teddy's v.i;e, as rea 1
ing a morning paper a day or two after
war Is h--r eyes tbanced to light upon
the following advertisement :
W
VNTKI) AT LOP IK A LADY' OK-
L-at.i-t lur 1 lie l.aptit Ouir.-li None but
tli.'-.c liaviu
e piOi'cr ability necil :.j.:.!y to
tDWIS A It .1 us.
Two hours later she stepped oil tho
train at i -erie Station, and made her wav
directly to the home of Teddy s father.
"Yo 1 are an applicant for the position
of organist in our church, I presume."."
said Mr. Adams looking down rather
pompously at the slight girlis'a ligure.
"I am," shyly answered May, giving
him a remaikaiily sweet look from under
her dark eyelashes.
"And yoi consider you have the re
juired ao.hty .'" .oahnuel the i,u s
turner, being only human, and melting
jiereeptihly under the inllueuce oi tno
pretty laee.
"lhesearemy only credentials," was
the applicant's reply, as she .piietly laid
before :ii 11 a certiiieate from a w ell-know u
conservatoire of music.
"Very goo! very goo 1, inle-d!" re
marked Air. Adams, examining the
paper; "an I if you tonsi :er the "salary
su lieient, we will be glad t secure your
serv e s. We have been s o:ig w.tiiotit
a capable musician, I trust you will
pir ion me if 1 as ". you to give he cho.r
its first reiiearsd lo-uigh: '.' '
All of which resulted in May A. Field
ing taking up cosy little j miners near
the chur.-h. with a ion.-ly hut lovely little
wido.v, -Mrs. 11 as tme.
"So glad to have yoa, ray dear,"
chirruped that gossipy little lady. "It's
been so loag si ne'e we've h.l 1 it regular
organist, tint the congregation will bo
delighte I. The only trouhie is," sha
ad ted dolefully, "I'm afraid we won't bo
able to keep you long."
"Why iio..'" iuettio:ied her young
lMj.irder. 0
"W'elL there are not very many at
tractive young ladies herea'touts"" was
the reply. "And the young men w.il not
lie !oag in diseoveriug Ihe nuiuoer is in
creased, and co ix you away."
"No danger of that." emphatically re
plied May. "My only des.ro here will
be to please yoa all."
Pleas-tlp-ni she certainly did. I'ven
the rejected app.icauts for the position
could lin I 110 :ault with the newcomer's
abili-y: but if she sue ceded in tail re
spect, she ifi.sp cased them in ano h r.
"It surely looks iiieer," whispered the
envious in lideasot the town "10 say the
least it is o 1 1 tli.it she should tome "here
alone an 1 meiutain such a determined
tjiivii'e about herself."
"it Lo l-s no goo 1,". commented the
mothers of tha outshone maidens, "when
a girl wears two plain rings on ner .......
riage-lingvr, and keep- to hers '.? 0 ,. v-i., .
but," they conclude I with a s!y wink, "a
pretty face go--; a long way with any
man; and n blind man co'il 1 se Mr.
Adams is very well satisliel wi'h his ap
pointment." In spite of all insinuations, however,
May's charming manners and close ap
plicat 0:1 t-l her duties soon won the
general esteem ; an I wh -n, a little later,
it vacancy ocenre 1 in the tow 11 school,
by a 11:1 iniinous vole she w as continued
ns teacher, much to the delight of tha
children.
"We have secured a treasure," oV
s-rvetl Mr. Adams to his wife; "an 1 in
or l r to keep h r with us. 1 meiu o ie 1
that yoa would be glad to have her bo ird
with us, as Mrs. Hastine's is so far lroai
Ihe school. '
Now Mrs. Adams was. generally speak
ing, thi mildest little woman in th
world; but she always had been troubled,
to a certain extent, "with the little green
eyed monster; and lliis time she itat h-er
hah tual control over her jealousy.
"That young person's interests r.nd
comfort appear to bs paramount to every
thing cbe in your opinion," she llasiie l.
'"but, of course, the young 1 idy can
co ne," sh-i. added, seeing the saua ed
coun enaaca of her Iiush in I.
".-lie most surely can," remarked Mr.
Adams, experiencing soui th ng like a
ti ir 11 of s.'.tis action ::t his wife's uu -ais-laka-de
ext.ibition of jealous-.
A U-w days alter May h i I tr.ken licr
p a -e among th ? lam ly, all .Mrs. Adams'
tstie-ej l" ars w.-re l uieted.
-I don't know how we v.ould ever '.ft
:iTon w.t tout yoa no v," sli to! i Aiav,
en ir iv iorg'.-ttin; h r previous !'u ts.
"Vii'.i h":ii .i luivc tii;' k;i;i k of se.-Ca-in
r evi n t liin z over. If yoa were noc s-
uiet, I .-ii-iul I say von manage 1 in :1!
her . I co v.".s 1 1'ed Iv h id wai
I unt !
lie saw von he-tore nmrrvm:
, I.1-1
:o p e:
his
oel
fa'h r. too, wo lid have be -n
he l a ks so much ol you.
"i'nt pel hap ; your sou wouldn't hive
rpnreciate I m--," laughin.'.y ivs;oaie l
.,l::v, I lu-hiilg. .
"He imil ln't have dom otherwis ,"
rnswere 1 t!ie young man's 11 tot her. i-s
sir- bea-ti y gave May t!ie customary
goo I bye kiss.
Then clo.-ing tlio door thonghtlesdv.
f he picked up an open le ier I'nat hti
ap.nentiy lneen wr.tten by her husliaa I.
ll. r hpi er -w ashen as her eyes seemed
voluntarily riveted 011 the paper.
"Mv I vui.ivt; Lrrrt.n M.W. I am
very much provoked at you, indeed, .-t
the ours you are pursii iu. as it will
sur -ly tell 0:1 your ronsttuti 1.1, aul i-cnMi.-ly
nun -ccssary. Ai.yuu - w iios i-.v
a 1 i I: a w yo 1 would love yo 1. I di !
not die 1 u yoil had so nine': will p , ;
or I woti .1 h ive trie. I - .r i t f .-s y, of
co ir-,;. - not to have fallen ia k" . ;t li
sib Ii
a
.bill little bo
) !
w v
T.
I
n iiv, I a-n glad voa 11 h ive t
sav. I will be at Lori station ::t s v. :
th.rty, sure, and we'll give th si - p.
lutl town a sensation. Pcme m'ocr,
s. ven-tiiiity. I can h :r lly wait to see
you. my own. In baste, an I always ia
lo.e, yours, "i'.iuviv."
" !h how blinled I have been'."
broV-n'y muriniired the rea !cr, as the
hot t -ars 1:111 down her hecks, ' l o
think ilia: 1 could have been s easilv
lu;e.l by l!rt chit of a girl and and I h
man whose children I have or mgh" u:!
And to-. light to-night he m aus to g
away with her, the insolent hus.y! i n,
way -v. hv was 1 ever born ;"
Mrs. Adams was envelojie 1 in su h an
cbs nt uiia ie I condition th 't sh -.
pareti ly saw or heard no one, or noth
ing, at the tauiily tea table that evening;
: n t May, getting 1 eady for hercustoiuasy
stroll, lell to Won !' r.n ; if it were iaiag-
i -.i.tt ci, or if she really unia'.entionally
li 1 1 o.lcnled her friea i.
Valting until si-.e heard M ty dosethe
!ji" :-, Mrs. Ada l.s.paetly followed, much
to th a-ti.nis'un nt ! tipe ch.l Ir.-n ; an I
tip- d 11 'kiiess of the winter ev. nuig cov-
red the shadows of three very highly
respected people 01" l.orie, :d! living in
on - Inns , y. t walking, o:;j alter
an.i'li T, about a s iiare apart.
"Th -y do it ve ry wen, son ioju"se 1
Mrs. Adams, tii.- last of the three; "very
v.eii in i. e l. 1 I e, my own 1 : i i .an I, g. -s
lor lh-i ev.-irnr pap-rs; aul she, tn;
abandoned trcatuie, always takes a walk
for exercise alter supper. Well, Lone
v.:ll have a s ens.it ioa '. '
A locomotive whistle sounom-g, the
poor little woman hastily brushed away
ii -r tears, :mi i in a lew moments was
ttaa.l.ug in a dark corner of the station
p id rin.
ne moment of intense agonv, then a
tall hgure, inn died almost beyond recog
nition, jumped from the train, and, to
the ania'.einen.t of' the wat her, caught
May in his arms, totally oblivious that a
gentleman was enjoying, the s.ene lrjia
the staliou-door.
"My dear little wife!" f -1! upon the
cars of both interested, w.ttci.ers. ' 1 "
but the sentence remained untinis'ied,
for both the man and woman, starting
towards the couple, exclaimed:
"Teddy:"
"Web, now," s.iid Mav's cotnnnni.ai.
"you're both awfully kind to come down
here to meet a fellow. Why li lift you
tell 111. darling, that, they knew V '
"1 didn t suppose they did," faltered
May. '"I I don't understand "
"Nor I." interrupted Mr. lMwin
Adams, senior, fur lie it was who looke I
in surprise at the unexpected fam.lv
gatheiing; "and, young man, will yoa
be kin I enough to cxp.ain what all this
means ."'
'Certainly," answered Ted ly. or !M
win. junior, "10 be sure. This lit: ie girl
is my v.ule, an I after I stirte 1 o 1 a trip,
t h -, noticing your ad vert ;s -ment for an
organ st, determined to come up here
an I win your love. All n mseiise, of
i onise, as I tol l her in my .etter any
one woull love her. P.ut l thought I
would give you all a surprise, and come
hone unexp 1 tedly, and toll M.iv to
meet me here to-night, an I I woiil I 'take
her up to you an I intro luce her over
again as Mrs. May Fielding Adams."
"i.'ons'.deriug your youth. Teldv,''
said his father sedately, "i think voudid
remarkably well to secure May.""
"i.etus go home," suggested Teddy's
mother. "1 only came out for a little
change niys -il", un l, ihank Heaven, have
seen the change ! '
The latter part of her sentence was
murmured almost beneath her breath,
but the lirst part met with t ie apptov.ti
Oi one very Welt satisfied couple and one
verv happy couple.
.re.tt was the satisfaction of the town
when it b-came known that the fair
organist was Teddy's w i e.
"it sevms as th mgh she ought to be
long to us" sail Mrs. Adm.s,s nior, to
Teddy. "And you can never tell how
happy it made me to discover she was
your wife :"
And of course he never coui 1, for w ho
would thin's; Mrs. Adams e vi r suspected
her husband of being a party tu au
clopeineut '.
An Acroinniorlfttinf -firn
Several days ago a stranger ninde Lis
appearance at the 1'i.ioii Icjot and
asked Oiiicer Putton how long before
the tirand Liver Valley train would go
out.
"rn about twenty minutes," was tlie
reply.
" j hen I'll have tiaje to get a driak,
won't 1?"
' You w ill." ' " -
"T'l-t'.DrtJ. I al ways prefer lo travel
on a still born of whisky.
He returned in live minutes, wiping
his mouth on the back of his hand, and
asked :
"Has my train goni yet?"
" .0, sir; you still have fourteen miu
ut?s to spu-e."
"That's good ; I gues3 I'll go back for
a iittle brandy."
When he again returned he felt in
;-od spirits, and, ascertaining that bo
still h id six minutes to spare, he said :
"Now that's w hat I cad liberal, an I
l'il lay in one more drin'.:."
Tt.e la.-t one proved more than he
rouM bear up under, an 1 he was not
seen nga n for three hours. Then he
tame round with a wv.bb.e in his gait
and rn uncertain look in his eyes, and
: ske I :
"shay, what timo does that (Iron
Piver Valley train go out? '
".11 about for.r hours."
". o' hours! Why, that'll give me
time lo -eet drunk agin; mos' 'coLLtluo
datiif laiaoad I ever saw. eii V"
"Yes."
".-h.-.y ! I do.tn' want to be iner.n.
(V11 tell 'er .Superintendent he needn't
w:ut fur me any longer, 'muse t.uey lie
lay others, lie's a .heat. email, bo is,
: n' 1 m a I'.hentleman, I am, but when a
:h ulieinati holds a train for me n o;
hall a day 1 cant impose 0:1 him a.iv
longer" sha-e, do you eer civ when
yea g -t z'.irua? I iio and if you've no
,e k.-iiuus I 11 cry now."
No otroctiunj being made, be ctivl
EXPERIENCE WITH ELEPHANTS.
V t .liiin Itaidcd nt Night Ail Kleplintit Iti
t It arte
Ail instance of elephantine ferocity,
combined w ith st er.lt h and shi w ihr -s,
occtirre I 0:1 our trip. Sis of us v. ere
scattered through a wood ia search of
signs of the presence of olcphanls, when
a 'solitary" sneaked out of a inngle
wlpre lie" had been biding ml ru-he.t
up. 11 my horse. 1 w. s tw o miles a w ay,
but one of the natives s iw the perfo m
ance. lie said the clephan: broke cover
as stealthily its a man, cnreftilly np
jiro 1. bed t be horse, and wrs only a few
yards away wju 11 discover -d. Thi ll he
iruu pet "d an I 111:1 !e a rusli. Ills su 1
di ii app ii'.inee seemed to strike the
borne with terror, and he made 110 move
to 1 scape. The great trunk, h Id n'oft as
lie beast charg d, struck t'e hois - a
"side wipe" and 1 no eked him Hat. an 1
he w.'s no s- on -r dow n tlroi : he elephiint
knelt upon him an 1 l:n :: ! 1 blm into
hloiiv p ;!;. When his vengeance was
satisfied be ros-u and r treated to the
same t l.ick.'t. sneaking along as if ho
w as see' dug to bide his trail It w s an
I our lat -r w hen I rem h - I the si .t, and
I w as so i ngry over the dealh oi my
st e l that nothing the men roul 1 ny
would -to 1 ine from entering the thicket
in sear, h of the .it st rover.
.!oe f. liovved me, bearing a pnnv and
both of i s w. re ready for anv trie); the
I 1 list Ini :hl be Up to, but we Were too
1: te. We found the spot where lie h id
sto for boiir.s, and from whi h h - ha.1,
s i ied out to attack the horse, but lie
had iimiti v sn -.:ke I oil. 'Ihe c'.cplcmt.
when persuing an ordinary oui-e
tbiough the lor. st, leaves a broad 1raii
bchiii 1 him. I Ie breaks down branches,
11; roots small trees, and th" prints of bis
big feet iiiiild be followed 1 II Jior.o back
i t a g:,l..p. This fellow ha I one o I' so
o t v l hat we were half an hour in pick
ing up histivil. There was not a broken
t ranch, and he had set his loot down
w it h the utmost 1 are, and selected the
b ud. st soil. After getiing a quarter ot
a mile away be bad selected a locky
ridge lo travel on, and wetoju lost him
entirely.
Our crimp wf". about throe miles from
the )-p it where the hore was killed. We
ai w ays had one gu n d and a couple of
lu es, an. i as t hci c W.-S only the w lid beasts
t 1 look out for, we had slept in perfect
tonbnt.
hi this n;ght, soon after mi hiigbt, the
gun id aw oke me. and stated that some
'anger menaced the camp.
He had
bear. I what he l.el.eveM was
a t .o ly 01
men lurking about, and th
;e bu. locus
seemed gr allv exc.t ed. The
can.p v:is
:i 11:
Wen
lime
vi 1 i.
I as i. Uic.lv as poss;bli
the 1 res
alio a e l ! burn low, and m a sh. .rt
the statements of the st miiiel were
ed. . ic.nebo I v or so uelhing was
luik'iig about. We were: in the liuii
oiintry. bit ihe inoveiiieiits wire too
heavy i r Ihe king of beasts. The noise
passed clout annul I the ea:i;p an I back,
and then all was.jiiict. We were un Ier
arms b r half an hour, and 1 hen, ail being
st. II, we lay down, an I all but the sen
l in-el were soon asleep. All ho.'.r later,
a- suddenly, as if shot from the gun, the
o'.l solitary of the day charged into our
1 -amp, ti umpcliiig like the blasts liom a
lot 0.1. oti ve, an 1 evidently in a surcat
rage. It was be who had been linking
a: out for two or thiee boars, lie ba t
apptoache 1 the camp as carefully as a
lean could wall;, and had passed around
it to iocate 1 very-thing and decide 011 a
point to charge lrom. When weeotthe
. ".ui 111, "ne- pi ace. 1 hinisell ill the shadow
ol some bushes, and the natives, who
examined t he spot, said he stood thele
lor an hour and a half without moving
a loot.
bloody m l destructive work followed
the ih irge oi the elephant. He stepped
i n and crushed a sleeping native, picked
a s -i mi.I up and dashed hi in to t he earth
a Con se, and broke the back of a third
who was trying to get out ol li s way,
lie was soon among the bullocks, knock
ing them right anel lelt with his terrible
I lows, mi.I just then 1 got my gun ready.
I lis charge li d been so sii l.ien and tierce
that we were ail demoralize I lor two or
three minutes. 1 e.itunately for us all,
some one bad the si nse to throw lignt
brush on one of tne dying tires ami
stalled a big blaze. This seemed to us
ti mart the elephant, and lie si. owed
signs of retreating, lnthishe was en
tou raged by two of our bullocks, who
dashed at him lor a light, and mked hnu
sevcii ly w ith their stout hoi lis.
I was dancing about waiting to get a
shot, i 11 I 1 il tell you what I saw that
1 hj bant do. lie picked up a builoek.
w eigh ng at least foil pounds, tin 1 that
withhi.s tiunk alone, and swung hiui
alott as easily as you can lift an axe over
y our bead. He held him in the air a
in 11. tile, and then Hung him clean over
our Cape t olony wagon to the ground.
1 lie bud alighted on a large heap oi
tivshly cut grass, and was but little in
jured. I o cried on the elephiint just as he
flung ihe bullock, and be at once Lolled
oat ot taut., carrying three bullets will,
ban. lie had scarcely got clear when lie
st- pped into a hole in the ground, lurched
lot ward, and went down With a broKe n
leg. 1 elore he colli 1 gc.t on his leet
gain 1 had given him his death blow,
lie had bided three men an I lour bull
ocks, and hla death gave us deep s.it.s
laclloli. Another Ctiot nt tli SaturUay H.-itr-ttoll.
lay.
A correspondent suggests, hi a h-tlc
thi' th sat .ir. lay hall bo. i lay "has be. t
e t.i 1 sit -d an 1 generally' ohscrivi
tin-on iho-i. 1 rent Pritain for mtiiiv vcars
past," an 1 that bin'.' hull. lavs a'l-o an
a:.a:; lly observe 1; vet Creat I r.tair
r in: ia ; pr 1 p uoas. There a.e six b in!,
bol; 1 ys i 1 l.uglaa 1 raid Ir, la:.d, live o
w .1
i g.na.e 111 religious observance
an . 1 11 r are hve ill Sto
1 md - t
ie tii-s
I .ip lays 111 May and August, with Nc-.
Y'e. r's Pay, tiool Friday, an I Christ ma-Da;.-,
la Ihe I nlted "st.it s we havi
"-'vei J.olid.c.-s without "Labor Paw'
'1 i: re i.s no Saturday half-holiday known
t Prill -h law. A custom of sh i t.-nin-.
t'.L' ..ti-.r lays has grow 11 up among tin
l.....r h .f.s.-s of business of all sorb
u lay aiterno. an and evenin z r'etii:iiii
ing, l:o,v -ver, the favoeite s ;s at foe
I'l. 'p.i'.n r am oii'g the po y.-r t l si s. A
t us: . ,j thus growing up may ; trus'e I
to work n 1 harm, for custo'a i s no. !i: e g
b.t :i nnrin-r of ordering their an'airs
which people have found to be run
v -Die. it and desirable, an I wh en can be
altered or abolished by the 11 whenever
it pro . es to be otherw i'3. Tln-e is great
tli.l'eieii -e between this and an o'-stv-am.-e
i.i.pos-l bv legislation, such as the
Saturday half-holi i ay in New Y'o.lc
Iii ihlh-rence between clmi , wo.., in;
freely i:;:i things of its o.va wl-i - ii
un I -i-st.ui 1 ; thoroughly, an I t-cnp :U ou
appli -I by force with-iut i.nowl elge. -A
ti I ji !; JCi . uittj 7'i..,f.
Aliovo Vuljar Nerc.sity.
Neighbor -"What beautiful hens
have, .Mrs. Mackun"
voa
-Mrs Stuckup" Yes, they are all im
ported fowls."
Neighbor -"You don't tell me so! I
suppose thev lay eggs every dav ".'"
-Mrs. Stuckup ( proudly ) " i hev could
uo so 11 they saw proper, but
mil cir-
cutnstances are cuch that my hens
are
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not re ju'ied to Jay eggs every day,