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R.DUUBORROW dc CO , The untingdon Journal. Printing. PUBLISHED HUNTINGDON, PA. CIRCULATION 1700 SONABLE TERMS :0: paid within the year. JOB PRINTING : WITH AND IN TIIE STYLE, SUCH AS CIRCULARS, BUSINESS CARDS, PROGRAMMES, CONCERT TICKETS, ORDER BOOKS, RECEIPTS, LEGAL BLANKS LETTER HEADS, PAMPHLETS PAPER BOOKS, ETC., ETC., ETC., ETC., ETC., #terp-Utiltr. HUA-HONKA. - X A LEGEND OF THE 4, ALUM BANKS." BY HERMAN ROW, X- One of the greatest natural curiosities in Western Pennsylvania is the "Alum Banks" on the Conemaugh River. They are situ ated upon the eastern bend of the stream, about half a mile above the town of Blairs ville, and consist of a perpendicular ledge of rocks some two hundred and fifty feet in height, and at least one hundred feet in extent along the margin of the river. The summit is level, and, until a few years ago, was covered by timber and under growth of the same character as was that of the adjacent territory. These rocks are strongly impregnated with alum, as the name by which they are familiarly known would seem to indicate. Just about two hundred years ago a tribe of Indians—or rather, the remnant of a tribe—migrated westward from the valley of the Susquehanna and located in this vicinity. Their councils were held upon the "Alum Banks ;" and the unfortunate victims who fell into their hands, and were condemned to suffer death, were also execu ted at that place. And here upon the summit of these rocks was enacted a scene which, for thrilling interest, is perhaps not excelled by anything in the annals of the red men. The chief of the tribe, who bad just en tered upon old age, was notorious for a cruel, morose, and extremely stubborn dis position. Once having passed his word, like the laws of the Medes and Persians, he changed not ; and these characteristics he carried out to such an extent as to pre fer the sacrifice of his own offspring, as the narrative following fully exemplifies. An only daughter, over whose head not more than eighteen summers had passed, was all that was left to him of a once large family. She was the only tie that bound him to life, and he lavished upon her all the paternal love of which his nature was capable. Besides being intelligent beyond the ordinary standard of her sex and peo ple, she was endowed with unusual phys ical beauty. Her form was erect and sym metrical, and her features were regularly and delicately fashioned, and devoid of those distinguishing marks which render the Indian face disagreeable and repulsive. Her hair, which fell in rich profusion around her .neck and shoulders, was fine in quality and of alight golden color; and to this "crowning glory of woman" we are indebted fur the name of Hua-llonka or the "Fair-Haired." A young Seneca brave, who was upon a visit to the tribe, became warmly attached to the maiden, and finally succeeded in winning her love. His suit—contrary to all expectation--met with the approbation of the old chief; and. he was entertained in a courteous and friendly manner, until, in the course of events, a serious difficulty arose between his own people and the tribe which he was visiting, when the old chief required his immediate'departure, and, at the same time, forbade his daughter, upon pain of death, never to speak to or hold any intercourse whatever with him. The young brave immediately complied with the demands of the old chief, and re turned to his tribe. However, upon some pretext, he repeated his visit, and the maiden sought an occasion to communi cate to him the restrictions laid upon her by her father, and also warned him of the danger by which he was threatened by thus returning unbidden. They finally separated, as they supposed, unseen or unheard by any one. But such was not the case. A spy, appointed by the old chief to watch their movements, succeeded in hearing all that passed be tween them ; and being moreover a reject ed lover of the maiden, through motives of revenge, exaggerated his report of the in terview to such an extent that the old man was almost frantic with rage and indigna tion. The young brave on parting with the maiden made good his escape and hastened to his own tribe, for what purpose was not then known ; but Hua-Flonka was ar rested and arraigned before the council, and summarily condemned as a criminal. Her father, with inhuman sternness and cruelty, sentenced her to suffer death on a certain day then r.ot far distant.. In the meantime, every precaution was taken to prevent her escape ; and ; inas much as the young ; brave had gone home to his people. and was in all probability ignorant of her situation, lltia.Honka did not anticipate the possibility of rescue. After several ineffectual attempts to elude the vigilance of her guards, she resolved to meet her fate with such fortitude as be came the daughter of a great if not less cruel and inhuman chief. The place selected for her execution, as upon all other occasions, was within a few yards of the brink of the precipice which is formed by the "Alum Banks." Hua-Honks—much exhausted by the close confinement and the anxiety which she had experienced since her arrest—with her hands pinioned behind her back, was brought to the spot closely guarded by two warriors With no small degree of rudeness she was bound and fastened to the trunk of a tree in such a manner as to deprive her of all motion, the cords with which she was secured being E o tightly drawn as almost to lacerate the flesh. A glance at the situation, and the num ber of warriors assembled, revealed the im possibility to escape, even if the faint hope of rescue had been entertained by her ; and the dark eyes of her father, inflamed by a passion truly demoniacal, told her plainer than words could have expressed that neither pity nor mercy was to be ob tained at his hands. However, she gave no manifestation of emotion ; but with characteristic Indian stoicism, calmly sur veyed the scene around. But as the de cisive moment drew close to hand that was to usher her spirit from time into eternity, and her inevitable doom became more fully impressed upon her mind, a feel ing of overwhelming fear crept into her heart. She cast one eager, longing look at the familiar faces and objects with which she was surrounded, and then, turning her eyes to the deep blue vault of heaven, si lently but earnestly committed herself into the hands of the Great Spirit, who, she doubted not, would soon welcome her to the spirit hunting grounds of her people. The preliminary arrangements were speedily completed. The warriors, fully armed, were drawn up is a semi-circular line around her, the empty apace in their ranks being protected by the precipice, thus closing up every avenue of escape even had she remained unbound. Five young warriors, with arrows adjusted to their bows, stood in readiness to execute the sentence of death ; and in the midst of a profound silence, when every eye was HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1874 intently bent upon the fair and helpless victim, the inhuman old chief advanced to give the signal for the murder of his own child. But just as the word xra* forwingon his lips, a wild yell of rage reverberated through the forest and prevented its ut terance ; .and immediately after, the young brave and a band of his warriors, with dis torted features and uplifted tomahawks, rushed into the circle. For a moment the assailed party were seized with consternation, and stood still as if rooted to the ground ; but the voice of their chief soon recalled them to their perilous situation and their duty, and a fierce and bloody contest, hand to hand, ensued. Although inferior in numbers the ad vantages gained in the onset remained with the assailants, who were driving the enemy before them ; and the young brave, with some three or four of his warriors, was rapidly forcing his way to the spot where Hua-Honka was bound to the tree, an unwilling and a terrible spectator of the combat, confident in achieving her re lease and subsequent safety. But the wary old cliel no sooner ob served the movement and conjectured its object than every other consideration was forgotten in a savage resolution to destroy his child, which he feared would be car ried off by ono whom he now considered his deadly foe, if she were not disposed of in a summary way. Raising a yell of rage and defiance, he rushed forward with the fiendish determination of taking her life with his own hand, or of perishing in the attempt. The apparent intantion of the, old man drew an exclamation of horror from the lips of the young brave ; and furious at the thought of losing his bride when just within his reach, with an effort almost su perhuman, he thrust aside every obstacle that presented itself and seized the uplifted arm of the old chief, who was just in the act of plunging his knife into the breast of his helpless child. A fearful struggle, hand to hand, imme diately took place, ip which the old man fought with a desperation that counter balanced the greater activity of the young brave, and proved himself no mean or unworthy antagonist. The warriors, alarmed at the perilous position of their respective chiefs, made every exertion to reach the spot and ter minate the single combat that was raging with such dreadful fury. The young Seneca took in the situation at a glance—the decisive blow had to be dealt—mot a moment was to be lost, or certain defeat, and, in ail probability, extermination would result to his brave band of followers. Rendered &operate by this fact and the additional thought as to the fate of llua-Honka, in case he should fail, he seized the old chief with a grasp of iron, and—with a power that astonished himself—raja him from the ground, and.. putting his whole soul into the effort, threw him many feet beyond the brink of the precipice. In a moment more the form of the savage old chief fell upon the rocks below, a mangled and a disgusting mass. Surprise and horror checked the further advance of his followers, who quickly sought safety in flight; but, being eagerly pursued by the victorious warriors, few succeeded in making good their escape. Among the dead were the five young men, struck down at the time of the assault, who had so readily consented 'to become the executioners of a helpless female but afew hours before ; and, when night closed in upon the scene of the numerous tribes who had that day assembled upon the "Alum Banks," to witness the execution of the fairest and best of their number, less than hall a score remained alive to tell the talc. The young brave lost no time in sever ing the bands which bound his bride to the tree, and she soon recovered from the effects of the terrible ordeal through which she bad passed. Without regret she bade farewell to Ecenes where she had passed many happy days, but no longer to be re called but with feelings of horror, and was carried by the,young brave to his tribe on Lake Seneca, where they and their descendants engaged in agricultural pur suits. They lived happily together to a green old age ; not many years since, when the young brave died, there were many among his acquaintances who mourned the death of "Cornplanter," the celebrated old Seneca Chief. gitadingtor Ottpinion. Mr. Cooley's Hat. When Mr. Cooley came into church last Sunday, he placed his high That just out side the pew in the aisle. Presently Mrs. Pitman entered, and as she proceeded up the aisle, her abounding skirts scooped Cooley's bat and rolled it up nearly to the pulpit. Cooley pursued the hat with feel ings of indignation, and when Mrs. Pit man took her seat, he walked back brush ing the hat with his sleeve. A few mo ments later, Mrs. Hopkins came into church, and as Cooley had again placed his hat in the aisle, Mrs. Hopkins' skirts struck it and swept it along about twenty feet, and left it lying on the carpet in a demoralized condition. Cooley was sing ing a hymn at the time, and he didn't miss it. But a moment later, when be looked over the end of the pew to see if it was safe, he was furious to perceive that it was gone. He skirmished up the aisle after it again, red in the face, and utter ing sentences which were horribly out of place in the sanctuary. However, he put the hat down again and determined to keep his eye on it, but just as he turned his head away for a moment, Mrs. Smiley came in, and Cooley looked around only in time to watch the hat being gathered in under Mrs. Smiley's skirts and carried away by them: He started in pursuit and just as he did so the hat must have rolled against Mrs. Smiley's ankles, for she gave a jump and screamed right out in church. When her husband asked her what was the matter, she said there must be a dog under her dress, and she gave her skirts a twist. Out rolled Cooley's hat, and Mr. Smiley, being very near-sighted, thought it was a dog, and immediately kicked it so savagely that it flew up into the gallery and lodged upon the top of the organ. Cooley, per fectly frantic with rage, furgot where he was, and, holding his clinched fist under Smiley's nose, he shrieked : "I've half a mind to bust you over the snoot !" Then he flung down his hymn-book and rushed from the.church. He went home bare headed, and the sexton brought his humil iating hat around after dinner. After this, Cooley intends to go to Quaker meeting, where he can say his prayers with his hat on his head.—Max Adler. Go to the JOURNAL Building for cheap Stationery, Blank Books, &c. Our New York Letter. Old Men in Nem York—Bri(f ,S"keteles of Some of Them—Business. NEW YORK, June .;, 1874. OLD MEN New York has fewer old men in propor tion to its population than any city in the civilized world. The poor die early, of course, for the poor in this city have not the comforts necessary to the prolongation of life ; and the rich, or those aspiring to be rich, by which I mean the business men, live altogether too rapid a life to last long. The man who commences at twen ty-three with ten thousand dollars or its equivalent in cheek,- and on that capital does a business of half a million per an num, is not going to live to see fifty, un less, indeed, he has extraordinary luck or an extraordinary constitution. His life is one of the hardest kind of work, and of a most consuming excitement. Plethoric to-day—on the verge of bankruptcy to morrow; with nothing in the morning with which to pay a hundred thousand dollars in the afternoon. It is a life that wears faster than any other labor in the world. It is one everlasting, never ending strain, from morning till night, and if the cares of the day enable him to sleep at night, he is lucky. But, nevertheless, there are a few old men in New York, who have survived the strain and wear or tear of business. MAYOR HAVEMEYER is over seventy, and bids fair to live twen ty years yet. He is of German descent, alai though he has lived through all the exciting periods of New York history, has persistently refused to get at all excited. He has had a steady, standard business— sugar refining—and has followed it with all the steadiness of the German. He has taken active part in politics—he was May or thirty years ago—has been and is a bank President ; but in all he lives quiet ly and modestly, goes to bed regularly at night, uses stimulants with great modera. tion, and always sail: on an even keel.— If his house should get on fire, Mayor Havemeyer would walk out of it deliber ately ; and if his refineries should burn, the loss wouldn't bather him a particle.— He would go to work, rebuild, and go on. He will refine sTrar till he dies, and then his sons will do it after him—not that they have any need to do business, but because they have a habit in that way.— Sugar is their mission. PETER COOPER, known the world over for his benevolence —and his glue, is another seventy-five year older. A man of little inure than medium height, with gray hair and spare face, there is nothing in his appearance that betokens the powers he really possess es. Ile is one of the strongest business men in the city, and at the same time one of the most progressive and liberal of the citizens benevolently-inclined. Having made an immense fortune out of glue, he determined that the public should have its full share of his money. Sa he built an "Institute" in which instruction in the practical ads and sciences should be free to all, and gave it to the city. The prop erty is worth over a million, but it has done millions upon millions of good. Girls here learn telegraphing, wood-engraving, and a number of other professions that fit them to go out into the world armed for a strife. Young men are instructed in metal urgy, engineering, etc., and all the expense is paid by the property. Peter Cooper is not catctly a great man, but be is an exceedingly good man. Everybody loves him, as everybody ought. He looks and acts as though he was good for twenty-five more years. May he live to enjoy them. DANIEL DREW has passed his seventieth year, and is so tough and wiry in his texture, that he bids fair to live many years longer; though possibly could a vote be taken among his associates, his decease would not be long deferred. Daniel began life as a showman, was promoted to be a tavern-keeper, and, following his instincts, drifted into Wall street, where he has been, for many years, the most feared operator of the street. He is extremely religious—is a devoted mem ber of the Methodist Church, and has built a Seminary; but his professions or his giv lugs have never yet prevented him from shaving his associates most unmercifully whenever he had them in a tight place.— Nothing so delights the old man as to get his rivals in a position where he can squeoze them. Ile shows them no mercy —he destroys them utterly. It is related of "Uncle Dan'l" that once on a time he advised the pastor of an M. E. Church in New Jersey to invest in a certain stock. '•But suppose I should lose ?" queried the preacher. "I'm so certain thatyon will make mon ey," was the reply of the good Daniel, "that if you du lose I will make it good to you." Thus fortified the preacher did buy a trifle of the stock. And having so good a thing the good pastor confidentially told thirty or forty of his flock. all of whom made haste to invest in a stock which the saintly Daniel had as good as guaranteed to go up. But contrary to expectation the stock went down, down, down. The preacher rushed to Uncle Daniel to redeem his prom ise, which the old man did by giving !the a cheque for the amount of his loss. "The thing didn't work, did it," said Daniel. "Indeed it did not." "Well, you havn't lost anything." "But, my dear sir, I am distressed not withstanding. Being certain of what you said to me I confided this good thing to my parishoners, and they—" "'ley lost, hey they. Well people should never tetch stock onless they know the market, or hey some friend like me to make 'em good et' they lose." The joke of the thing lay in the fact that Daniel finding himself oaded with a stock that was sure to go down took this way to unload. lie told the preacher, knowing that the preacher would telt his parishoners. It was he who sold them all the stock they bought. Ile could well af ford to make good the preacher's loss, if thereby he could unload the remainder .upon the preacher's friends. Daniel was handled roughly by Jay Gould and Jim Fisk, and he was hurt severely 'last fall, but despite all this he is a rich man and is a power in the street. But his riches can never make him friends, for he is too selfish. A. T. STEWART is another lively old fellow. He bas reach ed seventy-five, but is as active as a man of thirty. He is the best preserved man of his ago in New York. Every day finds him at his business, which goes on, enor mous as it is, with the regularity and pre cision of clock-work. Ho employs in his business $20,000,000, and has real estate to probably three times that amount. lie looks like a man of careful thought, and might pass for a phy.•ician or a clergyman. His hair is auburn, and approaches red. and retains its original color. his counte nance is of light complexion, and is so smooth and firm that he might pa=s for fifty. His dress is plain and neat, all dis play being studiously avoided. Ile stands five feet six. Forty years as he com menced trade in this city in a very small way; but such men could no more be con fined to a small business than Napoleon could be kept on Elba. lie has thousands of employees, uses millions of dollars, and deals in an enormous variety of goods ; but so perfect is his system. so complete his method, that I doubt if he ever loses a dollar. Each clerk has his special duties, and those duties are so interwoven with others that the slightest sin of omission or commission must eventually be discov ered. Ile lives plainly, though well, and has, doubtless, many long years before hint. Where his money will go to, no one can form an opinion. Ile has no relatives on this side of the Ovate- ; and with those on the other side he had no connection f.,r years. lie ;s building an enormous insti tution uptown, which, it is supposed. he intends to use f9r a Lodging- House," but this is not certain. The prob ability is that he will keep on, intending to do some great and good thing, but die suddenly before his plans are completed, and that his enormous fortune will enrich his Irish relatives. Our only comfort will be that the estate will have to go through the courts in New York, which will keep the most of it in this country. VANPERBILT is another man who has seen eighty, but who enjoys vigorous health. Old as he is, it was only a few years ago that he married a young wife, and notwithstanding he at tends to the details of his enormous rail road business, and plays whist as regularly and methodically as ever. lie controls more miles of railway than any other loan on the continent, and his lines are all important_ lie is an iron-gray old fel low, who worked up to his present position from nothing, and who bids fair to double his already colossal fortune before he pass es out. But I have gossipped long enough about the old men. It will be noticed that every one of the rich men in the city com menced very poor. BLAINESS Is horribly and fearfully dull. so dull in deed as to be no business at all. The mer chant looks wistfully out into the street.— The salesman wears a pained look. for his occupation is gone, and the book-keeper balances himself and reads the newspapers. The West is not here, and the South stays away, and the North refuses to incest.— The theatres are losing money, the hotels are well nigh empty, and the barkeeper• mourn as those without hope. Let us hope for a revival. PIETRO. Confidence Men. All the teachings of experience and all the daily clamor of the previ seem to be unavailing to convince a certain class of visitors from the interior, that if they make sudden friendships in the city they will re. gret it. 'Mere is hardly a day in which the police are not made the recipients of a tale of woe founded upon spontaneous in timacy and misplaced c:infidence. Some times a gentle stranger accosts the rural visitor as Mr. Huggins of Utica. Lie re plies, "You are mistaken ; my name is Muggins, and I live in Skaneateles." The stranger apologizes and disappears. and just around the corner a confederate comes up, calls Mr. Muggins by his own name. and is voluble about matters and things in Skaneateles. This is a plan bywhich even municipal dignitaries from the interior are sometimes beguiled. It was practised a few days ago in Boston upon a New-Eng land Deacon, who owns a stocking-mill in Massachusetts. He came to the city. sold his wares, and met a man who accosted him as an old acquaintance, and in the flush of the renewed intimacy, got all his money. But a commoner and coarser method ;f the predatory class is to approach the vic tim with frank and honest sincerity. say ing don't know you, but I like your looks." This seems universally effective. A day or two ago, a singularly striking in stance of the efficacy of this plan of plun der was seen in New York. An Indian trader from the Far West, one or theme men whose life is a continual strug7le for existence by means of the exercise of the sharpest and strongest faculties olobserva tion and judgment, a man who had gain ed a fortune by sagacious trade on the bor der, risked his life and lest his property by means of this idiotic confidence. A to tal stranger accosted him on the ears anti entered into conversation with him. He opened his heart to him instant'y. and on arriving in this city they had already be come "pardners." Instead of spending his money at hotele, he went to the house of the ostensible "Sister" of his new Py lades. As a matter of course, he was found the next morning wandering half-naked in the streets, drugged almost to uneonscimm nese. His trunk and his money are in the keeping of his friend and his friend's sis ter wherever they may be. It is hard to be compei!ed to preach a sermon of cynicism. But unless every stranger learns the lesson of wholesome distrust, he would do well to stay away from large cities. A man who fotets him sell' upon your acquaintance with offers of friendship and service, intends to rob or swindle you. No one will fall in !ore with you at first sight, and if he tells you so. he is after your pocket-book. But this may be said and repeated to flit; euil of time, without putting men and women on their guard against swindlers. Vanity is stronger than common sense or experience. No one is safe from the confidence man, unless he is convinced of his own ufsliness. To say to the average mortal. • I like your looks," in the phrase and manner suited to his degree of cultivation, is the surest way to convince him of your own taste and can dor. There are few men living who are not more pleased, in their heart of h?arts, at a personal compliment than at any eulogy upon their goodness or their righteous fame. The confidence man's whole stock in trade is this reliance upon human van ity. His only chance of a livelihood is making people believe that their prepossess ing appearance has attracted him. And every day shows how easy a task it is. A man of ordinary ignorance may hold the severest views of flattery in the abstract. but he bears nothing but truth awl dis cretion in the voice of the concrete flatter er. There would seem to be no remedy for the confidence game, except to adopt the English religion which has been so much laughed at, and never grant your acquaintance except upon a proper intro duction ; and if any man or woman tells you he likes your looks, the best way is to call the police.--AVer York Tines. Pleasing Interview with Nest. .‘ reporter of the Chic-aro rinses moot lv interviewed Thomas Neat. sod famed bins speeehlets 34 .t mat und melt of bin extended lecture. 31r. Nast, bow ie. made out, with the aid of his crayon. so make himself understood. anti a lively conversation was the melt. We T uve: "Would you have any objeetttros to be ing interviewed. Mr. Nast _ _ _ A Apa.m of pain rrossesi the artist's fare fur a moment, and then melting to the bed he dived down under it. stud heoweht out a large blackboard. Seising a pieee cl crayon. he vigorously eommesesd sersteh log upon it. and in a few seems& the re porter beheld a prostrate figure of Nast writhing in the agosies of death, while upon his body sat six able-bodied Imes poking him in the short ribs with lead pencils and note books. This tell the re porter to infer that Mr. Nast did sot ilk. being interviewed. Reporter--But why. Mr Nast What do you think of reporter.'" The ;raresturist here drew a pomp with a 'vigorously workieg the losavile. think they ask too neeny question.. !Int do they sot always tell the truth it: rerard to their interviews'" The figure of•;,-orr Washington armed with his litt.e hatchet wze hastily sketch ed upon the board. and underneath It the single word -Reporter. - R.-- I see you appreciate their veraci ty. Pray, tell me. do yoneejny Vhiesgo '- A picture of a boned turkey. ebassipegye. gin cocktail.. and calumet 'nip.. fried. hastily followed. After remarks as to 4.410 e heal celebri ties, the conversatio• mended. R.--Are you nasetiag with much tow man in your entertainments 7 . • A picture of a railway train Untried with greenbaeki an-I ear ticketed.. -lb. Nast. - follower'. R.—“ How lunch elk you eipeet to nob, in Chicago A Masonic eye with a wen tievelopri wink was drawn. R.—" De you really labor frum patriot ism. and do you think President Great the tmdern coodensation of Achilles. Cats sod Caesar ?" The artist here drew a nine that laelted a great deal like his own. and apes the end of it a thumb with fear lingers es tended at a wiggle. R.—"l hare been much pleased with you. Mr. Nast, and should like In know you more intimately. I shall take pleas ure in calling again ttf enerse it will be agreeable to you ?" The artist hastily drew a neuiuer ten b'.t. elevated at an angle of forty five de grees. and hastily nestled its extremities under jts , :t such a coat is the reporter wore. Inferrinz frao thit that Mr. s::et be t) see hi= spin, the reporter relived the kind ,)Ifer of a down paninw4te reierved ' , eat tieket4 and withdrew,. Scenes in a Sook;ag Car. An amuAng, ineistent .iceurred remissly in the smoking ear of 2 s'. C sod I. Railroad train between :4helby sad this city. sop the Clevelind news. A weans with a poodle dog entered she ear jest pri or to the itepartore of the train from the former feint. and after depositing her •irir in one se.it. tensed over the inset of m other. Tepther sea her esaine ems. panion thus asonopolined twe 111.6111 seals. Appearances weasel to inches'. that tie ea: was one esehrively for theenirrenienee of those addicted to the we of the --witoir and of this fact she was sons apprised by the eonductor. who advised her le skein a seat in another ear. larwrnrisir her at the same ti MI that the 5ea11in.2411161421 in tie way of seats in the other maybes awe ow perior to three where she wits thee. illeur ever. she insisted on ressaiwieser. omit% that her presesee woad deter the ISM pants of the car from seeking, sad oho would consequently esperiewee M siastalm• fort from tobacco Noes. Los" be the train reached this city. however. s misside man Pitting directly in &owe 4 her pew &iced his tax. and. tabling 'Wren= • cigar, began puling Tway se it its arsomer which seemed peculiarly edeulated w. alp rravate the woman hack 4 him. Its its instant, !strategic movement. she wrested the obnosious eiTrsr from his wench sad threw it one of the wiwinw. eselesimpies. "if there is algal's% I tkp We. it is ow. baser stnesite:" The paniensrers who had 'sitnessed the affair were enmeshed with laughter, bat the eleusling smoker its* prose,' whatever esseenims may halve bow struggling for reprising in wade eV se lion. and maintsioed thrweshmat dm tame imperturbable entity which land ethan► terised hies from the Int. Calmly slag from his seat, he °reed the Wiii‘PW ea* est him. Fauteuils% it sp. sad esashaisett• the mat back. took that weessmet psis deg and threw him out of the wines, at far kerma as pessible, st the mom time sayiag, there is anything 1 de has.. it's a poodle deg 7' - New Minium /l!-Zillers. The people of New MetierHo etrigiNeato some curious societies is Moab mg Los Cruces they Levu- - yr it is said they have—shat are kern,* s -Pits.lifsero.' composed of petrels psonioustely lewd pies. $o Arnim has the rivalry be tween the two societies that a e re.. puked, and the contest la reverted to he.. been as Adios,* ‘•The pica were to be mince and one inch thiek. Needle be bits first. and no bite to sour. aspire is reseal the centre of the pie. Marina piled i m p nine pies and ghat (bora ow them without an evert. Las Creme elevated the asp of his head and rinsed his jsies over ohms (Great enthasiasin -most his frismit.)-- Melilla Came to the scratch. or bite. mew. fally. and Hopped his lip over a alPilee MO. cr ssfully. i Odds aimed on Lae' Croce, at this point. said. -Wed. is is I time to stop this sousases ; bawd we fit teen. - They were gives him; he seneled, laid the back of his head es his Out. and came down ow the bundle of pies lA* an alligator as a niesathfai of trieri his teeth did net enure tardier. He emit gird and jerked, but it was se use. Thor of his teeth broke, sad his held gam ; Os es:noising, a alsg-410116. NN lima ND the caster pie, sad Lin Crises bad got bin teeth tangled is the freckle. Ana Ihrertis the referee. decided is haw 0311entlia. as the ground that everything Ins fair in mince pie. 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