II America# Volunteer. i* Ofinx. , JHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNINO BY »>• BRATTON A KENNEDY. MABKEX HQUABE. ; Two Dollars per year if paid strictly rlSwance; Two Dollars and Fifty Conte if paid Wrltfiln three months; after which Three Dollars be charged. These terms will be rigidly ad iyjtered to In every Instance. No subscription dia { ■bnlluaed until all arrearages are paid, unless at of thO Editor. <gqtHB. '■‘'•p. P, SUMB.IOH. | 'WM. a PABKEB. >gtXMRICH & PARKER, A TTORHEYS AT LA IK. • Offlco on Main Stioct.ln Marlon Hall, Car ■T/OHN CORIiMAN, AT LAW. bmooln building attaohod W Franklln Hon.. oppMltu the Coart House, Carlisle, Pa. Vane 4, ly rSHAS. B. MAGLAUGHLIN, Attob l *j wfv at Law. omce In Budding formerly 'tfwapled by Volunteer, a few doors South of Wet- Eel’s Hotel. Deo. 1.1885. TO E. BELTZHOOVER, Attorney I? , and Counselor at Law, Carlisle, £enmu CTce on South Hanover street oppoßlM Bentc a Store., By special arrangement with the Patent Office, Attends to securing Patent Bights. . Deo. 1.1865. , HERMAN GOETZ, a a law , NEWVILIiB, PENN’A. Patents, Pensions and other claims attended to. Moy 28.1868. ■ J" OHN B. MILLER, Attorney at Law. Office In Wetzel’s Building, opposite sue Court House, OarlUle t -Pa. - NOV. 14,1867, . MO. HERMAN, Attorney at Law. , Office In Rheem's Hall Building, ta li'* tear of the Court Honue, next door to the Her- Aid” Office, Carlisle, Penna. • .Deo. 1,1865. ,:rrxTM. J. SHEARER, attorney, and . - W Connamnoß at Daw. Baa removed hla office to the hitherto unoccupied room In the ’ Korth East corner of the Court House. .Jan.2Vo9-ly ’• TIT KENNEDY, Attorney at Law VV Carlisle. Penna. Office same as that pi the "Arnerlcan Volunteer,” South side of the Pub lic Square. Dec. 1. 1866 1 UNITED STATES CLAIM AND MEAL ESTATE AQENCYI WM. B. BUTLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office in 2d Story of InhofTs Building, No.SSoutU Hanover StroeV Carlisle, Cumberland county, : Sponsions, Bounties. Book Pay. So., promptly 'Application, by mull, -will receive Immediate 'particular attention given to tbe “'} ln s°!! 1 r 1 c 1 “t Inn of Beal Estate, In town or countrj. an ail let ters of Inquiry, please enclose postage stamp. July 11,1867—tf r\R- GEORGE S. SEABIGHT, Den- I ) Tier. Pram the Baltimore Oellene Surneru. Office at the residence of ulfl mother Street, three doors helo w Bedford Carlisle, Penna. Dec. 1.1865. anil (ttaps. AEKIVAI or AXJi Tixq JVJITT WINTER BTTLS3 HAT S AND CAPS. The KubKcriber bu Just opened ttt Na. Stiff Brims, different colors, and ©very desorlp stoutly on hand and mode to order, all warrant Sd to give satisfaction, r. A fall assortment of MEN’S, •. ' BOY'S; AND CHILDREN’S, HATS. i hare olso added to my stock, notions of differ lldies 8 'Indgeljtlemen'S STOCKINGS, : ITttk Tia. Siojjmdrr*, CWfarj, ° Thraid %vA,XO Silk, Umbrella J, ic PRIME BEGARS AND TOBACCO ALWAYS ON HAND. oive mo a coll, and examine my stock os I foe) confident of pleasing all, besides saving you mo ney. JOHN A. KELLER. Aami, No. 16 North Hanover street. Doo. 0,186fc-ly JJATB AND CAPS ! DO YOU WANT A NICE HAT OK CAP 1 IF 80, DON’T FAU* TO CAM* ON J.G.OXLLIO, no. 29, WES 2 MAIN STREET, Where , ** n bo Been the finest assortment of HATS AND OATS „„ brought to Carlisle. Ho takes great pleas- SIS In tailing his old friends and customers, and all new ones, to his splendid stock Just ro- MlTOd from Now York and Philadelphia, con sisting In part of fine SIIJC AND CAB3IMERE HATS, of Hats always on hand, ana • HATS MANUFACTURED TO ORDER. tt o tmnthfl best arrangement for coloring Hats -SffindsofWoolen Goods, Overcoats. &0., at fhe\hort£t notice (as he colors oTol on the most reasonable terras. Also, a ane ioi> oj choice brands of TOBACCO AND CIGAES always on hand. Ho desires to call the attention to persons who have COUNTRY FUIIS to sell, as he pays the highest cosh prices for the Ba Svehlraa call.at the above number, his old stand? as he feels confident of giving entire satis faction. “ Deo. 20.1808 pACXFIfc HOTEL, 170,173.174 & 170 GHEN WICH STREET, NEW YORK The undersigned lakes pleasure in to bis numerous friends and patrons that from this date, the charge of the Pacific will be 13 60 P Being «ol« Proprietor of this house, and there fore free from the too common exaction of an ln.ordtattbß rent, he Is fellyjtblj. .to meet the downward tendency ol prices without any fai * 1 1 L wUl°now, V bo his almtomaln taln undlmlnlshed the favorable reputation of the Pacific, which ll hasenJoyed for many years, as one of the beat of travelers hotels. • The table will bo bountifully supplied with every delicacy of the season. The attendance will bo found efficient and ol The?(fcatlon will be found convenient for those whose business calls them in the lower part of the city, being one door north of Cortland street and one block west of Broadway, and of ready access to all RaUrcads nnd Bobcat L ae* JOtN PATTEN, JjTORWABDINQ AND No v. 26, 1865— 0 m COMMISSION HODSB. Flow & Feed, Coal, Plaster 4 SoO. r BEETEM & BROTHERS having purcUased ol Snyder «k Newcomer their ****&&[*i^treS?' bS (Henderson’s old stand.) head of High leave to inform the public that will rJrS Forwarding and Commission business on a mors extensive scale than heretofore. Tbelilghest market price will be paid for Flour Grain and Produce of all kinds. Flour and Feed, Plaster, Salt and Hay, kept constantly on hand and for sale. Coal of all kinds, embracing lykens VALLEY. LOODSTMOONTA N, Llmehurners 1 and Blaokshnths’ OoaL cons taut lv for sale. Kept under cover, and delivered dry to any part of the town. Also, all kinds of Lnm bar constantly on hand. J BEEXEU4BROa . Leo. L 1868. FOR RENT.—Tho Law Offlca on the second story of Inhofl's store-room, corner of Hanover street and-Market Senate, noff occupied by W. J. Shearer. Ininlroof Dec. 21 IjS-ti C. INHUFF. •\r OTlCB.—Orders for coal on Delan- IN cey&Bhrom, will bo received and promptly attended to at Cornraan A Worthington’s drag store, at John Faller’s grocery stoic, at Horn s grocery store, and at Joan Bheem’s confections ry store. Jan.U«XB69-3as. BsLABCETftBBBOXi BY BRATTON & KENNEDY, IAAA MONTH can be made by male I\)U and female Agents. \Ve have notulng for curiosity-seekers, but reliable, steady, profitable employment, for tbose who mean business. Ad dress, with 3 ct. stamp, 0.. L. Van Allen A Co., 48 New street, Now York. Dec. 17,18Q8r-4t SOMETHING NEW AND USEFUL. —A new Era In Music. POPULAR MUSIC POPULAR PRICES. “Hitchcock’s Half- Dime Series of Music for the Million.” No. 1 now Others to follow rapidly. Price 5 cents each.— Your Newsdealer boa It or will get it for you.— Mailed on receipt oi price. Address BENJ. w. HITCHCOCK, Publisher, 89 Spring street, New York. . Deo. 17.180&-4t TO THE WORKING CLASS.—I nm now prepared to furnish constant employ ment to all classes at their homes, for their snare moments. Business now, light and profitable.— Flty cents to $5 Is easily earned, and the boys and girls earn nearly ns much as men. Great In ducements are offered. All who sea this notice please send me their address and test the bus iness for themsol vea. If not well satisfied, I will send 81 for the trouble of writing me. Full par ticulars sent free, Sample sent by mail fonten cents. Address, Deo. 17,1808—it Agents wanted— to sen a new Boole pertaining to Agriculture and theMe onunlo Arts, Edited by Geo. E. the distinguished Author and Agricultural Engl* neer of the New York Central Park. .Nothing like It ever published; 200 Engravings. Hells at sight to Farmers. Mechanics and workingmen of a 1 classes. Active men and women.are coin log money, fiend for circulars. E. B, TREAT «s CO.. Publishers. 054 Broadway, N. Y. Deo. 17. IKQB—it Money easily made, with our Complete Stencil and Key Check Outflt..-- I capital required. Circulars free. STAF FORD Manufacturing Co., 60 Fulton St., N. Y. Dec. 17,1808—4 t ' WE ARE COMING AND WtLL PRESENT TO ANY PERSON Bending as a Club In our Brent ONE DOLLAR SALE OF DRY AND FANCY A Watch, piece of Sheeting, Bilk Dress Patterns' Free of Cost. Our inducements during the past few years have be enlarge. WE NOW DOUBLE OUR IJATE3 OF PREMIUMS. W* have many important additions to our Winter Stocks, add have largely extended our Exchange List, and wo now feel confident to meet the demands of oar extensive patronage. Bend for Mv> Circular, Catalogue of Goods and Samples sent to any address free. Send money by registered letter.. Address all orders to J. 8. HAWES & CO., 15 Federal Street, Boston, Mass. P. O, Box C. Wholesale Dealers In Dry and Fancy Goods, Cut* lery, Plated Ware, Albums, Leather Hoods, dec, Deo. 17. 1868—126 . . Given • miuus w> »»*«, energetic Agent®, muie or female. In a new, tight and honorable business, paying thirty dollars per day sure. No gift en surprise, no humbug. Address R. Monroe Ken nedy & Co., Pittsburg, Pa. Deo. 17.1803—46 - NoDr. JHO. V. STOWS/' TOBACCO ANTDttOTE. KMTBALB BY ALL ORUOOIKg. * . *» BflW>ro hambag imltefflßA [Trademark x topyrighU*} X. Jan, 21, IB6o—tf. CM AAA PER YEAR guaranteed, and ibiUUU steady employment. Wo want a re fute ln every county to sell pur White Wire Clothes Lines, (everlasting.) Address White Win* Co., 75 William St., N. Y., or 16 Dearborn St. Chicago, Ills. Dec. 17, IWJft—lt - OARPETS— DON’T PAY THE HIGH PRICES! The JVew England Carpet CO., of Boston, Mass., established nearly aauartorofa century ago. In their present location, In Halls over TU 73775,77.70.81,83.85 and 87 Hanover SU, have probably furnished more houses with Cor nets than any other house in the country. In order to afford those at a distance the advanta ges of their low prices, propose to send, on the receipt of the price, 20 yards or upwards of their beautiful Cottage Carpeting, at 60 cents per yard, with samples of ten sons, vorylng in price from 25 cents to 88* per yard, suitable for furnishing every part of any house. Deo. 17,1868—46 LAWBERRT. *e,, *O. . , , _ . 1 'i,' .„.. , •,, . . 111 . m , 1 , ..z i.... . . et . ~._,... L... IL ~. ..,.. :,. 1..... : ,,...3 c:.i !)!. ~ . , . .. .. • :.:. .:.." .. JHatecellaneons. E. 0. ALLEN, Augusta, Maine. ...'; •• :., • ii „ 1 / 4 . • •;„:••' ...:.;:',:,, ) 4 'A R . r GOODS, Iforfital* THE BIDDLE OF BEAtXT. BY LDOV LAKCOif. Brown bird of spring, on pinion soft, Ascending, A voice of reddening dawn aloft Thus landing; Few hoed thy song; why Is It sweet? Why art thou beautiful as fleet, Light comer, Bewildered la the stir and heat Of summer? White clouds that over the blue shy Are pressing, The pilots of an argosy Of blessing; • Ye float with all your sails unfurled Above a dull, unconscious world, Noho caring Whence ye those fleeces, golden-curled, Are bearing. Blue autumn flower, thy deep heart stores Heaven’s- azure; And tbenco from out thy challco pours Raro-ploasuro. The frost of plague-spot blackening coats; Thy fringe Is tom when sleety blasts Grow stronger; Mon love thee while thy beauty lasts; No longer. Thou maid, around whoso lip and eye Intwlnlng, The loveliest tints of earth and sky Are shining— Thy sweet song dies; thy beauty must Fade like a flower’s by blight and dust O’crtaken; And all tho roots of moral trust Arc shaken. O, why should thus tho beautiful . O’erbrood us, Yet ever Its harmonious rule Eludons? Tho grave 1U hopeless blot may bo; Largess to eyes that cannot see ’Tia giving; The joy, tho pain, the mystery Of living. Say whence, O beauty, floatost thou, And whither? But In a shade, an eAho now # Swept hither. Bora with tho sounds that hurry past 7 Dead with the shapes that fleet so tost 7 Oh, never f The soul of each fair thing must last Forever! The glory of the rose remains TJnfoded, Though now no wreath from blossoming lanes Bebntldcd. A word unknown she drooping said; A breath was In her from the dead To waft her And beauty’s riddle shall bo read Hereafter. Utetelkttgims. A JUST SCHEIK AND A WISE CADI. In the district of Ferdj' Onnh, Algeria (which signifies Fine Country.) lives a Scheik named Bou-AUas ben-Achonr.— He is also distinguished by the surname of Bou DJenoni, (the Man of the Knife,) and may be regarded as a type of the Eastern Arab. His ancestors conquere 1 Ferdj’ Onnh, but he has been forced to acknowledge thesupremaov of France by paying a yearly tribute of 80,000 francs. His dominion extends from Milah to Ba houab, and from the somhern point of Babour to within two leagues of Gigelli- He is forty-nine years old, and wears the Bahyle costume; that is to say, a woolen aandourd, confined by a leathern belt— He carries a pair of pistols in his girdle, by his aide the Baby lejlisaa, and suspend ed from bis neck a small black knife. Before him walks a negro carrying a gun, and a huge greyhound bounds along by his side. Helndds despotiosway over twelve tribes; and should any nekhbor ing people venture to make an excursion on his territory Bou-Akas seldom conde scends to march against them in person, but sends bis negro into the principal vil lage. The envoy just displays the gun of Bou-Akas,and the Injury is instantly re- Pa Hokceps in pay two or three hundred ] Toibas to read the Koran to the people; every pilgrim going to Mecca and pas sing through Ferdj’ Onah, receives three francs, and may remain as long 'as ho pleases to enjoy the hospitality of Bou- Akas. Bufwhenever the Scheik discov ers that he has been deceived by a pre tended pilgrim, he immediately dispatch es emissaries after the imposter, who, wherever he is, find him, throw him down, and give him fifty blows on the soles of his feet. Bou-Akas sometimes entertains three hundred persons at dinner, but instead of sharing their repast, he walks round the tables with a baton,in his hand, see ing that the servants attend properly to ids guests. Afterwards; if anything is left, he eats, but not until the others have finished. , _ , „ , .When the governor of Constantinople, the only mau whose power he recogni zes, sends him a traveller, according to the rank of the latter,or the nature of the recommendation, Bou-Akas gives him his guu, his dog k or his knife. If the gun, the traveller takes it on his shoul der ; if the dog, he leads it in a leash ; or If the knife, he hangs it round his neck; and with any of these potent talismans, of which each bears its own degree 1 of honor, the stranger passes through the region of the twelve tribes not only un scathed, but, as the guest of Bou-Akas, treated with the utmost hospitality.— When the traveller is about to leave Ferdj’ Onah, he consigns the knife, the ting or tliG gun to the car© of the first Arab bo meets. If tbo Arab is hunting, . he leaves the chase; if laboring In the field, he leaves bis plough, and taking ; the precious deposit hastens to restore it ; to Bou-Akas. . .. ! The black-handled knife is so well known that It has given the surname of “ Bou-Djenoni, the man of the knife, to its owner. With this, instrument he is accustomed to cut ott heads whenever he takes a fancy to perform that agreeable office with his own band. When first Bou-Akas assumed the gov ernment, the country was infested with robbers, but he speedily found mo-ns to extirpate them. He disguised himself as a poor merchant, walked n ut and dropp ed a douro (a gold coin,) on the ground, taking cure not to Jose sight of it. If the person who happ°ued to pick up the douro put It into his pocket am! passed on, Bou-Akas made a sign to his enmaux (who followed him, also in disguise, and knew the Bcheik’a will,) rushed forward Immediately, and decapitated the offen der. ■ •. In consequence of this summary meth od of administering justice, it is a saying among tho Arabs that a child might tra verse the regions which own Bou-Aka s sway, wearing a gold crown on his head, without a single hand being stretched out to take it. Tho Scheik has great respect for wo men, and has ordered that when the fe males of Ferdj' Onah go out to draw wa- t p r every mau who meets them shall lurn away his head. „ Wishing «ne day to ascertain whether his commands were attended to, he went out In disguise, and, meeting a beautiful Arab maiden on her way to the well, ap proached and saluted her. The girl looked at him with amaze ment, and said : «• pass on, stranger, thou knowest not the risk thou hast run." A nd w hen Bou-Akas persisted in speak ing to her, she added: ••Foolish man,and reckless of thy life ; knowest thou not that we are in the country of Bou-Djenoui, who causes all women to be held in respect?” Bou-Akas is very strict iu his religious observances; ho never omits his prayers and ablutions, and hia four wives, the CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11,1869 number permitted by the Koran. Hav ing heard that the Cadi of one of his. twelve tribes administered justiloe in an admirable manner, and pronounced do* cislonn In a stylo worthy of King Solo* man himself. Bou-Akas, like a second Haroun-A!*Raschld t determined to jud go for himself as to the truth of the report. Accordingly* dressed like a private in dividual without arms or attendants, ho set out for the Cadi’s town, mounted on a docile Arabian steed. He arrived there and was just entering the gate, when u cripple, seizing the bor der of his burnous, asked him for alms in the name of the prophet. Bou-Akns gave him money, bub the cripple still maintained his hold* 44 What dost thou want?” asked the Schelk; “T have already given thee alms.” ***** “Yea,” replied the beggar, “ but the law says not only “ Thou shall give alms to thy. brother,” but also “That shall do for thy brother whatsoever thou can«t.” “ Well, and what can I do for thee?” “Thou canst save me—poor crawling creature that I am—from being trodden under the feet of men, horses, mules and camels* which would certainly happen to me id passing through the crowded square, in which a fair is now going on. “ And how can T save thee?” “By letting mo ride behind you, and putting me down, safely in the market place, where I have business.” “Be it so,” replied Bou-Ak«s. And stooping down be helped the cripple to get up behind him, a business which was not accomplished without difticul* ty. The Btraugelv-assorted riders attracted many eyes as they passed through the crowded streets; and at length they reach ed the market place. , ftli “la this where you wish to stop?” asked Bou-Akas. “Yes,” “Then get down.” “ Get down yourself.” “What for?” “ To leave me tho horse.” “To leave you ray horse! What do you mean by that?” “ I mean that ho belongs to me. Know you not that we ore now In the town of the Just Cadi, and that if wo bring the C'tgo before him, he will certainly decide in mv favor,” “ Why should he do so when tho ani mal belongs to me-?” “Don’t you think that when lie sees us two—you with your strong straight limbs, which Allah has given you for tho purpose of walking, and I with my weak legs and distorted feet—ho will decree that the horse shall belong to. him who has need of him 1” . lt “ Should he do so, ho would not bo the just Cadi,” said Bou-Akaa. . “Oh ! as to that,” replied the cripple, laughing, “although he is just, ho is not infallible.” “So!” thought the Scheik to himself, “this will be a capital opportunity for judging tho judge.” Ho said aloud, “ I am content—we will go before the Cadi.” Arrived at the tribunal, where the judge, according to the eastern custom, was publlcally administering justice, they found Unit two trials wen 1 about to go on, ami would, of course, take prece dence of theirs. The first was between a ialcb, or learn ed man and a peasant. The point in dis pute was the faleb'a wife, whom tho peas ant had curried off, and whom he assort ed to be his own better half in the fact of tho philosopher, who demanded her res toration. The woman, strango circumstance, re mained obstinately Silent, and would not declare for either, a feature in the case which rendered its decision excessively difficult. The Cadi heard both sides at tentively, reflecting for a moment, and then said : “ Leave the woman boro, and return to-morrow.” The mvant ami tho laborer each bowed and retired, and the next case was call- ed. Thia was a difference between a butch er and an oil seller. The latter appeared covered with oil, and the former was sprinkled with blood. The butcher spoke first: ** I went tobuy soraeoil from thisman, and in order to pay him for it, I drew a handful of money from my pur«e. Tire .sight of the money tempted him. He seised me by the wrist. 1 cried out, but he would not let me go; and here we are, having come before your worship, J hold ing my money in my hand, and he still grasping my wrist. Now, I swear by the Prophet, that this man is a liar, \iihon he says that I stole his money, for the mon ey is truly mine own.” Then spoke the oil merchant: “ Thia man came to purchase oil from me. When his bottle was filled, he said, • Have you change for a piece of gold ?’ I searched my p* cket, and threw out my hand full o'f money, which I laid on a bench in my shop. He seized It, and was walking off" with my money and my oil, when 1 caught him by the wrist and cried out, ‘ robber!’ In spiteof iny cries, however, he would not surrender the money, so I brought him here that your worship might decide the case. Now, I swear by the Prophet that tills man is a liar, when he says that I, want to steal his money, for it Is truly mine own.” The Cadi caused each plaintiff to re peat his story, but neither varied one jot from his original statement. He reflected for a moment, and then said. ‘‘Leave the money with me, and return to-mor r°The butcher placed tlie coins, which he had never let go, on the edge of the Ca di's mantle. After which he and his op ponent bowed to the tribunal, and de- now the turn of Bou-Akas and MyTord.Cadi,” said the former, •* I came hither from a distant country, with the intention of purchasing merchandise.. At the city gate I met tills cripple, woo first asked for alms, and then prayed me to allow him to ride behind me through the streets, lest he should bo trodden down in the crowd. I consented, but when we reached .the market-place, he refused to gel down, asserting that my horse belonged to him, and that your worship would surely adjudge It t"'him who wanted it most. That, my lord Cadi, is precisely the slate of the case—X swear it by Mahomet 1" . , * T ‘• My Lord,” said theonpple, ‘‘as I was coming on business to the market, and. riding this horse, which belongs to me, I saw tills man seated by the roadside, ap - parently half dead from fatigbe. I good until redly offered to take him on the crup ner and let him ride as far us tile market place, and ho eagerly thanked me. Bu', what was ravastonishment, when on our arrival, he refused to get down, and said that my horse was his. I immediately required him to appear before your wor ship in order that you might decide be tween us. That is the true state of the case—l swear it by Mahomet 1" Having made each repeat his deposition and having reflected fora moment, the Cadi sal’i, •'Leave the horse here, and re turn to morrow." ... . It was done, and Bou-Akas and the crip ple withdrew in different directions. On the morrow,a uumberof persons, besides those immediately interested in the trials, assembled to hear the Judge a decisions. The tatch and \ easunt were culled nrrft. “Take away thy wife,” fluid the Cu* to the “and keep her, I advise thee, in good order.” Then turning towaids the clnnaux , he added pointing to the peasant, “Give this man fifty blows.” He was instantly obeyed, and the talco carried off his wife. Then came forward the oil iqorolmtatia the butcher. . , . „ Here,” said the Cadi to the butcher, ‘is thy money; it is truly thine, and not his,' Then pointing to the oil merchant, he said to his chinaux , ‘Give this man fifty blows. t It was done, and the butcher went away I In triumph with his money, j The third cause was called, and liou -1 Akos and the cripple came forward. “ Wouldst thou recognize thy horse .among twenty others?” said the judge’to Bou-Akas. ,v Yes. ray lord.” “ Ami thou ?” “ Certainly, my lord,” replied the crip ple. “Follow mo," said the Cadi to Bou- Akas. They entered a large stable, and Bou- Akas pointed out bis horse amongst the twenty which were standing side by side. “’TIs well,” said tho judge. ‘Return now to the tribunal, aud Bend me thlnp adversary hither. The disguised Sohelk obeyed, delivered his message, and the cripple hastened to the stable, as quickly as his distorted limbs allowed. Ho possessed quick eyes aml-a good memory, bo that ho was able, without the slightest hesitation, to place his hand on the rlghtanimat. “'Tls well,” said tho Cadi p ‘return to the tribunal.’ His worship resumed his place, and wlipii the cripple arrived, judgment w»e pronounced. “The horse is thine,” said the Cadi to Bou-Akas. ‘Go to tho stable and take him.’ Then to the chinaux , cripple fifty blows,* It was done; and Bou-Akns went to lake his horse- When the Cadi, after concluding the business of the day, was retiring to his house, ho found Bou-Akas walling for him. “Art thou discontented with my award?” asked the judge. “No, quite the contrary,” replied the Scheik. ‘But I want to ask by what In spiration thou hast r« ndered justice; for I doubt not that tho other two cases were decided as equitably as mine. lam not a merchant; lam Bou-Akus, Scheik of Ferdj’ Onuh, and I wanted to fudge for myself of thy reputed wisdom.” »rhp Cadi bowed to the ground, and kissed his master's hand. “1 am anxious,” said Bou-Akas, to knowlhe reasons which determined your three decisions.” “.Nothing my lord, can bo more simple* Your highness saw that I detained for a night, the three thiugs in dispute?” “I did.” “Well, early in the morning, I caused tbe woman to be called, and I said to her suddenly, ‘Put fresh Ink In my inkstand.' Like a person who had done the same thing a hundred tinics before, she took the bottle, removed the cotton, washed them both, put in tbe cotton again, and poured in fresh ink, doing It all with the utmost neatness and dexterity. So I said. 10 myself, *A peasant's wife would know nothing about Inkstands—she must be long to the taleb. u “ Good,” said Bou-Akos, nodding his head. ‘And the money?’ *• Did your highness remark that the merchant had his clothes and hands cov ered with oil ?” “ Certainly I did.” “Well; Xtook the money and placed it u a vessel filled with water. This morn ing I looked at it, and not a particle of 011 was to be seen on the surface of the water. So I said to myself, *l/ thin money belonged to tbe oil merchant, it would be greasy, from the touch of his hands; as it is not so, the butcher's story must be 1 Bnu-Akas nodded in token of approval • Good, 1 said lie. ‘And my horse ?” “ Ah ! that waa a different bualuca, and until tills morning I waa greatly puzzled. 1 •• The cripple, I suppose did not recog nize the animal?” , , . "On the contrary, ho pointed him out immediately.” “How, then did you discover that lie was not the owner?” “ My object in bringing you separately to the stable, was not to see whether you would know the horse, but whether the horse would acknowledge you. I“>w, when you approached him, the creature turned towards you, laid buck his ears, and neighed with delight; but when the cripple touched him. ho kicked- Then 1 knew that you were truly his master.” Bou-Akaa thought for a moment, and then said; ... * Allah has given thee great wisdom.— Thou olightest to bo in my place, and I in thine. And yet, I know not; thou art certainly worthy to be Scheik, hut I fear that X should but badly till thy place as Cadi!’ Bleab-Eyed Justice.—lf three labor ing men knock off work together, and do not resume it for the same employer, they render themselves liable to Hue and im nrisonraeut. A formal indictment la drawn up, celling forth, in set legal phrase, that these three laboring men, naming them, being evil-disposed per sons, and wickedly devising and contri ving to commit an not Injurious to trade, did conspire, combine ami confederate together to raise the wages of labor. 1 lie wiseacres who compose the Grand Surey return this formidable document a true bill. A' sura made up from the wages of the laborers goes to pay a lawyer lor de fending the case. Hedoes his duty faith fully, but all in vain. They are convic ted. If the Judge before whom they are tried chooses, he may pack p‘em«all off to prison, leaving their families, maybe, to starve, or to subsist on charity, or, if by careful saving they laid up a little something, to live on that, and reduced the amount. But if the Judge is tender hearted, ho may simply fine them, and wring from honest industry a part of its paltry and hard earned dollars, ouch is justice lor the poor man. He must not presume to act even peaceably in concert with his fellow to better their condition. Laboring men, do you underotand ami consider these things? This Is law which your representatives allow to continue to disgrace the statue book. And you elect the Judges who mete out to you su *h justice! . .. How is it, on the other hand, with the millionaires? Quite different. They may combine, conspire, and confederate together to lock up and keep idle mil lions of dollars for the avowed and ex press purpose of embarrassing and inju ring trade, and unblushingly swear to the fact themselves, and then invoke the aid of the very Courts which condemn you to co operate with them, and assist and protect them in their schemes. The Richest Boy in Ameiuoa.—The “00 of Joshua Sears, of Boston, who died ten years ago, is popularly supposed to he the richest boy in the United States. He Is fourteen } oars of age. Hie father, whose property was valued at Sl.ooii.oon, nfter bequeathing small sums to hi- r. hi lives, provided that his son slum! •. -av ■ $2,500 annually until aUalnhnr the j.g« “ 21* (lie sum of 530,000 at thai period ; si.’ouj annually until he Ims passed .the u-e of twenty-four ; $O,OOO annually until he has passed the age of thirty, and *JO, 001) peruimum after that lime, \oung Sears is Well provided for, to say the least, but he Is not, perhaps, the richest young man in America, us is commonly suppos ed." “ This much money shall thmi have, and no more.” seems to have been the intention of the rich father, who knew the value of money, and felt content to bequeath the youug man sufficient to give him a good education, and funds enough to commence business with In good shape seven years hence, Ihe property remains in the bands of three trustees*, and the simple interest on^ 'he original amount, added to the principal, lias reached the sum of $3,300,000, while the assessed value of the real estate bring ing this sum is valued at $20j000,000. The trustees have a salary of so,ol)oeuch, und tlie commissions received from the collection of rents amount to a sum equal to the salary of the President of the Uni ted Stales. Young Sears is now m hu 'ope. where lie Is lilting himself for the active duties of life. * Tub Youngest.— An Irish woman ap plying for relief the other day, was ques tioned na to her family by the lady to whom she applied— “ How many children have yon ? t« yjx,’* “ How oldie your youngest?" “Me youngest is dead, and I vo had another since." VECOBISKII'S IIOMCU. A correspondent of tho Detroit Free Press gives some interesting anecdotes of the great Indian warrior and prophet, Tecumaeh. While the enemy was In possession of the country around Monroe and Detroit, Tecumseh, with a large band of warriors, visited the river Raisin. The inhabitants had been stripped of nearly every means of subsistence. Old Mr. Elvers, a Frenchman, who was lame and uuablc to earn a living tor himself and family, had contrived to keep out o! sight of the wandering bands of savages a pair of oxen, and bis son was able to pro cure a scanty support for himself and his family. It so happened that while at labor with the oxen, Tecumseh, who had come over from Malden, met him on the roud, and walked up to him and said : “ My friend, I must have those oxen. My young men are very hungry, and they have notbing'toeat. Wo must have the oxen.” Young Rivers remonstrated. Ho told the chief that if he took the oxen his father would starve to death. “ Well.” said Tecumaeh, “ we are con ?uerors, and everything we want Is ours, must have the oxen ; my people must not starve; but I will not be so mean os to rob you of them. I will pay you a hundred dollars for thorn, and that Is fur more than they are worth, but have them we must.” 'Give this Tecumseh got a white man to write an order on the British Indian Agent,"Col. Elliott, who was on the river some dis tance below, for the money. The oxen were killed, large fires built, and the for est warriors were soon feasting. Young Rivera took the order to Col. Elliott, who promptly refused to pay it, saying: “.We’re entitled to support from the country wo couquored. wo will not pay it.” The young man with a sorrowful heart returned with the answer to Tecumseh, who Said : “ To-morrow we will go and see.” In the morning ho took-young Rivers and went to see the Colonel. On meet ing him, he §aid : “ Do you reluse to pay for the oxen I bought?” “ Yes," said the Coloucl, and ho reiter ated the reason for refusal. “ I bought them,” said the Chief, “ for my young men, who wore hungry. I promised to pay for them, and they shall bo paid for. 1 always heard that white nations goto war with each other and not with peaceful individuals, and that they will not rob aud plunder poop peo ple. I will not.” “ Well,” said the Colonel, “ I will not pay for them,” “ You can do os you please," said the Chief, “but before Tecumseh aud bis warriors came to tight the battles of the great king, they hud enough to eat, for which they had only to thank the good Maat*»rof life and their good rifles. Their hunting grounas supplied them with food ; to them we can return.” This threat produced a change on the Colonel’s mind. The defection of the great Chief, he well knew, would imme diately withdraw all the nations of the red men from the British service, and without them they were nearly power less on the frontier. “ Well.” said the Colonel, “ if I must nay I will.” * “Give me hard money,” said Tecum seh. “ not rag money.” The Colonel then counted out a hun dred dollars in coin, aud gave them la him. The Chief handed the money to young Rivers, and said to the Colonel; “ Give me one dollar more.” It was,given; and handing It also to Rivers, he said ; “Take that; it will pay you for the time yon have lost lu getting your mou ey.” - . A WICKED FRAUD PERPETRATED ON It is seldom pleasant to tell on one a self, but sometimes it is a sort of relief to a man to make a sad confession. I wish to unburden my mind now, and yet I almost believe that I am moved to do it more because I long to bring censure upon another man, than because I desire to pour balm upon my wounded heart, fl don't know what bairn is, but I believe it is the correct expression to use in* this connection—never havingseen any balm. You may remember that I lectured in Newark lately lor the young gentlemen oi the Claytouian Society? £ did at any rate. During-the afternoon of that day, I was talking with one of the youug gen tleman just referred to, and he said he had an uncle who, from some cause or other, seemed to have grown permanent ly bereft of all emotion. And with leais in his eyes, this young man said : “Oh, if I could only see him laugh once more! Oh, if I could only see him weep!" , I was touched. I never could withstand distress. I said: “Bring him to my lecture. I’ll start him for you. B “Oli, if you could but do it! If you could but do it, all our family would bless you forevermore—for he is very dear to us. Oh, my benefactor, can you make him laugh? Can you briugsoothing tears to those parched orbs’ I was profoundly moved. I said : “ My son, bring the old parly around. I have got some jokes in that lecture that will make him laugh if there is any laugh In him—and if they miss lire, I have some others that’ll make him cry or kill him, ouo or the other,” Then the young man blessed me, and wepi on ray neck, and blew bis nose on my coat tail, and went after bis uncle.—- Ue placed him In foil view, In the second row of benches, that night, and I began on him. 1 tried him with mild jokes; then with severe ones; I dosed him with bad jokes, and riddled him with good ones; I fired old jokes Into him, and pep pered him fore and aft with red-hot new ones; I warmed up my work and assault ed him right and left, in front and be lli nd ; 1 fumed and sweated, and charged and routed, till I was hoarse and sick.und frantic and lurious—but I never moved him once—l never started a smile ora tear! Never a ghost of a smile and never a suspicion of moisture I I was astounded. I closed the lecture at last with one des pairUm shriek wit h one wild hurst of [.i.ia iT-aml hurled » joke of superuatu- : ,„i atrocity full at him.' I never phased mm: I lu-n I sal down. nowildered and eXu m-leu. The President of tin* eo;op iny came up ami bathed ion head «Uh water,and | Mil I \Vliul' made you cany on so toward ''l all id': “I &as trying to maUetbat con buuded old ft»oi Jau.cb, in the second Ami 1m: Huid : “ Well you were wasting your time —because tie is deaf and dumb, ami as blind as u badger.” Now wuh Unit any way forao old raau e nepliew to repose on a stranger and an orphan like meV I simply ask you, an a man and a brother, If tuat was any way for him to do ? There is a magistrate named Helsur, in a town in Indiana. A clergyman of the same place was called upon by ayoung couple not loug since, who wished him to loin.them in the holy bonds of matri mony. He asked the bridegroom (a sol dier by the way.) for his marriage license. The man in blue responded that no had been engaged to fhe girl four years, and thought that would do. Clergyman thought not, and remarked as the speedi est way lo olc.iin a license : *• You had better lake your girl and go to Hoiaer ** YouTjo to hell yourself! 1 retorted the angry, veteran. ... , Audalezing the bUde by tlu irm. he dragged her from the house, wondering 1 what manner of a profane minister he I had mot with. AIAKU TWAIN. Mark Twain VOL. 55.—N0. 35. FATUtin COME HOME A Sermon In n Song-Thrllllng Effect. A correspondent gives the following account of the singing of “Father, Come Home,” in one of the music halls In Lon don, and wo gladly transfer the “scene,” for such we term it, to our columns. It is a most beautifully touching appeal, and the effect; on all who read it must, to some extent, be the same as that produced-on the London audience. Despair, love, hopaand reform are all set forth In most vivid colors; Having reached the hull, wo paid an admission fee of six pence. There was a very neat stage, with a gaudy drop scene, side wings and a tolerably good orchestra. In the stalls sat the chairman, lo keep order over os motley an audience ns ever was seen out of the gallery of the Victo ria Theatre. “Costers seemed to predom inate. 11 All appeared plentifully supplied with porter, mid all were enjoying their pipes to such an extent as to make the place almost suffocating, for there must have been an audience of nearly five hun dred. A nigger “walk around” was just being finished, and the shouts of encore , whistling and stumping of feet made the hail perfectly bewildering. A name was announced from the chairman, which we could not catch, and amidst chipping of bands and stamping of feet there was a •buzz of “This is the song!” The waiter called loudly, “Any more orders I” and these being taken and duly executed, nil seemed to settle down quietly to listen to the song. There was the symphony, and another buzz of “This is it!” and we be gan to feel anxious. Presently a female came in fropt of the curtain amidst great applause, and commenced “Father, dear father,” etc. Every word was distinct, and she sang the ballad with great fuel ing. In order, however, to fully describe the scenes which follow each verso, It Is necessary to give “Little Mary’s" song. Father, dear father, come home with mo now. The clock in the steeple st- Ikes one! [gougj You promised, dear father, that you wou d come homo As soon as your day's work .was done. Our fire has gone out—our homo Is all dark, And mother’s been watching slnoo tea. With poor little Benny so Bleu In her arms, And no one to help her but mo. Como homo, oomo homo, come home. Please father, dear father, come home.” At the conclusion of the last line the drop scene drew up, disclosing the father sitting at the door of a public house, in a drunken bemuddled state, with a pipe and pot belore him. Little Mary was try ing to drair him from his seat, ul the same time pointing to a curtain behind, as she took up the refrain from the lady, and touchingly sang, “Come home,” etc. The other curtain was now drawn aside, dis closing a wretched room, in which was the mother with the poor, sickly looking boy in her lap, and in the act of feeding him with a spoon. Simultaneously with the diawlugof the curtain, the limelight was brought to bear upon the tableaux, living them a truly startling efleet. Af ter a moment or two, the act drop came down, and the iday proceeded. “ Father, dear father, come homo wllh mo now, The clocu- in the sloeplo strikes two I [gong, The nWitha* grown colder, and Bonny Is worse, Bathe has been calling for you. Indeed ho Is worse, mother eavs ho will die, . Perhaps before morning shall dawn, And this was the message ho sent rao to bring— Como quickly, or Iw will be gone. Come homo, come home, come home, Please father, dear father, come home.” The act drop rises again, and now the child has hold of the pewter pot, trying to take It from the drunken parent, and, as she continues the last two lines, “Como home,’ 1 etc., the other curtain is drawn aside, and we next see the chi hi stretched out on its mother’s lap, and, as it just raises its Utile head and rails back with a gasp, wllh the lime light reflecting strong ly upon it, there was a reality about the whole, terrible to view. Sobs were heard coming from all parts of the hull, from the female portion of the audience, while tears trickled down many a mule cheek. We have seen “Susan Hopley,” “The Stranger,” “East Lynne,” and other af fecting pieces played, but never before did we witness a scene of such general cry ing. The principal feature called to mind the picture of the “Sister of Mercy,!’ with the dying child in her lap, and the death was fearfully natural. Even the lady who sang the song was affected, and could scarcely, proceed with the third verse ; m Father, dear father, come homo with mo now. The clock lu tho steeple strikes three! fg ng gong, gong.] , Iho house is so lonely, the hours are so long, For poor weeping mother and me. Yes we are alone—poor Bonny Is dead, And gone with the angels of light. And these were th** very last words that ho said, I want lo kiss papa good night! Come home.como home, come home. Please father, dear father, come homo.' Again the drop rose, disclosing little Mary on her knees appealing to her fath er who, with the pot elevated, as in the act of striking her with it, as she sings, “Come Home.'iand then the back cur tain draws aside, showing the mother praying over a child's ooftln. But now the sobs burst more freely ; and two fe males were curried out fainting. Tho scene was truly harrowing, and we turned gladly > ur eyes away. An additional verse was sung about “Poor Benny” being with tho angels above. The drop rose; the father, now Bober. Is weeping over the coffin with the mother, and little Mary on her knees singing “Home, home, father’s come home.” At this moment tho curtain is drawn aside, and little Benny is suspend ed over the collin with wings, smiling upon them and pointing upwards. The latiier falls forward on ilia face, the act drop descends, and fora few minutes all is hushed save tho sobs of the females. Decrease of Ciuldken.—Not long ago Dr. Stover and others In Massachu setts, in some comment upon the singu lar fact that 111- incrca-e ol children in that Slate is limited almost wholly to the foreign population, assigned the cause of it to tho commonness of the crime of tm ticide It now appeals that Maine is fol lowing Massachusetts in tho decrease of the rlsluggeueratlon. Mr. Warren John son, the Stale Superintendent of Com mon Schools in Maine, reports to the Legislature that there is a decrease ol 1(1 683 scholars between tho ages ol lour and twenty-one years from Ore census of 1853. The decrease in tire past year has been 3 182; the decrease in 1861 was 4,- 141 and tho total decrease from the max imum of 1860 is nearly 20,006. Mr. John son very naturally considers this decrease alarming, but, as he cannot satisfactorily account for it, he proposes a series of lit nuirles. such us " Have we ceased to be a producing people?” "Are the vital forces expended in brain labor and lost to plnsical reproduction?” and “ Are toe modern fashionable criminalities of in fauticlmand loeticide creeping into our State communl y?” Coming from such a source, these are questions oi fearful import, relating as they do to the popula tions of rural districts, where, there being irrealer abundance of the means of sub sistence and less temptation to crime than in large cities, there la generally suppos ed to be more moralltv. Getting the Worst ok it.Do you waut to buy any berries? said a little bov to me one afternoon. I looked at the little fellow, and saw that lie wan poorly ilresaed. In bis bund be held a basket lull of ripe ra-berrics. I tobl blin I should like some, and inkina the basket from him, stepped into the b. use. He did not l.dlow me. i. Why don’t you come in and see it 1 measure your hurries right. 1 ” Saiii do you Uimw bui I may che.vi vou ami lake more limn L agreed for v The l»oy looked up at me and smiled. “I am not afraid,” aald he, '.for yoa would grf (hr wwvf nf //. ma’am. “ (}»-« the worst ot it!” I -mo. m hat <J °* sWlly*in'a* 1 aiii, I sboui ' only lose ray berries, hut you would only be stealing, bon’t you think that would be the worst for you!” ■ jar What State is nigh in Ihe middle and round at both ends ? O-hi O-o. Hates for ■ ADVZRTtmuNTB will be inserted at Ten oenv per line lor the first Insertion, and Are cent per line for each subsequent insertion. Quar terly half-yearly, and yearly advertisements n eertod at a liberal redaction on the above rates. Advertisements should be accompanied by the Cash. When sent without any length of time - specified for publication, they will be continued ! until ordered ont and charged accordingly. JOB PRINTING. CARDS, HANDBILLS, CIRCULARS, BndeVSty Oth er description of Job and Card Printlngexeen ed In the neatest style, at low prices. AToleofnCrow, Hero is a good story that bos been float* log about for several years, but will nev er grow old. There is laughter enough in it to tickle the ribs of au anchorite: THE WOMAN AND THE CROW. At a certain cross-roads in the State of Alabama stood a email grocery or whis key shop, where “ bust-head" and ** tan gle-foot" were dealt out to the thirsty unwashed at 6 cts. a drink or 20 cts. a quart. The presiding genius of this delectable institution was one BiliSikes. who among various pels, had a domesti cated crow, black as the ace of spades,— This crow had learned, among other things, to repeat quite plainly the words “damn you!” which lie of course heard frequently used in the grog-shop. Du ring tlie prevalence Ufa knock-down and drug-out light one day, however, the crow was frightened from home, ana flew off to the woods never to return. About three miles from the grocery was a settlement of meeting-houses -*un old tumbledown affair, only used on ser tuiu occasions, wlseu a circuit-rider hap pened that way. Into this building went the crow,taking peaceable possession; and two days thereafter the church was thrown open for preaching, and a large crowd assembled, among whom was a very old lady, who was compelled to use crutches in walking, who took her seat in the front pew, and was soon deeply ab sorbed in the eloquence of the preacher. The reverend gentleman had scarcely got under full headway, and commenced thundering his anathemas at all grades of sinners, when a hoarse croakiiia voice from hbovo uttered the ominous words: “Damn you!” The preacher and congregation looked aghast ul bug • profanity, and each peer ed into his neighbor's face in vain to de tect some signs of guilt. Quiet was at length restored, however, and the ser mon proceeded; but ere ten minutes elapsed the ominous “ damn you!” again electrified the audience, and just os thb preucher cast his eyes upward to search lor the transgressor, the crow flew down from his perch, and, lighting on the Bi ble, calmly surveyed the terrified crowd, and gave another doleful croak— •• Damn you I” The effect was electrical. Giving one startled and terrified glance at the in truder, the preacher sprang from the window, currylugsash, gloss and all with him, and set oil* at a breakneck pace through ttio woods, closely followed by bis horror stricken congregation, who hud piled out of the building pell-mell alter film. In tho general scramble, the old lady with the crutches had been knocked down In the church where she lay, unable to rise; and on observing her, the crow, who was after something to eat, flew down beside her, and, cook ing up his eye at her very knowingly, croaked out: “ Damn >ou!” The old lady eyed him savagely for a few moments, and then burst forth in a tohe of reckless deflunce : . “ Yes, and damn you 100 I 1 bad noth ing to no with getting up this meeting— and you know Ul” The poos old soul had mistaken the crow f<>r the devil, and concluded, if pos sible, to propitiate his satauio majesty by denying all complicity, la that affair. — The world la full of people. Burled Alive—'The Kfloet of Iron Coffins fcpon Dead Bodies. (Cbr. Cittcinnort Commercial. Washington. D. C., January 11—I read in the JnteUigcncer, a frightful statement of burying alive that is said to have occurred in New Orleans, and is now going the rounds of the press, to the intense horror of ail sensitive people. The mother of the uuiortunate, it is claimed, was Informed of the horrible event, through a dream, and insisted upon having the body disinterred, for investigation. On opening the grave the horrble fact was manifested. The glass over the lace was broken, the face was mutilated, and the Angers wounded. Now, it would bo well to let this os a warning to the thoughtless who hur ry deid bodies into their graves before positive assurance (hat life is extinct.— But the case la.so horrible that It is bet ter to know the truth. The corpse had been encased in an iron colliu, called casket, made air-tight. The consequence Is that the gases generated by tho decay ing body produce the most frightful dis figuration, and In some instances shiver the glass over tho face. 1 know all about this, for I had a ease come under my im nieolalo observation, the death of a friend in tho country, caused by accident, so sudden and unexpected, that few of le friends and-relatives could bo caileir to the funeral within the ordinary lime in cident to such occasions. An iron coffin was procured, the body placed in it, am! the lid sealed and screwed down in the usual maimer, with a thick glass plate over the head. To those who watched the loved face through tears theie soon appeared a singular change; the vein* of the forehead began to swell, and *i»-n stood out like cords. Then the face In gun to swell, and soon the eyes jmiiu opened and the iips.tell spurt, givi-ig i*» Hie face a wrathful, hornlle i expre'-.mu that was painful to look up *ll. Ttn*se changes continued until the dead seemed to be striving to breathe, and speak, and strange noises were heard inside*). Wo men shrieked ami tainted, and at las: u cloth was thrown over the glass, and per sons were forbid looking in. During tin* night of the second day («f I remember correctly,).an explosion occurred, accom panied by the sound of broken glass, ami it was tumid that the plate over the lu* e was shivered and the room-tilled who the most sickening stencu. Tin- dia l body was horrible to look at, and it in quired no active stretch of tin* mikiciiih tion to believe that life hud returned and a struggle ensued. I doubt whether on© could return u» life from tho counterfeit condition mu hud been taken fordeath, while scute ! in one of, these iron cases. Such return must, of course, be slow, uncertain an I feeble. How long the air of the coffl > would continue pure enough to stream - en the lungs, so as to start the ciivi..;- lion, I am not prepared to nay. Urn 1 should think not long; certainly mu sufficient length of time to enable u.o subject buried alive to make much :v struggle- JJSS“ A good story is told ol one ol Un baggage niastcraatastutiim between W< ' - center and Boston, a fat, good nature; droll fellow, whose jokes have beo-.io - quite popular on tlio road. His name i< Bill. A few mornings since, while li me performance of bis duties, in cluing lug baggage, an ugly little Scotch ten n-r got In bis way, and be guve him a smart kick, which seui him o\or the track yelp ing The owner of the dog soon appeal - cd In high dugeon, wauling to know why ue kicked his dog. ~ • Was that your dog 7’ asked BUI In his usual drawl. , , . . • Certainly it was; what right had you to kick him?’ ‘ He’s mad,’ said Bill. • No he’s not either,’said the owner. • Well, I should be, if anybody kicked mo that way,’ responded Bill. ftß- An Eastern editor says that a man In New York got himself into tiouble by marrying two wives. A Western editin' replies by assuring bis eotemporary that a good many men bad done the same thing by marrying one. A Northern ed itor retorts that quite a number of his ac quaintances found trouble enough by barely promising to marry, without go ing any fun her. A Southern editor says that a Iriend of his was bothered enough when simply found In company wits so other man's wife. fi®-A poultry riddiemakor asks:- <■ Wbvls a hen immortal V end answers, ** Because lief eon never eele. PI
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