H. V. Mobthijieb, Proprietor. ' INDEPENDENT " Live aild Let Live." $1.00 a Year if Paid in Advance. VOIi. III., No. 11. h LEH1GI1TON, CARBON COUNTY, PENN'A, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1875 Subscribers out of County, $1.20. CARDS. Furniture Warehouse. V. Schwarti. Hank street, dralerin all Unit v Furniture. CbJJlnt made to ordtr, iloot anuTsiioe Makers). Clinton Bretney, (n Ltran't building. Hank otreet. .411 order prnmptlaJUlfct-ork warranted. II. RAPSHER, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Real Fstate and Collection Agency. Mill nuyand Sell H. al Estate. Conveyancing iwwtly done. Pol lections prompllv made. Settling Estates of De cedent, a specialty. May be consulted In htigllkh and German. Koi.il. p J. MKEIIAN, k ATTOUNEY AT LAW, No. 4, Dolon's Block, JIAUC1I CHUNK, PA. 43-Cn be consulted In German. Jan9. tJlIIOMAS S. BECK, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, DANK Street, LEUKJllTOK, Pa. Conveyancing, Collecting and all buslneaa 'con nected with the offlce promptly attended to. iJ-Aiieiit tor tirrt-cUxx Insurance Companies, and Risks of all klnda taken on th moat literal terms. Jan. 11,16,5. JNO. D. UERTOhETTK, ATTOUNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW Of HCi-Flrst Xatlonal Bank Dll S, 2nd Floor MAUCII CHUNK, Vimi. May be consulted In Oerman. apr IB, 1874 JJANIEL KAlsBFUS, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Mauch Chunk, l'a. ,WOfflce, ab0T Doton'a Jee(ry Store, Broadway. II. DiaiBIICK, AUCTIONEER. Eat Welssport, Pa. X B. Sales of every description attended to at reasonable charges. The patruuuge of the put In li respectfully solicited. Jan. 21, '74. TVU. N. D. IiEBEK, PRACTICING PHYSICIAN AND SDHuKUN, Office. lUMR Street, next door above the l'ostollice, Leblihton, l'a. Offlce Hours l'arryvllle each day com 10 to 12oclock remainder of day at office lu Lehlghtor. Nov 2a. '72 xi AO L K HOTEL, N. KLOTZ, PIIOP'K, Summit Hill, Carbon Co, Pa, M-Rest of accommodations, fcieellent res taurant underneath. Uood stabling attached Terms moderate. IIOYD MENUI, ARCHITECT, 122 S.9th Sfc.,Alientown, Pa. "Will furnish Tlana, Sperlncatlona and Estimates Xirliu eiact cost or lul.ac and pmaie Luiidirgs, from the plainest to the most elaborate; also JBrawtnga for Stairs, Hand-Rails, Ac jel3 Iiivery & Sale Stables, TIANIC STREET. MIIIIGHTON, Pa, TAST TROTTING HORSES, ELEGANT CARRIAGES, And positively LOWER PRICES than any other livery in tliu (Jounty. tSJ" Large nnd handsomo Carriages lor Funeral purposes ana Weddings. Ke-v.22. 1873. ' DAVID EUUKRT, II09IAS A. WILLIAMS. LADIES' AND UENTLEMEN'S Fashionable Boot and Shoe Maker, Near. j opposite the Po6t-cfl.ee BANK STREET, Lehighton, Pa. 11 it In commenced buulo-fbi-, at abore, I vrouM ret rect fully annouare to the cltUm of LeLlchtou and vicinity that I aw prepared to do all witU la id; line to the ueateit atid most BuUUiitfal niaii ner, at prices fully ai low an the urns work run be otalued in l'lilladelplila. A atlendid a inert went of CIIILUULK'S mid MISSES' UK A 11 of the Uft make alwaji on baud. A Irul li fcoucltod and Mtiractioo guaranteed. at loweit prices. July 4, 187.. fBIIOIflAS KEiiirur.it, CONVEYANCER, AND GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT The following Companies are Itepresented l Lebanon Mutual Fire, Heading Mutual Fire, WyotUng Fire, Pottsvillo Fire. Lelitgh Fire, and the jravcieiet Accident Insurance. AUo Pennsylvania and Mutual Ilorso Thief Detective and Insurance Com pany. March 20, 1873. OI1ACCOXIST. OLIVER CRILLEY. dealer In To bacco, Cigars, Pipes, &c, next door to Rex's Grocery Store, Susquehanna, St., Mauch Chunk, respectfully asks tho people of Lehlchton and vicinity, when visiting that place, to cull in and try his FRAGRANT CIGARS, tno. very best lu tho warket. Every nrcicirs in ins 11110 ttarrauwa m m n i d nd at lowest price'', r,i NADEN HUTTEN TANNERY LEIIIGI1TON, PA., B. J. KUNTZ, Prop'r, Respectfully announces to thn public that ho lias Just rebuilt the Tannery, formerly of Daniel Oleulnc, and put fn all the best and roust approved ran chineiy for tho Manufacture of Leather, such as Hemlock and Oak Sole, Harness, Upper, Kip, Calf and Sheep, which he will btipply a; llio very lowest price. Plastering Hair supplied in Inrge or small quantities very low. HIDES and SKINS bought at highest cash prices. Patronage solicited. Aug. 8-yl LOUK A IV I) FEED. Charles Trainer Respectfully informs tho peoploof Le hlghton that he has most Excellent Flour for Salu ; Also. good FEED of all kinds, and STRAW in tho .Bundle. He is also prepared to do any kind of Hauling and Plowing at short notice. LEHIGH (2d) STREET, Lehlghton, Pa. March 28-ly E. H. SNYDER liEUIGUTON, 1'EIVN'A., DEALER IN Dry Goods, Notions, Uresis aols 5 GROCERIES, QUEENSWARE, Glassware, Hardware, &c. May 31, 1873. WONDERFUL, 11UT TRUE I Whenever 1 get a llottie of llloom of Youtii or Magnolia llalui, Rose Tint, a JJux of Lilly white, or an) thing in that lino to beautify the complexion, at Duillng's Drug Store, It seems to oe nicer and better than 1 can get any where else, may 11. DlEIOSArJ & CO., BANK STREET. Lehighton, Pa., MILLERS and Dealers In All kinds of G1MIN Bought and Sold at Regular Market Rates. Wo would, also, respectfully Inform our citizens, that we are now fully pre pared to supply them with tho From any Mlno desired at tho VEHY LOWEST PRICES. M. HEILMAN & CO. July 25th, 1874. JOS. -11 . FIll't'ZIKGER, Fashionable Boot and Shoe Maker, Opposite T. D. Ciauss' Storo, IMNK STREET, LEHIGHTON, Pa., respectfully Informs ills friends and the public, that he lias just received a new and excellent assortment of Men's Wo men's and Children's Ready- JIado Boots, Shoes & Gaiters, Which ho will Bell at the Lowest Price?. t2T Roots and Shoes made to order, and Repairing neatly and substantially, done at short notice. ap 25-yl BEAD THIS TWICE. "THE PEOPLE'S LEDGER" con talus No Continued Stories, 8 Largo Page-, 48 Columns of Cholco Miscella neous Readlug Jatter every week, to gether wltUarticles from the pens of euch well-known wnterB as Nasuy, Oliver, Optic, Sylvanus Couu, Jit,, Miss Alcott, Will Carlton, J. T. TuowuitmoE, Mahk Twain, &c. A3-I will semi "The People's Ledger" to auy atlitress every week for three mouths, on trial, on receipt ofotily SO CENTS. "The Peoplo's Ledger" Is an old es tablished and reliable weekly paper, published every Saturday, and Is very popular throughout the N. E. and Mid dle States. Address, Ub'RMANN K. CURTIS, Publisher, Nc. 12 School St., Bostou. Mass. Nov. 14-3iu. 1TV HIM? NO I That Electric Liniment, like I cot at Outline's Drug Store, will cure him or any other mau ot RHEUMATISM and all other Pains. may 0 UST look at her Hair I Why I thnnplit It. vn4 tnrtilni. flrov? Rn r. was, until she got a Hottlu of that new Hair Restorer at Hutting's Drug Store. UY IT I TRY ITI-Tho IjUa ' l.ublifr Pin- tors fur a Weak Hack T'liTj IN' I ai them; may 0 Railroad Guide. N OIITII PENNA. RAILROAD. raa.enKersforPhlladebhlawlllleaTeLebkhton SI fqlltwa t 8.00 a. m. tla I,. V. arrlre at Phlla. at 0.00 a. m. 7J7 a. m. Tla L. i S. " " 11.10 a.m. 7.19 i. m. Tla L. V. " " 11.10a.m. 11.07 p.m. via L. A 3." " 2.15 p.m.. 11.02 p.m. Tla L. V. " 2.13 n. m. 2.27 p.m. Tla L. 4 8. " " 635 p.m. 4.47 p. m.vlal.. S. " " 83Hp.ni. 4.44 p. m. la L. V. " " R.a) p. m. 7-18 p. m. Tla L. V. " " 10.80 p. m. Keturnlnj;. leare depot at Berka and American Street, l'hlla., at 7.00, 8.30 and 0.45 a. m.J 2 10 3.30 and A.5 p.m. fare rrom Leuiuton to l'lilladelplila, aab.l 1871; liLLlSOAI.K, Agent CENTRAL It. It. OP N. J. LEHIGH i. SUSQUEHANNA DIVISION. Timo Table of Dec. 7, 1874. Trilna leave Lehlgbton as follows: For Uew York, Philadelphia, Eaaton, 4c, a, 7.37, It 07 a. in., 2.27, 4 47 p.m. For Mauch Chunk at 10.15 a. m., 1.14, 8.38, and 0.03 p. in. For Wllkea Uarre and Scranton at 10.15 a. m., 1.14, 6.3S p. Ul. Returning l&i(s New York, from station Cen tral Itallrnad of Xew Jenwy, foot of Liberty treet, North River, at 5.15, 0.00 a. m., 12. il), 4 01, p. ni. Laavo Philadelphia, from Depot North Penn'a R. It., at 7.00,0 45 a. in, 2.10, 5 15 p. tn. Leave KaMon at 830, 11.4S a. in., 3j and 7.15 p m.. Leave Mauch Chunk at 7J0, 11.0(1 a.m., 2.20 and 4.40 p. ui. Fo: turther particular, 6ce Time Tables at the Stutloua. II. P. BALDWIN, Gen. l'auenger Jgent. July 4, 1874. PENNSYLVANIA ItAILItOAlJ, PHILADELPHIA A ERIE RR. DIVISION. Summer Time Table. On and alter SUNDAY, JUNE iiSIb, 1874, the tralna on the Phllada. A Eilo R R. Dliisiouwlll ruu a. follows! WESTWARD. Fast Li.m leaves Philadelphia " " llarrlkbura " ' Sunbury " Wllllauifport ' arr. at Lock llaveu Emr Man leaves 1'hiladelphla ' ' IlarrlburK " " Sunbury '. " Wlldamsport - " Lock Haven ' " Renova 41 arr. at Erie Elmiiu MaiLleavea I'liKadelphla " " Ilsrrlaburg " " Sunbury " " Wllllanmport ' arr. at Lock llawn 12.55 p.m. fi 00 p.m. C.55 p.m. Mil p.ui. 10.00 p.m 11.55 p.m. 4.25 it ui. 5 30 n.ut 8.35 a tn, 0.45 a.m. 11.10 a.m. 8 15 p.m. ' S.OOa.m. 1.20 p.m. 4.20 i in. u p.m. 7.3U p.m. Nuairii Ilsniiiii leaves l'lilladelplila 7.20 a.m. " " " Hairlaburg 111 40 n.m 11 ' " Sunbury 12.30 p.m, " " " Willbiuiaport 2.05 p.tn, " " " Lotk llaen 310p.m, jfeuova " " arr. at Kane EASTWARD. Phili. Express louies Luck Haien " ' " Sunbury " " Wllll.iuisport " " arr. at Harrl.lur PtilUdelphU Erie Mail leaves Erie 4.2Upm 0.50 a.in, G 20 a.m. 0.3 p.m. 7.45 ii.ui. 11.45 am. 335 p.m 11.20 a.m. 0 a) p.m. 015 p.m. 10 50 n.m. 12 40 a.m. I 40 a.m. 0 40 a.m. 0.45 a.m 11.00 a.m. 12.10 p.m 3.05 p.m . GJ15 p.m. 0,0.) a.m. 4 05 p.m. 5 25 pm. " " Renovn " ' lKick Haven " " WUIUrakpoit " ' Sunbury " arr. at Harrlnburg ' " Philadelphia Eluiba. Mail leaves Lock Haven " " Wllllamaort " " frunbury " arr.at llarrlaburg " " Philadelphia Kiaoaea Eirsuis leaves Kaue 14 ,4 ReuoTo 41 41 44 Lock Haren 44 44 44 Wlllbmrport ' 44 " Sunbnry 0.50 p.m. 8.40 p.m. 44 ,4 arr at Uarrlaburz 44 44 44 Phlladelohla 10.55 p.m. 2.00 am. Mall East connects eaat aud west at P.rle with Si M S It V andatlrvlnetou with Oil Creckand Allegheny It R W, Mall W eat with east and west tralna on L S A M S R W. aud at forry audlrvlnoton with Oil Creik and Allegheny R R v. Elmlra Mall and Buffalo Ripre-s make close connectlonsat W illlauisport with N O K W tralus uorlh, and at Ilarrlsburg w.th N O R W tralni. south. WM. A. BALDWIN, Gen'l Supt. REWARD for an Incurable case or Calarru. rter having SU'ltTered. deluded, carirled. hawk. ed, spit and gagged t) your entire aallsfjctlon In jour useless endtavora to net relief from catarrh, use Ililgna'Allevlatoraccording to directions. The nlthy mass of mucous w 111 lu Immediately expell ed, and the Intlauied surface soothed, the eyes sparkle with dclirht. the bead fee's mtum! sv.ln. hope retires, for a cure Is sure tu follow the ue uf tuis agreeatle, acleullnc aud reliable remedy, & tnnSi T MUCI1 l"s ueffi said 13 jlf Bill. IB ft . sou wrilten, and many re Wlfguu. mwiitm have been offered for the relief and cure of throat and luui: diseases: but nothing has been loemluently succebsful,or(ub- lamea sucn a wiae ceieority, as nrlgtfs' Throat aud Luu Healer. J1a.,mc,ITHE excruciating pain VjlvB Ifll produced by corns, the uuceas VUI aaue fug t,11!lllg froui Uunlous. the plerdnir, distressing p.tu from Ingrowing Nulls, caunut l described. Thousands sulTer, not kuow Ing there Is a cure, strings' corn and Uunlon Remedies are no acid rr polasli compouuds, but are reliable, soothing, and ellectual, aud Justly merit the success they hate e-rued from au ap preclatire public. 'I be Cura'lve Is a healing olut uentiluiuiedlate relief la obtained by lis applies. tlon,aud it wilt positively euro the worst caseaof festered rums, Intlatned and ulcerated bunions, the sorest Instep, the largest aud severest Ulster!, the most elteuslie calloblllcaou the soles or heels of the feet; unequalled lu the cure of childU.ius or frosted feet. Ihe Alleviator fcr ordinary corus and preventing their ttruiatlon Is absolutely un equalled by auythlngeverkuowu, Ask furllrlggs' ivuuieuies sase uu uiuer PUcsIg TS ALL VERY WELL. those not trouUrd to think- it it noth U!J to hate I'lUl. Fur thtt region. the unfortunate tujtrer gets very little symjHithy, TheagonyvfTrXihttisnotor cannot le much worse than the tot tare endured by miUwnt who art troubled with internal lludtng, external and ttciUng piles. Clad Tidings for sujfrertrt hriggs's Ite Jiemtdiei are piild, safe and sure. 1Ai,llr, J AU15TIIEM03TPLEN iiflfi Ha lUfal kind of grain inthejaarlet, Ary on has a suyj-ly t from the three year old child to the grandtire verging on a hundred stylish, handsome young la Jits who daily promtnadt fashionalU re tort t; midtiUajed matrons! old ittutti'f , dressal up to appear young and gay;dan dies,wiUt their tatentl4at)ttrt, and inventtuOle walk' ing stick; tho cUrpyman, merchant, clerk, artisan and mechanic, of ult ages and stations, have a full supply ofcornst bunions, btid nadt,and other bather ationtoj thejut, all of which art bamthed and cured by the use oj liriggt Obrn and Bunion J!emcditt AUtviator and Curative. Sold by A, J. DURUNG.Urugglst, Lcblgliton. l'a, May 0,-1874 ly. fcmiE People of Lehlphton and vlcln Uy all nuito lu ti&tlfyh(K tint at A . J. DUULlNti'-S Oiug and Family Med icinu Storr, I'uuu, t'liKen ami Unadul tkica'iku Ui:i)iciKi:s can always ho found, may 0 IIo Died Saylnp; "Cuss." A Wanderer from the Frontier WliatTVRiFouudon his lireastt IIo sat on the steps of tho City nail, head In his hands, and one could not help noticing him. Ho woro a coat of wolf skins, a bsarskln cap, buckskin breeches, and Ids grizzly hair hung down on his shoulders In a tangled mass. He had drifted East from Ihe wild trontler,and ho had fatten sick. No one know for a long tlmo what ailed him, as he would not reply to Inqui ries; but finally, when a policeman shook his arm and repeated the lurjulry, the man slowly lifted his head and re p.led: "I'm playcdl'' His face was pale and hagged, and It was plain that he was going to have au attack of fever. Ho was sent to the hospital for treatment, ho making no Inquiries and answering no questions. This was a month ago. He had his personal effects in a sort of a sack. These were a beech-loading rifle, a hatchet, a knife, and several other ar ticles, aud when ho had been laid on a bed in ono of the wards, ho insisted that tho bag bo placed under bis head, They offered him medicine, but be turned uway his face, and no argument could induce him to swallow auy. "Rut, you area sick man," said the doctor, us ho held the medicine up. "Cuss sickness," replied the old man. "Aud you may did"' "Cuss dcathl" He grew worse as the days went by, and was sometimes out of his head, and talking of Indian fights and buffalo hunts, but not once did lie speak of fam ily, friends, or of himself. IIo would not let them undress hhn.couib his hair, or show him auy attentions beyond leaving ills food on the stand. A rag ing fever was burning up his system, and when the doctors found that the old man would not tako their medicine, they knew that death was only a mat ter of days. He must have had au Iron constitu tion aud a heart like a warrior, for ho held death at arm's length until the other day. When it was seen that ho could last but a few hours longer, tho nurse asked htm If a clergyman should be called. "Cuss clergymen!" replied the; oid man, those being the first words he had spoken tor three days. However, two hours after his mind waudered, and he sat up In bed and called out: "I tell yp,;tho Lord Isn't going to be hard on it fellow who has fit Injuns!" Ho was quiet again until an hour be fore hls.death, when tho uurso made one more effort, and asked: "Will you give mo your name?" "Cuss my name!" replied tho old man. "Haven't you any friends?" ' Cuss friends!" "Do you wish; us to send your things to any one?" "Cuss any one!" "Do you realize," continued the nurse, "that you are very near the grave?" "Cuss tho gravel" was tho monoto nous reply. No further questions were asked, and during tho next hour the strange old man dropped quietly asleep In death uttering no word and making no sign. When they camo to remoru tho cloth ing and prepare the body for tho grave, what do you suppose they found, care fully wrapped lu oilskin and laying on ids breast? A daguerreotype, picture of a little glrll It was taken years and years ago, aud when the child was five or six years old. Tho face ot tho little one was fair to look upon, and tho case which held it has becu scarred by bul lets. Thoro' wero a dozen scars on tho old man's body to prove that ho had lived a wild life, but there was not a lino among his effects to reveal bis name, or tho name of tho child whose picture he had worn on his breast for years and ycais. Who was she? Ills own darling, perhaps, Ho would not have treasured tho picture so carefully unless there was lovo In his heart. No one would have believed that tbo wolf skin coat covered a' heart which could feel lovo or tenderness, but It did. Ho might have been returning homo after years of weary wanderln?, or lio might have left the frontier to be sum of a Clulstlan builal, and linpliij that no unhj mpathetlo eyo would tail upcu thepictuiu. Somo said keep It, hoping to make it Identify tho oid man, but others laid It back on tho battle-scarred breast which had preserved it so long, and It was there yesterday when they burled him. Detroit FreH Press. Mr. Wallace ami the Treas ury Investigation. Mr, William A. Wallaco has won In Pennsylvania a triumph which any po litician might bo proud of. Under a cloud of scandals, ho fought his way through to a caucus nomination for Uni ted States Senator without a word of personal explanation, and, more won derful still, without a' word of recrimi nation. And his good fortune pursued him to tho cud. Three Democratic members ot tho Legislature had refused In the caucus to make his nomination unanimous, and averring their solemn conviction that, under tho new Consti tution, ho was ineligible, they stood ou upon their oaths, aud sternly declared their resolution not to vote for him un der any circumstances. This looked omluous enough. If those men had re mained firm, the caucus nominee would probably have been defeated. Rut when the balloting came on, they had forgot ten all about those solemn convictions aud those dreadful oaths, and voted lu a body for the fortunate Mr. Wallaco. I He was elected, of course, and deserves ' all the honors In such cases accorded. ' This elettlou Is something more than a personal victory. It 'shows not only that Mr. Wallace Is a man ol extraordi nary abilities, but that he is practically the undisputed leader of the Pennsyl vania Democracy. Ho has at this mo ment moro power lu that party thau Si mon Cameron has in the other. In other words it is his to guide aud eoutrol, and ho will bo held to a strict accountability for, Its acts. Therefore, as Mr. Wallaco has born himself with such singular fur bearanco throughout the,campalgn, and has never deigned to notice while tho Usui) was In doubt, the numerous calu- minles circulated by his enemies, wo have somo right to expect that ho will now dispose of them In tho most effec tual method at his command. He is still a State Senator,and tho Legislature will, until tho 4th of March, enjoy all the advantages of his personal presence. Tho house, moreover, is said to bo or ganized In his Interests, and mustthero-! fore be under his influence. Rut the Legislature is slow to enter upon real business,and there have been 1 in the air of Harrlsburg and Philadel phia strange rumors regarding the pro posed inquiry into tliu nlfalrs of the State Treasuiy. it Is freely andeven generally intimated that tho Investiga tion Is to bo a sham, arrftho result of It whitewash. This cannot be. Mr. Wal laco will not suffer tho appointment ot a corrupt or doubtful committee, nor will he premlt Its work to be half done. Uls address to bis Clearfield constitu ents shows that he Is lu deep earnest, nnd in no mood for trilling. He has been grossly traduced from one end of the State to the other. It has boon open ly eharged.every day for threo months past that Mr. Wallace was himself a debtor to the Slate Treasury In the sum of $40,000; and from the tone of his last utteranco it Is clear thtt he intends to put upon the stand the persons who havo promulgated tho accusation, and compel them' to piovo or abandon It. if JcDowell, or Jones, or King,, or any body else, Is willing to swear to tho statement, or h.t9 any evidence to offer la support of it, lie will have an ample opportunity to do so. Mr. Mackey's books will he brought In, and Mackey, McClure, Dauraberger, and all the rest will be required to toll what they know. Of tho result of such an inquiry, searching and merciless as It must be to satisfy tho public opinion ot the Statu and country, we da not permit ourselves to entertain a doubt. It Is morally iiu possible that a regular Democratlo cau cus of the Pennsylvania Legislature could endorsd by au almost unanimous veto a gentleman who had over been lu questionable relations to tho lufaiuuus Treasury Ring. Mr. Wallace will bo vindicated as he was nominated, with ease and unanimity and wlieu ha enters Ihe Federal Senate he will lake witli him a character in strong contrast with tho ovll reputation of his notorious col league. New York Sun, 28th lust. Tho State Temperance Union met at Harrlsburg Widuesday, and elected the ollowlng officers: Presldout Jauius Ulaok; First Vice President, T. H. Robinson, D. D., Corresponding Sec retary, Rev. D. 0. Ihbjock; Recording Secretary, E. F. MeFarlandjTreasurer, Barr Spangler. Resolutions wero ad opted protesting ualiut the repeal ot the Looal Option law, and asking Congress to prohibit tbo sala ot Intoxl eailng liquors tu tho Distriot of'Colum. bla and tho Territories. A brass b.iud out west Ini beon ro- ! quested to practice In a mlno 000 feet 1 under ground. It can play there In tliu miner key aud disturb uo one. "Catcliiiiga Itob." Yesterday afternoon when Mrs. Blaine, asked tho doctor If her boy Samuel would live, tho doctor looked very serious and replied: 'Ho may,and If he does ho will know moro than ever before' Samuel Is aged 13,and6iticc the snow came he has been engaged in 'catching a bob,' as tho boys call it when they Jump on to n farmer's sleigh. He was over on tho street yesterday when a farmer's team came along, with a hay rack and Samuel took a seat on tho 'binder.' He rodo a short distance and then let go nnd stepped Into the 'colls of a rope dragging behind, and before ho know what was up ho was dragging along through the slush. He gave an awful yell as ho realized his situation, but tho farmer lost his hearing years ago, and eat on his teat as still as tho Cardlil giant, whllo tliu horses ambled along at an even pace. 'WhoopI Hay! S.y yo;i! Oh, murder!' yelled Samuel, as tho slush run up his pantaloons and his back was raked on the knobby strict, but tho farmer was thinking of homo, sweet homo, and ho didn't reply. 'You, therel WhoopI III! Hoi Urashus and blazes!' roared Sam uel, as he slid on Ills back and sldo and felt his coat going over ills head. The farmer drovo up Fourth to Lab rose, nnd then went west, and there wasn't a hub or a pond of water that Samuel lilalno dldu't find. Sometimes ho was on his back, and then ho would glide for a whllo t'other sldu up, aud he kept up a yelling that made people run to the wiudnws. Some boys obsetv cd his situation, but they thought it was a new kind of way to 'catch n bob, nnd they yelled, 'Ilully for Samuel Blaine!' Say I I'm being drawn to death stop yer bosses!' shouted Suml but the farm er was thinking of a grave on the hill side, and ho never turned his head. A man stopped on the walk and yelled: 'Say I yott'vo got a boy therel' but the farmer uodded his head nnd kept on. Finally, ns he turned Into Eighth street and headed for Mlphigaii avenue, ho looked around. Seeing Samuel com ing up behind, rolllug.over and over,bo thought tho boy was trying to catch on and ho put tho 'bud' to Ids horses and went three blocks further nnd drew up at n grocery. 1 When they discovered tho boy's situ ation they eald It would tako forty pounds of gluo to mend him up, and one man advised killing him at once, so as to save Mrs. Rlatno a doctor bill, but wiser counsel prevailed and they carried him home. His mother couldn't recog nize hlin'at first; she said they couldn't pass that mud and slush bedraggled form off on her as her beloved Samuel, but when finally convinced that R was he, sho dug the snow out of his ears and walled: 'Ob! Samuel why did you try to catch a bob!' 85U.OOU italics. Tho following eloquent passage, on our present knowledge, of tho sun, Is taken front an artlelo on the Transit of Venus, In a late number ot the Edin burgh Review, In which it Is stated that tho sun is 830,000 miles iudlameter,and so vast that a million and a quarter ot earths would barely sufllso to mako up Its volumo: "Tho pigmy earth which Is dependent upoii that source for light, warmth, life, and all change and movement ot what ever kind, U suspended lu space ono hundred and eight diameters of that cen tral orb away, and is of ono million and a quarter times smaller dimension thau the sphere from which It receives the.se enduwnuients. There is certainly more for the human intellect to suizo when the fact is stated In this way,thau there is when tho suu is spoken of as a sphere ninety-two millions ut miles from the earth, nud as largo agilu us the moon's orbit. It is n suggestivo aud noteworthy feature lu the economy of Nature that In the one instance which comes within the personal oxpcrlencj ot mau, the great central fountain and source of Impulse, energy, and power, is lx hundred times larger than tliu en tire cluster of subordinate worlds that aru lit, warmed, und orginized front that source. Such In tho marvelluui scheme is the ratio ot power to result, of active determining cube, t p.inlvo aeuoiuplijliiiiuiit i. huildr-dru(d to oue? I'iru-eddies thousands ot mllos u cross, and flame-tongues ouo hundred thousand miles high, whirl, and loaplli tho sun lu order that salt wluds tmy breathe, gentle rains fall, verdant pluuH grow, aud eudluss generations ot uul ruals succeed eacliotherand run through tho appointed round ot sentlont being, on the Islet worlds, that have been, scattered through spaed each lit tho up propriate epan of remoteness that fits It. to the cud secured!"
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