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BELLEPONTE, PA.
TheLnrgeatXhekpoit and BaitPapar
FUBLMUID IN CENTRE COUNTY.
ROBKEI) OF IIIH ALL.
SWINDLED OUT OF $7 (X) WITHIN TWO
SQUARES OK I*OI.ICR HEADQUARTERS —
TIIF. DETECTIVES Al.l. AT SEA.
.loliu Lister, an old Yorkshire farm
er, from somewhere not fur from
Leeds, arrived at Philadelphia on the
Lord Gough on Monday, of last week,
accompanied by his wife, two daugh
ters, a married daughter and her hus
bond, George Furniss. Farmer Lister
is edging along the seventies, and is,
as well as is his son-in-law, as inno
cent as the softest-fleeced lamb that
ever cropped the green sward of the
West of England. The immigrants
were bound for Kansas, and their sole
worldly possessions consisted, besides
their baggage of a draft for 87(H) on
Drexel A Go. in the pocket of the old
gentleman and a five pound note in
the pocket of his son-in-law. It was
late on Monday afternoon when the
family trooped ashore front the steam
ship. Right opposite the American
line wharves is an ancient beer saloon,
the pretentious title of hotel upon the
sign of which attracted the attention
of Farmer Lister, and hither was he
hieing when a backman waylaid and
halted him with the information that
the alleged hotel was only a beer-shop.
Then the hackmau was asked where a
good hotel could he found, and in re
turn he said that the St. Cloud was
just that sort of a place.
Mr. Lister said that he had heard
of the Bt. Cloud from some friends and
bargained with the hackman to drive
him there, and all the family got in
side the hack except Son-in-law Fur
niss, who sat with the driver. Possi
bly the driver did not pump out of the
young Yorkshireman all about the
moneyed resources of the family, but
probably he did. Instead of driving
to the St. Cloud the hackmau brought |
up at the American Hotel, giving as
an excuse that the St. Cloud was full. :
There was no loose change in the new i
arrivals to pay the fare ami the hotel
clerk paid it. Mr. Lister incidentally
mentioned at the time, in the hearing
of the hackmau, that he would have ;
plenty of money in the morning, as he |
had a draft for 8700 on Drexel.
On Tuesday morning Lister's draft !
and Furniss "fi-pun" note were cashed.
Late in the morning Furniss and his
father-in-law were sitting in the read
ing-room of the American when a man,
described as tall, well-dressed and red
mustached, accosted them and soon
ingratiated himself with them by stat
ing that he was bound for Topeka,
Kansas, the destination of the immi
grants, and mentioning several places
and people in Yorkshire known to his
listeners. Finally he suggested a walk
and Furniss took a stretch up Chest
nut iStrect with him. When near the
Continental a man stepped up and
demanded of the new acquaintance
the payment of a bill of 850. The
latter produced a check for a larger
amount, which the dun declared him
self unable to change, but still insisted
on payment. Furniss was appealed to
and said that he had only 825. "That
will do now," said the dun, "and you
can pay the balance to-morrow." Fur
niss passed over the money, the dun
went his way, and soon after Furniss
found himself alone, and after a long
wait, became convinced that he had
been swindled. He returned to the
American, and went out with his wife
without saying anything to Father-in
law Lister about his loss. He had
scarcely got away when into the read
ing-room walked the rcd-mustached
stranger, who, walking up to Lister,
asked where Furniss was, as he wanted
to pay him 825 he had borrowed up
street. The old gentleman said that
"the lad" had gone down the street
with his wife, and the stranger sug
gested hunting them up, as he wanted
to pay back the money right away,
because he was going to leave for To-
Cka that eveniug, and had yet a num
r of bills to nay. The old York
shireman and trie swindler then left
the hotel together. He was taken
somewhere within two squares of the
hotel and passed a fountain on the
way, probably near Fifth and Walnut
Streets, and, under pretense that his
companion wanted to pay a hill, was
enticed into a well-furnished office,
where two men were sitting at a desk.
"Is my bill ready?" asked the swind
ler. "Yes, here it is," and a bill for
seven hundred and odd dollars was
poked at him. He then produced a
check for 81,000, and asked for the
change. "We can do nothing with
the check to-day, because it's after
bank hours," said one of the office
men ; "it's good enough though." The
recollection of the old farmer, inno
cent of all knowledge of moncntary
transactions, is somewhat misty as to
how he came to do it, but this fact he
knows, that he was persuaded to loan
the swindler his 8700, his all, until
the latter would return to the hotel,
where, as he alleged, the proprietors
would cash the check. Then he found
himself on the street with his com
panion, then alone, then conscious
that he was pennyless. By dint of
inquiry he made his way back to the
American, where he made known his
loss. The Mayor's detectives were at
once apprized of the swindle and
there the matter remains. The hope-
less and strauded strangers found im
mediate sympathy and assistance in
the generous proprietor of the Ameri
can, and more maLerial aid from the
St. George Society and the agents ami
officials of the steamship line. They
departed for Kansas on Thursday
night.
iIKIRS TO MILLIONS.
A FAMILY THAT I,AYS CLAIM TO A
LAKUK I'AItT OF IIALTIMOKE.
From tlio St. Li 111 in Ulolw Duniixriit.
The Boogher family of this city did
not celebrate the 150 th anniversary of
Baltimore, although, in view of recent
developments, they had not only a
perfect right, hut were to an extent
obliged to display a proper apprecia
tion of the age, growth and glory of
the Maryland capital. The Booghers
of St. Louis are descendants of Wil
liam Richardson, who was a compan
ion of William lVnn, and who orig
inally owned about 750 acres of the
best portion of what is now the city of
Baltimore. These acres lie on both
sides of Jones' Falls, which divides
the city into two parts. The land was
leased at several times in several par
cels, for a uniform term of ninety-nine
years, the express stipulation being
that the title was not fully vested in
the lessee. About seven years ago the
oldest of the leases expired, and three
I years ago the latest was void. The
I St. Isjuis Booghers having made a
; thorough investigation of the matter,
have come to the conclusion that they
are entitled to all this property, and
have made arrangements to prosecute
their claims in the Maryland courts.
Eminent counsel has been retained,
and as soon as a link or two that will
strengthen their claims has been found,
the prosecution will begin. The por
tion of Baltimore within the territory
claimed includes a large part of the
best business street". It extends from
Jones' Falls to Gal vert and Light
streets westward, and to Exeter street
on the east. There are three parcels
to which the heirs expect to prove
their claim—one of seventy-five acres,
another of 275 acres, ami another of
I •')(•() acres. Baltimore street, the prin
, cipal thoroughfare of the city, divides
: it running east and west, and Jones'
Falls north and south, Included in
the claim is the City Hall, a marble
building completed four years ago at
a cost of 82.5U0, (HM) ; Front street
i Theatre, the Hun iron building, the
I new American building, part of the
j ('arrolltou Hotel, the site for the new
I Government buildings just purchased,
the United States court house, the
Custom-house, the Merchants' ex
change, about a dozen banks, blocks
of fire warehouses, dwellings ami bus
iness houses in great numbers, and the
Northern Central railroad depot. The
value of the improvements alone upon
this part of the city is very great,
and, with the ground, is estimated at
from 81<i.ooi>,<>( hi to 850,000,000.
Twin brother* beared Apart.
John and Daniel Miller, twins, were
horn in Adams county, this State, in
181b. When they were four years old
their mother was left, a widow. Being
destitute and in ill-health she was un
able to support herself and children.
She sent Daniel to live with friends in
Washington county. John found a
home in Westmoreland county. Dan
iel grew up and became a miller.
John learned the blacksmith's trade.
They never saw or heard of one anoth
er after leaving their mother, and each
supposed that the other was dead.
Over fifty years ago John Miller aban
doned his trade, and became a toll
gate keeper on the Butler turnpike, in
Allegheny county. He holds the po
sition still. One day last week he
went out of his house to collect toll of
nn old gentlemnu, who was driving
through the gate. A neighbor of the
toll-gate keeper stood by. He made
the remark that the traveler and the
keeper looked enough alike to be
twins. This brought about inquiries
on the part of the two old men. The
traveler proved to be Daniel, John's
twin brother. He had lived for years
in Bradford, hut a few miles away
from the toll-gate, in another county.
This was the first meeting of the
brothers since they were four years
old —sixty years ago.
♦
A SiiiKular Combat.
A traveler in South Africa witness
ed not long since a singular combat.
He was walking along one morning,
with his eyes on the grouud, when he
noticed a caterpillar crawling along
at a rapid pace. Pursuing was a host
of small black ants. Being quicker
in their movements, the ants would
catch up with the caterpillar, and one
would mount his back and bite him.
Pausing, the caterpillar would turn his
head, and bite and kill his tormentor.
After slaughtering a dozen or more of
his prosecutors, the caterpillar showed
signs of fatigue. The ants made a
combined attack. Betaking himself
to a stalk of gross, the caterpillar
climbed up tail first, followed by the
ants. As one approached, he seized it
in his jaws and threw it off the stalk.
The auts, seeing that the caterpillar
had too strong a position for them to
overcome, resorted to strategy. They
l>egan sawing through the grass stalk,
fn a few minutes the stalk fell, and
hundreds of ants pounced upon the
fallen caterpillar. He wan killed at
once, and the victors marched off in
triumph, leaving the foe's bodv on the
field.
AN ELEPHANT HUNT.
From tho Han FritiiclfMo I'iml,
An exciting but luckily harmless
incident, which happened to W. W.
Cole's circus, now en route for this
city, is thus detailed by W. It. Haydn,
the managing advance agent. In
going from Nevada to Colfax a part
of the circus went by rail a distance of
seventeen miles, while another part
went across the country, which is only
twelve miles. In the latter body were
the elephants, three of which got loose
and went on a trip on their own ac
count. Three days elapsed before
they were recaptured, though their
tracks were closely followed by men
on horseback. During their pedes
trian jamboree they went through an
Indian camp at night, hut never woke
up a single soul ; tore up fences, went
through orchards, consumed quanti
ties of fruit, took a run of three
miles down the railroad track, and as
far as known were not seen by anyone
in the district; which is well settled
up. Uprooted fruit trees testified to
their love of fun, and the number of
fences which had to he rebuilt after
their "bender," is incalculable. They
appear to have been good natured all
the time, but to have traveled mostly
at night und rested during the day in
the woods. What the feelings of the
Indians would have been had they
discovered them waltzing through their
camp is hard to say, hut after a three
days' hunt over an area of thirty
miles, which they traversed backward
and forward and in every direction,
they were finally tired out, and sub
missively returned to their profession
of eating buns at the bands of small
boys and standing on their hind legs
for the instruction of the public.
A Duriinr Miner.
Ktt'iii the<iuM llill (N<-v.) N
There are no braver men in the
world than can be found among the
mines of the Comstock. Accustomed
to face dangers every day of their
lives they never shrink from the call
of duty. An instance of personal
bravery occurred recently at the Hale
A Noreross which is worthy of record,
as showing what men will do and dare.
When the pump column in the mine
burst the flow fit water which is usual
ly pumped at the Halo A Xorcross, a
large part of which comes from the
well-known north drift on the 2,200
level of the " Savage," and is very hot,
wits sent through connections to the
(.'. N. S. shaft to he raised to the Sutro
tunnel level. Otic day this flow of
water was unusually strong. The
pumps labored assiduously to keep it
down, hut labored in vain. Hailing
tanks were added, and still the ac
cumulation could not he kept down.
When the 2,400 station at that shaft
was some three feet under water, in
formation w as sent to the Halo A Not
cross of the fact, and a desire was
expressed to know the cause of the
increased flow. The necessity of an
investigation thus became imperative.
Sup't Deideshciracr, not knowing what
might have happened in that confined
locality to threaten the safety of the
mine on the lower levels, and not
wishing to send men where he was un
willing to go himself, sent for Fore
man Kellogg, who was working on the
broken pump column, informed him
of the situation of affairs, and asked
him to go with himself and see what
was wrong. Mr. Kellogg would not
allow Mr. Deideshcimer to incur the
risks of the exploration, and sot about
preparing to go alone. He saturated
a woolen shirt with ice water and
hound it on nml over his head, leav
ing hut a single eve exposed. He
then muffled both hands, uml thus
prepared entered the drift, leaving
with the superintendent a request that,
if lie iliil not return in fifteen minutes,
the drift should be closed Ix-himi him,
to he opencil no more. This could
well he done, as the Savage had bulk
headed that level, the air had been
shut out, and the workings there prac
tically ahnmloned. After enduring
that terrible heat for twelve minutes
Mr. Kellogg came hack and reported
nothing amiss. The extra water was
nothing hut an unusually Inrge inter
mittent flow from the old north drift
in Savnge. When stripped of his
mufflings Mr. Kellogg found that in
some way one of his hands had lie
come bared while he was in the diift,
and the back of it had liecn hurncil
to a solid blister by the dry, hot air to
which he had been exposed. Water
boils on the Comstock at 198 degrees,
"and he had sustained for 12 minutes
a tem|>erature only forty degrees he
low that of boiling water, and suffi
cient to have roasted him in u very
short time.
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Pistols and Piety.
From the Now York IIOIAIII.
The latest recorded attempt to make
deadly weapons useful to the cause of
religion was eminently unsuccessful.
I his is greatly to be regretted, for the
ease was the first on record in which
the motives of the leading actor can
not possibly be misconstrued by any
on ®' , Btor y l that a young North
Carolinian, moved by tho appeals of a
preacher for money to prosecute church
warfare against Satan, desired to con
tribute ten cents, but, being int|>ecuni
ous, he attempted to raise the amount
on a pistol. The capitalist appealed
to began to examine the security of
fered, the pistol Avent off, so did the
owner, with a bullet in his brain, and
the world remains in perplexing un
certainty as to whether the church got
the ten cents after all. This sad af
fair should not discourage other men
from trying to help the good work
along; nevertheless it should warn
them that the only absolutely sure
way of keeping pistols from making
trouble in the house of the Ixird is to
leave them ut home.
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
A REMARK A III. K STOKY FROM TIL V L.LL'H OF
INITEI) STATUS SENATOR UAN YORIIKES.
United States Senator Yoorhees tells
the following interesting story of a re
markable trial!
1 remember once defending, at
Crawf'ordsville, Ind., a man named
Owen, indicted for the murder of his
wife by poison. It was twenty odd
years ago. < >wcn was a respectable
farmer in good circumstances, and a
consistent church member. He had
several children by his first wife; his
second wife was childless —a circum
stance which peculiarly affected her
mind and temper. She would not
permit his children to reside with her,
and compelled him to find a home for
them elsewhere. She had frequently
threatened suicide in consequence of
these troubles.
One night Owen was awakened
from sleep to find her dying. He
called in assistance and sent for a
physician, hut she was dead before
any one arrived. Her sudden demise
excited suspicion and three days after
her burial this was communicated to
him by a friend, who further informed
him that arrangements had been made
to disinter the Body ami investigate it.
Owen was greatly agitated at this
intelligence, and, after a short pause,
replied : "If this is done, and poison
is found in Kezia's stomach, (his de
ceased wife's Christian name) I will be
accused of her murder, convicted nml
hanged. But I am as innocent of it
if that tree," pointing to one uear by.
That night he transferred all his
property to a son, disguised himself,
and tied the country. The body of his
wife was exhumed and an autopsy
had. Kuough strychnine was found
in her stomach to kill a mule. There
was a universal expression of horror
at the discovery, and a iurge reward
was offered for the arrest of the fugi
tive. After some months he was
found in Canada, where he was living
under an assumed name. He was
brought to Crawf'ordsville in irons,
and it was with difficulty that his ex
ecution by a mob could be prevented.
Joe McDonald (now my colleague
in the .Senate), Jim Wilson, once a
representative in Congress and subse
quently minister to Venezuela, and
myself defended him. There was a
formidable prosecution. Lew Wallace,
Judge Gregory, and others appearing
against him.
It was proved that a short time lie
fore Mrs. Owen's death her husband
had purchased strychnine at a drug
store in the neighborhood, telling the
druggist that he wanted it for poison
ing rats. But he asked that it should
he changed to him, a fact upon which
we laid great stress in the argument,
insisting that had he entertained a
criminal design in buying the drug he
would not have put the evidence of
the fact ujKin record. A daughter
who was visiting her father's house
when the poison was brought home
testified that he handed it to Iter step
mother in her presence, cautioning her
to be careful with it. A brother of
his wife, who was greatly embittered
against him, and was a witness for the
State, admitted upon cross examina
tion that Owen's treatment of his sis
ter was invariably considerate and
kind.
This was all we had to base a de
fens*; on. The odds were fearful.
There was the remark of the marked
agitation of Owen when first informed
of the suspicions existing against him,
his admission that if the post mortem
examination showed that poison was
the cause of his wife's death he would
he accused of administering it and
hanged ; his purchase of the ]>oison ;
his transfer of his proj>crty and his
(light, all combined, nearly irresistibly
led to the conviction of his guilt.
"Mr. Voorhees," he said to me, "how
ever darkly things may appear against
me, I am not guilty,' ami I believed
him. We fought the case like tigers
upon the reasonable doubt which we
deemed the cvideuce had not excluded,
and won it.
Such an uproar that followed I
never witnessed. Owen was taken to
Wilson's private residence, pursued by
a crowd crazed with disappointment
and thirsting for his blood. Wilson,
McDonald anil I stood at the front
gate with pistols in our hands, and
cheeked the approach of the mob un
til Owen could drupe from the rear
of the house in a conveyance that had
been provided for him. It is the only
time in my life I ever saw McDonald
with a pistol. He showed an unmis
takable purpose to use it if uecessary.
Owen wcut to Texas and died there,
I presume, as I hare never seen nor
heard of him since. His wife bad
committed suicide. He knew it, but
preferred to keep the fact to himself
to avoid scandal aud exposing her.
He AVBS a weak, but an honest man.
For his safe deli\'erancehe was indebt
ed to a capital jury—men who could
be neither bought or scared. The
foreman had served the county in the
State Senate, others had held office,
and all were persous of consideration
and influence.
MILLER* make poor party meu.
They are generally bolters.
KNOW MY HOI HILL?
From |lm Hm, Fr*tif ind prmt.
As the overland express AVOS snort
ing through Alameda yesterduy, on
its way to New York, the engineer
suddenly whistled down hrnkes, the
conductor frantically shouted ami
jerked the signal line, and with many
u jar and squeuk the long line of cars
was brought to a stop. The cause of
this "sudden fetch up" was a fat old
lady with a red fiiee ami a green para
sol, who had planted herself squarely
in front of the engine, ami was mak
ing the most frantic signals for it to
pause.
"What's the matter? Anything on
the track?" said the engineer ex
citedly.
"Nothing hut me," said the old lady,
stiffly.
"Has there been a smash up? Is
there —a drawbridge o|en ?"
"Don't poke fun ut tue, young man,
I want to see the proprietor."
"The what ?"
"The man who runs the thing—the
captain—or whatever you cull him."
"What do you want with the con
ductor?" 9
"None of your business. I want to
see the head man —the boss—and to
onc't."
"Well,ma'am," said the functionary,
running up, watch-in-hand, "what's
up? What can Ido for you?"
"You go through Chicago, don't
you ?"
"Why, of course. What of it?"
"Know my son Bill —Bill Skinder
son—there!"
"No. For heaven's sake get off the
track, you old—"
"Don't sass me, you red nosed goril
la, or I'll inform on you. Deary me,
I thought everyboby knew my boy
Bill—prominent man there —runs the
biggest fruit stand in town, and—
hands off, you rascal. Don't dare to
tech inc. I'll move when I'm good
ami ready."
"Well, blank yourblanknation eyes,
hurry up. What do you want?"
"<th! thought you'd change yer
tune. Well, I wish you'd just stop
over a day or two at Chicago and look
up Bill and tell him that little Mariah
Jane's jander's have kinder worked
round into fits am! there's more hopes.
She's sorter —"
"Start her up, Jimmy!" yelled the
furious conductor ; and if the old lady
had not hustled up her skirts and
humped herself, she would have had
a first-class case of damages against
the company. After that she stood
apoplectic with rage, shaking her
parasol at the disappearing train, and
unnounced her determination to go
right over "and see Governor Standard
the very minute the dishes are washed.'
THE PI'LSE.
From I>r. F<.tr'§ llraUli Monthly.
Many erroneous impressions prevail
about the pulse as indicative of health
or disease, a common notion being
that its beatings are much more uni
form than they really arc. Frequen
cy varies with age. In the new-born
infant the beatings are from 1.50 to
140 per minute; in the second year,
from 100 to 115; from the seventh to
the fourteenth year, eighty to ninetv ;
from the fourteenth to the twenty-first
year, from seventy-five to eighty-five ;
from the twenty-first to the sixtieth
year, from seventy to seventy-five.
After that period the pulse is general
ly thought to decline, but medical
authorities differ radically on this
point, having expressed the most con
tradictory opinions. Young persons
are often found whose pulses are be
low sixty, and there have been many
instance's of pulse* habitually reach
ing 190, or not exceeding fifty, without
apparent disease-. Sex, especially in
adults, influences the pulse, am] in
woineu it lieats more rapidly than in
men. Muscular exertion, even posi
tion, materially affects the pulse. Its
average frequency in healthy men is,
when standing, eighty-one ; when sit
ting, seventy-one; when lying, sixty
six per minute ; in women of the same
age and in the same positions, ninety
onc, eighty-four and seventy-nine. In
sleep the pulse is considerably slower
than in wakefulness. In certain dis
eases, such as acute dropsy, for in
stance, there may be no more than
twenty or thirty per minute. Thus,
one of the commonest diagnostic signs
is liable to deceive the most experi
enced practitioner.
Fancy Prices for Coins.
Some unusually high figures were
obtained for lare coins at a sale held
last week in New York, under the
auspices of Mason A Co., of Philadel
phia. A silver dollar of 1794 brought
145, and the same price was obtained
for one of 1838. A dollar of 1*39
fetched $35 ; 1852, $39. In half dob
lars the prices realized were: 1790
$38.50; 1797, $34.50; 1815, sl4*
Quarter dollars, 1796, s2l ; a dime of
1804 brought $24; a half-dime of
1812, $95; one of 1805, $24 ; a proof
set of 1858, $42. Of the half cents
sold one of the coinage of 1796
brought $20.50, while others were sold
at from $2.66 to $1.12 each. Among
the Confederate States pieces a copper
cent of 1861 went for $8.50: a half
dollar of 1861 for $6, and a C. 8 A
great seal for $3.60. A silver medalet
of Jefferson Davis was valued at iust
W W Ten of wS
and foreign coins and medals, gold
silver and cooper, ancient and modern
were disposed of at the sale.
TIME.
Ninety year? hence not a single man
or woman now thirty yearn of age
will be alive. Ninety yearn! ala-!
how many of the lively u<-torn at
Pre-ent on the stage of life will make
their exit long ere ninety yearn shall
have rolled away? And could we he
sure of ninety yearn, what are they ?
"A tale that in told," a dream, an
empty nonnd that posset h on the wing
of the wind awav and is forgotten.
\ earn shorten an man advances in
age. Like the degree* of longitude,
man's life declines an he travels to
ward the frozen pole until it dwindles
to a point and vanishes forever. I- it
possible that life is of so short dura
tion ? Will ninety years erase all tin
golden names over the doors in town
and country, and substitute others in
their stead ? Will all the now bloom
ing beauties fade and disappear? all
the pride and passion, the love, hope
and joy, puns away in ninety yearn
and be forgotten ? "Ninety years,"
says Jleath; "do you think I shall
wait ninety years? Jiehold, to-day
and to-morrow and every day is mine.
\\ hen ninety years are past this g<n
eration will have mingled with the
dust and he remembered not."
All Anecdote of Jenny u p ,i
Iu looking over an old pile of pa
pers we liod tlie following anecdote
about one of the purest and wo
men who ever trod the stage. "Sweet
er, clearer and more heavenly than
her own most entrancing strains ar<-
the kind pulsations of Mi-- Lind -
heart when its chords vibrate to the
touch of the beautiful and holv. The
following is among the most recent of
her kindly offices. '1 be waiting-maid
who had charge of the rooms she oc
cupied at the Clifton House, Niagara
Falls, attracted her notice by her
lieau.y, ane-.ion and fidelity. It so
hapjiencd that this young woman, by
iiutuc Maigaret Atkinson, was about
to be married, and the news reached
the good vocalist s ears. She immedi
ately purchased for her a becoming
and beautiful bridal outfit, ear-rings,
gloves, bonnet, Ac., and with her own
bands attended to her toilet on the
morning of the ceremony. This done,
she took her in her own carriage, hav
ing fir.-t read to her and her future
husband the beautiful and effecting
passages applicable to the occasion,
conveyed her to Lewistown, entered
the Episcopal church, and there offi
ciated as Margaret's bridesmaid. There
is no in Europe that would not
be proud of such a maid of honor on
a similar occasion.
lerrible Strain on the Knirineer.
W hen people read about or ride
upon extraordinary fast trains, savs
the Jtaiheay Age, they seldom think
of the severe s.rain and excitement to
which the brave men who run the en
gine are subjected. To sit in a pas
senger coach and glide over a smooth
track is a very different thing from
standing on the shaking footboard with
hand on the lever, straining eves and
ears to detect a |xssihle danger, every
nerve sense and every thought center
ed on the safe accomplishment of the
journey upon which so many lives de
pond. \\ hat such a labor means is
shown, to some degree, in a recent dis
patch, announcing the death, at the
early age of 30, of Wm. Phillips, the
engineer who ran the celebrated Jar
rett A Palmer train from Jersey City
to Pittsburg, a distance of 44'5 miles,
without a stop. The dispatch savs:
"Mr. Phillips lias been sick for nearly
a year past, his illness dating reallv
from the time he undertook the ta>k
of running the Jarrett A Palmer train.
He accomplished the feat in less than
schedule time, but the strain on his
system was so severe that he never re
covered from it. He continued on
duty, and was called upon invariably
when n trusty man was required, but
his health Invame more precarious,
and he was finally compelled to re
linquish his position."
Women ami tallies.
In I lie days of our father.* there were
such things to I>e met with as men ami
women—hut now they are all gone,
nml in their place a race of geutlcmen
ami ladies, or, to be still more refined,
a race of " ladies and gentlemen" has
sprung up. \\ omen and girls are
among the things that were. Hut
ladies are found everywhere. Miss
Martinenu wished to see the women
wards in a prison in Tennessee, and
was answered by the warden, "We
have no ladies here at present, ma
dame." Now, so far as the ladies
were concerned, it was very well that
none of them were in prison : but
then it sounds a little odd—ladies in
prison! It would seem had enough
for women to go to such a place. A
lecturer, discoursing upon the charac
teristics of women, illustrated thus:
"Who were the last at the cross?
Ladies. Who were the first at the
sepulchre? Ladies." On this modern
improvement we have heard of but
one thing that beats the above. It
was tbc finishing touch to a marriage
ceremony, performed by an exquisite
divine up to alj modern refinements.
When he had thrown the chain of
Hymen round the happy couple be
concluded by saying, "I now pro
nounce you husband and ladv." The
audience stuffed their haud'kerchiefs
into their mouths and got out of the
room as quickly as possible to take
breath.