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FUBLIHHEU IN CBNTaa COUNTY.
THE STORY OF A RING.
WHAT TURNED A RICU YOU NO MAN AOAINST
SOCIETY.
Hrw York Lellw.
A young man, whose face I recog
nized as that of a wealthy family up
town, rolled up the avenue in a dog
cart the other afternoon, with a devil
mav-care air about bim. A gentleman
mid, "Poor fellow, he ia going to the
doga fast, and do you know that his
spirit was broken by a curious circum
stance. He was devoted in his atten
tions to Miss , now Mrs. , a
very charming young woman in society
here several years ago, but she was
piqued by something that he did, and
as a result she broke off her engage
ment with him, which had become
well known, and soou put on the ring
offered her by another admirer. The
discarded lover iu the best of taste
wore his disappointment lightly, and
in order that there might be no break
in his relations with the family, which
would cause a scandal, he began to
devote himself as assiduously to a
younger sister. He went to a recep
® tion one evening with the sister, aud
his former fiance with her lover was
there. The latter was called away
during the evening by a telegram, and
he asked the escort of his betmthed's
sister, if he would not see both home.
He responded pleasantly : 'Yes, hut it
is hardly fair to revive memories of
other days in that way. However, I
will be gallant.' As the three enter
ed the carriage to go home the dis
carded lover began pieasautly to jest
with the lady about her new engage
ment. 'Ob,' he said, 'I believe you
will break it. You are famous, you
know, for that' 'But lam now en
gaged for good,' she said. '.See, I have
a ring, and you did not give me one.'
'No,' he replied, 'our affair was not
quite so serious. But I dare say you
are too superstitious to take the ring
off and let me see it.' 'Certainly not,'
she said, drawing a beautiful ring from
her finger. The young man examined
it and tried to make out an Italian in
scription that was inside. A moment
later the carriage jolted so as to divert
the thoughts of all tor a minute or
two, and then the lady interrupted the
flow of conversation by saying, 'Where
is my ring?' The gentleman said : 'I
put it in your lap.' A search was
made and it could not be found. The
girls both shook out their dresses aud
a patient inspection was made of every
cranny in the carriage, but in vaiu.
The lady lost her tem|>er, and begau
to accuse her escort of keeping her
ring. He protested upon his nouor
that he had returned the ring to her
by laying it upon her lap. She denied
that he bad put it back there, and her
sister said that the last she saw of it
was when the gentleman was examin
ing it. When the carriage arrived at
the home of the young woman they got
out carefully and examined the side
walk closely after they passed across
it to see if they dropped the ring. They
asked their escort to step in and see
their father. The old gentleman
scolded right and left —the daughter
for IrifliDg with ber engagement ring,
and the gentleman for presuming to
pay attention to the daughter after
their own engagement was broken.
The young man then asserted that he
believed that the loss of the ring was
adopted as a pretext to break the
friendship. The young lady insisted
that he bad taken the ring and kept
it. He offered to allow the father to
search him, but he was requested to
end hia interview and bis relations
with the family at once. He soon
found that he was branded in society
as a thief, and as he was formally cut
by some of those he bad considered
his best friends, be ceased at once to
go into society. Boon afterward be
became possessed by inheritance of a
fortune, and being utterly dishearten
ed he turned into a melancholy spend
thrift and began to run the road that
leads to the dogs."
"But was he guilty Y 1
"Allow me to finish. Tim engage
ment ring was replaced by the one
who pave it with a new one, and the
marriage was duly celebrated. Home
mouths ago the bride was ripping up
her old party dress, which was of white
tulle, with flounces and fluting*, and,
as she drew a thread that helps a
flounce, the ring, that her quondam
lover and sister's friend was suspected
of having stolen, roiled upon the floor.
Explanations came too late, and young
has become so set in his new
pursuit that the smiles of society have
now, after bis bitter experience in un
just persecution, no charm for him."
FIGHT WITHER OUTLAW.
eaAPFLtD ar a woman while seventeen
MEM HUNG BACE—EXPLOITS OV A WEST
CBN OUTLAW— ROBBING KINS "TA
OS* SINGLE HANDED AND ALONE.
DETROIT, Dec. 6. —United Btates
Marshal Wilcox, of Denver Col., has
arrived at the bouse of correction,
having in custody Henry W. White,
alias Burton, who is under sentence
of ninety-nine years for robbing a
stage coach near Del Norte, New
When about three miles
east of Pokagon, ou the Michigan
Central railroad, the convict picked
the lock >f his haadc off* with a tooth I
pick, and ferociously attacked the
marshal. He first struck him on the
head with the btndcuA, when Wil
cox grappled with him iu a dam)
way. White struck Wilcox again
and brought him ou his kuees. There
were seventeen men iu the car who
M the whole airuir, but who left the
officer to struggle alone with the des
perate man fighting for liberty. In
the encounter White seized Wilcox's
revolver and tried to shoot him.
Mrs. Bmilhson, wife of a Denver en
gineer, on her way to New York, aud
the only woman in the car, sprang
upon the scat bchiud and caught the
couvict'a arm. The men in the car
then seized the convict around the
ueck, enabling the marshal to once
more secure coutrol of him. White
says if he could have got a bullet
through Wilcox, he would have cov
ered the possengers with the revolver
iu one hund while he untied his ankles
with the other, ''ami then gone through
every one of the infernal cowards."
The marshal says that Mrs. Bmithsou
declined n reward, hut that he is going
to send to her New York address a
draft for 8500 before he is forty-eight
hours older.
The crime for which White is now
under senteuce was perpetrated on the
night of June 28 last, between Del
Norte and Alamosa, Colorado. White
fixed up figures by the roadside repre
senting meu, and then, alone, stopped
a coach bound fur Alamosa with thir
teen passengers. Covering tbem with
his revolver, he ordered them to step
out aud staud up in line, lie then
pulled caps over their eyes, pinioned
their hands behind their backs, and
went through thetn. He next search
ed the United States mail, and from
the whole exploit obtained the sum of
81,180. Leaving the victims, he
mounted his horse and rode to Alamo
sa, where he stop|>ed for the night.
Before morning the coach and plun
dered possengers arrived at the same
hotel. White ate breakfast with the
j people he had plundered the night Ire
fore, but was not recognized. After
the meal he went to the de|ot with the
the intention of going to Pueblo. While
waiting for the train he was arrested
by the City Marshal of Alamosa on a
description telegraphed from Fayette
ville, Ark., where he had committed a
siiuiliar robbery. He was taken to
Pueblo, tried and sentenced to the
penitentiary for life for robbing the
I'uited states mail. After his convic
tion he made a desperaie and almost
successful attempt to escape from jail,
frightening the Sheriff and his Deputy
with an imitation pistol, made of wood,
leather and tin foil. He was then
sent to Laramie, Wyoming, hut the
prison there was not considered strong
enough to hold him, so he was ordered
to Detroit. White is SK) years old, of
rather pleasing appearance, and of
gentlemanly address when he pleases.
The Marshal says that he never ucs
profane language, ami neither drinks
whisky nor chews tobocco. He con
fesses to having robbed nine stages
alone, and mnny more in company
with others. On June 3 he slopped
aud rifles! a stage near Gainesville,
Texes, and on June 15 otic near Fay- j
ettsville. Ark. White claims to have
never shot at or injured any pa%m- j
gers during all his experience. llh
heavily chaiued and guarded by IPV
men, but is confident of his ululnata
escape and return to the mounwus.
*
THE PERN 4. R. R*M NEW DEPOT 121 j
PHILADELPHIA.
A new depot for the the Pcnnsyl
vanian K. B. has just been finished at
the City Hall Bquare, in Philadelphia,
and hereafter cars will rua by locomo
tive down into the very b-art of the
city. The new station is claimed to
be the most convenient in the world.
The following description of the new
structure we take from the Philadel
phia Heeord;
A first glance at the magnificent
structure is enough to convince the ob
server that it is a noteworthy addition
to the acrcbitecturai beauties of the
city. In appearance it is imposing,
without being heavy, and the eastern
front is a mass of tasteful oruameuta
tion. The lower story of the building
is built of massive blocks of rough
dressed Fox Island granite, with an
open arcade upon the Broad street i
front, supported by columns of polish- j
ed granite. The second flour, which |
is in reality the main one, ia on a level j
with the tracks of the elevated exten
sion. Here the wails above the gran
ite base are of clean-pressed brick and
terra cotta. At the north east cor
ner is a square clock tower, surmoun
ted by a pyramidial root, which rises
to a height of 176 feet. The southern
corner ia terminated by a gable and
pinnacles, while the c-rnice line of the
Broad street facade ia broken by two
smaller gables, which surmount the al
ternate bays or divisions of the wall,
and which are marked on the main I
•lory by the lofty windows of a poin
ted pattern, with columns and trace
rs • of terra cotta, elaborately moulded.
These large windows light the wailing
room and the restaurant upon the
front. The facade is further ornamen
ted by a wide oriel window at each
end by a great variety of terra cotta
ornaments in high relief, including
five medallion head* above the large
windows, representing the fire races of
man. The Filbert street front corres
ponds in color aud in general charac
ter, but hi not so ornamental. Four
stone-paved carriage ways, separated
by fluted iron pillars, with footwalks
on either aide, pierce the middle of the
lower story of the Broad street front,
and extending under the building
open on Fifteenth street, under the
covered bridge. The space set apart
for ways is flanked on the Filbert
street side by the main entrance to the
depot aud ou the Market street side
by the man exit.
lu its interior arrangements the sta
tion is a model luxurious convenience.
The monster entrance doors open into
an apartment which can comfortably
coulaiu 500 people. This is the ticket
room, and passenger* who arrive in
carriages may gain access from the
side nearest the drives. Tickets are
obtainable at a half-circular shaped
office in the ceulre of the wall, and
tbe travler* may theu ascend to tho
second story by means of two eleva
tors in the west end of the room. This
space fronting on Rroad street is di
vided into two magnificent rooms, that
on the north being a ladie's waiting
room, and that on the south a dining
room. Dressing rooms for both sexes,
bath rooms, a burlier shop and other
offices fill up the Corner block of space
hounded by the dining room. The
means of exit are adinirabje, as thirty
men can walk abreast down the two
short and straight flights of stairs. The
kitchen, pantries aud store room are
on the third floor, which, like the
fourth, does not extend over the main
waiting room. The rooms ou the fourth
story are occupied entirely by officers
of the railroad company. The ventila
tion is all that can he desired, the
most approved steam-apparatus is
used, and the entire building is light
ed by electricity. The entire structure
covers a space 122 feet 10 inches on
Filbert street, and 193 feet 5 niches on
Merrick street. The height from
grouud to eaves is 75 feet, and to the
roof top 93 feet. Tbe style of archi
tecture is Italian gotbic, aud is from
design* by Joseph M. Wilson, Chief of
the Department of Bridge* and Depots,
aud Chief Engineer W. H. Brown.
If rare.
There is always something great and
heroic in the power and will to dicide
instantly what to tin to save others'
lives in sudden peril—and to do it.
The Dallas (Texas) Herald records
another example of quick and gallant
action by a locomotive driver. On
the Bt. Louis & Texas Railway an en
giue had broken loose, and was run
ning at dangerous speed towards Gil
mer. Tbe passenger train from the
opposite direction had just pulled into
the station and was standing still, aud
aud the engineer had descended to the
grouud. As soon as he saw the loose
and wild engine coming towards him,
he mounted bis own engine, and
though he had hut a moment in
I which to think aud act, ran his train
hack for a short distance, and, then by
u sudden forward movement, cut his
engine loose from the coaches, leaving
his |ia**euger* out of harm's way, and
went forward with all his might to
meet the coming engine.
He stood on his engine until the
collision occurred, taking all the risk
himself. Fortunately, unaccountably,
nobody was hurt, and not much dam
age was done to the engines, though
the loose one was thrown from the
track ; but that engineer, whose name
is George Vansickle, deserves to have
fi name written iu the list nf heroes.
It was tbe least recognition that
could have been awarded his noble
act when a complimentary letter was
given him by bis superior officers of
the road.
Ftrirj'i Last Editorial.
IN AAI-i.r TO A ATECBUCAK CSSBRSPON
MSf,
Fna fimnw.
Twenty years of power, of plunder
and abundant opportunities; twenty
years of civil war, democratic mistake
and republican money; twenty years
of possession of all sources of national
administration ; twenty years of active
and unceasing, organizing efforts of at
least a million office holders and their
dependeuts have left wbatf—the har
vest of an election procured by the
open and unblushing purchase of the
sovereign state of Indiana. This
spoliation does not depend upon demo
cratic evidence; it is based first upon
a republican brutal boast, and after
ward upon a universal republican con
fession. Even as I write the archi
tects of that dark and damnable fraud
are in conflict whether it is their duty
to hang Guiteau for the murder of
Garfield or to punish Dnrsey for the
defeat of Hancock. Who doubts that
the unexpected d mocralic victory in
Maine in September would have prov
ed a national democratic victory in
November it Mr. John -Velsh ami his
confidential confrere* had not rushed
with their money hags and their vol
umes ofuncut greenbacks into the state
of Indiana to swing tbe majority
against the democratic candidate for
president? I speak not of the transac
tions oftBBB I read from the open
book of yesterday's unforgotten histo
ry. It is of such material as this let '
ter from California that republican
literature is composed and the organi
zation perfected. Here is fraud almost
as naked and as patent as murder in
broad day, and with this fact in mind
my correspondent talks of bis hostility
to sectional bate as he welcomes tbe
rebel repudialor Mabone as the last
republican reinforcement I Hatred of
the south is the last refuge of the re
publican party, and now to that hat
red they superadd repudiation. So
branded they prepare for the future as
the future prepares for them.
A HOOD many political organs are
like hand organ# —they are run by
cranks.
I
WHAT Ift NTALWARTIHM I
from th PhiUutvlpbl* Tlinra
Three brief tnonth ago, none affected
to misunderstand the meaning of Htal
warlism in our political system. It
had reached the fullness of its power
under Grunt; had perpetrated the ap
palling electoral fraud of 1878; had
made Hayes President in defiauce of
the popular will and of an houest elec
toral vole; had compelled him tore
ward Stalwart criminal* by scores
with important public trusts; had de
nounced Hayes because he refused
abject obedience to the Stalwart mas
ters ; had made unsuccessful battle lor
(•rant at Chicago ; had sulked in the
Stalwart tents until it believed it had
terms of surrender from Garfield; bad
made opeu war upon Garfield because
he darts] to recognize others than
Stalwarts in his administration; had
attempted revolution bv the resigna
tion of Coukling and Piatt, and an
open declaration of war upon the in
dependence of the Executive, and
finally it heard the terrible echo of its
teachings as Guiteau's pistol was fired
in the name of Stalwartism.
Three months ago the people of all
parlies shuddered at the name of Stal
wart and those who worshiped at its
execrated altar were awed to silence
by the resistless tide ol public seuti
ment that overwhelmed the spoilsmen
and their bated trade. Party organs,
almost with one accord, denounced
Stalwartism as pregnant with demor
alization, profligacy and death, and
the people so bravely girded up their
loins to battle with the spoils system
that |>ariy leaders and de|>eudents
united to accept its overthrow. The
Senate confirmed Judge Robertson
without a contest; Coukling and Piatt
were overthrown as those who bad
fallen without hope, and the people
rejoiced at the promised inauguration
of an era of official integrity and re
spect for the popular will.
Just when the country was settled
in the grateful trust that the spoils
men were overthrown and the spoils
system eliminated from the adminis
tration of the government, the Stai
wart murderer came, fired the fatal
shot that plunged the nation into tie
reavement, and shrieked the horrible
words—"l am a Stalwart and Arthur
is now President!" How the country
mourned and hoped even against hope,
is known to all; and bow the bowed
Stalwart leaders revived their confer
ences and grew in courage as the lile
of tbe stricken President ebbed away,
need not be told to intelligent reader*.
They were not by the lies! side of aor
row and death ; but when the sacrifice
was complete and the hopes of tbe
people perished with tiie death of their
trusted Chief, the Stalwarts came with
unseemly speed to least on the funeral
train. The new Ktalwart President
hastened to assume the honors gained
by the nation's woe,alter the midnight
hour had passed, and when all others,
outside of Htalwart expectants, were
! crushed by consuming grief; and be
fore dust to dust had been pronounced
over the grave of the murdered ruler
the .Stalwart revel begau and tbe Stal
wart beroea of crime boldly defied tbe
law as they boldly welcomed tbe com
ing guest.
Stalwartism is now entrenched in
every important department of tbe
Bvernment. President, Senate and
ouse are in accord ; the fiat of Stal
wartism flies over all, ami tbe Cabinet
will soon have no voice in its councils
that jars tbe Stalwart programme of
power and spoils. And with Stalwart
supremacy in the national authority
comes Stalwart supremacy in tbe lead
ing States. Conkling will again rule
New York; Rout well will be master
of Massachusetts; Camerou will reign
in Pennsylvania; Keifer will wave
the Stalwart banner over the grave of
Garfield in Ohio; Igan will beomni
jMitentin Illinois; Jones will command
in Nevada, and Mahonc will dignify
and reward Repudiatore in Virginia
as the Stalwart leader.
If the people of the nation would
learn anew whs', Stalwartism is, let
them turn to the swift lessons of the
last three months and they will under
stand what it means to public fidelity,
to honest government aud to tbe popu
lar will. It rules by might, not by
right; its ambition is power and the
spoils of power, and only by political
revolution can its despotic and profli
gate hand be stayed.
k Hat That We* * Hatband.
A Rochester girl, of poor bat bon*
est parents, went to the theatre Hatur
day night and walked down the main
aisle of the Oriuthiau Academy of
Music wearing upon her head a eery
small and exceedingly pretty hat. She
sat down in the seat directly in front
of the one occupied by one of the mil*
liouaires of the cite. His astonishment
was profound. He could scarcely
comprehend it. He leaned over ana
asked her if she owned a car-wheeled
hat. She replied that she did, hut
never wore it to the theater. Still
more astonished the millionaire leaned
back in his seat almost overcome. Af
ter the the performance he offered her
bis hand, was accepted and has offer*
ed to settle 1250,000 in United States
bonds upon her on the morning of ber
wedding day.
ANANIAS was struck dead for a
single lie. Folks in these times will
thiuk that was pretty tough.—Boston
/W. Those were days when truth
was above par. No Republican party
I aisled then.— Banner.
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A TEACHER CORNERED.-— Professor
Joe Logan of the Hpriogfield school
wan superintending the usual eduea
tiooal business at the school bouse the
other Hay, and the geographical grind
was on. In the class to which Joe
was putting conundrums was an un
couth boy rcoeotly from a rural dis
trict who, while tolerably well posted,
was not eloquent nor elegant iu the
matter of answering questions, and he
answered in such a slovenly and care
less way that Professor Logan became
disgusted and said:
"That is not the way to answer a
question. Come up hero and take ray
scat. I will take yours. Then you
will ask me a question, and I will show
you how to answer it."
"All right," said the youth, and he
climbed into the professor's chair,
while the latter took a position in the
class, whereupon all the boys were
tickled and awaited with great auxiely,
and anybody present might have
heard a pin drop.
"Mr. Ix'gau,' remarked the tempo
rary professor as he [ut his feet on the
desk, "please stand up."
Logan did so.
"Mr. Logan I want you to name
the principal mountains in Central
America."
A confused expression came over
Mr. Logan's countenance. He shuflb-d
around uneasily, and scratched his
head and admitted that without read
ing up a little on the subject, be would
be unable to answer the question.
"Well, then," raid the boy, "come
up here and take my place and 1 will
show you bow to auswer it."
And again an exchange of places
was made, and the youth auswered his
own question, since which lime Mr.
Logan has had a high respect for him
and he is considered by the other boys
as a sort of adjunct professor.
Tnr. SOCIETY OF WOMEN.— What
is it that makes all those men who as
sociate habitually with women superior
toothers who do not. What makes
that woman who is accustomed to, and
at ease in the society of men, superior
to her sex in general ? Holely because
they are in the habit of free, graceful,
continued conversation with the other
•ex. Women in this way lose their
frivolty. their faculties awaken, their
delicacies and peculiarities unfold in
all their beauty and captivation iu the
spirit of intellectual rivalry. And the
men lose their pedantic, rude, declama
tory, or sulleu manner. The coin of
the understanding and the heart
changes continually. Their asperities
are rubbed off, their better material
polished and brightened, and their
richness, like gold, is wrought into
finer workmanship by the fingers of
women than it ever could be by the
fingers of men. The iron and steel of
their characters are hidden, like the
character and armor of a giant when
they are not wanted in actual warfare.
The INmer of 3ltrs-blyrerlae.
A dispatch from Bradford, Pa., un
der date of December 6, says:
At 8.30 o'clock tbia morning, W,
W. Bea and Wra. H. Mc Henry,
•hooter* in tbe employ 01 tbe Roberta
torpedo company, went to a nitro
glycerine magazine near Kiuxua
.1 unction, nine mile* southeast of Brad
ford. Can* of glycerine wbeo in a
magazine are left uncorked to avoid
any contingency that may ariae by
generation of gases. Entering tbe
magazine, Bess and Mcilenry were
amazed to find a yellowiah warm
vapor escaping from orifice* in two
cans on top of a collection containing
in aggregate 1,300 pounds of explo
sives. They hastily took four can*
containing 80 pounds, placed them in
a wagon and drove rapidly away.
When 400 feet from tbe magazine,
their trepidation became so gnat that
they jumped from the wagou and un
hitched the hones and rode away at
a gallop. After waiting at a conven
ient distance for an hour, and hearing
no report of an explosion, they return
ed to tbe magazine and saw the vapor
had changed to a yellowish flame.
They again retired and twice more
visited the magazine and withdrew.
On tbe last visit the flame had in
creased in intensity and spread to
other cans. An hour after the last
visit and three hours following tbe
first discovery, the magazine exploded
with a deafening report. The total
amount of glycerine in the magazine
at the time was 1,213 pounds. This
is the largest explosion that ever or
curved in the oil couotry. Tbe maga
zine was located in heavy timberland.
For a radius of two acres, trees were
stripped of all their limbe, saplings
and small trees were felled like reeds,
and beech trees and several oaks of
full growth near the magazine were
cut offas with a woodman's axe. Tbe
earth vibrated under the concussion,*
and windows were broken in houses a
half mile away. A strange fact is
that tbe glycerine in a wagou 400 feet
distant was unharmed. In* glycerine
was made of tbe purest materials and
tbe temperature of the magazine was
not unusual. Tbe cause of combus
tion is as singular as it is important.
It is thought that It was spontaneous
or produced hy the decomposition of
some particular ingredient, a foot here
tofore unknown to manufacturers.
This discovery m now offered a* an
explanation ofa number of explosions
heretofore, for which no reason could
be amtgned. and add* additional dan
ger to handling ami storage. Men
were three hours cutting Utrmigt) the
the
The Flleariaa Islands.
Frew Uo (IU FraocUoo Cbroalcte.
The American ship Harvey Mills,
which arrived in this port on Friday
last from Liverpool, brought as a pas
senger Russet Mills, a descendant of
one of the original mutineers of the
ship Bounty, who, in the year 1790,
settled on Piuairn island. Hie Pit
cairn islanders, Mr. Mc-Coy stated,
were comfortable livers. Home what
mure than half the land on the island
was under cultivation, aod they bad
vegetables, grain and seroitropical
fruits in plenty. The climate much
resembled this, but the extremes of
heat and cold were somewhat greater.
1 hey had a little trade with whalers <
and passing vessels,selling provisions
and buying clothing, etc. fuey make
au article of thin cloth from the bark
of trees, but the few sheep tbey raise
are only for the sake of the mutton.
They have about five hundred goats,
but no horned cattle or horse. Tbey
get their inilk from cocoauuts, and
make of it a sort of butter called "ghee."
There are no snakes or repitilesof any
kind ou the island. They have large
numbers of fowls. Their bread is
made almost exclusively of Indian
corn, which, with yams, sweet potatoes
and fruit, forms their chief diet Asa
rule they enjoy excellent health. No
epidemic has visited them except one
of a serious character, aflectiug the
eyes chiefly. They are an industrious,
frugal.anu religious people. TheKab
hath is strictly observed, and gambling
card playing and dancing are un
known. Their chief recreation is
singing.
Halt for the Throat.
In these days when diseases of the
throat are so universally prevalent,
and in ao many cases fatal, we feel it
our duty to say a word in behalf of a
most effectual, if not positive, cure for
sore throat. For years past, indeed
we may say during the whole of a
life of more than forty years, we have
been subjected to sore throat, and
more particularly to a dry hacking
enugh, which is not only distressing
to ourself, but to our frieods and those
with whom we are brought into busi
ness contact. Last fall we were in*
duoed to try what virtue there was in
common salt. We commenced by
using it three times a day, morning,
noon and night. We dissolved a
large table spoonful of pure salt
in about half a small tumblerful of
water. With this we gargled the
throat most thoroughly just before
meal time. The result ban been that
during the entire winter we were not
only free from coughs and colds, but
the dry hacking cough has entirely
disappeared. We attribute these sat
isfactory results solely to the use of
the salt gargle, and most cordially
recommend a trial of it to those who
are subject to disease of the throat.
Many persons who have never tried
the salt gargle have the impression
that it is unpleasant. Such is not the
case. On the contrary, it L pleasant,
and after a few days use, no person
who loves a nice clean mouth and a
fir*trate sharpener of the appetite will
abandon it. — Ex.
A Trae Hers.
Norristown has a local hero, for
whose family the cititens are trying
to raise a small fund. John Walsh
was killed on the 28tb of October
while in charge of bis engine on the
North Penn'a. Railroad, near Sellere
ville. He met his death in a success
ful effort to save the people entrusted
to his care. When taken from the
wreck and restored to temporary con
sciousness, it was not of himself he
thought His first inquiry was wheth
er any of tbe passengers had been
hurt When told that they were safe
and that he alone waa injured, be
seemed satisfied, saying, "I did all I
could." When he was conscious that
be could not survive until the arrival
of his wife, be said to hia attendant:
"Tell Mary I bad to die," as if ex
cusing himself for leaving her and hia
four little children without their pro
tector.
How AMERICAS FORESTS ARE
MELTING AWAT.—TO make shoe pega
enough for American use consumes
annually 100,000 cords of timber, and
to make our lucifer matches 300,000
cubic feet of tbe best pioe are required
every year. Lasts and boot trees take
500,000 cords of birch, beech and
maple, and tbe handle* of tools 500,-.
000 more. The baking of our bricks
consumes 2.000,000 cords of wood, or
what would cover with forest about
60,000 ncrea of laod, Telegraph poles
already up represent 000.000 trees,
and their annual repair consumes
about 300,000 more. The ties of oar
railroads consumes annually thirty
veaw* growth of 75,000 acres, and to
fence alt oar railroads would cost 14.),-
000,000, with a yearly expenditure of
$15,000,000 for repairs These are 1
some of the stays in which American
forests are going. There are others;
packing boxes, tor instance, coat iu&l
1874 $42,000,000, while tbe timber j
used each fear hi making wagon# and
agricultural implements is reined it I
more than $100,000,000,
. H)s wife