c=;;
- TERMS Or MUMM'.
arse, rertlatng Itrall Oaks exclustTe of ildbllerlP`
0 to the paper. •
p yet A T , OTIC ES Inserted at SlTTnielt CINTS
per line, for the first Insertion, and FIVMCaNTS
per :the for subgetinent Insertions. -
i.• 'CAT. NOTICE'S, same style is reading mat
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Al/ V EItTISESIENT B will be trunirted wanting ,
to the following table of rates:
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Time ... . •,1w 11w tm 13m1 6m 1 lyt.
In th ...... 16..50 1 3.00 5.60 18.00 I 10.00 1 14.4*
41.2: 00 1 SAO SAO 1 10.6 115.001 M00
3 i ncnes .... . 1 2.501 7:60 16:00 18:001 2.0.60 1 20.00
4 1 3.00 1 8.50 14.001 18.25 1 25.00 1 85.00 --
rolumn.. I 4.00 1 12.00 18.00 1 2'1.011 80.00 115.00
r•••,,t0m0.. 1,10.00 1 20,00 30.001 40.00 . p 55.00 1:5.00
. 1 ~,hinr , 1 20.00 1 50.00 60.00150,00 too-.-1
A DIIMPSTRATO)II3 and Executors Notiees,'
t no; Auditor's notices. *2.50; Business Cards, five
Ipet year) WOO, additional lines. *l.OO each.
VE AXIS Advertisements are entitled to guar;
t 3 rly change!.
T !IA NSI ENT advertisements. Must Jae paid for
at.: AUCANCR. - 1
ALL Resolutions of Associations. Commtnrimi
,s•of limited or individual Interest. and orlices
or Marrineet and 'Deaths. exceeding five Thaes r ara
,arced TEN CENTS PER LINE.
..108 PRINTING, of- every land, In plalii,snd
, fancy colors, done with neatness and dispatch:,
Blanks, Cards, Pamphitda. Sillheade.
S!atentents. &c., of every' variety and style, printed
at the shortest notice. Title lieronvan office is
'well supplied wall poirer prestes, a good assort
lucid of -new type. and - everything in the Printing
lino can he executed lathe must artistic manner
and at the loweit rates. ,
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TERMS INVARIABLYICASIT. • \
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Prefessiotal •a!4_Busiiess Coda;
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Attorney -at-Law and Notary,
give tory tot attention: to any bus I nogg entrust
him. Afire with Patrick- & Foyle, (over
~,nal•Oftlee), Towanda. Pa. - Ottne7'77.
TAMES WOOD, .
,x-rron.NEy-AT-LAW,
mrh9-76 0 TOWANDA, PAg
T - N
011 F.SANDERSONr •
ATTORNF.Y-AT-LAW,
ii•FF I C F...-31yrans Building (oxer PoweiVE - Store)
TOW A S DA, 'P A.
Y. it • WM: LITTLE , '
L-. • ATTORSE rs-.4 T-LAW, TOWANDA, PA
r wer llecker's yrocision Store; Male Street,
l'wan4s, Pa.; April 18.'78.
G r EO , IICIF. D. STJWITD,
A TTORkE r AND COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW
o —Maln-st., four doors North of Ward House,
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Prarlleos Ni Supreme Court
P.om,ylvania and Unflirt' TOWANDA, PA.
4nurtg.--;Dee7.•7(:.
SyREETER,;I
LAW OFFICE,
ang2k.
TON ' ar, 111ERCU -7 11,
tVI ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
TOWANDA PA,
Orrice over Moptanyee Store. . (may67s.
k. OVERTON.. RODNEY A. :MERCUR.
AVM. MANNVELL,
A T TORIV EY-AT-LAW
OFFICWOVRIS DAYTON'S ,STOR.F., TOW ANNA, PA
.. April 12, 174.
pAT4-ICK & FOYLE,
ATTO4.VEIS-.4T-7..41r .
• Towanda, La.
O'ttre, In Mezeurs Mock.
1 4 -1 J ANGLE,
AT Tf .v i% T-1,1 H
91Tice Kith Davies r Carno'han, Toiranda, Pa.
11n4 '77
aF.MASO.N I_ ~.
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k r .s • ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
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TO ANI) A PA.
Ofyiro first itoon. south of Cz.lt, 'retell, Esq.. sec
t ..,4 floor. , .= N0v.18:74.
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L.MtLis,
1 1• • ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
_ TOWANDA. PA
orrce with Smith & Montat
T ANDREW WILT,
tr •
ATToRNEY .V COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW,
nrl,o over ProAs• BOA Store, two doors north of
& Lout:. TOVl1}111:1. Pa. May •he consulted
lu rlrman. t Arrll 12, 475.3, , •
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AliernEMos & KINNEY,
A TTORSF;YS-J-T-1A -
To WA N DA, 1.,. -office iu Travy & Noble's Block
r.rwanftt, Pa.. Jan. in, Prig
r 4 J•
F. GOFF,
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A T T WIN E Y-AT-LA
Nla - fli Street (4 doors north' of Ward !louse): To-
',.611413., Pa.
0 O s °
PA.
lllu attend N t. AT T ORNEY
lontinosa entro,tol to his care In Bradford,
I..dlivan and Wyoming .Counties. Office with Esq.
Porter. thovla-74.
HI
ELSBREE,
AtTORN ET-AT-T. AW,
TAVA NDA, PA
MOM
/1 V
L. LAMB,
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ATTOltkiY-AT-LAW,
Collect toms prtl]ptly aiterided-to
OVERTON AL ELSI3REE, ATTOlt
p'S. Ai" LA W.,TtoWANDA. PA. Having e s p.
..leFeLl into co-pailitevsiti'p. otter their ttnoteksalonal
st•Tvlrea to the pantie. Special attention given to
1,0.1,,,,s In the I trithan7s ntoUltegivter's Courts.
F. c tvEltrox, .111. (aprill-70) El,Stit HEE.
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MADILL A: CALIVF,
ATTOIASICVS AT LAW.
• TOW/I!..iDA, PA.
WOrifr , i Itioek 4 first door.t.out:t of the ' , fiat
Nat htual bank, tii.;statrs..
3.. J. DI 1.1.. Jaus-7:11) - ] J. \. ('ALIFF (
RI )LEY & PAYNE
1 77 ; 0 R. NE: IW:A .or, ,
N.... t, TRAvY !SOBLIeri BLOCK, MAIN STREET,
TOW ANOA,
(Ir 7)
M!ll=Ellii
Mi=l
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND
U. S. COM M ISSI-ON En,
ToiVANDA; PA.
l.nlce—Noun SiSe Public Square.
• ""Jan. 1, 1875
MF,RCUIt 131.00 K •
TOWA NDA, PA
1)••c• 2'3-75.
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AT_TORNEY-AT-LAW
preparea to practice all branches of his
M '171: BLOCK, (entrance on mouth
• 1 " Toy." 44s I' . fj nfl-78.;
o N" A P ut s kt
(1,, , k-ry store.•
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May 1. 18721 r.:
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1, 4 1 l'A YNE; M; D.,
.A 6 •
,g'lll - 5101,42V .4.VD SURGE4IIV
, bv..r Mont:loves' Store. ()Mee fro l . o 10
• ‘• Awl fr4to 2 to 4. r. A. Special attention
t• , , Ikea, •, rbe Eye•aild Ear.-0et.19.76-t.f.
I)I{. 'l'. B. JOHNSON,
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17115p7.1 N Xi? . SPROE(ot%
Dr. Porter & Sub's Drug Store, Towanda:
L. I)()I)SON, Py.Nnst.
_LTI rt o and artt.r Srpt. 21:- may te round In the
• tt-w rruttn. no u.l floor of Dr. rratt's 'new
- rat ••:Itt, Sirret. tt.m loess WM:RCA; -
NirK EbLY , VENTIAT.,-011ice
y ItosenfliddN, Towanda, l'a:
••••tli tit,11,41 on Gold, Silver, Rubber, and f4ll
- extracted without pain.
I11Z . : C. M.S'I'ANLY,. DENTIST,
11a% ing p.ninv.sol his Dental Mike Into Tracy
71.• w & 11111ss• RIMY",
do all kinds of dental work.
i; put in 5 TWIN gas aparatus.
C. WHITAOR,
Ilyt.1: BINDER
I: ILFILOLG. IRD FLOOR. TOWANDA'
( - I'S. RUSSELL'S - - .
kJ.
-GENERAL
JNSURANCEAGENC"
mar2s-70a. TOWAtiDAL A.
1•1;.4. 1876
T IWANDA INSURANCE. GENCY
Nfr..l.T.pp.viilr th. 17,yirt 'haw
NOBLE X,V INCENT,
ETES=
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INSVRANCE AGENCY:.
The fellerelng
REIM BLE AND FIRE TRIED
Compatti.a riprewaiNt r .
L A *:1 plidwixoromp LECHANTS
1: AI lit 741 i% • 0. A. BLACK. •
8. W. L,YORD, Publish - .
VOLUME
THIS WAY FOR
1
.SPRING SUI \ TS ..
. A .,
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AND !WARRANTED TO FIT IN
~et receli(v ;
NEW Aitll COMP 'FE:STOOK OF .
CLOTH
GENTS' FIINIS4IN GOODS,
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lIATS, • . CAPS,
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Szc dc.; do- ' . .
He prepare
- to ftiretaki-to order, made to
meaattre,
SPRIG} AND 81.1.111 ER SUITS,
EMI
BEST QUALITY A; lATEST STYLES,
TONPAND'A, PA
At prices the most ressonah e of any establiskmenti
In Towanda. Call and examine my stock.
Towanda, Pa., April 5, 18,
THE CHEAPEST •
HARDWARE. STORE
IN VP WANDA
MI
S MIES,
GRINDSTONES,
FORKS, FIXTURES, , ROPES,
B\. igzc ,
[novll-75
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Cheaper Than a Any Other PlaCe!
• f,
1 have aivrilys on hand Repairs ;
WARRIOR and CfAMC(O\ Mowing
PERRIGOS SIDEIII'LL PLOW
(April I'4, 11+577
All kinds of TINWA'EE o! . incl,
and Tin work of all kinds done at lowort
Towanda, June :a, ICA
WILKES-BARIIF., P♦
H IGIIEST ANY
f; E T tti .N; -A X-111 BI TlO N
INIMED
AWL) P(LBERT STS.,
WROUGHT-IRON - AIR-TIGHT
HEATER'S,
ma
With Shaking and 'Clinker-Grinding Grates for
burning Anthracite or Bituminous Coal.
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KEYSTONE S
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WROUG4.T-IRON •lIEATEI S,
Cooking Ranges, Low flown Grates, .Etc. \
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Descriptive circulars SENT Fuzz to any address\
G REATLY REDUCED PRICES !
ELANIN , MA*IIING, AND fit-SAWING,
'. . Anall kinds of Plaiiinganill Work, -
AWAY DOWN! DOWN :! DOWN:::
Made promptly to order, at a low p
tutnbe.r brought he're to t
cruder cover and iierfectl/
tidod sheds for your boi
FrV STOCK
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FINE TEAS AND COFFEES!
• Cash paid for all kinds of. - -
O. N T)t. P R-0 Dy CIE!
a
A
II
M!IM
Made to order,
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T T
T 1101fS
J. L. 3JeMAIION
Hardware
BtERCUR N BLOCKI
Fanners can buy their
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Bestin
H. T. JUNE.
Infers;
J. REYNOLDS I SON,'
Northw,.st corner
‘:,kan)ifseturers of patented
cr-NTTES-N - utt.
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WROUGHT-IRON 11EATERS.
nirllttumiTlOUS Coal,
EXAMINE BEFORE SELECTING
Philadelphia,• April 28. 17-17
Placing, ke.
The undersigned Is doing
So far von can't see It.
I have also on hand a large stock of
SASH AND 1)001ti4,.
Which i am felling at prices to suit t
. WINDOW-BLINDS
IF.YO - 11 WANT TO GET
H - I:4ll . amil sae py Good,
, milled, will ~be kept
dry until taken away.
, and Wdry place to load.
NM
Towanda. Jan
Groceries.
OF GROCERIES!
Chttle6 selections of
Foy xale cheap
At the rid Mond of V. D. Patch
w. 11. DECKER, au.
«Towanda, April 5, Mat
\
J . L. BENT
/ (Successor io Kfrittal Bliss),
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WILLOFFARFORTHE
R.
DDS, ch.., iv, dc.,_ &A I
.REDUC'D PRICES.
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GLOVES, HOSIERY, ACES,
AD EMBROID.E.RIEN'
1 , GREAT VARIETY. \
ANDHAVIN.G-SECUEED THE
HARRIS THE "TAIL,OI4,
SNATIIS,
WE . ARE PREPARED=
CLOTHE ALL WHO MAY
FAVOR US WITH THEIR
PA TRONAGE.
r 'the Your to
To antra, Jnne :1,1877
NEW . G dDS . ` , 2
e-
FO THE
SPRING TRADE!
WE A
A FU
TURK
THE .T
Mialf
INUIT
EXAM
I
WE KEEP THE
STOCK OF 'UNDER
GOODS OF ANY ONE IN.
111
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PART ,OF THE STATE, \A \ \ 7 D
OUR PRICES• AREAS LOW A$
THE. LOWEST.
CM
N CH Qt!ICK
r and Prices
L B. BODABERS
WHEN IN WANT OF 4'Y
THING IN OUR LINE, GIV US
A CALL
PLACE, AT Trip OLD "STAND
_
OF. MAIN STREET. , ,
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TOiriadi t Pb, Aprll 111. 1117 r
ED
t€r.l.
J. L. lea t.
'HIRTY DAYS HIS
-ST )CT OF DRESS
WHITE GOODS,
IS UNEQUALED,
SERVICES OF
.1. L. KENT.
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\T. O. Frost's Sons.
BM
AKING
1
REMEMBER THE
J. O. FROST'S SONS.
TOWANI)A„ BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., iIIURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 30, 1817.
ACTS. FOR THE. PEOPLE.-
it Is an undeniable feet that no snide was
eyer placed before the public trials) mach midis
patedwildeams of Its great medical Woe, as
YE - GETINE.
Pear every complaint to which Vennnet it re
onwsmendett, Many tallmontals of what bits Alone
Is furnished •to the publte at large, and lib one
should tall to observe that nearly all of the testi.
roordals are from people tight at home, where the
VEGETINE 15 prepared. and as .the streets and
numbers are even, there ran be no possible doubt
about the matter.
DoerOw, Dec. 17,
M. it. lffTitFitent. trq.--Deor Air: May I ask \ tlie
flkentiet you to make my ease public t
In tksl, while on picket duty in the arms. I was
tarn with aft:, which hutted all night. - Was tak.
en Into camp and dosisl'with whisky and quinine.
After this had Ps every day, and was taken to .
Newborn Ilospitsl. and there treated by the attend
ing physans. • I grew worse and was sent home.
Illemained In poor health for font years. treating
with many physicians and trying many remedies.
Finally Scrofula made Its appearance an different
parts of my body, and my bead was so diseased as
to be frightful to look at. and painfully beyond en
dnranee. After trying the most eminent PhYsi
elan& without improvernentos ‘ eange of climate
WAN advised.
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Mayo been to the Clot Springs In Arkansas twice.
each time giving their treatment's thorough trial.
Finally cedes back to Hooter, discouraged,. with no
hope of help. Lift 'rasa burden to one In my sit
mitten. My disease, and the effect of so much pow
erful medicine, had so damaged my system that
the action of nay stomach wasapparentty destroyed,
and my head was covered with ulcers which had_in
places eaten Into the skull bone. •
The best physielansesid 'My blood was so fell of
poison they could dil no mote for me. About this
Mme a friend who•had been an invalid told..me
VtrisTr.Nr. had restored him. to perfeethealth, and
throngh his persuasion I commenced taking Vint a-
Jrtarg, At this time was havingille almost every
dip I,noticed the first gned . effeets of Vitottitts
In my digestive organs. My food sat 'better and
my 'tomtit grew stronger. - I began to feel en
couraged. for I could see my health slowly. and
gradually iniproring. Wlth'renewed. hope I con
tinued taking the Fitments, until it had com
pletely driven disease out of my body. It cured
the-Jlte, gwoe'me gond, pure bloed.and restored me
to perfect health, vadat - had not enjoyed before
for ten years: Hundieds of people in the city of
BOdon can vouch for the atewe farts.
VCGETINZ his faired My life, and you are at lilt.
erty to mate such use of this statement as pleases
you best, and I beg of you bironake it known that
other sufferers may And'relleth less trouble and
elpense than I did. ' • 1
It will afford me great pleasere to shoat the
marks of my disease or give any farther informs
tion telative to my case to all.who de re It.
I am, sir, very gratefully, JOHN\PECK., •
No. 50 Sawyer street, Hosthn, Mast!. •
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TWENTY.SEN,EN, FEARS AtIO. \
11. R. STILVIIMS, Esq.—Dear Sir:. This Is Lovett
. tify that my daughter was taken sick when itg
was three years old, and get so low that we we
obliged to keep her on a pillow, without moving, to
: keep the little thing together., She was attended
by several physicians—the regular attending one
being old Dr..lohn Stevens. They all pronounced'
ler case incurable. She had been sick about a year,
shed hearing of the great Bland Rernedy, Vzon
rt.l commenced giving her that, andcontinued rs .
It niarly till she was about seven yea old,
• ;t, it
when be was pronounced perfectly cured. Muting
her sae ess three pieces of hone were taken from
her rlghg rm above the elbow, one of them. being'
very long. • venal small pieces were also taken
from her ler eg. She - is now twenty-seven years
olkami is oup ing good health, and has ever since
she wits. seven ye re old, with no signs of Scrofula
or any other , b 1 disease. Her arm Is a little
\
crooked, but she ca lase it &burnt as well as the
other. Her legs are 'coital length, and she Is not
In the least lame. Herwas Scrofula, Inherited
7 re
in the -blood ; and Iwo d commend ali those
Scrofula Rumor or any oth t blood disease: If they
wish to hare a p .rfeet cure, try Vsowriaa, the'
,reliable blood remedy, Which nes not weaken the
system like many other preps ions recommend-
ed., but, on the contrary, It IN nourishing and
strengthening. -My daughters ea. will fully ter,
• tify this, for I never saw nor heard o a worse feria .
of Scrofula. • HULDA SMITI .
Is Monument it reet; Chariest ° . Mass.
, M.N. SABAH M : JO. - RS,.
' Ga,Sullivan street, Charlestown, ass.
April 10, 1879. - . . •
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• The above statement shows a perfect en ' of \
Scrofula in its worst form, wheoprtmounced incur
able, of a child (Our years 'of age. twenty-three
yenta ago., The limly;nolir twenty-seven years old,
enjoying perfect health. . ,
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'TO
Prepired Boston, Mass
VEGETINE 'IS SOLD By 41.1. L DRUGGISTS
Wagons and Carkages.
I r "
OLD ESTABLISHMENT
-STILL TAKES THE LEADI
'Carriages CHEAPER THAN PXF.It. and Plat
form Wagons st,a GREAT REDUCTION:
JAMES BRYANT,
Proprietor of the Old Carriage Manufactory, cur.
Main aMl_Elizabeth atrects, would call the special
attention of FARMERS and °tilers to his late
and complete
. aisortm-int of
OPEN AND TOP BUGGIES
• AND PLATFORM WAGONS,
. . .
II of his own ttionesetttre, 'nod warratited in
cry rtleutar tO be erptal to the must elpeuslire
elt \ k.
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NOW IS I'
Lnok at the. apnea, al
vehicle Is warrantett : 4
PLATFORM WAGONS...I
OPEN BUGGIES'
TOP BUGGIES
The prices' are far belovi the coed of Mahufacture
and will not be maintarued after the pre ut stock
is dispoied of. so you must make selection NOW.
I•
Don't be Iniposed upon by Inferior work "ftwd ,
poor materials, but purchase at the establlshmetit,
which has been In operation for nearly half a cen.sl
fury and - Is pernutnently, located:
REPAIRING PROMPTLY ATTEMORD TO
Office apt! Factory cor. Main atictirlizaboth streets.
Towanda, Juno !I, 1877
NEW CAItRUGE FACTORY
-Last of the 'Red orter;Oftlea
Mclntyre .& Spencer
ftexpect finny announce to the public that they are
pared to build all kinds of
_ .
TAMIL' CARRIAGES,
rnAETONAIt
,ToP Ail) OPEN BUGGIES,
PLATFORM SPRING WAGON%
TROTTII,ILTLICIES & SKELETONS,
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Made of the best - ntate“ar and In the heat 'style.
All work warranted u)sgivo perfect satisfaction.
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pA1NT17.46 A. SPECIAL
Y.
We have one or the hest Carriage Paint .re in the
country, and du till Iworkin this line at t lowest
rates:'
•-• . • .•
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Neatly and promptly done at reduced prides.
Making. new springs and , repairing old ones a
strwislty: Ail work guaranteed, New. ere us a
call. • ;:!.,
• MCIN ' E kSPENCEIt.
Tcminda, Aprll la, irrt.
REGARDLESS OF.DENUNgATION-FROM ANY'QUARTER.
'opting.
'LTR TIME TO BUY!
!O=Ml
.100 to 1110
80" 100
. 12b" 150
JAMES BRYANT
All - ktodo of
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REPAIIII2iIf "
WI
1.
lathy.
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A rumens FANATIC.
Kind friend, put your glean on. tbe.table
- Untested, and listen to me.
Ton say I•m a tempererice tanatic-.-
3tayhap T hsve reason to be. •
It Is years since wo parted from college,
• Let us talk over times passed away,
And see of companions and classmates,
' *lns dead, and whcii`e living to illy.
There were ten of us off together, -
Here am two—now What of therelghtf
But a few days ago I saw William—
Ifewho bokt ns all In debate.
le was rich.. you .know ; now be Is needy,
I naked where his fortun4all went;
Be tipped np a glass as he answered, •
"I drank It down so—every cent."
Then Ralph who bore the frit honor,
He-took to ''the bar tiiyou know,
Hut another bar claimed his attention,
And bniluess progres se d rather slow.
fie died of tbetceniens, poor fellow ?
His talents would rank with the first,
And to think of histring ore forty—.
A prey to the demon of
Then' Bob, Irrepressible Robert— -
Who always toot lead In our fun,
Yltegayest and wildest of fellows,
. Yet the kindest and bestheirted one
Well, be went to prison—life - rgentenee,
Ile took too much Ilquoione day,
And a spree that began In good feeling
Ended up ,with a stabbing affray.
Then there was that young prince of toLycra,'
Thir.hlgh•headedArchltald West.
He nerve waiknow.n to be tlpiy—
fYet be drank inure than.stiof the rest,
•
'Ah 1 he Is reaping the crop of his sowing—
Ills sun" loves the cop, anji has not
A stomach of steel llke his father,
And already the boy Is a sot. ,
I' made Tout a vhdt last stitniner ;
You remeinber Tom. quint and mild.
Well, he makes the most fretful of husbands,
pitj his wife and his child.
pleasant enough In the evening,
As he sips his hot toddy and ale,
Bat all the forenoon he•s a terror,
Cross, headache,' snappish and pale.
And George—who was called Glans Arlonls,
Whi; turhed women's heads with a smile,
That straight-limbed and graceful Appolo,
Who took a drum "nnce In a while."
Oh \ Charles, you would scarcely belterre It,
1112 t the fellow's a sight io behold ;
Ills no?,eoi as red as a lobster, • •
lie's bloated, and Ilearseyed, and old.
Then Iferixtf—he's traveling somewhere ;
But one more remains—Henry Lee,
And you know from the deck,of a steamer,
Ile fell, anal was 17st out at sea.
A friend who Was with him since told me
That Hank:was light-headed from drink,
Andthat's how he so lost his balance
'Twos the general opinion I think.
So Charles, when.! name o'er our clatuirnates,
Who all tipped the glass now and then,
I think what Woes might have been saved them
It they had been temperance men. .
You, Einow . . seem untouched by drink's dangers,
Yet yonr.future we neltber,can
And , 1 really feel safer for being
A very fanatical man.,
i~gcllancaa : 2.
e Girl Detective.
The doo \of Rufus- Markbam's
counting room was seenray elbsed,
and the proprietor of the large,
flourishing cotta \ factory talked,
earnestly with a gentlemanly looking,
man of middle. age;" hose face was
as as impressive as a Wax mask. /
" Five thousand dollar " said / the
individual. "It was a lame aim to
leave exposed. . _
" Exposed," said Mr. Marli'bam.
"It was in my private desk, to ich
no one 'fild,..access, but' myself, and
my nephew, Fred Tryon." -
. Would it be possible the young
gentleman"_
" Sir,"
,saitt Mr 3tarldiain, indig
nantly, "my nephew is not a thief.
If he needed, ten . times that sum he
knows I would give it freely to him.
Ile will be my heir, and is as dear to
me as
. a.son. It is simply absurd to
connect .him in any way with 'this
robbery."
"Just state the , matter again, brief
ly as you can, and allow me to take
noes, will you, Mr. Markham ?"
"Certainly. drew five thousand*
lollars out of the bank yesterday, to
.t a note that was
.not.resented
for ;iayment. Retainning it until
after the bank was closed; I conclud
ed to - loci: it in my desk until thisi
morning, and did so. ..At , nine .)'clock
this morning the expected note was
presented, and I opened the .desk.
The money . was gone, and with it a
smail memorandum book that was in
the same ;oil." .
".The lock was not forced ?"
"No, sir, the desk was apparently
as lett it."
"And Mr. Tryon has the, only du
licate key ?"
The old gentleman frowned. He
wn • evidently displeased at the (turn
the qective's suspicions seemed to
be taking. . .
"Sty *phew certainly has, the
only duplibate key." .
" Wm ! yeS, You have the numbers
of the notes ?"\. .
"Yes. The rcil consisted of ten
five.-hundred-dollat\notes." " •
• The list• of numbers being taken,
the detective made aNto \ sching. es,-
amination of the apartm nt, and pre
pared to take his departure: . As he
stood near the' . door,, Mr. Markham
suddenly said, nervously : .
"I think, Mr. Vodges, if you ake
\
any. discoveries , you had better t.-
port tel me privately before makin
any arrests." •
Vertaintv sir • if you. desire it.
Will you grant me one favor? • Do
not mention the robbery to Mr. Try
on, if you have not done so already:"
"No one has heard of it your
self,"but,
•
"'Very good ! I will call again
when I have any report tt; make.
" Fred ! Fred!" the obi:gentleman
said, in. a. low tone, when he was
alone I" Vodges evidently thinks it
is' Fred ! It cannot be! It is
that my nephpv would rob Me!
I. cannot believe it. And yet he knew,
the money was there. Ile was here'
when I hando Arnold the check,
and here When he returned with the
money. He knew . that Johnston's
note was not presented, arid Fred
:lone has a duplicate key. .04, if it
.s ould,be! Anna's boy, that' prom
-- to love - is my own son.- Have
twit kept- by{
_promise ? Where hive
I And why should he steal
(routtne,hen all I have is his? I
cannot, r not believe it-?"
"May J e tie in ?" asked a briglit,
iilcasant facer the
.door and -per
missinn being 'ven, Fred, Tyron
'entered thti - rnom. 'Looking Into his
handiomtoyOnng• ce; bright and
frank t wlth well open brown eyes,
111
and cu rls of- nitt brown ,• hair, it' was
hard to connect it with any idea of
roguery, ingratitude, and theft. Ills
manner toward 'the- uncle, who had
ever filled a father's place, ,Was the
perfeclon of respectful affection and'
betbrehe had been an heiur in the
counting room, Mr.' Markham's un.
easy fears were entirely gone. • .
They were talking. of \a certain
little dark' eyed little maiden, who
was soon to be Mrs. Tryon, andwhen
Fred left .his uncle it" was with
promise that -he would WI •in the
evening . upon Mid) Clarkson, to k•
nally arrange forTheyreddirtg day.
The young
.man, a favorite .of for..
tune, apparently * spent the atter.
noon with his betrothed' received his
uncle in the evening,; beside her, and .
accompanied the old gentleman to
his boarding house, received an affec•
tionate farewell, when he took UP his,
way to his own' rooms in another
hoitse. FOr a week he heard nothing,
of the robbery.
It was just when summer twilight
was fding, that, returning &dm a
drive with Maud Clarkson, Fred met
-, his uncle's' confidential clerk await
ing him it Maud's house. •
" I ,have a' note for you, Mr. Fred,"
he
,said ; " and, as you were' floc at
home I thought I 'would wait here
for you."
• Something in the man's face and
'manner struck a sudden chill to
Maud's Heart.
You have bad news ?" she cried.
" Perhaps Mr. Fred had . better
read the note," was' the evasive re
ply. '
But Maud's terror was only 41 7
creased when Fred after reading the
note, broke into a furious exelamx,
tion. of rage.
" Who dares to.say I am a mid
uightburglar ?" he shouted. -
I " Oh, . Fred what is it asked
Maud, taiihing !cry white:
" My uncle has been robbed.of five
thousand dollars, • and he pays me
the compliment, of supposing me the
thief because I have 'duplicate key
to 'his private desk. I,A.great heav
ens'!" he cried,. with a sudden change
in his voice, " he eannotmeanit !
rob My uncle! If"
"Mr. Fred," said the clerk, respect
fully; "I only4anted to see to‘qou
took the note, tO speak a few words
Of advice. Mr. • Fred, I was- with
Your father when he was' killed on
the railway train ; I was ,With your
-uncle when he brought' you. from
your mother'sluneral to. his home. I.
took you. to boarding school,'and
brought you home* ftir the holidays,
and I've loved ypu, boy and ma-n,
since' you were ,tea years old And
that's twelve icing years. know
you never toolithe money but things.
look very ugly'for. you."
" said Fred, grasping hard
the hand / the old clerk held out, to
'him, "1' cannot understand it. Lis;
.ten,",/ x and lie read aloud' the note:
*from his tin*
FRPERCIIti TRYON-4 could
not believe without proof undeniable,
positive proof—that you could rob
me of five thousand dollars, taken,
as you know, from my private desk,
on Wednesday , laSt. You are -my
sister's son, and I will never. be the
one to imprison or .punish you, but
you are no longer a neplim of mine.
Willingly, I. will never look you in
your face again. Your ill-gotten.
gains I freely give you to -stiirt in
eine business, trusting you will live
hcinestly in the future. Do not try
to s'ee me; I will not listen tO any
exiilanations i•know to be false, Do
not .write t for not open your
letter. IttFus MAuxuAm."
Maud Clarkson grew white •as
she heard' tbe.Stern edict. " fTh,
Fred 1" she " what; can Sou
do ?"
"Starve, I suppos" was the bitter
answer," as 1 do not \bappen to pos
sess the ill-gotten gainso generous
ly presented to me. But \ l will not
ask you to ,starve with, use Maud.
You were betrothed to the \million
aire's nephew and heir; the disinher
ited beggar frees you .4rom .yOur
proinise. • -
" Fred," she cried, bursting into
tears, " how . can you be so Teruel ?"
Then, •unheeding the clerk, who was
discreetly looking from the window,
she came close to Fred's side. " Dar
ling," she said, fixing her eyes upon
hiS face, " if all the world thinks you
guilty, I do not. If all the world
casts you off, I will keep my promise."
The young lover had been bewil:
dered, indignant, desperate, but - he
folded, the gentle comforter fast in
his arms, and great. tears fell on her
upturned
_face.
" God bless you, Maud," he cried ;
" I. can defy the world, 'if you are
true to me. Now, Potter, sit down,
and tell me what you know. of V t is
wreeelied business:" -
'" Well, Mr. Fred, I never heard Of
the robbery myself until 'this morn
ing, when Yokes, the detective your
uncle employed to work it up, came
to make his 'report. They did not
notice me at first, . and when your
uncle.remembered I was in the room,
I had heard about all Vodges knew.
You remember there was . anote com
ing due last Wednesday ?" .
• " To Johnston ?" . .
"Yes ; well, I thought at the time
ft \ was curious your uncle gave him a
eh k, when 1 knew the money was
drawn 'out of the hank the day. before
to meek that Very no t te.. But I never
knew tilyins' . morning that the
'money ivas stolen from Mr. Mark
ham's privatdesk by false keys. Mr/
Fled," said the old man, .earneSt
ly, " it was ail ip fiVe-hundred dollar
notes, and yOur Miele had the„fitun
hers."
. ".Well !"
"This morning Votigeri brought
back , one of Alm notes.
,'hick you_
(rave to T yesterd'a in pay
went for a pearl locket.'"
".Stop, Potter! let me think. here
did 1 , get that no*? 1 . have it!
A rnoht.gave it tome-to take.'out
hundred‘dollars'ldent him some tam
ago . : And „,Armild—Pottei; \ Arnold
borrowed My,
,keys -last Wedikesday
night to` open. his trunk!, - Po
huzza! We' know. the thiefl"
" Not sn.. fast, Mi. Fred—not So •
fast. It ;kill not be an easy matter
to prove this. Were 'there any wit
nestes.Present when .Arnold, borrow:-
•
ed the keys?" -‘
"„No was alone in my .room,
haltaimiressed, 'when he 'knocked at.
.my 'leer; and said he had lost-the
.
key of his trunk. I. lent ; hi m my
bunch of keys, which he retnined be
fore I was out of bed the next d'ay."
"And you were alone when he paid
you the money?"
Yes ;'I thought he was very.llusb,
for you know as well cs I do, Potter,
that a note of .five•hundred dollar is
bot a daily fiftlt6r. in Arnold's pock- .
et:" • •
4 ' lie is
. a cunning scoundrel. 'He
wants to ascertain if the notes can
fie indentified before he tries to get
rid of .thoin himself, Mr. Fred, will
you4o.ve. it to me for a feW
only a , few days?—and if 1 . do, not.
catch thethief, you may try "
~"\ i 3ut my uncle ?"
"Wait' till you can prove your in-'
nocence\before you see him. Only a.
week. Givme only a week towatch.
Arnold: And by the way, yoh will
give me a additional chance, if you
Will leave the city. . higt off
hia guard by letting him suppose you
are banished .for hiS\erime." -
" Run away," flaslied Fred,
a coward .
" Only for a week. You see, the
probability is that Arnold has the
money in his posSession yet.' ie will
wait to see the' fate of what he has
•
given you before
.putting any'More
into circulatiOn; Litt he has probably
hidden it very securely. You he will'
wntch; bit if you are willing,.l will
take' your room-while you are gone,
and do a little private detective but*
bless On my part."
it . was 'not too easy to persuade
: Fred to consent to Potter's plan, but
Maud's persuisibniu / being added to
the old man's he/finally consented
to leave the .city a week, and . re
turn in that timpio vindicate his own
innocence ,in case of Potter's failure..
Before night Fred .was on his way
to iisit another city, and his landlady
had 'agreed to alto* Alr..Potter to'
occupy his plaCe during his absence.
Fred/ had been gone two days,
when„ihe old . Clerk called npon 3liss
Clarkson to report Trogress.. .
," I am completely baffled," be said,.
ip answer .to her inquiries,: A on
"See, Arnold knows me, add evidently
suspects niC. lie is so affectionately
desirous of keeping me in sight, that
'I cannot .get a peep into his room
and uvlienever he is out, he locks the
door and . gives the
,key to the land
lady. I cannot• force .his door yet,
and by the time FreJd returns, I am
afraid the money till be smuggled
away. I am sure it is in IN posseS
sien now, he is so careful about his
room: Nobody gets in there but the.
landlady. I was thinking of bribing
the chuitnbermaid to let me in When
she. was 'at work there, but, unfortu
.nately, sbeJeft to-day.
A, flash of light seethed to pass
across .Band's face, but she.only said,
demurely : . _
"Your landlady is a 'German, is
she not ?"
" Yes; her .English is - very imfuer
feet.. Have you ever seen her ?"
, " No :• I have - heard Fred speak of
her. My mother, you know, was
German."
‘J3tut What has.. that to do with
Fieurs case?" •
" I will tell you:: Yodges has
trieq to find the' thief, and failed.
I meand,to try and sueceed!"
"Yon! what can you du.?" .
" Come to-morrow 'arid
you. ,,
-Punctual . to the appointed. time,
Potter made hiS appearance. . ,
With 'dancing -eyes and '
. .flushed
cheelts",Modinet him. .
" WelrgL he asked, certain from
her loks that she had good tidings.
" I told you I would succeed I"
..
"And. you did ? .11uIza I
. I feel
as young:as - Fred himself!"
" To whoth I. have telegraphed .to
return. Ile will be here-this evening,
Mid you must bring •Mr. Markham;
Mr. Xodges and . the,. proper Pollee
authorities, -to 'Meet An his . room.
Then Mr. Potter, go to lgr. Arnold's
.room,
.and remove the pipe of the
stove at the elbow. In the joint - you
will find Mr. Markham's memoran
dum book and the missing notes."
" You'are sure?" •
"Listen ! . This morning, in a cali
cdress,sun-bonnet, and . a ,pair of
coarse shoes for disguise, I applied
for the place of chambermaid. at the
boarding house where Mr. Arnold
has a room: I braided
.my hair in
two long plaits, and convinced your
land,ady that I was a recent impor
tation from Germany" unable to
speak. a Word of English: She
agreed to take. me forone week on
trial, and, before I had been two
hours in the fmuse4 was__Sentto tidy
M. Arnold's room. Newer was, a,,,
room -tidied More- quietly ; . and, see= 1
ing my mistress On her way to. mar
.ket, I shot he bolt, and . took° 'sq . --
vey of the pre.uises . The trim was
locked, __.the;-bureau drawe wide
'open; the'cloSet door ajar.. I felt a
reinctance ,to overhaul uy private
depbsitories ; though I' hould have
clone tt,„" she
little, when on he closet-door added, x ).. , solutely, . 6 ' if I
t
had been driven to i ! I rummaged
a"
,i I
espied 'a shirt, 1 pparently scarcely
sailed; except ne "sleeve, and . that ;
was black siy I e
soot._ , What. Is 4 he
:(.1(
doing at.illy' fire=place in summer 7 '
I thought and went to examine. A
few mites sufficed to convince me
that t)(e-stove had been moved out,
and i the elbiiw of the pipe removed.
I repeated the proesss toiind 'al roll
6/five-hundred-dollar notes, and a
,small note. book, with lheinanie- Ru
fus Markham on the first ; page. -I re
placed everything carefully and came
home. .Nn‘%;, Mr. Potter, he mist be
taken by surprise, or he may say
Fred put' the notes there."
-
"You area brae girl!" cried the
old man, looking with admiration at
the beautiful, animated face, "and
Fred wiltowe you more than his life."
- "He can' repay me bycominir to
tell me the good news when a is
clear." - , , •.' •
.
Eight, wai .strikineAl ' the city
clocks when Doctor, Graham Arnold,
l \ r . essed in - the latest fashion, and j
\
wi li a fragrant-DaFana • between 'hia 1
lips, strolled 'leisurely into his. room. j
- He had .bcen in the iiarlor of 'his
board' . i*-house foran s hour,Watehing
M r . -nit* with some anxiety, but
wholly unaware of the little party of
folir,W , ho, in ' r. retter's temporary
• apaltmeS, wa I.ldi return 'to his
own room: .
Once inside the vow, the noncha
lant look: like the . damn face or
t
El
per Annum In Advance.
the young man, and he. Muttered
fiercely :
must get out of this ! Potter
suspects me, ,and. may yeti communi
cate his suspicions to Mr. Markham.-
I iv ill be . ott to-night. as „soon as,, the
house quiet."
He opened a small travelingkatelt
el, as he spoke, and was Tapid!Sr fill,
ing it with necessaries• for a journey,
when he was interrupted by a knock
at the door. • ji „ . '
Tossing the satcheAtto the closet,
he Cried ;
" Come in!" -
But his face turned livid as his call
was obeyed, and a
,party of nye en-.
tered pis room: ; : - • • •
Two, pOlieemen • stationed them
selves` on .'his right and left, while
Markham, _Mr. Potter,- and -, Fred
Tryon followed.
' Now, Ir. Potter,", said . one of
the policemen, with ttte face and Voice.
of the DetectiVe VodgeS,' . " will you
tefl'us: where to find those Imissing
ncitesf" .
What - notes ?" . cried Arnold. '
" - Whit does tlds dutmae-mean ?"
"It..meansAaid Mr. e. Potteri "that
your plan •t throw the - robbery'of -Markham's private desk upon'
his nephew has failed. It means that'
'the: five.thcuisand dollars- stolen from
that. gentlejiien are now in your pos
session, exeepting only 'one note giv
seitto Mr.Tryonin paymentof a debt."
"'lt's,a lie !" cried the prisoner ;
but Ms *bite face, faltering voice,
and shaking li,fabs, were no prolif of.
innocence. " Search - trunks;—
everything I have." ," -•
' • " No, gentlemen,'' said Mr. Potter:
" Draw out the stove; if you please,
and lookin the elbow of the - pipe !"
With a cry, Graham Arnold fell
senselesS to theilbor, as Vodges put'
his hand upon the stove.
• Mr. 31arklia turned to Fred.
There was no w s spoken. 'Hand
clasped hand,' nd each read" forgive
ness and love in the other's eyes.
Mr. .Graham Arnold: 'spent dime
weeks in jail ere histrial and convic
tion ; but 'before -his sentence was
pronoumecd,
„Mr..and Mrs. Frederick
Tryon were crossing the ocean On a
wedding tour to Europe, and only
'Mr. Potter and Fred ever knew of
'Maud's first and only appearance as
a Girl Detective. •
64 like
BOTTOM TAMS ABOUT MULES.
The mule is the Only animal that
Noah didn't take into the ark With
him.. I have looked over. the freight
list carefully,. and;coidit hot •,see a
mule -Way-billed . for any place. So
clear headed - a , man as Noah, did-tkot
care :to_ take one - on 'board, as he
knew he would kick a hole 'through'
her •in less than tv/..week.:-..4. don't
know.. a: man on moo se head you.'
could pour quicksilver and run_ less
risk of its Spilling off than on Noah's.
tle was a-dreadful level headed man,
and , before the freShet was over - eve
rybody-on -earth realized the fact. • .
The origin' of the mule Is inVelop
ed in a crood . deal of mystery. Tra
dition JiTforrUs us:that. when th,e, flood
had % subsided and the ark had landed
on Mount. Ararat, 'Noah was very
much susprised in one of his first 'bb
Nervations to find a .good, healthy
mule standing on the top of an ad
joining mountain. The same traui 7
dition informs us Oa . the .mule is
,theonly..tinimal that 'lived through
the flood outside of the . ark.• .
mile The. can be , considered in
good many ways; thimigh tile worst.
\place from which to ; - consider him
is \ from behind, anywhere within
radius of ten feet... I never -.consider
a mule, from that point, unless I am
looking \ out thiougli the flue of a
boiler. .\ , • •
Sea.captahis and people 'who have
to:do with mules always. pay' `an ex
tra-ra e to lifinSurance coin
pa in'e
s, /
. .k.i tile and a belt, of country where
ct,
yellow !mils indigenOus genet4ly
stand_ the, same, as .regards the death
rate. • :
The • word- mule conies. Om the
Greek, and signiiies'" to
, sliop," :end
the mule himself comes.o;i x stop id:
SO. Like multiplied-ttlike produces'
like. GraisliOppersimultiplied by
grasshoppers I prod dee lam me ix t - a nd.
3 - ,
potato' bugs -'mi4tiptied by
.. 'to
bugs produce a aise'in.the price" ,Of,
yeaSt,-. But .. ten - you‘. attempt: to
/
nifiltiPly mu) sthey 'don't" multiply,
and lien t / the Word,„,ride. - - - You may
study your . arithmetic - and read.
.througlii - ill`of ,•Tt 4 ain's leettirei,but
you cannot discover why this 'is so,
.any more than you can why aWoman
cannot put on a : rt(bber Without lean
-rig tip against something.-- - • .
The mule has one mdre• - leg than a
milking Stoolond lie \ can stand. on
.‘ .
one` an7Pwavc the'other 'three round
~
in as many different directions. *He
has only.,three senses, hearing; see
ing, Aul:smellin g . - He has no more
'sense Of taste than astone 'jiigand
Will eat-anyibing that cOntainsniltri
ment, and he don't care two cents
whether it be one per cent. 'or .ninel`
ty-nine. Aill he•asks is' to pass- him,
along his plate,: with Whatever hap
penstobe handy . around the pantry,
and he-won't go aWay•and.blo* how .
poor the steak is. lie just eats what
ever is Set. before him ftlitt asks' noqnesti ... . • ,
questions. . - - .
•• - Mules, are naturally deaf, :but that
supreme wisdom that teaches thellit
tie boy to wile: his 110SCPII his slecVe
4as fitted 1,11. e Mole out. with a • pair
of ears . that.cohnteracts its deafness,.
so he can hear as-readily as a person
when you don't want him to. These
ears answer a liouble purpose-Lis
tunnels.tOpour sound. into his. eArg,
and, also as fans to ,brush„away 'the
flies and keep his head :cool, They
are hung by hinges to the side of his
head, and. flap .baCkward and forward
like a pair of wet trona - era, around .a
boy's legs.. In cold latitudea - quite a
tasty thisiness is done, in mule's ears,
Thelsars are cut 'MT and dried. And
,sold for snow shoes,.. and ' then: the
stubs - -are - trimmed up and the:Mules
are sent -South and sold for horses.'
In this warn great Mau horses Were
purchased for-the army by the.Vnit
ed States. .•
If I weie to have 'a bate' pieture
of'innocehee to hang up in _my.
lor, and I did not want to sit.-for it
Anyselt, I should get a correct 'like
ness of it mile. Ureic is innocence
ehoUgh depleted in It mule's totinte
nance to fit out a:Sunday-400ot
dim - 'lt looks _ as guiletesStis an
gle wet* .'
NUMBER 13.
-4 'A mule nevergrows old or dies.
Once brought intoistence, he con
tinues on forever. The original mule
is, now alive, sothewhire in the South. -
Mules are :hie fiY found in the
South and west.,„ They have -been.,
more abasedithan.lndas Iscariot:. - A
boy who-woe - id-not ,throw &stone at
a mule if he got a 'dance would be
considered bi - iihr-parenta as too
mean to
The mule is a good worker; but he
cannot be' dipended on. Ile is lia
ble to strike, and when a mule strikes.
huinan calculation fails to find out
any rule by which to reckon when he "
will go,to work again. *,
It is useleis to pound Lim, fol. he -
will stand more beating ',haw - a sit
ting room carpet. ,' He'
_has been
known to stand eleven days in one
spot, apparently -thinking of some •
thing, and then start elf again as
though nothing had happened. ,
Down-South. when they ha v e
_a .
surplus of darkies on the plantatio n
they send them out into the barn
\ yard, where, there is a 'loose mule. -
They always bid them good-bye
when they start out, for they are
stire \ the parting will be final. This
is the 'most economical style of fu
neral now in the market. • -
To fulliappreciate the mule, one
should listen \ to - his - voice. You nev
er can know really whether you like; •
a mule or not till you have heard him.
sing. I attendecta mule contort at
Fort Snelling. Th4rogmmme open
ed with a
.soprano \ spit), and then
swuni up into a duet,/ and then
prane6d off into a trio, followed up•_
by a quartette, and ending with a full
Chorus. of 150 mules. I didn't hear'
the whole thing, for when I came to,
the-regimental
. surgeon, was standing
over me giving pOwerful restoratives, f
and I heard him say that I might • ,
possibly get out again; though I
would never be a well man. I have
been through the New York stock
exchange, and spent part - of". day in
aboiler factory, and have been on
One or two Sunday school excursions •:
for children, but linever knew -what
noise was till I heard - a lot of_ar,u4 -
mules bray: -
c _o,ne of the dead certainties about
'a mule is that he is sure footed, es
pecially with his hind feet.,) He nev
er misplaces them.. If he ,advertises
that his -feet will be at a certain
place, with a sample of mule shoes
to which he would call your attem
tion, you will find him there at the
appointed time. He is as reliable as
the day of judgment. Every -man
now living who drove -a mule team •
during the war. now draws a pension. *;
I never owned a mule. I came
near buying ,one once.' -He was a fine .
looking animal ;'his ears - stood up like
the side spires of an-'Episcopal
Church. His tail wifs trimmed down
so that it 'looked like a tar brush
leanini up against biro. He' was
striped off like the American flag,
And Raphael's cherubs never looked
more -angelic than did that mule.
looked all innocence, though hi was
in no sense. The' owner sat the
'wagon, with his chin resting on • his .
hand and his elbow resting on- his .
knee. In the other hand he held a
•
stick with a brad in the end;Of• it. I
examined the mule and asked the •
man a few questions, and out o l f-me, re -
-form inquired if the mule was kind;
or
.if he kicked? "Kind? Kick ?" -
said the Man,- and those were the last.
words he ever uttered. reached
his stick over the front'of the wagon
and stuck the brad into that Mule. -
It was awful to see . a man - snuffed
out as qiiickly as he was, It alMost
took away my breath, -he went so .
suddenly: I never saw the thread of •
.life snap so- abruptly-as it did on - that=
occasion. He didn't have , time to
leaVe a message for his family. That
Mule . simply duciked its head, Wand •
then 'a pair of heels flew out behind ;
there was. a crash, .a flying .of aplin- "
-tens, and that was all ; and the next
moment that mule andd stood-alone, ,
my face covered mitt( astonishment
two feet deep, and his covered - with
part of an old bridle. 'The next day ,
I 'read an - account ill the telegraphic
news of a: shower of Alegi In Ken
tucky., I - was' th 4 only man that
could expla ,j h that phenomenon, and .
I did not are to, lest I should 'be
implicated with the other - mule. '
I have seen death in many _forms, '
but I don't recollect of ever seeing a .
:funeral gotten up with less pomp and
di-play than on that occasion. If I.
b'kd-my choice to either'work in a ni- '
itrollyceriae factory,.Or take - care' of
a mule, I should go for the, factory,
as in case - of an explosimi,, there .
'would ;be More possibility of my
friends _finding some little mementoes
of ,me, with which ' to , assuage- their
grief. A very small piece of me
would lighten a very big sorrow.
I will hunt round and if I dud any,
other, faCts that belong to the' mule,
1 will write 'them down, and send -
them to you by express C. 0. D.--
Bostwi Globe. - - • .
LAUGHTER
. The followiticr paragraph we
lloatingthrouglithe newspaper world,
occnpying a prominent apace_ in the
local department of some of the most
influential. journals
. in the State. As
it suits ahnost \ every locality, where
people of buoyant' spirits and jovial -
'disposition dwell, it - *ill - assuredly
find-willing-readers in this . hititude. -
-• After all, what : a capital kindly,
honest, jolly,:glorious good thing is a s •
laugh ! What a tonic! What a diges
ter ! What a febrifuge ! What an exei
cisc of evil spirits! Better than n
walk before breakfast or a naP 'after
dinner. How it shuts the mouth of .
`malice, and opens the brow of kind
ness W hether it discovers * the gums
of infancy, or age, the. grinders .of
folly>or the pearls of beauty ;.whether
it racks the _sides or deforms' the
countenance. of vulgarity, -or deep,.
ens the visage,' or _ moistens She eye,
of refreshment—in all its pliase - s and
on all 'faces, contorting, relaxing ..
overwhelming, bonvulsing : thiowing
the.hurnan (orm into- happy, shak- .
ing quaking • idiocy, and turning
the human countenance into Ism:ne
ttling apprepriate, to. 'Billy Baton-0. ,
transforMation, under every .:circam
stanee and everywhere a laugh is `s;
g,loribirs thing. • Like a "thing ..of.
'beauty," it- is " a joy forever."- -There
is.ne - remorse in it. It leavei no.
sting, except in the sideti, and -that.
soon goes off.. Even a single - en
'participated laugh is a great affair to •
;witness. ' But it is seldom single... It '
is more .infectious than scarlet feter.
ton cannot gravely contemplate .4
- A - f there, is one laughter and
one witness - forthwitli there:are two
laughteri: And so. on. The ~con---
vulsion is propagated like ' sound,
What a thing it is when it becomes
epidemic. . . . '
" Laughter ! 'tin a pone man's plaSte t ,
Covering 9p each sad disaster,' •
Laughing, he forgets his trinibles,
Which though - teal sbent but..bunbieth
Laughter: whether loam' mute; .
• Tells tbo human kind !nun brute,
Luagttter: tioturapvlug roles;
• Ittlittog us to mkt? a ettolio •
And to coil from tbneny porn , . - :
Leaving ttionts sad iota/ flowC.
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