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V ATTORNEY AT LAW.
' Middlatror. PaJ
lit. CoU eotioas d ell Kkif pref.esfaeial
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e ATTORNEY AT LAW.
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JOHN K. HUGHES, K.cj.,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
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Y.
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s ai ir.Tioisjr,F,cp
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kibe puhlie aa Vendue Cryer and Auciion-
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A, ATTftMNCT AT LAW k
" DISTRICT ATTOBNT,
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T7. F. HAKSEIL,
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... Queenware,
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. , -, . PUILaP LPHIA.
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"CUIBMOUNT HOUSE
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OEORQB OUTER, Proprietor.
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pot Hd ta at,iy bMa rabnili aad r.
. . w - -
Bldd. Borm commodious Ibelsble wall
soppliod with the Heat iha market afford.
-ana terms airHUr.te.
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PAXTONY1LLE, (Beafkr Btatloa
HENRY BENFKR, Proprietor.
Tba Unriertlaned Bflnnfta till. mathA f lithM
in Iha pahlle that a. Iia. opened a hotel at th.
1 """mi pian, solo, roan ma rhiii
r Hna, and that a In itrmwrait to
?rUlB th. pablla with flr.t el.w arrnnnnta
"""1... .. UMMI auiu
I am a. lari.
rVy' - - LKEtt HOUSE,
AXcClure City I'a,
R. D. WALTER Proprietor.
Tbla a aaw bouaa. aawl fur ni. had and
If bow opto la tba travallnc Buhlla. It ia
looatad aaar tha dctiot. No affort will b
.pared by tba proprietor lo Biaka tbaatay
of bit gutitt pltaaaal tod agraaabla.
TV VIS HOUSE,
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Oorg Tlory c Son. Proprietor,
atOn.n II.. and Nl.bi ih.
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tauraat la atlaohrd lo iba bolel, whir,
Maa al all boura eaa b had. Tertna
aaraaaabl. 9J3-tf
BUM0ARDNER HOUSE
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Iln.rriHbni'r, In..
A. XX. XaAXtPIg, Proprietor.
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fhrt of kumu will be oatla. Tba bouM b.a Iwan
w.r raoiiaa. IOOtl..l71li
LLEQHENY HOUSE.
Xoi. 811 1 811 Market Street,
(Abort Jitykth,)
PHILADELPHIA
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UIDDLEDUD0. PA
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J THOMPSON BAKER,
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Lewiaburg, Union Co., Pa,
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ur !(. Market bire.l, oppo.ila Walli
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G. IIORNBEIIQER,
JUSTICE OF JHE PEACE,
Parry Towasblp, Sojder County, Pa.
ColleetloDS, Oonrrnoln. and all otb.r boat
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aitauuau UJ
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J.
C KRKITKR.
JUSTICE OP THE PP.Ar-E.
Cbapuao towb'btp Koyd.r Co ra.
.jonT.yancina, LoiiMtina; ana an oth.r ttuil.
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landed to.
JJK- J- W. ROCKEI-'ELLOW,
PHY8I0IAN Abjq BUSOEON
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Mlilitl.lHira and rlclnlty. (Juo.l-tl
FINK ASSORTMENT OF TUB BES
RVE WniSKEY,
POLDURE PEACH WHISKEY.
BRANDY, 01N, AND
SYRUPS
Just reeeired and for aala at Iba Eagle
UOlfJI. ID ill MIU t OUri .
JOHN A. 8TAHLNECKER,
Aug. 10. IH7U.
fIIA.H. II. UOYEH.
Wholesale and Retail Dealer la
RAnnwARK r'TTTMrnv
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Sellosgroee, Pa. ft-llf
B. SLIFKR-S
D.
WHOLEAALI AND RETAIL
Furniture Warerooms,
NO. C NORTH SECOND STREET,
(Uelow Areb, Weal Bide.)
Fartory and MholetaU Drpartmint,
1608 North 6ib Street, abore Oxford,
8tf 1 PHILADELPHIA.
I4cqq r. bogar,
WITH i
JJBEBHOTH, BERGSTRESSER CO.
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
FISH, PROVISIONS, &c.
No. 206 North Whartee, (abore Race St.,)
-7tf FHILADELPAIA.
J B. 6ELHE1MER,
iihtLis fa;
HARDWARE,
Iron, ITails,
Steel, Leather.
Paints, Oils,
Ccach 4 eiddlery7are
AND MANUFACTURER OF
, MARKET BTREIT,
LrBwiBiowti, JL'enn'a.
rwf"r -!
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M1DDLEBURQ
Sele ot Poetry
Wbea you lad a faithful friend.
Keep him, trust bla to Ibe aad,
For the world contains bat few,
Steady, honest, Iria tad tree.
Some are aaly friend, by name,
With affections cold aad lama
Such aaaa I would gladly fee
They art not Iba frieoda for me.
Soma relura yoar lore, and seem
Joyoae aa a sunlit stream.
Clinging lo yon while In health,
Bleat wlib bapplneee and wealth
But when sorrows come and pains,
Aad your wealth ao more remaiaa.
lane inier lore and rrlrndshlpl
Such are not the frl.ad. for ma.
0I? to me a (runty friend,
Steading by ma ta the end, '
Oae wbo.e band may nerer lire,
One lo guide and lead ma higher,
One with lorlng, tender mind,
Leering arllUhne.. behind,
One lo eiaod tha eloser by ma
Wbea the world te nntaiioni try me
Suoh a oae I loag lo see
That's the ttusiy friend for me.
Glee me one who knows no guile,
One with eteady, cheering smile,
One who I eaa trust for ever,
One who wilt betray ma aertr,
Oae m eeore'. thought, to tell.
One wboe heart can keep Ibem well.
Otto whose lore Is strong and eteady
'" iwi oean ror me isreidy,
Wailing but my friend le be
Oh I but that's the friend for me I
THE PU ANTON .SLEIUU.
BY M ATI'S IW MIDDLITOH.
" Ainaada, I winh you'd tell Jane
toburryup that aoppor.r auld Mr.
Elipholet Foe to hia wife, oneeronlni
in the latter part ol February. "I'ro to
go out to-oigbt )iol to go away over
to I'arsborou-h, and it's lima I was off
DOW.''
a. tie a . a
vi nai, ia iiia onroe or oomtuoa
sesie, Ukea you to Paraborougb to
night f akod Mrs. Fox, curioimly, as
she arvso to obey her husbaad'a com
nand.
l Al I a sin a
"uu, Duinii nuais tbo dm
you aikiog ma T You eouldo'l ooder
siaod if I told you. You go and burr
up auppor that's wbut you do l'
" It's buaioraa, builocs all the time
wilh you : rotortcd Mr. Fox, aori-
ly. " You're got lo having so muoli
busiacBJ, Dowidays, that you eau't evou
peak aciril word to your wife !" and
the fl.iunceJ out of ilia rooin.slatnmioj;
be door behind bor.
To have comprehended the full nn-
ture of tho bu aioKS of Eiiphatot Fos
wouid bur puizloJ a ahrowdvr por
no u than bia wife. Iodoed, it rauy br
doubted whether or oo the man him
self bore in mioJ all tbe qiostiooable
traaaartionb in which be had beoo
engaged, and which be looked upoo
.imply as little matters of busioen.
He lent inooey .al wave oo the very
best Mcqrity- bought mortgase, whioh
be inruriably managed lo tbrelose juat
t the right time fur bta own profit,
aod at tho wrong one for all other
parties concerned.
Al one time he itartei) sn insurance
company, possessing suoh astounding
in? advantages thai half bis fellow
townstneo were loduood to insure lo it
at ooco, wbioh was ao sooaor seoom
plivbed tbaa the company failed, leav
ing cvory one I he loser, save Elipbalet
Fox.
But his latest, and most question-
bio traaractioa of all, was to become
sgeol for tho sale of ''some of the fin
ed farming land io the West" (as bis
advertiioroeot read), wbioh proved to
on notuiog moro nor less tnso one
great swamp, without ao scrs of solid
ground io the whole tract
One rniKbl have thought that, after
be affair of ibe iosurunce com piny.
the good people of Hamilton would
bovs begun lo suspeot that Fox's nar
tore too much resembled bis earns to
render soy oew sohemes of bis worthy
of confidence ; but there sro always
fools to be found io every eommuoity,
o matter how smvll it my be, and
our speculating friend found bis nattv
towo nosooeptiuo to the rule.
Among tbe balfdoteo or to who
foil vielinM to lbs luol dodge wss oaa
Abel Weston, a men who bad boso a
small farmer, saved a li(te money, sll
of wbiob three thousand dollars be
had io reeled io Fox's swgmp laao).
Qfal who taigraied to th,p traot.
Weston w tbe only one to return to
Hamiltuu, aqd altsmpt to repqver hia
money.
Buf, although, be brought suit
sgalost Fox tor damages, he fgilod to
oonvloee thejury that tbe speculator
had not acted io good faith j aad, at
th time of osr story, Weetoo sod
bis family wore IWlotrlo great poverty
he working by tbs day fur tbe farm
era io tbe oelhborbood, while Fog
ooonjojered himself only', treojf tbooed
by tbe trsnssolloo.
As wffe left tbe room, Mr. Fos
drew from bU peeks! a letter, which
be bad that saorniog reeeired, qd
peraseAjftr tljf third tJme. Its oor.'
The rriasit Tor Me.
SNYDER CO.
tools. Tbey were as follows i
PAfuaoeouon, Fsb. 21, 13.
Mr. ELipftALET Fox Sit t Do
you want to Invest Ave thoexand dol
lars oa Drat class security T If vou do.
bring tbe money to-night, to Oakley's
riace, oo the farsborough road, aod
I will show you how you ceo do It.
Jonathan Robinson.
M I declare, I don't know wbat to
do I' ba ciclaimod, as bo folded up
the paper aod returned it to it enve
lope. ' I don't koow whether I'd
oeiier go, or not r it may bo some
humbug some trick to rob me. I
never beard of this Jonatbao Robinson
befors. Ho mast bs some friend ol
Oakley's. Pshaw t Ofeouse itVall
right, foi havee't I known Oakley
these ten yesrs f Ten per cont, s
month ain't lo be pickod up etery day
io Ihe week, either."
Tbe mutter thu decide 1, Fox de
scended to suppor, which was no
ooner over than he donoeJ bis great
coat, haroosaed his bone (a staid an
old mare as thero wss io Hamilton)
to a light aleigb, anJ, jumping io.
drew tbe buffalo-robes closely around
him, and stariod off lo tbo direction of
Par borough.
Tbe night was very dark, a the
sky was overcast, and the moon did
oot rise till near morniog. It was
bitter cold, too, and it was aa much
a the warm robes without, snd the
thought of tbo oxpocted ten per cent
s month within, could do to prevent
Mr Fox from taroiog bai.k ; for, if
the truth were but known, he was ono
of the most cowardly and snpertiiioiir
of men, and if thore wan ooe thing be
detested more than soother, if was
goiog out at night with money on bis
person.
Tbe ride to Pursboroogh was soon
accomplished, as Mr. Fox ki-pt the old
maro at her bo.t speed ; and, driving
to Oakley Pluoe wbioh wss situated
st tbe edge of a little pine grove, on
the outskirts of tho towo he hitchnd
bis hor.no to a tree, and, ruooio g brisk
ly up uhe bourdod walk, knocked at
the front door.
Io a few moment a light was seen
approaching through the siJo glasses,
and tbo door was flung opuo by Oak
ley himself.
"Good evoning !" said Fox. 'Can
I ice Mr. Robinson f"
41 Mister who" detmndod tho man.
s gruff t ue, for Fox wai by oo
means a frieod of hi, "Who is it you
want to nee. Fox ''
Robinson," was tho reply ; "Mr
Kobiosoo, that scot me tbe letter
about jovostiog sonio moooy.
Thoro's oo sueh man hero,1 re
turned Oakloy, looking very hurd at
his visitor. ' I'vo lived In this huuse
these twonty years, a you know well
enough, Eliphulet Fox."
" Why, I onderstood " begso the
peculator,
" It's no use to try any of your
gamos on me, Fox,' interrupted tt
other. " I've known you a little too
long you eao't humbug Dick Oukloy
aa you did poor Weston I I'd as souo
throw money io tho firo as Invest it
with yoo!"
" But, my I'riood," cxcllmod Fox,
getting exasperated, " I only '
Hi speech was out short by Oakley
who slatnmod tbo door io his faee,
leaving him stsnding oa the step io a
state of rage and perplexity.
"This is very strange I" muttored
tho puzzled man. as be wslked slowly
back to the sleigh. "Some humbug
here t I guess I'll hurry home as
quick as possible Curses oo that
Weston I Whst did ho ever want to
come baok to torment me for? Oik
ley seem dead sgulosl me now. What
can It all moan?''
Tbo more bp thought oo tbe mat
ter.the more alarmed be became.
" It is oortaioly a plot to rob mo,"
he ssid to himself ; I'll hurry borne
a fast as possible," aod btsteolog to
his sleigh, he onhitched tbo horse,
aod drove rapidly off io tbe direotioo
of Hamilton.
As ba road along ba perceived, in
spit Qf tho darkness, a Isrgs wbite
sleigh al a short distanos ahead of him
Irawn by two white bora, sod eon
isiuipg two persona, completely en
veloped io wbite wolf robes, going io
tbe same direction as himself.
" Strange turn oot," thought Fos.
I'll puss them, I guess, for the sooo.
er I'm borne, the safer my moooy I'1
sod whipping op ibe old mare, ho en
deavored to ovsrtsks ths party ahead
of bm.
But tbe faster be went tbs faster
weal the white sleigh, ootil at length
ba gave op the attsrnpt, aad djew th
reia on his borf
What va hU surprise to nd; that
UU produced no enel apoo tha eqir
Pa) fee M flew or fjtttf tbD, efortf
PA.. MAY 2. 18727
as tb'iugb sums invisible power wore
drawing ber forward.
'Wboat whoa!" shouted Fox.
polling tbe roios tighter snd tighter.
Wbos, Dolly I whoa! ' But tbe mare
only snorted, pulled this ntj aod tbst,
and Continued to dash oo at Ihe same
break ocok speed.
" What can ibis moan ?' exclaimed
the man, much alarmod by the atraoite
con luut of hi horso. " Ml make you
stop or Ml break the liaes!" an I
standing up io the sleigh, he pulled
with all his might, sgia shoutiiij
Whos V
As bo did so, tho reins gtvs way,
and the horse sped on faster thao be
fore, leaving ths broken pieces in
Fox' haods.
Here was a tlilcnimu ! The slcipb
was being whirled slung at suuh a rate
that to leap out in the rond seemed, lo
our horo, milling short of suicide; so
ho sunk back luto hi seat, trembliog
with excitement aod fear.
Wbat could posses his old mare,
that be had driven for ton year, and
knew lo be the slowest old boast lo
Hamilton, to cut such a caper as this 1
Certain'y nothiog short of tho evil
one himself.
In the meantime, tbs whito sleigh
wss flying on ahead, and Fox noticed,
as a very prculiar circomstaneo, that
Ihe eleik'h kept tho samo diatanc
apart, bi own out having guiucd in
a parocptible debtee upon tho one in
advance since be bud Gist observed
it.
Having no lost all ontrol of hi
horso, tho spoculaUr dcturmioed to
call to the persoa la the sloigli oIds 1
to ssiist him io stopping tho anim il.
He accordingly stooJ up once more,
aod shouted at tho top of hi voier.
As he di 1 so, ths while robo wu
thrown parlily back, snd ono of the
figures that bad been burtiod benruth
it turned snd looked Mr. Fox full io
the face it was a grinning bkolelon !
Wilh s cry of horror, Fox sjult bauk
pale soJ trembling into the sloigh,
whilothe figure from wbise cyoless
sickols proccodoJ a phosphorescent
light whim enabled the frihtooed
mm to distinguish the features but
too plainly turned slowly uroutid,
envelope I Itwclf injilio wulfroho suaiu,
while both Bleighs sped oa moro ra
pidly than before.
To describe the feelings of Eliphv
let Fox is u task I daro not a-s iiuo;
for wilh hit wholo suporstitious na
ture aroused, ho ooulii only crouch
down in the bottom of his sluigh,
doubtful whether to leap into the road
or to trust himself to tho loader mer
cies of tho unearthly beings ia tbe
!oigh bofoie him.
While he was thus debating, ho ou
sel ved that the white sleigh bud turn
edoff from the Hamilton road, snd
wu dushin along a narrow path,
which led through tbo woods to tho
foot of a high tod ruggod hill which
lay to ths rilit of Iho main road
Hi own horso followed, although
she evidently made an attempt at so.
istenoo, and they flew on, now strik
rook, aud oow root of trees, which
ran across the oil road, uotil the
frightened man could ooly keep his
place io the sleigh by grssping with
boibhsnd oo tbe dashboard, aod
holding on for dear life.
His terror now sxeeodod all des
cription ; and as they spod slong
tho slay now flying ooe war snd now
the other he mado tbe still nUhl sir
ring with hi erios.
"Help ! hely ! some ooe, for tbe
love of Heaven I" he soreamod.
But on that road, used ooly by toe
farmers lo haul their wood from tho
hill, there were none to hear bim, aod
for all the asiiataooe hi erios oould
bring, he migh,t a woll have saved bis
breath.
Al length the wbite sleigb reached
tbe end of tbo mad and (topped.
To old mare did th, same, aod the
first aot of EJipbslet Fog was to make
a flying leap out of bit i)elgh aod
strike for tbo wooo)a,
8oarco bad he done so when he
was seised by lb,e balr from bobmd ,
snd thrown upon tho snow.
Looking op bs bebeld biinsclf sur
rounded by grlnqiog skeletons of a
similar appears ooe to lbs ooe seen io
the pbootou) sleigh, their eyes gleam
ing with a pbophoreoooe terrible to
behold, while svery aeparato boos on
their Qeabjsss bodies toemod to staqd
out in ghastly perspective, aod a
strong smell of sulphur Oiled be sir.
'aTboa may est not escape o, thou
wrotobed mortal P exolairned on of
these strange beings, sepulchral tones.
Tby tipkednese has axeasded H
bounds, and w would, evtnge rby qn
bappy viotlms I
Al tbis f f Id, lb rff lloooetj
snd, picking up ths man as though hs
bsd be oo a bale of good, they carried
him bolJly to a place, eotne twenty
yard distant, knowo to tho inhabi
tants of Parsborougli as ths Devil's
Den.
It was a gloomy spot enough, di.
rorlly under tho brow of the bill
Above lowered s bentliog cliff, while
the ground beneath it wo covered in
ull direaiims with htie mtisoa
of broken r ok, whioh bad falleo from
time lo lime.
I.ayio th unfortuosto Fox upon
on of these broken masse, the b my
figures joined b inds around hitu, and
commenced a wild dance, thair eye
los head nodding now this way
then snd now that way, whiln the
woods rang with their wilJ, ineohor
enl cries.
It was too much for thu poor rnnn,
and, with a frantic scream of terror,
he sprung to hi fool, and made a
desperate attempt to break from the
ghastly ring.
A he did so he was seised oo all
bMcs, pulled dowu upon ibe rocks,
and a oold spooje prec i to bi nos
tril. A strange senso of giddincs oame
ovor him. Iu vain he struggled an 1
ihouo-.
lb skeletons pressed upon
him. Ho mudeouo more t(Trt to free
himself from from thuir grasp, a i l
found hiinmlf lyiug in ilubittom of his
own sleigh, with the old mare quiutly
trotting into Il imiltou !
Ho slai'led up, uji Jo a grasp at the
reins they were gone !
all, it was uot u dream !
Then, lifter
He felt for
hi money; but, alas! iu stead of five
of tho thousand dol, ar notes ho hid
put iu In pocket-book that nihl,
there rciuuincj only two!
Mystery upon mystery! If tho
"kolctoo wcro but thieves in mask
ii iv wern uuis plot to ro'j urn ol in
money, why did thi'y u)'. tako ail
and stranger still, leave his throe hun
drul dollar gold chronometer ticking
io his pocket !
It was a myttery too deep to fath
om; aod scarce knowing what he did,
he ullowed the old mare to gang her
sin gait, which speedily brouh him
to hi domicile.
The matter did not bear qiitoso
supernatural uu appearance to Mr.
Eliphalet Fox, the next morning when
ho cjiiio to examine hi harouss, and
fouud the remuins of a stout ropo fas
tened to his horse's oollur ; anil
still less did he consider the loss of l)i
money the work of the wautoo spirits
of Devil's Den, when he lua.-nod that
Able Woiion and hii family ha I sul-
deniy lu(t town for part unknown.
But whether the work of the living
or the dead, Ibis strange oecurroueo
brought one great advantage to tho
good people of Hamilton ; for, not
many months later, Fox left the place
aud it is gonorully believed thst tho
aoo reason of bis removsl was the re
peatml allusion, male ou bvery band,
to wbat had become tho well knowu
story of tho " Phantom Sleigh.'1
The Vuio ol amall Cuurlesles.
Civility costs nothing and is often
p roductivo of good results. Ilete U
an instance.
A local doctor of medicine at Bath,
England, has just had a legacy of
twenty thousand dollars, and a com.
fortable bouse left bim by a lady who
was ooly known to bim by hia once
offering ber a seat in hi carriage.
A geotlomsn knowo to tbo writer.
once assisted a very oi l and ioeblo
mso lo cross from the L'nJon Man
sion House to th, Bank of England.
This crossing is a very dangerous
ooe, especially at mid day, when th
city is full of cabs omoibusses, drays
sod othor vehiclos. When the olJ
gentleman col safely across, ho ex
changed cards with hi obligiog young
frieod ; snd ihere tho matter rested.
Some four or Qve years ofter this in
cident occurred, s firm of London so.
lioitors wrote to the youog geotloinan
who bsd taken pity on tbe old mao.
iolormlng bim that a legacy of five
thousand dollars sqd a gold watch and
chain, had beeo left lo bim by a goo.
lleniso who took tbe opportunity of
again thanking him lo bU will, for so
uot of uqlookoJ for civility. It is oot
likely tbit sll will bavs gold wstohea
aod ohslos left to them, or teat buo
dlet of crisp poles, but it Is eertaio
that sou of civility sre productive of
sufficient results to our loner sslves as
to make it worth our while to praotio
tbero. wherever W Qui tbe opportu
oily.
It 1 ferj dangerous to llow toto
tbs b an! of ft loaded guo, for ten to
oae tba gn will bp th tiMt blai r af
the two j therefore if vr attpt H.
two 00,
seea.
Oae-foarth ewhima. eae yr,
One square (10 Haee) aae lBMrtlaa
Krery addltlaaal InaaHloa)
Profeeeiaaal aad Buaineaa earda of
aot more tbaa 1 a II nee. per year.
Auditor, Executor, Administrator
aad Aaaignea Nolioe
Editorial notlcee par lis
100.
7a.
M.
6,00
3.50.
16.
eerlod
All adrertieemeats far a shorter
tbaa ooe year are parable at Iha lima
they are ordered, aad if aot paid tbe per
soa ordoring them will b bold respouaibl
ror taa money.
The Urent Weiatern Car in la-
turanrs Inmpnny Lite
and farm luawrMuce.
BY PROF. J D. nVTtEtl.
Life Insursoce means honesty for
some men, snd policy for maoy more.
in no other way can tbey pay their
debts, or obey the apnstlu s Chirac tt.at
a man ''provide for his owo aud espe
cially those of his nwti lionso."
liul good as is life itisursuoe, farm
insurance in tho tliau ot IiqJs no I
in ten year credit I lioltor.
H itli irive a great iiri.o in ret iro
fra number of .mall tinu.il payment!
ttiil lurin insurance kivc thai boon ri
the midst ol li lo ; life itisuraneo ooly
at the end of it. O.ie gives it for a
man himelf to enjoy, tlioutlnir only
lor lus bcirs. O jc perlonos tin olhur
promisiM.
i'nth, said nil Iri!nnin, "is no
greut cursi', fur it alw.ivs c Miirs j ist
wh. ro wc w.iulJ h ive it, at tho cu I of
ur lilo an I not ul tlio he (iiciin j."
Hut this is more than o n be x.n-i of
life insurance, lor its lih-win come at
I tie wronit oo I of life, uot, liki death
und farm iiisumuco, ut t..o rigiit cu t.
B.'sidc.i, in Ijnu iunii ranee Hie par
intiits uro only nine or tun, but in Hie
ii'iirutii'o they niiy bee-Mtio J tii'ilti-
uiliiiou that th -y will nm iuut t i sev
eral linn's the the value of r am drawn
ut h-t. Tho one i s lottery, th oth
er bi late dealing.
Aifuni, farm iihui'uoco givosyoo in
lflir ou, lt Vl)11 Ci, dU UJt'ouly tt ,IV.
ll.n ....... - : ... 1.1.. I. . . i- . . . I
inif, b u irolj for all .iy iihuh.
insuriinei! tnakus no such pretentions
It is oil jfinf ufirl'tnxii'l nutbiiig ia
tho living present." In Ibis expect lilo
iiisuuiicii ri"i-mhlei the p4leul Tuula
his ol Sidney Saiitli Tlul revureiid
jokcrliul a b ig of oats linn ' jiat be-
''ore tho toni;uo of his ctrriiijo. Tho
!l'ors. hearing tlm oats rattling jut
aiicnj, would ru-n Mrwaru witn uli
hi legs, yet could never uiie thrust
his noso into thosu dainties. Ou the
oilier band tarui innurence gives a mesa
of grain before llu journey begins,
.and all alon many a baiting lo pre
pure for esch hard pull bcloio tho
h'lmc-.itreacb.
Nor is this all. What life iusuraoco
promises is a fixed sum. But ihe luo'J
given by fartn insurance i alwuys
grewiug in value. Less ihan forty
years ago the wholo aca of (owa ooul'l
hvo been bought for forty million of
dollars. It was sold by tbe Uuiled
Stutos for less than that. To-day it
would bring more than ten time I liar,
sum.
Give me tlico Grst farm insurance,
and ihno life ioftirunce.
Wiihio the tweniy-thrco m mths,
tho (ileal Western Farm ItiHuraneo
Company, alia the Burlington Hi Mis
souri Uiver Uuitroad Company, having
sold along their line, in Iowa utid Ne
braska, 351,705 acres
to 3.23S pur
chasers, almobt all ou ton year' credit,
and six per cout. iuterel.
Fanner ! uro yo-i iusuro 1 ?
A Word lor lite llAbloe.
Tho sunon that trios children'
souls and bodies is at han l. Tho
cold damp spason of early spring, with
its pooctrbliog breezes that chill tho
entire system and generate incipient
croup, i ulrealy hcre.tind it behoovo
evorysnxiou parent to boon tho alert
if danger, sol perhaps dotth, would
bo averted. Too many pareots fin!
thoir children' livos cut c IT by tho
want of a little care. Croup al -vny
originates in aooM, and iu moat case
tho cold Is oauH'd from exp ure ti
dampness, either of tho clothing or tba
atruosphuro. In many cases the pu
re a ry cause is iusuffi.-ienl or improper
elolhing. Kspocially is this f' wilh
girls. Oothis poiol a great rtspont-i
bilily lies with tho mothers, ond
when aohild looses its lifooither fr'io,
the wilful Ignorance qf it puroot or
tbe wilful following of a fashiqn that
leads to that result, what I it but in
vitnlg death? Let ipother become
stron; in coDtnin sense aq I resolve
to raise children, nqt to bqry tfaom.
Lot them remember, 1sq, that though
id doss may sometimes be called
"sent from God" in tho sense, that
which i force 1 upon a helpless child,
is nothing (ess than crime,
! . UU
A llciimrkajble Escape,
A few wetks ago, three convict
succeeded in esosping from Black
well's Islund, by means tbst would
do credit to crlroinsls of greater Isms.
l)y their good conduct tbey bsd woo
the confidence of ibe prison sutbori
tiet, aod werp traosfered to the bo
pitsl, whore their duties were fsry
light Meti together io tb wash
room thy bqrqed a boe through the
floor wlib a hot iroo to tbp (owrr
floor, and oop of them lyiog lo a eof
to that bsd boeq brought io for
mso who bad died In tba morniog,
tbo olbprp bhjekened thr eolhDg
with stove blsck sad marpbsd boldly
oot with tha oofljn. Jt wss just duilf,
and thsr rsached tho edge of tbe rlv. '
pr witbant dlotloQ, whpo tha Ihrtl'
embarked ia rp hw 4 IfRl SIM
(oKewferk. Qap fif bl M&Ntf,
wu psplsjrew rtrf tt ds;
Oa aotnma oae year
Oae-half eolenna. oed rear.