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r bis professional services to th pub
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mess cnlrleJ to hit cur will rereivr
mpt attention, f Jnn 3, 'O.tf
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A. ATTOltNKV AT LAW.
.Sflitistnvo Pit..
lit professional service to Ilia f nb
All huiness entrusted to h'n care
1 he promptly attended tn.
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, ATTOUNEV AT I-AW,
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r his Professional service to the pub
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I Ir promptly attended tn.
Jnn 17, "totf
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hM ATTllHN AT I. V.
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n
'ft lil professional service to ic pub-
tollecitons ni-l nil o'ber l'to 'r'urni
bminess entrusted to his euro ill re
i te prompt attention.
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hminess entrusted to li in care will re
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fit (Successors tn J. F. fc J. M. I.lnn.)
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fcr their professional services lo U
tuMio. Collections ami nil oilier pro-
' "ionil business entrusted to their enre
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:? Collection ntnl nil oilier profes-nonn
',iiness entrusted to his enre will re
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i i ittiii!M?v i. nr.rvsr! nn t i hv i
II I UlliK W UVti .1tlt.Vf II I U B ? M
IiMtiiot Vt toiiiv,
M i 11 lol tir SnyiliT County lVtin'it
IHfico ft few iloors Wtst of ilie t ourl
lloiife on Main street, t'unsultiil ion In
tnglitb nl (ie nn in Inngtisges. Kep.'li7,
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Attorney & Ccunccllor
AT-LA r,
Offico N. E. Cor Market & Water St's
I'rrclMirff, I'fiiu'a.
Consultation in both English nnl Oermnn
Lmgtinges. Dec. lit, ,jir.
n KOVUR & 1IAKEU
VT PHW1XO MACHINE
Persons In nenl of a eooj anil durable
Fewing Mncliino can bo nccnmmoiliieil nl
reaaonnble prices ny cnning on can
l ei I'ai'it, Ageut, Seliusgrove. "
Jnn. 21U8
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iienn of MiJJle'jurg nnd vicinity.
March 21. '07
JOHN K. HUGHES, Enq.,
JJfSTICE OF THE TEACE,
Tcnn Twp., Snytlcr Co. !
Y- VAN BUSKIRK.
8UR0ICAL & MECHANICAL DENTIST
SolinsgroTe Tonn.
Yn. WAOXER, Esq.,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
Jackson Townnliip,So)dcrCo. Pa.,
Will attend to all business entrusted to
bis car tod on th most reasonable
terms. March 12, 'tiHtf
U J- V KAN AW EL,
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CentrevlIlP, Snyder Co., I'n.
Offerf bit professional iersleei lo lh
public 0-8"f
CI RAVUILL & Co..
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. No. 420 ,1arkot Blrset, Pbiladslphia.
Keb. 7, 'C7
T. PARKS,
s ATTttRNEY AT LAW 4
DISTIUCT ATTORNT,
MIPDLBBUna, BNVPEU COUNTY. Tt
OHot la Court Hiute, Sept. 15, 'C7tf
J.
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MIDDLEBURO."
10 u.
Alns thai ilreadful alphabet,
Tits b ne nf vhildlino'l's years
Each 1st If re. I primer telle its tal
Of troubles, toils and tears.
1 wonder whjr we all mtin learn
What oft we sadlv rue
'Twere belter far if half lb worlj
Knew naught of I O U.
For spit of all that school books leacb
And all that scholars asy.
These naujihiT vowels were only mad
To lead mankind ft'tray.
'Tie one though never ought but one
Vet one anil one make two
Hence I and I' tbnngh harmles, quite
Conflict In I I.
Dread I O C lbee my.iio vowel.
That every henrt app il
That liaotil the peasint in hiseot
The lor. Ming in hi. hall ;
And like (tie fabled f iirjr bean
That in Jack's Harden grew .
In one short night ihey double height,
These wondrous I O U.
They sour all your sweetest hopes,
And all your diily bread
They make your dinners crush your soul
They loke the sparkU from your win -
our "tippets liirn your head
I ne ii'iviir iroin votir stew :
And dread dyincpsia haunts vour dreams
Her invito, 1 1) U. j
T, . ... , . .
Thcyrebla.otelonyourla.lnewcoach,
They mnrk tho hou-eyoii o ill your own.
To pay for when you can 1"
l nev lirnnJ nur sivlish soan i
iney rouse you from y .nr Minday nap
Wiibin vour cieliioiiei rew :
And even iih the Word of I. if
Is bvni nn 1 O L.
They break the friendly tics of years,
And ehanfre lite frieuj lo f ie.
While smiling Fortune, plucid E lse,
(row pale in want and true.
l'ercliaiire.nl lifl. these wicked vowels
Will giire tits de il lit. due
And when you hnn I him in your chips
Von II Hod it I o 1.'. j
Sflocl "I' ale,
TRAPPING A MURDERER.
Over twenty ye.ira ago (aaid Mr.
W hitmirc. a detectivo with whom I
recently had an interview), I wan on
ui ponco lorce oi .ew i or, "..o
Hummer night, a few iinniitoa paht.
Uclvn.lwiw pueiiig my beatina,.
quiet part of C- Mr. et. when a ,
man called out rrotu a Becoml btory
widow :
"I Hi'.y. Hir, aro you a policeman?'
"Yen"-' 1 repliod. "What iM tho
mutter f
"l iieani a nenvy ar in .Mr. oran-
. . . . w ,
i...,v i ... ...... .i.. i...
,v ...,, wy .. ' V
liavo fallen liurt inmnelt. IteiiiKl
came in a few miniilen ago.
. . ,
you I would ring tho bell."
Mr. Hiadley win a wealthy old
iiaciiuinr, wuo nan uvea eiuireiv
, . . , ,. , 1
mono ior year, iu in uiu mn.oiie,
brick hoiiso. H.h richcH wero a anb-
jecto fietiuentgOHHip, and it wan
naid tlmt in hin Iioune to w nel, mi ;
outmder waa over atlmitted. ho kept
a larce nmount of monev and Hilver-
o J
ware. I rang thu bell, but the ro wan
no renponne.
"Are you mire you saw mm go in f
I linked.
"Yes i nnroofit. He hadn't leen
in half a minute before I heard a
heavy fall I havo heard no Round
nince."
"There must bcHomething wrong,"
I paid, after ringing tho boll a nec-
ond time, and receiving no response,
tnod tho door, but it wan locked
, ,, " ' , , .. . .
door, HUggonUKl tlio mail ai tuo
window.
"I t on t bko to do that. Is there
any other entrance f
"Xch, that alley luat beyond tho
"i 1 worn 1 ii'iiii.i ritvis i
, , . , , - I tAlli
s.epHleadatoaback yard 1 but the 1
.n r.. uuw.j .UK. ui .
rear door.
"I will go and see," said 1 1
and
walking up tho Harrovr allov, I
iu.a.rruw ..e.y, "":
iv tho dun luut of a Blroet
din
covered, 1
lamp near
ny oppoHiio, mai 1110 gaio,
V
stoodopon.
Ilookod in, and pcrcmve.l tliattie,
rear uoor -sun ope.i, siui .a...-, "K"
ahono out.
All wiih Dorfocth oniet. I return-
ed to tho Ktrect, and auid to the man
at the window t
"1 ho gate and back door aro open.
Come down and we'll go in. "
1U Illlll I. 1111. JUtU UU lUII.UU uiu
tbo sidewalk, when I recognized Lira
In half a nnnuto ho joined mo on
an an acquaintance,
named Heury
Collins.
"Ah, is this you ? I
you lived here, ' I aaid.
dida't know
"lea, and I diiint rocognizo you
ben I first spoko."
"Well," aaid I, "thoro may bare
boon some foul work in thin liouao,
and we had better both go in."
We went up tho alloy, into the
yard, and entered the opon door.
The rear room waa evidently unod aa
a kitchen i and guided by tho dim
light, we panned throngb another
oien door into a narrow ball with a
btairway. Near the ntroet door was
un old tablo, on which stood a light
ed candlo, that bad burned to within
an inch of tbo candlestick. At the
foot of tbo stairs lay Mr. Bradley,
quite dead, and a frightful wound
upon bis bead convinced mo that be
had boon murdered.
At my request, Mr. Collins burriod
away to the police station, two bun
dred yards distant, to inform the
captain, while I took the candle and
made a baaty examination of tbe pre
mises. A number of drawers in tbe
second story back room bad been
brokeu opon and ransacked, and on
tbe floor lay half of afresh-looking
newspaper. Knowing that the old
bachelor was not in the habit of
inondinar monev for nswsDaners,
it struck me that the robber might
Sfe,ffip&L 4r If 1
SNYDER C0UNTY7PA
I ItiiTe lm.l it in liin pm-ket, and potttii-,
Ibly nnmlthfl other liulf lo wrnp tip
l,i,:M.t'
liiai, in a linrrv, wbat tnicht iirovo a
Vttluablo cltio. I the) elore folded up
tlio frngntPtit, nn.l put it in tnv poek-
it. A moment after Mr. Collins rn
titrnud, ncpompnniol by tiovernl ofli
coin und a mil yeon.
To ntnko thin pnrt of tlio story
brief, I will atute tlmt tlio tinititl form
nlitien followed, the body beinpj lmn l
ed over to the poronrr. nnd tlio cuao;
waa plappd in the hand of tho do- j leave of M r. M . wiyiittf that 1
teetivett. I at flint lntoltded to Kivej thotijfht I knew where the paper had
them tho bit of newspaper I hud j eome from, and lM?o;ini hit pardon
picked up, but I had mime ambition for having treated him ho rii.le'y.iind
to bo a deteetivo mynelf, tud oon-! huiteltoj down t tho office of Ilie
eluded tn keep it, at" leant a day or hotel, where I examined the reislcr.
two, to hpo if I could find a clu'o from tindititf the unnio of J. l!ron (the
it Jt waa buky I ditl Idu eetive), with room Twenty one
On tho follow imr alUrnoon, 'whilo aasined. I know tho clerk, mi l I
off duty, and walking nrottnd in or .j
dinnry drens, I punned op'p.mito a
well-known hotel, to watch notne
pain tern win wero at work on a man
Hwitiing-luddcr untie" tlio cuven.
and my eyes chanced to alight on a
who nut bv n third-story window,
''IT-"; '.V clitf.itf.M 111 packing a va
'i"" iim siihiow ivnsn ini, iinnan
h'J lifted Homo article from the le Il'ii
to atoro it h ny. a piece nf newnpa
per on which it hud been Iviu-' was
' . , , ...".
! draught of air, ntld ('limn tllltteritig
Idown into the gutter near tnv feet.
' '
I might not have noticed thin tri
. fling circumstance, but for the man
tier in which the paper had l"cnl rn
that in, not in a alraight line, but
'ulmoht in the form of the letter V. nn
I though it had been done hittriedly.
I Thin, I remembered, corrennonded
wit'.i the tiieei! 1 had nicked no in the
! murdered man a house, and lniinteh-1
cd it up and went to an ndjacent nl ,
ley to cotnpure them. What a leap'
mylieart gave, when I (Uncovered
11..., Ilt.i tu'n liuK'itii ft tliA lunu.. dt
ted together exactly. Thcro wan no
doubt of it.
"t )u hin track," I muttered. "Aha. 1
old fellow, yoii don't tret off w ith
that valine ho cnailv."
And being familiar with tho interi
,.,. :
, , ,OJ , ,
. f .,!.,.
, 10 ,;.,. , .,, , ,iow, I rapped
tltlv " llm door, ao a not .to 1
r. .-.i . l. ... i.
tiu.1 ii: inn. iijmi
Com.) in." Kiiid a voico within. :
I opened tho door and recognized,
...:M ...1 .... I... .1... 1
null m'llli'tl uil It imtr ot t't" mil urn
, ,, , - ..,:..
" " i'"
the vn inc. a tank ho had .1st com
., . , , ,,.
I'U n-'l. Ill mi 1. 1,1,11 oi.ii in.,, I ii
forty years, with a chain nhaveii f.ice
'that wore an expression. if craft iiicnn.
I He neetned nomewhat c itifuned when
, , , ,. , . i .
1 filtered, nn, I he nan I :
A , tllll it WIS U, y,nlr
I(lV(,n.t n;i(i, B Ii)ihfiiI.(.
....,', r,.I)lvillL, , .lelibprat-lv
l,,..,, , (lor ,'m ,, ,lt the kev ill I
M kt,t whio h() aroJ milll;(lll.
, -
"I hco you aro getting ready
have, ! remarked, narcantically.
"Yen, but but "
"Suppone you stay in Xow York a
little longer," 1 interrupted.
"Why, hir, what do you tiipnn ?"
he fxelaimud rising from hin chair
"Oh, nothing of great conne
ipicnce," I replied coolly. 'T'er
hitpn voti wouldn't object to mv tak
ing a look into that valine, eh f
?.1t,r,m,m .. , tho kind
i ...
ncRs to get out of my room, no ro,nmi took my leavo.
; torUhl My lirst step now was to go to nn
l!o had taken tho valino from tho establishment in which Ib iuy Cl-
fl , j u.k,v Bn,lt(.ll0(l it froIll iuH wa8 ..mpl.cd and in.iira for
j hi(n , (;(!, iIuIl0 whon . llilu
... .,..,. i.i... .. .i. ..,, ,i.. m .l..;,,,, .., ;rrinr,,1 th..t
"I1 Ol'ltll. II. U Ik llll l.ei.l III" ,
..th Bl.nilillJ, ,110 reeling,
..,, iin rnom ... bt-rn I broui'ht up
I against tho door.
He then Htmtched
up tho valino which had fallen from
my hand, threw it ontho bed, and
i i.
' fllMri'l I 17 iivntlllllllll 1 I
'aro you drunk or'tanco when I caught a gliu.pno of the
ai a it'
! , v,..u'l I i.wt tlmf Let, an. 1
. . niv rniim op . wiii throw
room.
you out of tilt
r ,
..;, l..iv t"
" ani,1 T.lrnwino mv
- mitl I'lrnwtng my
" m ux
revoiv(.'i. i. it.ii mi
omcer, ami am
hero to arrest you for tho murder you
committed last night."
Ho Htared a moment, then a cliango
camo over hin coutitenaucc, and he
I , , . ...
M 4 ow 'nau.l lairly roared with
.(.llllll,UI
Come, you can't play that said I.
"Tbis is no laughing matter. Where
aro tho money and Hilver -ware you
took from Diadley 8 house T
"Aro you really an officer ?" bo
anked, growing serious again.
"Certainly I am. 1 'erhnps you
never saw this bit of paper, sir," nnid
I, displaying tho piece that bad
blown from bis window.
"My friend," bo repliod. "1 admire
tbo earncHtnesH with which you g
about your duties as detectivo, but
you have by somo means orother got
on tbo wrong scent. I am very sor
ry I struck yon in a moment of an
ger, and hope you will pardon nio. I
am Charles M , a Doston deteo
live, of whom you havo probably
heard. I r.rrived about daylight tliia
morning, and bavo since been taking
a good sleep, before attending to a
little buninens in Brooklyn. I regis
tered as J. Brown for a reason yon
will readily comprehend. Here i my
card, and here are some slight evi
dences of my Tocation."
Here be took two pairs of hand
cuffs from bis pocket and jingled them
before my astonished gaze. "By tho
way, if that is the piooeof newspaper
tbat fell from mv window, and you
think it has any connection with tbe
affair you speak of, it will probably
afford you ao important clue. I
. SEPTEMBER 17, 1874
fottn.l it hero, whero it wns prolmlilv I
left liy n former lodger, nn.l I tliink J
tlw.rn iii n. iitinwi on tlin tiiimriti."
T pxaniined tlm tnntL'ill over Hip
titlo of tho jmptjr, nn.l t my anion j
ishmetit found written in pi tied tlio
nntiiontiit nmideneo of Henry CoU
linn. It wit h weekly papi r whieh I
observed wiih piibliHlied in a little
pity lio bud foitiiet'ly lived in, nnd it
ditto wm no rerent lliitt he inilut liuve
rei'eivpd it on tlio very dny preeeilin
tlio mitr ler. I immediately to.ik
inquired :
"When dit! Mr. Drown t iko room
Twetity otie f"
"I'.arlv thin mottling when I was
not ou .Iutv."
'id any one occupy tho room
during tin' tiijjlit V
"No or. yen let me nee.' he re
plied, lookinii over the pr litiu'
patro of till' reu'inter 'here tin
nunio of Harvy l-.Uott. I remember
now. He wan without batfag" and
..: .,. . rillllll : nilvil,1(.. s ...j,,,.
! ....... .. -
he wanted tn lio called nt tiilee
.o'clock. The jioiter went up at that
hour, but the door wa op"ii and t!ie
bed had not been tdeptin. Thenther
cletk mentiiilieil to mo that he gave
the Himie room, thin morning to Mr.
I'rown, because ho wanted a front
; room."
'Po you romeinber the appearance
of Elton ?"
"Yen rather niuull man, with full
black benr l."
Henry Collina wnn a Rinall man.but
wore no heard. Of courso my nils
iiieinnia weru tired on him an nottli
I dmcovere.l hin naiuo on the margin,
lof the newspaper, yet I li-ver .beam !
ed that hewaH capable of committing
u crum
Mv mind now underwent a hcriea
of rapid changes,
One moment I
r,..rnrdeil it nn ultnont certain tlmt
u . ii;a i..i .,1.i.il.i t., .1.,
witb tl,.. i,..ir.1..e i II,., i.evt moment
' would nav to mvaelf, ' It in pre-
posteroun; he in no Hitch man. 'I here
.. tl lilllU.ltlit IV. tli(4 ll!4l,,r 111 '('lit
;......,.....,..... ....j.. ... es"-
have got into other hainln. Ilo may
have lent it to old Eradley ; or it
.. I,,, ... f,.tl,.n fi'itm l.iu iviu.l Ml .
.'"''ij '" " ' "
' i. ,.. i....... 1,,-t it from bin i.,., !,
' ' . . : ..
e. Whv Klioill.l lie Have callcl tnv
,..,
tltioli to HludlPy n limine I
He
!idcn, he wearn no beard.
I On the subject l thin bravd it did
not :tl lit'Ht occur to me I nai ne iiiim
have worn a falno one: but it did
filially, and I recalled very noon
afterward, what 1 now regarded an n t
most suspicious cireiimtitaiice. '
It wanaliont midnight that Henry
..itli.u ..! 1 (1...I Me l!,.l',v I,.,.!'
.'linn ',i. Hi" iim.w y
i :..!..... t .. I .......
tv remembered that the bodv wan c., Id
;...,.l 1 1... I llet v.a.i.t in ol,.l I
' hastened awnv to llleet the nilrgeoii
who made tho examiuai ion, live
minutes later.
had the good luck to find him
hooii, mill in reply to my inquiry, he
ntiited that Dradley must have been
deatl two h, .urn when hn wan called.
"Have tho detectivej found till V
clue V he uskeil.
"Xot that 'in aware i if,"
replied.
.
"p,
ho had askd and obtaim d kuvo of
alnenc0 to vmit Irelitoti.
! 1 next ntarted for hin limine, whi, h
J wan half a milo distant carefully look
ing tip and down every Mrect I
t ......1.. 1,. .if ,.f ti,,. ,1;
t If .Iflnl'tl, A lllftil llJiaaiss liiai a
1 1. iv inoii I wan lookiiu' for.
I He wnn coming towar.ln mo on one
lof tlie ei'osn streets, sllowinv that he
' bad not como directly from l.in hoiinn.
" J
,. . ,. ' . . i - -
wiUUeil a small, rougn-ioosn. man
whom I did not know, and with whom
ho wiih conversing earnestly. 1 went
a few steps to meet them
aild WHS
within a vard oi tin.-iu uuioro
... .... . .
Col
linn saw 1110.
"Ah, bow aro you, Mr. Colhns V I
said.
Ilo started visibly, buton reeogniz
lii. un, M,i,...e,1 to recall) bin com
ii.iuio-u mi. I ntiHwer.-d mv hi. hi tat ion.
.rr.,,,,, ( - --.
Ho would havo panned on, but I de
tained biiu by panning in front of
him and opening a dialogue,.
"Not going traveling ?'' said I.
"Yes a blunt distanco only to
Now Haven."
"Wouldn't it bo just ns well to go
to Trenton T" I asked, in a signifi
cant tone, eyoing him keenly.
Ho turned very pale, and in a voice
that quivered perceptibly, naid t
"Oreat heaven, Mr. Vbitmire!
what do you mean 1"
'I mean that you and your friend
must go to tbe station w itb mo."
With a look of dispair on bis white
facothnt I novor shall forget, be
dropped bis valise, and staggered n
step or so to an owuing post, which
be grasped for support.
At tbe same moment bis compan
ion turned to dart awiyi but luckily
to men, who bail just stoppod on tbo
sidewalk to talk about something,
stood directly in bis path, and bis
movements being confused, I reach
ed biin with one bound, and seized
him by tbe collar, warning him not
to resist
lie wm thoroughly cowod, while
NO. 9A.
Collin Imd too littlo Htretigtlt left him
to nttempt nntp.
In fivo tninilti M I timrclied llieii)
into tlio nt:itlotl. oietIier Willi Ilie
vulise, nnd lind tlietn Wked up in
neparate celln.
I then told the cuptu'ti tho whole
ntory. Ib wan dinponed tn think, a!
lirnt, that I had made a bliiu.l i-; but
on iplC'itiotiing the two prinouern
and especially on examining tin
valine, nud finding a lirgn h liu o!
money in it. he conclude J that I had
caiiptli' tho re.'ht men, dinbtuei'd
the regular deteetivvn.
It proved to lie i.o nn.! the twi
tiienwiio duly convict 'd of nrtrder
ioti evidili vi that wan bcvotld all din
pilte. Ill Iced, whell Collilin lo -t a!
, hope of em-aping the gallown, he Wie 1
n i broken down that he ma In a fi!'
I e.infesMioti, giving Hubntauli'illy tin
I following account of the crime :
I he nloiim of lilii lley n (rve it
I wealth had litnt put it into hin h. a !
to rob him. l?y witching u lote:
I time fimii n back window he had
dineovi':e I t'e- li itai'e of the fasti tt
, itign by w hii-li the b-id; door a'el
('.ate st'V" neeittvd. lb- Wan led Ii.iM
elioilgll to Ull'b'l tnk.i the disk i!olf,
but he knew a certain ha 1 character
tl'lined KeVelll. t iwleiiuhe eolilii-.c'.i
hin nchetne, tlesci ibilig tie-f .tellings
of Urn Hi v n gate ami dour, an I ;tn .
ing him it' he could force them.
j Kevcrn n ti I he conl 1 and readily
entered into the plot, 'liny went to
' work a little lifter d irk, one iti;.ht.
' when they knew that l!i il!. y ha I
gone nut. but the fa tellings of the
: rear door resisted much longer than
tiny ha 1 rpectcd, nnd they hid
' nearly Hiiceeede l in euleting wln 'i
, Dradley came in at the front d mr.
In. Le i it llltd lighte I hi t ea'elle.
1 1ctetlilincd tl it t be foiled now.
' they rushed upon the old man nn.l
ntruek him down " itli the tools t'n
h 1 1 l e ai ilHiug. This, it Me- ins, was
' .( u ttitm ami ten oVl...-:i.
, 1 then ratina-ked the
hottse.
chitllv
'"'""-f "im..i. hi., e mv,,;.
in bank-iioten The litter were in a
nieie.t ei.tniitioi.. an .1 tomai.e,.
compact nun. lie oi tueiii. v oiuns
ha-tilv tore in two tlie fatal newpa-
p.' r
whi. h he ehance.l t have in hin
pocket. tlH.llg I tie half I wrap hi
npoila in. and in Inn nervous I
hasle
l-wuig the ..tin r lying upon
llOlir.
the
In order to examine their plunder
at lei.-ure, they wa nt to the lintel al
luded to where o' ftln in engaged
a ro-ini to which he repaired, and in
which ll" Wilt HO'UI joined by tile
.other. )loli were disguised, a por
j timi of Collilin" being'tl false lo ud.
I CnliilM felt no llei voua nvi f the
awf' l alViir, that night, that Im won!.!
not take nny of th" plunder home
with him. and so. alt -r counting tha
IllolieV. he intrusted it to Kevel'll for
ilie niht.willi nn iiinh t'slamli.ig thai
they should i 'I nct day, take a
lll lo .N eV I lavi 11, llll.l tliel'e (, It'll
' I I , I I I
ileoosit Inn n Hire III a haul; III Ins
u name, or nny nam.
'chooHf to nss'U
he might
Wheii Kevcrn made a pn k:ig" of
the money again, he picked np a
fragment of atiotht r newspaper Im
found in the room, h aving that bear
ing Cull ins' name I', iter up ,n the
lloor. Jt waa t:!ioitly lifter Collins
returti'"l home, that ni:,'!it. that he
called my ntteiitioii t Dradley's
hous(i, fooiisl.ly thinking tliat. bv H i
doing, he woiil I never come within
range nf silspit inn.
Collinn died from pure terror be
fore the day appointed for hin ex i
tion ; but Kevcrn p ai 1 tin! ( t f ane
penalty nf the law.
It was thin case, which I Worked
up on my own I'.eeouiit,, and in which
I wan largely ussisle 1 by mere chance.
11,11 K,,v" V".' . 1 ' . " ",J ' '
"''' ' '"' '" l,M -) . "
cc,. . , s,, ......... ..-
worked harder nnd displayed more
wwjii'ity than I .lid oti that oec isi.
tn'ttllitllt II llli ill I I 1 1 . Ul - Is t U, (ITllllt. I
1 .....
without uccomplishiiig ho great an
"'
I Mr. John O. Stevens, a young mat.
, . i., ,.,,.,, t ,.i,.,iit ti7:-).ii.l.
I aim l.,,i l,:u .1(1, lilt!.. ...-.n'o. t
,-.- ..
to him beeaiiH,- nf a .bngusluig wen
, p"n Inn face and nek, covered with
, lOI'o aiel Mlilli;,',. ! I eneiiioiini;
1111 iirumal man could n,n it
without a Hhildder, and la lien fainted
at tho sight nf it. It wan a keen
nfliictioii to Mr. NtL-veti.n, and ex.Mti d
a very depressing ilVoct upon bin
spiiitn. life uhiiost becoming a bur -
1 1 h'll to L.ll
Tho In st phvsiciann in
Kuropo wero eonaulted who Hani the
removal nf tho ttxcrescelio would re
sult in death. lr. William Packard
however, of Boston, thought it eoiild
bo removed, and was willing to un
dertake tho operation. Tho young
man grasped at tho straw, promising
lr. 1. 1? 150,000, if ho wusHuceei-nful.
lie did succeed, using electric knives,
findiug thu skin beneath the tumor
nn.l uiii.jttli fia tlmt rli i.liv !
otbor portion of tho body. The
young man ia overjoyed and lr.
Packard is particnlaly hnppy.
Tho roHs of Florida, the most
beautiful of flowers, emits no fra
g'-anco 1 the bird of I'aradi , the
moot beautiful of birds, give nosoug;
the cypreaa of Greece, tho finest of
trees, yiolds no fruit 1 dandies, the
shiniest of men, bavo no senso 1 and
ball room belles, the lovliest of crea
tures in the world, aro often equaiiy
deficient.
A Delaware girl puts on great airs
because she has beeu tbe canso of
five suicides sniohg the young men
of hsr neighborhood.
Al vti1 IhIiiut KMtfts.
Oiip polmiin imp ypur. t)1''! 0
I liip-lmlf, iNiliitim, i tip ypftr, I
Otip-fiHtrtli p'llnmn.iitip ypnr. .'!
Oiip sipmrp (lit lini'sl I inscitioit 1't
Kvpi v uMitintml insrrliiiii. . 5tl
Profi'iii n il ti'iil l!niiip fiiril of
tint tnnri' tlinn "i litii". per yi'iir,
Atnlitor, Kxprtitnr. Ailiiiinitttvitnr
nti'l A'Mivjnpp Xnti'p,
Kihtniiiil imtiri-s per lino,
fi.Oi)
n
All advertisement fur it sluirter pe
rioil iksui utie Veur tire l:i -nMp it t 1 1 m
rtiiitt) tiiPfWo ir.leied, iiml if nut puid
the pnrf'ii urdi-rini; llirin will lie li.dil
rfspninilili' fur tlie money.
NEW MEXICO BP.CAO.
flow tlie nll r. Irf. , (.n I tier, nil,! t.ijnd
U lnol.
A corrorp n lent, of that bright
Oilftial. the Milwaul.ee ' '. , writ
ing from Ool Icn City, Coloialo,
nny.nj :
A f trangef trivcling in New Mexi
co and eating nf thv bread til I hi
the e in eurioun to know how mid of
what it ts made ; from (lie color and
taste, nf the black loaf before hen, ho
n unable t b !1 whether i be of
vll.'at, nf oafn. of c.i !!... or oi'ji l ilo
I'll ;n. lie I ,.(, "! th ' Hi liele an
ibanlofinil I ):ie Itio ithfiil i suf
iieieltt lo st iy his npp'tite in that.
li.ectioli. and il : Men t) try tlie
hilig eht" All 1 M ! l.e don't know
uhit to ask f..r He fe.li m ry mueii
is the in aain a eeiliiii restaurant,
I d. who, having ta'oai a sip 01" s.eno
ule C me. .' iotl l et b.'f .fe him. e -elaimed
: -Well. I de -l.re '. What i'
li s ' ?Jee here, waiter, if this is e .I'l'i" 1
. I- tig Ilie te.i.ii'i 1 ii' t'.i is t"U. I W.l'tf.
'oil' ..,. I his bread e; w '1 a i 1 bre a I.
ill I of lit ' 11 i 1 H il" 1." u en t'r
.lieiil 1111 del ms l, ! ne it in iiiado
into bread. I shall give a short ae.
t'ollllt.
In tin1 first j.'nee. in (U'.iia- that,
wh at cm 1 bonne 1 win at must bo
n iw 11 an 1 I e' ire it in si cam t a gr, oitld
must lie 1 r. pa; 1 d Thi 1 we nil
know; but let us k:i w ah; iiinvt'r-n.
oie, ationn are ,ei f.n inc 1. We!!,
1 1 1 . 1 . the gioun 1 i 1 li'.' l ,'.o i.'VvJ or
raMn r s.'fat.'h.'d. with tilt hup .m-tit.
deej.l, ..py ,iiiii;!ive in cer,1 lr i"'i ',,
w hiell eolr'.ts of a p ,!e ni l a stick
lioiiu I t g, to, r wiih i.iwh! I s ' 1 1 1 i -a
iiie.,,;i in draw 11 by a yoke of men,
whieli are ;ttta,vie,l to th p ilc an 1 in
ste re 1 ley a .Mi i. a i. w ho haiign o i
t i one i n 1 of the '.ic'i, tic i, tin r cud.
slightly sharpened r tippel willi
i. oii. i nt. rir-g the si i'. The gr; ia is
s i Il bv h an I mi I the groiin I har
iomc 1 hy having a limb nf a t -, o
bng,'e 1 over it When tin- gvai.,
l ip and the Meie,in pr icee.ls iii hin
biliigli'ig mantict t i --l sli.ill u it say
Cut IllSgliliu, 1' ,1'he dees not - but.
'to break oil", saw nlVth" 'draw, at; I
pull it up by liie roots, using for hu
weiipun some ol I burel h ioi. ni oth
cr piece of iron whi ai he has sharpen
ed and hifke I up ii until a too; lie I
edge was f rm, 1.
I A ft "t tnia ivretnony i.i finished, llio
crop is g.'theie I up. put into an en
elosipe. ntid the cattle i.f Ilie Ii, igh
b.-.ho i.l turned in t trample up m
it. These cattle ale driven ab cit by
the whip lash of the gallant .leie iu
until tlie grain is well thresh. 1 nil',
nil I, I might u l I. veil 11 iv,, red Then
the straw i i shaken and t'c.l up into
bund!, n ; the win al. eiiall. dirt, an I
stones me brushed up into hi.h sand
emptied ill heaps on tile kuo'.N. w in'to
it i a w inn owed.
j Women and eliil In n p irtieipate in
lln w iiiiinu ing. They take a hand
ful of the Mutui-o c!id throw it into
the nil : tlie w il,ds b' ia s nwiy fin
chal'i' all I (lie pure grain I ') I. ills Up-
'oil a smooth, hard tint surt i'e, pre
vi'U '.Iy prepared Tliw pro,-, sn im
continued until all lis-s, lid matter
is M-parate 1 from th.-eha'i' and often
lastnsevi i.il wei-l. i Now tie- farmer
g itln rs lli th" j .-. -.--. In of his criio
itito cowhide sacks an 1 takes it to
the mill.
A Mexican llo-iriug mil! in con
sidered by Mei, ami n'l cm-.. ...l.ngly
complicated ail'iir, - j i i i i-ig in a- ! Iv
skill to run it. Il is in fact, a v, i
Well execute 1 ca 1 iet II! e I if a lllill. I
pel feet bill lesijue i-.i-g I .out Tlio
liuilding is lift;!! tu'o-tory ii'vinty
r.-ejed diree'ly n'.ei a swill rii'itiing
sin am nf water. The water wheel
in nothing nn, re l',,.i'i k mm bo-irdm
stuck in uroutid a:t upright shaft, nn I
ia lurne 1 by the wat--r striking met
si le of it 'This is in the ti: st. story.
In tin- -le.-ond story the millstone a
uro w in.cl 'I'hev in-,- two in num
ber, just an in any flouring mill, wit'i
,, hole in thcirceulres, tliroitgh which
, tins upright it fliatt pism-
I The bottom rt am
It ci nn lite, i.i
bri kvimk. wild
" u.-.l. .1 fast
ll'i upper one in
till- si, -aft., nil I fe
... ..-;il, n 1 1. , , I ',. : 1,, Lev
..,..-...,.,.., i
; It si'.n dire-tly ovi and on top , fi
lower stone, in iiei'ln-r bilan-e 1 imr
-.111111111- I, llll I I nil' ei'C-lll I t . is i o:e-
stuutly wearing oil slotn- ,lu -t, w lin-ti
mixes in with thu tl iutv 'I In- grain
; in introduced t i the store n from nil
inx hide reservoir, with itn 111011t.11
I often ont-id", and sticking through,
: tho toi,.' through an old boot leg.
I hero in no curl) iiio-i:i, tho st un n.
h) the Hour Mien oil' in every direction
upon the floor, wln-re utter being
trod Upon by dirty feet, in swept up
ina heap nnd dually put into ox hi. hi
Hacks. And now, then, alter nil thenn
different processes, the flour result
ing then fr Jin in totally unlit for a
eivi'.i.ed 11111H to fi:t Sometimes they
pass it Hi!;. ugh a sieve male of
sinews or perforated hido 1 but thim
tloen tint improve it much. It is still
the same mean of tilth. I do not
wonder it strikes through tbenkin of
tho .Mexican who eats it, and makes
him "dink complected."
Tho couundrum about tho number
of apples eut..-u by Adam and Evo
in tho Garden nf Eden has started
on another tour. We aro sorry, for
thi answer baa never been correctly
I'ivcu, making tho result an follows:
I .vh 8 and ' Adam 'J, a total of 10.
4,'ow wo figured the thing out far
differently Im g ago, but though ex
ceedingly mi tl 'st, never proclaimed
the result, which is now given 1 Eve
8 ami Aduiu 8 also. Total 16. .
Tbe highest complimeut to a bar
her lie dyed ami made uo sign.
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