. . .. Ann Vftfir. J'lw.'.JV mo; year, lo.tm ' r-" V".riolinll Insertion 7 ?.!l,'..l.V.t..mftl injctinn, 50 -roiiiil and UuMno card fr Alitor, Erecritor, Administrator ud' A..irnre Notices, 8.00 ZJV) t,h"oril notice! 1", ' W ,v,ftn one year (trs payable ut the ILVonsirde the mens. I-r - Aai !'! rrlo knoll Qa.l 4 . ' A fuarJie snivel wouWst thus r, t. .n who hmt 4a mih hsik KeJ ? jj Hull; lilm, ftk ! hnd. . - Aid h; hii fid a brother ems I lilt ISO IS HTf mIUTJO . I riM If harti. ki ill ylfll 1. ha mow beneslh tb lorfi I rr ' r al hit krt, th' tlenrily '( Icrl, WlHtOiesi wnrna vi iit-w WJ 7 bid t moilitr J ort "he Mi i Bitrr't kiss opon bis chtt't I Aid hjr bef kseee m evefiintj knelt. Ilr fl-? vt wHwnin iw aj.ea -i A eiber ! y. W Tbensb teep in I'k ma V, j1,al aplrll oiy out k to-Ur, Wblce mien ! nrr muim in, jj gnlll utter e'er tweeine Kui' mid II we Mine Rood might find, Aad VI mm. Ibriiiigh Ihcdrrprtl liao. Si ill lcb 7 light ll Jurtvat wiui. - , - giira ot tkt 11tjr. hii, kui plm.! ' . Wilb biro, in mrufi (ri'iuien in j i i. That llioy ibt tirayttl oil b 10k mnjr le l It hope, to llriiveii. nd lo O ld 1 Thou rl ihjrrlf bill morul Ik iu Ai prone, perohnnop, to lui Hi be I TbfB "mercy i tin Wlvn eiiow. Tbt Dirrcr m ijr bt Ii.ivii to iliee!" H e 1 o c t ix 1 THE BLACK MiSXS Daring the full and winter of the rear 1818 the couotry around the mcient tuwa of Iouvao. iu liul- gimu ws in IY tol by a biul of rob- Nrt. wiiao oramzaiioj wa s i pur feet sat wlioso tauvemenlf) wpto taJilca ml mysterious llmt.n't'ioii'fli tlioy spread ueatu ami uosultlioit in vverr direotioit. yet thu nir.i of tha I t Uiled iittnily in Mil ftUoaipU te briot; titum tu jiiHticii. Tbe utamber of tliis fi-ai fnl lunii wore renorlod to ba youoir inoa of gnoil family, aud the lmtdor wa da tcribeil by eonituonTeiMi t on n mii'i of noble presence, suldier-like bour- ing, and icont tndtniitiiblo courui?. joined to a mind dark and eiintiin?, ana a boart tiul was a htiauffer to leniorae or pity. This foriuidnblo band wan known far and wide aa tlio "iilxck Miotics,'' fur all accouuta arcod in duMoeibin-.i them as clolbod cnuplt'ti ly in I1h ck nnl biviutf tbjir f.tc.ea corcied with bliickmnska. Ilowcvi-r, tlio inveturv u rounding them wu diivipttod n l tli iir duvaaNition bron.'lit to n ti:rniiuiitijn by tbo iisciduti I am abmit to rebite. TbereliveJ at tlicpoviol to wbicb J refer, in the miUmiIi.i cf l.o:iv.iin. a woi tit y a ir it. Fulbor tji vino by nvue, anil witU him i h.-,i:1i 1 t.'io non of an only sinter ho ne time iU-o J.. whose ediioutioii r'atbur Gurviiiu h;l snperinteii.Ied, aii w'i imo mui' bood b hud watched witU al uoat a fathers cur. fuliaa bud jost entered his twon-ty-fimt yenr 5 b j was tall, ueitrly if Dot quite six feet, well foriueil, with haudsouie faio. llow,muln wi.ll eJucate.1, aeaompliahod an 1 araoi ble, so that bis eonipitiy w.h uiiotly )u3'ht, mtre eipeoii'U by t t iKO I t dies baviuj marriageable daughters Ouly one tbinir in relation to his nephew trouble I Fattinr Qorvaiie and that was bia Tory frequent and prolonged absence at night. Oue evea ng iu tbo month of Feb nary they wore aoated together in tbe crmfortablo library of Father Gortaige'a res donee, uni lying the Warm tb of a blazing wood lire, when ascdJen suuauiou caoie for tbe cur" ate to attend the death bed of one 01 urn panauoqere, wuo uvea at a considerable dietauce. - Without a moment' hesitation ibis excellent man arose from tbo oft ctiKbims of t ie arm chair - in which bo bad been reposiucr, and fathering tha folds of bia cloak about uim, set forth. The wind blew fiercely in bia teeth and a dreary shoot drove in hii fuoo, but still, with a Btout heart, Father Gorvaise kept on bia way, and iu a boutan hour bad arrived at bia dos titiation. He was just iu time to administer tbe last rites and conso lations of religion to tha dying, . aod after remaining about half au honr, to afford what comfort be might to the mourning survivors, ha set out c bis return. He bad walked porbaps a mile, hen suddenly ho waa startled from bis revorio by the clatter of what seemed a troop of horses', ranaiug, be looked around 1 be oould see nothing, but still heard distinctly the sound, and all tbe time it drew nearer. I'resoutly, however, coming wound turn in tba road at full gal. 1P. a party of abont a dozen men, raonoted on fleet ateads, dashed paat nim.and tbroagn the darkness r utli rGemiss was just able to distirt Rniah that eaab rider wort over bis Um blaok maak. He had not proceeded many steps unuer oeiore, on passing a uouaa, b was Astonished to see a light burning, and tb door wide open. luojeoturing at ouce -that tbia bad DQ tba eoene of one of the mid p'ght exploits of the bold robbers, Father Mpioi' 7 hi r r entered, anor uis r . t r'.'.!y.ciijinad v . tfCinuni t ,, folnmn, ono year, JJ" ' Mew PIm. fir w J&....JjJ.jg-r!!-i-T-.Tr--.T-J" .',1 .' , HI fJr.-Ji'l -r-r - - . .- . . M, - it t tff -X3IaaarSgJ-A-:--rm- VOL. 1G. ' MIDDLEBURG, SNYDER COUNTY, PA., FEBRUARY V -.- wife likewise broUU rortrdciod, ber body lyinfr bbnemtli a table. Kraftened at the learml aieht, II) curat wa abont to b firry out atid litrm the iioiubborhooil, wboo hit atUntioa naa attracted by atrane Rtiralinc sound nrooeedioji .from the ohinjney place. 'L-xtltiu' i ttio dU reclioD imlic.itoil, In MooJ cnr.i:c I for an Instant, bia prosuoce of mind entirety forsook bint. fr tbore be biilioM hnin in eight a . f.rtr of for-t which Rive several cofivulnive uoidciiU, the utliii)( eoauj sUll ciutinuinif. Kttcoveriug bia aolN poKRoiwion. liQwovcr, I'athor (ervuiu rttshed forward and fiuiul tbo foin tie (l.iinoBtio of tbo fmnily anspeudod by the ni ck, in the !t!t agonies of diiath To aeif.e a kitifn lbt lot'kilv lay Boar land cwtlbrt curd that hold buf, wan the work i4 aa iatitaat,bntaotne timu ehtpsed aTterward bi-foru ho was ea aUud torentoru her to BitfU 'ioTil con cionsneH to ivo an account of tlio circmaituuca atleNdiit tiil-1 borrid dumb The poor ;irl. f MHop)t!nj the fo h curate, and tioin j earmtl en trentpd, witli inixny a.ihn told ho the bl ick itiAHk, aoiundo'xi in nu u bcr, had biokuii into tbo houie and taurdiM'cd tlm . in ifitor and luiilross iu cold blood t fliti horsclf hiiil found temporary stfuly by hi lio; buliiitj tbo firtho-trd, and tiiicyin? their work of dual!) nccotnjiliiihud tbe ruf nans procoeno. to ransaca vne iiouso i t 1 lit I I iuercii.tKou, wn cii k waa wen in the bniliin. Having aunReedod in their search, they returned to the wo n iu which nho was bidden, in order to dividn their b iotv, an 1 bavin f seutu 1 tbein- aclveit around tbe t ibl. tboy all re moved tlieir mink', except tue lead er t and the prr girl began to ro Uie bow tbrongli a creviee in tU; llrc.bonrd.aho rocoguized tiie onnto nuncus of every one of tlio robbers ! (but wnro uiinvitko 1, an I, to tbe j horror nnd ainnziiinant of her listen er, disalosod tbo names of young men of tbo highotit fauiiliot,. before unsiiHpecled. So. i'ii2ur did the girl beoomo in proHociiltug hor scrutiny, bowevor, that luauin too hwvily against the screon, it full forward. The robbers sprang to their f-et and instantly re planed their mask then tboloi lm ruabed u; 1 her and seix't 1 bor, al ready half 'dead with Mgbt, by the neck. They onsuliad tigotier . to the manner ef her do ith. hii I enn j eluded, with a iv 1,; I t.,:i. to btiotr bor by the n icA 11 ttin ii!h:j eiie b 1 1 cli'isou to Hucrele biifHelf in. Movid by disoiir at heirig thi4 drua lful doom pronoimcu.l.Mho nvido one vain ulfort to free berfteli, an I in a 1 doing manage 1 to dinpluuo the uiank from llief ica of tlw chief, and as in a trembling voice ulie repjatud iiio na no of that man, the good Citrate turned hi to us djitti and fell proHtrato upon his knee, with bin in )d riiixwl to h.-iaven. Tbo n.tmn sli.i tittered was tll it of .luiun ile MontroBijr, his owu uiuoli-bo-lovud nephew, - Wuen she bad concluded her nar ralive, tbe good curate placed hor in ch irge of the nearest neighbor, and then, wilb it bouvy bou t but linn pnrpocio, sut out once tiioio for bin home' Before hi reached bis owu residence he applied to the mayor, declared to biia what ho had seen and heard, and requested bim to as sist him in tba pbm be bad formed to neoure the robbnTs, who, from cortaia circumstances, he firmly be lieved to be secreted iu hie own bouso. . , . . The mayor employed every moaa uro suggested by tbo curate, and no eompained by a aullloient guard, fol li.wed bim at a short distauca to his dwelling. The curate, on entering bia library f mud bis nephew nppifvontly w itch ing for hie return, and it waa with tbo utmost didlonlty that tho good iimn could restrain bis emotion. Mukiug a 'powerful effort, however, to con trolli W foulings, be told Ju lian that be bud bad a rory painful visit, and requested bin to go to tbe collar and bring bim some wine. The young man changed oolor at this unusual request, and hesitated a mo, niout, at which ' the unole oll'ored to go bimsolf and fetch it, and iu elfoot rose to exeoate Ins design, when the nephew, with great oageruess, sprang to his feet and expressed himself quite roady to do as be de sired, : Taking a light, he passed out of the room aud down tbe stairs lead ing to tbe cellar. No sooner bad be done so than tbe ourate locked and bolted the door, aud tbo u gave a nig uat for tbe atayor aud his guard to nler, ' , ' hey did so at once, . having ob tained lights, onfasteried tha cellar door, and were abont to enter, when they were set npon by about a do en men, armed: with short-sworde. dressed all iu' Hack, and having their faona oovered with blaok masks. The struggle though" desperate, lasted only a few momenta, tbe city guards were too numerous for tbe brigands, and snooeeded in oaptur , log every robbor alive. Tba mayor ordered them to be Instantly disarmed, bound in fetters aud conveyed to a neighboring pria : r ' 'r1! r-J" ri sir c' Tom Potior'! Stilting. ' They had Vron talking abont tha femarknblo potfonnanco of Do Car yer, the markatnna, wbo shoots, with rifle, fflaus bulla which are aent into the air a fast aa a nvtit cn tbrowtheia. I'rancnlly, Abner, Uy. injr, who waa sittiu by, utid "Tliat'a nothing.' . Vfkatde rjotbinu:' "Wkjt' that ahooHfljr. Did yon eer kW.? Toia i'ottor I v"Xo.' ' V . ' ';Vell, I'oltor T-aatho fce bawd with a niU ' I Tir eaw I bot this man Cutr all IioII jw. 1 'II tell you whut I vo bohii tbia mail Pottr do You know, mybn, alon. tliere in the cherry aeasou, Mrs. Fott;r would wauk to J)iohbiV8 rxn cherries i ao iotn would picH Vm lor bur, and bow do you think btt'd etono 'om V "I doa't koow. How t" "Why, bad fill hia Run with bird shot i:id Kt - a b jy to drop half a biiHhvl of clmriie at ono timo from tbo r.iof of tbe lnnto. At tuiy cvne down be d tiro an 1 take tbo ston'. vleta out of Viry obui rr iti tlio Lit. It'll a j)'jnititf f ;t 1 Ho ini'.it iic cimionullv ruisi ono, not ofiou. But I bo did bier aiioitiu tUau that whou ho wiin tod to,' "What did ho do' "Why, Jiia Miller lid yon know biin f No. Well, Toninilo abut with fim that he could nboot tlio buttoMS oir OAll ClJ,lt taii b, ftinl nivu n tin IIIOI iu lho 0.)pj8iU Uireotiou, and J.iu took him ui ' -Did bo do it' "Do it T llo fixed himself in po sition and niuiotata tree in -front of bim. The ball hit tba tree, on omud. bit tho o irimr of a U)uso, cir ouicd, struck a luoj) post, caromod, nod tliiw behind Tom and nipped tho button olFas tdick as a whittle, i'ou bet he did iti' -That was fine shooting." Yea, but I've soeu Tom Potter beat it, I've soon him stand under i lljck of wild idgeoiis, billion:! of tbeui coming like tbo wind, aad kill em ho fast that the front of the node never pissed a given lino, but turn ed over uud fell djwa, so that it looLod a kin I of a brown nnd fe ith ory Niagara. Tom did it by bavin ; t'Voulr-three broach loading rift aula boy to load 'em. He shot with that kiu I ' tilivais I "Yon bay you saw bim do this sortd s'aouliug f -Yes, sir, and bottor than that too Why, Ml tell you what.I vo Hivu Tom Poller do I sa litni one; 4bt up an India rubber target at U )') feet, and bit the bull's eye tivonty seven times a minute with the x one bill I Ha wool I nil the tirgot. tin bail would bonn.10 biolj right i it tbe lido-bai ivll just as Tom had elippo i iu afresh uhargo of p vdnr atnl so ho kept bor a going back wild an 1 forew ir I, until at, last lie b.iDD inod to move bis gun 1111 1 tbe bullet luinsud tbo muzzle of tbo bar rel. It waa tbo biggest thiug I ever saw j tho very biggest except ono.' 'What w is that V "Why, 0:10 day I was out with him when bo was practicing, ami it Ciuno on t rain. Tom didn't w a,nt to get wet, aud we bad uo uiubrelui, uud wh it d 1 you think ho did !' "What V "Now what do you thiuk that man did to keep dry V "I can't iuiagiue ' "Well, sir, he got nw to load bis weapons for him, aud I pledge yon my word, although it began to ruin hard, bo hit every drop that came down, so that tho ground for about eiirbt feet around us was dry as punk. It was beautiful, sir beau tiful.' And thin the oompany rose up slowly and paiaod out oue by oue, eueh tnau eyeing Abner and looking solemn as bo went by 1 and when they had gone Abner looked queer for a moment, and said to me : "There's nothing I bate so imiob as a liar. Give mo a man who is the friend of the solid truth and I'll tie to bim.' p...., , 1 1 wmmmmmmm Wooden Watch. Tha Reading, Ta., Kaoi.b saya that N. Doriot, a Frouchmau from Bristol, Tenn , now in Reading, has a great curiosity in the shape of a wooden watch, made by himself It is of tbe ordinary si.a, but only wuli?ba half an ounce. It is open- faced, and tbo dial plate is made of the born of a buff ilo killed ou the Texas I'aciuo railroad by being run over by an engiue. I bo outside u of mottled brown olive wood from Jerusalem, and all the works, ex cept a few of the more important wheels, are of boxwood. The wulou keeps excollunt time. It was made last year by Mr. Doriot, who is a jeweler, and who carries it as a time, keeper. Kveu the stem and the bow are of wood. It is nt irk'ed -No. 1." A iewoler of l'eun stieet took the watou apart and found its coustruo. lion pertect. It was -a very .honest old Dutch duihre in Schoharie couuty woo lis tened for several hours to tbe argu ments of counsel and then said 1 "Uis case has been ferry ably argtv ed ou both sides, aud dura have been soma - forrv nice points 01 .. law bron"-fet I aboil dakedree days -" ' ;r tt'"i "nts, but I shall f W Mow ' Man Looks the Dear. Tbeto is Stfroething curion sliorii the wsy a mtn rlOr! ap iho boni for the vigiit. A womkii will Mocure all tbe iloors in the house la tat ml 11 urea and spend twouty minaiva tak iiw down he t bu:k li&T nnl guttini her fiivt atendy for meriting. Tim time of the hnnse hating no back biit to tuko down and ao frizxe . to put i, spends lii vim In elodnt tb" liuu-s'. He begins it the backdoor n I locks snti bulls nil tbo . doors front that to tha f'nt donr. Theft be takes nlf bia ct and Coll i,'', By ill it ti no one of the ell 1 Iroi w t'i'a J rin It of Water n I he b1 to nnb'ck one of tbe d.wrs to get iv. 'TUea b" locus tbe dmr ra'cfally, jiO" b;'k and iakr nf his ve.11 to I wiud up LI watch er td'wk a thl cini msy be, Hii wifo indd 'nly oil's oat from am oi-t tho btl cloihe it.boi.1 tho inter a-' ison mi I aaki hor ) Iv ir ? lorl t miko iimthor elii ni to (he kiiob-n sad Vtiif r kn'enouke bit1 tr i-. liable i t fis fn the ti'ght and ovcrj. tho !i-h. ntNjl"cl tvo in ire door and rnaltes a t nrul I inpt-ctin. All ia well. II j rc I ruovci hii st'iukitix. wnns lilt foet na l propoies to retire. S,t Idsnly h la oV'-roomo with tha covirtlon tint taJ rif d me is,' Bol link. H and away ho g s barelonted over ihj coll floor id tho kit'diuu and woo.lsliod. By tfie time ho reafl'iei the wonds'iod doer hn is uncertain wliot'ior ay of iho d rs are locked, s:i'i lie in ikes inc itrano ruuoi iigain. All a-eiiro. H-nniivcl his iian-i tal inns, b ow out tbo light audi just about to llo down vrhi-n bis wile "udlenly beiuks herself tbmt th' girl probatdy forget to put tbe milk pail out, uud sway hogi'l ajabl Iu a half tin I while (lowing tfiiciuut B.'luro ha g tt bnrk to. lied auuin bo stepi on two itiarMos anil f Hit -up ; piece of tm which tho child in have i left on tho II i 'r. At l ist In' fcets be' I tweeu th slioits and biys hm 1 down to plesint or horrihle ' lirouii.) lie is never surn which It will be. As M ruh-"i9 10 h hi 01 hi e mi snd is a'.eot i- take hint to the l ie f ol Nol. j iho hrillijnt tbo I'j'it iltit tbo td'od ill rl is out flashes uihart Lis b'aiu, nil n uois Mp and ildolls the k tfitien ij mr. I t exactly em Hour ail eleven ininntj. fro n iha.uno he b 'i.H to enva' t u 1 1 roll re tie is in nn l f iruoil. snd oi, ol Ih.i d mrt i!lo ly T still uni t- k j 1. ll vi SJlllv hut s Imnnlv li him telf that he'll ' bo Itl.iwo.l if he'll mi lilrtak ti 'ltik the d lers.a.'sm if rinlieri r hiiTr'anft'-o heise f"tir ilnei). - Bit tho uext ingltt he ri-pnis inn p.o lin im n e, tiy special loq iVo.vie .SmUml. Tha K3Jes3'.ly of Plo.dyo! Sleep. A writer in "Sciibuer" for Feb. r.iar, considering " 1 no uei iuoiw 01 lusatiity to Modern tivilizilion, speak of tho lost of bl jep as a protutuont caium ol insanity, lie says : During every moment of con scionsnos the brain is in activity. The peculiar process of cerebration, whatever thai may consist of, is tak ing place ; though after thought comes forth, nor can we help it It is only when tho peculiar connection or chain of nonnootion of one brain cell with another is broken and con fcCionsuesH fades away into tbo droumlusa land, of poifuct sleep, that the brain is at reust. In tbie state it recuperates its exhausted energy and power,, and stores tbo 0 op for future need. Tbo period , o wake fuluoiu ia 0110 of constant wear. Ev ery thought is gonoratod at tho ex notice of brain culls, whioh can bi fully replaced ouly by periods of properly regulatod repose. It, there fore, these uro not scoured oy stoop if tbo brain, through over stuuula tion. is not left to recuperate, its onorgy becomes exhausted 1 debility disease, and bnnUy aiHiutegratiou supervene lluuco the utory is ul- most always the sama 1 tor . wouus aud mouths before the indications of active insanity appoar, the patient has been anxious, worried ami wake ful.'not sleeping more than four or live hours out, of the tweuty four. The poor braiu, nnabla to do its con stant work, bogius to waver, to show signs of weakness or aberration t hallucinations or delusions uovor a round like floating shadows in the air, until fiual'y disease comes and iiUnit bis sleet Acilnit lb mioJ, Ike wbioli he picks and wouude Wtib insny lefione of etrsnge fsnlmlts WUleli In Ibeir Ibrong saa preat 14 thai Uat bold - . OonfuauJed tbemselvee. . A Natural Telephona. . On tha authority of Col. Talcotl, who vouches for the truth of tbe matter, there is a certain point on a ridge high tip on Keursarge Mouo tain where can be beard tbo nimble of trains on the Southern I'aciuo lUitfoad aa tboy cross tha range to tbe west of Mohavo, ill) mile die tact There ia a regular daily tram passing at 10:30 o'clock, nnd upon raocbimr ibe place at this honr the noise of the train is heard as stated. U is a carious thing in nature, bat scarcely more wonderful than some of tba mountain echoes we read of, nor more incomprehensible tbau late acUievfuects or Mieooe II tul ""r2 end DfTaSon of Clernity. Variona illustrations h.tvo boon sngguated to convey to the mind some idea of illimitable duration. 1 1 has been an id, enpposo one drori of tho oce.in should b. dried up every thousand year, how long woald it ba ere tho'inat drop would dis.ip riar f Far onward n that would bo iu Coming agu, Ktcrmty would not have boon aoinmeticod. U has been snd. Hiippoio this vast globe upon which wj liei.l were Compose I of particles ol thJ finest nan I, au I tint o-ft p'ltu-lo shoiil I disipp ittr nt tbJ turuiinati 111 of each million of years, ob, ii v in conceivably imineu-in must bj the period wlnci ut.nttlp4j beforo the last p u tide wiil. 1 bo gon.i I Ami yut, i'crtiity woul I tbou bj ia its mortiing t-vilight. It b is boon sai 1. Biippos? so nn liUlo iuHoct, eo sul ill into bo im peroeptilild t tlio tia'ind oy, were to Cnry thii world by iu'tny moiMb full to tbo 111 ost tlistanb et ir tbe hail. I of (1 1 1 I111 1 100 I In tbo bo tv ll ludro U of midiout id years 1 ! ? ""'-v t''t.v-'ivo'cmN a ttcek. bo veo.irel f.r tbo .iilo!!,,U"'"1 M,B , ".m? H dow-n f. a em would bo ionrtiat. The nvv.i e. .mmencH on i the loaf of a trow, and tak..v4 iti Mile j lotd.BJ.r.iiltlh.teve,, tl.o micros-' conn cannot diae .rer that it 1.1 r ,.,. I nil H0t out arrives buck for il- second load. Oil what interminable a c would Mama ibuforo tho whold troo would bore movod 1 When wboul tbo forest .not And thn globo ! Even then Identity would not hxvucoiniiicuced'. Wliy oiiouid Co;. 8 bo Good ? A brisk fight between two town boyu, nt tbo foot of (jiiswold stoet, 1110 oilier nay. wifi iniorriiptuii oy it j citizen who, after releasing one of linim, ma.lo tbo other sit down oil u 1 barrel to bo talked to "Mow then," ho b"gan, "it i 1 n terrible tl.imj f ir a b y hUo you to I bo couduuling in litis tuiinner." ."d licked him if you hadn't come tit) 1'' wailed tiio b iy as be carefully wined bia sctatehed hose. andaoUont on its almost endless ! ' vt br m .ot'"'- worth jonrnoy. Aft.T millions mid inil.!,I,.'M. nrticl or obj.-et. tons of vein hivo rolled nway, it ! .. . , thing about ,t m that "Suppose you I) id. Do you want I Voitng p.-opln who expect (o In to bo cMtisid rnd a dog f V"ii,v il'or wilb their bunds for what tiny dou t vim ti v to bo n irood bov uud '" '.V b tvi of this wot 1 I'm l'oo.Ih. rt ,.l ng pa; fsiippjs. I'tiblv with everv- lied oil' you bad r tile ivti.nf in I be.ru drowned "S'pose 1 h 1 lu't to 1 ! U'h tbo good b ovn who get drowned I" -Trrr.rVrr it' w nnd I kiu prove it 1 I II bet a dollar uia a cent that moiu Stl.id iy tioliJol boy 1'iive beuii dlO lm. ibis year tb I!) Ii id lius '." Jhi iu in i.li)et-)l all diliut disptt'.n tbo flbSei lion. "Au I more ruu over by tlio cars," continued tbe boy. io answer again. "And morn of eiu got nick nn 1 died i and I 11 hot, I' ve git money and have iujiii fun uud 111 li e ; Ulltt t'juti ttuy good boy 111 town ! ' But tho good observed tbo in m. "So tiro the In 1.' are rcwurdt.l,' renlicl tho !tiy 1 "I'll bet I m iko li'ty cent beforo darkl" "But Iho goo I are rcspocled. "So nut 1. I kin go up to tho poht oliice and borrow three dollar w. tbo it any security, and I'll Let ton to live you can 1 1 (Joino now put up the lucre ! "My boy, eiiliy onsnrvo i tun man. "you must tinnu 01 tno iiuurc. Don't yon want to bo looked up to and respected whou you aro a man t" ".'bat's too far "heal, ' was tbo lonesome reply. "If anybody think I'm noiuir to bo called a clothes-pin and a wheelbarrow and a hair brush by all the bov, mid not go for cm, jist for the sake of looking like mi angel when I get to lie 11 man, toey i miatakuti iu tbo house uud you ditMu't bjt they ain't. And ho ilasti t Curiosities of tlio Bible. Tbo Biblo contains (3,5110, HO let ters) throe million, live hundred and sixty-six tuousiud, fair hu'ilrul and eighty letters. Novell 4inndred and seventy throe, words, (77:i,ut)2 word. Tbntyouo thousand one hundred and seventy-three verses, (11,173 verses ) One thousaud, one hundred aud eigtity-iinie otiapier, (1, 181) ohabtcr,) aud sixty-six books (till books ) The word "and occurs nirty six onsaud, two hundred and twenty. soven tiincfiitu, mai nines.) tue word Lord one thojiati 1 eight linns dred and fifty-live. (1.85. times ) Ibe word "reverend ' occurs only onoe In I no Uiuio, wuicu is iu tue i)lh verse of tbe 11th l'salm. The middle and least chapter i the 117th Psalm. The middle verso is the 8th verse of the 1 lHUi 'salm. Tbo 21st verse of.the 7th chapter of Ezra contains the alphabet The Quest chapter to real it 2otlt chap ter of Acts. : Tha 19th chapter of tho 2.1 Kiugs, aud the 37th chapter of Isaiah are alike. The lon-est vet so ia the OtU chapter of Esther. The shortest verse ia the 45lh of tbe ' 1th chapter of St-. John. The Sth, 15th 2it aud 3Iit verse of the 107th Fsabn are alike. Each verso uf the . ldtitb Psalm ends alike There are oo words or uaina in tbe l"'4e of more than lix syllables'. 4 27, 187!). NO. 38 Learning to Save. The firnt tbiig to be learned by n boy or young man, or sny tine tir having the Itust ntnbition to liccoin" a nsi-rnl t'Tnuda'r ct society, is tbe habit c f sating. No matter if a bov or gill U.l wealthy pniel tv. eaeii shonld favc, if fur no other reason than that liehes tire v.etl known "to lake to Iht'tiixclves ningu and llv aivny.'' Fuw 111 o so well-to-do na to I 0 eocnrn nritm.t p ovetty and Want In tLia c ntiitry it iu uotorfotinly tun that tbo t.'bildreti nf the weallhv obiso into ofion ini-n'rably p ,r t itiiile tbe 1'ien i'f l.ifr,i menia a mong n-, r a rn'o, comm.nivd life tvitbiiiit other advantiis than h:ib Ui of industry coupled with tbo dis position to savo. it it especially i.nportnnt that the children, id poophuu mo lorMo oir oumstamva n:i I of tbo po.it Miould liMiu t talui eiro of the money lhy get. A boy who it raining lllty ceiitl, BeVenti-l'ivu Oents, or a dol lar a day, nbo'il.1 ninrno to save 11 portion of it, if possili'i;. f ,o cm , l" 1 . "r'oen '.'""".'J ? -V;H'' ,"'l't m Wu" ' v" ,l '? lln'' wtod i bet- l'1' - '! fooled nway for to- ; iJ"01' on 11 very niengro salary no fiiking euro of his ipnios a lialnt of 1, minify " licit will be of tbo litinoht ""!.,..!.... 1., 1.;... The reason why worltingtnrui ns a class do not get ahead faster aro lint tnotn independent is that they have luallied to pavo their cm nings. It does tint iiiHlter a (rent il. ul whellier a mail receives a salary of vi.niij 1 ijiiii 11 dolliir a iluy or five dollars, if Im gels rid of it till during tbo week, ho that there i nothing left Suiiiidav night ; ho will not i:et licit very ni-j pidly. But tho Individual who re ceives ono dollar per cl.iy and is tilde! to savj twenly cents, or tbo ono get-1 ling live liollant who is carifnl to la,; up a dollar, is If.yitig tip t,oiuo- tbing for a rainy day 'alio have no lonbilion or wnhlo become pief.sioiul men, oll'uv-i. holders or rpeeit! it.'t-H, abonld by all iueai:H ncijuiro habit of economy land leant in mtve. So mirely 119 they -l. It.tMit fl., .i..irMV k-w? j i j ul it it. ho surely will tb-y bo iu a tdtuiitioti to ns'i no ppi-rial f iT.iib. ! r.very man wui'.ts to learn to loot; 'out for himself, nnd to rely npon I himself. Kvtv in in need to feel I that be i the pier of every it e:, and be ciiunil do it if he is p. imili m. ! Money is ji wi r. and I hose who j have it ir rl a wider iullitenco than tho deftitut''. I hey are tnoro indo ; pendant, llenci il hIiouM Ii.) Ih i ambition of every ytntiig in m to ac quire, ami to iio tins tin must learn to save. Tiii is tint first lesson to bo learned, and tbo youth who can- not ma ter it will never intvo any 'thing. II J will bo it menial, a de ; pendent A Litorny Ciriouity. The following rather cuii ous piece! ofvomiiosilioit was reCciilly i laced upon tho black-board at a teachers' itihtitnte, and a piUo of a Webster' Bietionary tdl'ered to any person who could n u I it and pronounce ev ery word correctly. Tbo book was not curried oil", lunevt-r, us twelve was tho lowest number of mietikts in pronunciation ma lo i "A sacrilegious son of ll ilid, who siltVoied from loonebitis, having cx hiinsted bia finances, in order to make good the deficit, rofolved to ally himself to a comely, lenient and docile young lady of tho Malay I'auciiHiau nice. llo aeeordiii purchased a calliopu aud u coral necklace of a chameleon lute, and su curiug a suite of room at a prinri pitl hotel, houn igod Ihu hea I wai ter ns his coadjutor. He then d.s patched it letter of the most unex ceptional caligraphy exlont inviting the young la Iv to a maliuee. Sue revolted at, tlio idnn, refuse. I to con sider herself sacrilicable to hi do. sires, and sent a polite unto of refus al, on receiving which he prooured a carbine and bowio knife, said that ht would not now forgo fetters hymen eal with the queen, went to an iso lated Mot, severed bia jugular vein ami discharged the coiit-mt of bis carbine into bis ubdouym. The do- bit was removed by tun coroner. Ibo mistakes in pronunciation wore made ou tlio following word : Sacrilegious, Belial, bronchitis, ex huustod, finances, deficit, comely lenient, docTle, Malay, calliope, chameleon, suit, coadjutor, cdigra nhy, matinee, sacritleuble, carbine, hymeneul, itioluteJ, jugular aud de bus. Pips'r Know what Killed Him. A good and itrive j.iko N teld on a enmii'itl Insiiunui In ihu city wh is sent dow-it iu'o a well by a mai i-tiste ho eoug'it to bold sn ni iii't iiP'iu the to iy of a o-'lorcd man wli'J Duo linen lino me wen eui wiik was puiMUHod to bo dead. The tiiklnnsa cairiod down a rope 6d iimieid of ivlnit It around Ibo body uf the acKio tied ft around h i aeok. 116 hauled up, but the coruior' jure were uoahle to y whether the ore-rat Wes killed by lite lull 1 1 died riib1lnbr.it every Thursday fertfntfi JEUCMIAK CKOtfsn, rropi- Terms of MnWnrTiftfV, TWO DOId.if. TICK KWSUyi. Tnf sblo VitbiilniX montks, Pt t3.60i1nrT rid a itbin the year, ttofapw ilrs cMt'iriiio. ur,f:l all arrCarAt'Os Ri4 pail unlet at the option t the pub lisbrr. Sulwiu'iptloiik rnlsiae 01 HmerniidV PAVAIlMi IX ADVANCE. 3rVcrsor.s lilUng and using papers. Ad'lressed '.O rthrrs l)ceni';ieiotiseriUirs and uro liable for the Hiee of the pnin-r lHMIllJM M I lllll II ESRY A. 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