The post. (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, April 01, 1880, Image 1

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Arkiitnr. E-atmfcw. AdMiartetrwAor
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, XULtorWkl .otiose tin. IS
II trewscieat advertising lees then
sao-iOis 10 cent e line.
All advwtiowmcnU for e ahorter pe
l4od than on year art payable at the
lima the ere ordered, and it not paid
Dm pereoa. ordering Uim will u held;
rvapoentoie iov uie iwohbt.
I o o try.
Crvw Ut BMk TIM Tall.
-If e, aa Mr. Derwta says
Frew weekeye are wsooeawed,
014 Tlwe la ehaegleg telega, sale aot
At get ibe waller weeded.
Peaeeaseets ef ear saeeeters
eve M Mh lleaee M they
Was ass a rest ef eta, at Us
Of geveraaeet te pay.
Ita teller bUU mm la Deas Velars
Clothing gee
Ass freaks f feebiea 414 att aiaka
Of weekey (trie a rim,
a the eMea way'e ika aeppleel way
Tka aw swaddles fall
Ak4 Derwta, If yea sea, y key,
Jim! give ai bak Ika lail.
He karrylag al ef ees k4 Ik,
Ma bolting bewslfes 1 Sewa
Te kaat walk is shop la ftar
Of atata ai4 beeeee frewa.
Tka 14 weekey eat eat aa
Till say tka eight 414 rae.
la weltlag for the loJga ta Uta
Aa4 la bar hasbsaJ aat.
They ka4 aa vetee, Hie tree, sal they'4
Ma efleer ia keep.
Ass e'er 4afaatiar'a sash aeoesat
They Wave ka4 la eep.
a Ika al4aa way' tka happiest way
Tka new eeadltlea fells
Aa4 Derate, If yoa aaa, say hay,
Just glra aa bask the Ulle.
They k4 aa faanloe preweaede, .
Where seaai'e feet saull Krt;
Bat tkta tka el I ka swnkty k4
Ma wlUiaerte pay.
Tkay k4 aa ariae, Ika aiakyl yaaar,
Tkraagk eight la keep a eteratag ;
- Tkay savag thereby (yM hsew yewreelf)
A fcesdeehe la ika aeraieg,
A peeeafel raaa Ibty vara, wka ea'ar
T war'a appaal 0i4 ly
They saved ikaraby eceaeius far
Ajolal ctaaissioa high.
A tmirtcr ra war tkay than lb at
Waick from ika e kt UoiiiJvJ,
Aai Tina, by akaagiag ihinga, halb aet
A fti tka BMtier eaJJ ;
Tor lb oldaa way'a tka kappiaal way
Tka aa7 eoaJiiioa fall
"a Oirwla. If ya ata. af,
Maaa f l a fc3k (ha tail.
H e 1 o o t T n 1
A Haunted Ship.
Tbree yeara aj( I abippeJ oo
Ixiard the Ni'er, OapUia ftiilip.
Uur voyage aa to U;Ij, Sin J tiob
laiand auJ bck Ui 'aei Snaua.
wboaoo wo tailed. Im otpUiu.
offioen and orw wore, wben I joiu
d, Atntrioiua au j vVeat IoJiamen i
bat, M auother baud waa wauled bo
oiiea uiyaulf, I praualud Jack Guoa
tur, au Kuliabiuaa wilii aUoin f bad
become (nawUy, to fill uptbe riw.tu
tj. Jack wan a tioe lookiurf fuilow.
A joviul oiupaniou, tod hd I W of
iufuroxatiua wuicb be kuaw bow to
nso t but, although he dreaaod aud
talked like a Bailor, bo bad uot beu
long oo board abip botoie it becato
plaio that bo bad uot bvea broubt
Bp a aalt
Oar e iptaia wag Tartar and uu
niaUke, and bo bad the eye of a
hAwk, oo faalt oommitled by man or
boy eaoaped bin. Tbia waa eapa
uUIy frtuoato for toy Bagtiab
hipouU. lie ebipped oo able aoa
BMn'a wagea, bat hie defioioaoiea
ware ao many and Klariog toat oar
capUia, who oMiood to watch bia
moremeoU wore oaref ally tbaa thoao
of tbe rest of the erew, ofen infliotod
apon hita paoiahmoata painfalto
entoeeg. bad a etroog atttaohuMnt
to Cheater, aad gtood hi friaod
whaosrar I eoald, by taking aoae of
ia dauat aloag with ay own i bat
I waa not alwtya at band to help
bin, go be fall of toner tbaa othere
boaeatb too oaptaia'a duploMor.
Oae night whea I waa at too wheel
the wind roee into a gala, The eap
tain oame on dock and aet all hand
to roef Ibe topaaila. Tbe men were
manning tbe balyordg to boiat away,
wboa poor Cheater, iaetaavi of let
ting go tho reef tackle, let go the
woaUiar foro-topoail brace, and away
root the yard fore and aft, . By laf
fin no anartlv. however, we aaao
god togetcneokod without earry
log anytuing away. Bat - Oapteia
rbilipe, frothing at tho month aworo
be would tan the fooliah labbor's
bid who bad done ao olanwy a thing.
Baying which, he roabed at Cheater
' with a piece of ratline, which bo
brought down npo bla nook and
aboaidora, giving them a feartal eat
Be wee la the act of raining it again,
whea foioa frota aloft roared oat,1
"Hold yxmr hood I"
The veieo wag wondarfully load
ad clear, goemingly coming from
too itaintop. Tho eapUin fell bock,
and looking np, ertad ia grooi
rage, -Alofi there 1"
"Halloa r waa the anawor back.
"Come down on deck,' waa the
captain's imperiooa order.
MCom bore, and see how yon
jrCl like it, wgg tho goatamptaoag
reepooM.
"Coma down, I lay, odeck!r
roamed tho oapUlo.
MComo p oad fetch gsa," rotarn
J tha voice from nloft
, i "Who is oo tbern. Mr. Reason "
rjoflthgeaptola. appealing to too
-Noooc'sir.-fcraeltMnea.
Ail
awtlsck."
Tt: crtcU'a ret imni brrie
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VOL. 17.
"AH geem present, Mr. Ressom
What do yoa nana bv that, sir t"
oak yoa again, who is up there V
"Ho one known to me. returned
tho man. "All or present All
are on dock, la sight"
Saoh was the caae, Bat the tec
ond mate, without awaiting orders,
sprang op the rigging and looked
over too toprim, tbea mads the cir
cuit of it looking all around the
msatbead. tbea reported himself
alone.
"Tbea tbe ship mustbebsunted I
cried tho ohief mate.
The captain thereupon dropped
tbe rope's ond wbiob he bad bald in
his hand, and went below. It was
evident that be waa strangely affect
ed by what bad otenrred. And so
my fellow countryman escaped fur
tber punishment that night
Bat tn a few days our skipper bad
forgottoa his fears, and, looking oat
lor anower oojeci on wnton to vent
his spleen, I had tho ill-fortaus to
feal bis writh. He ordered me to
make a knot in tbe oad of an old
fagged rope to be need for a tubing
In a little while I returned, saytog
that I bad made the best job I could
of a rope that was qaite fagjrad out
Weil," said he, "if that's yoar
best Too are as much ef a lubber aa
your friend Chester. Uat I'll dock
yoa both to ordinary seaman's ws
I tried to show aim that lbs rops
was too much worn to make a nest
piece of work of it
"Indeed, I said, "it is sadly nag'
ed.'' "Fagged, ie it f" cried be.
scornfully i "then I'll finish it over
your lubberly back."
No, you won 1 1 roared out a
voice from behind tbe long boat
I be captain ruahed in the direc
tion of tbe sound, but be failed to
disc.iver tbe speaker.
Who waa that f be cried, in a
storm of wrath, adding, "Let me
know who it ia, and l it tbraah bin
within an ioch of bis life.''
"Will you t Hal ha I ha 1" waa
tbemockiug reply.droppiuj Booming
ly from the maiutop.
It was broaJ daylight when thin
took place, so every one could sue
that there was no one np there.
I was as inncb startled aud mys
tified by tbe occurrence aa was tbe
eaptaio t but neitbur be nor I, nor
any of the crew to whom be appeal
el, could tbruw lijflit tiioreon. l)ut
whoever or whatever uttered Ibe
word, my pttrp.iae was served, aa
aa CiieaUr'a on a previous oec
ion, Tbe irate eaptaiu want below,
ailed more with fear tnau rae,
throwing behind him, as hi atctpp j 1
upon tbe cabin ladder, the rope'a
end wbiob bad so taxed him.
rJailore ia gnnersl are sipnrati'
tiooa boinM. Whatever cannot bd
eaaily made ont or aooounted for on
oatonu pnnciplea, it Id I to the ao-
count of tbesupernatuial. Our cap
tain waa no bolter tu this renpect
than bis erew, for be was aa illiterate
aa they, exoept in tbe m itter of nav
igation, and as rough and untutored-
lle evidently bulived taut bis ship
was baunVed, and that a apirit frwin
tbe raat deep had a mind to toruoont
bin by its in tenure noes. Uis fears
were increased not miuy days after.
Ou retiring to rest t tbe e id of bit
evening a watcn, uia slumbers were
disturbed by a loud gad 'earful cry.
which seemed to enter tbs cabin by
the sidelight which was left open
foe ventilation. The cry was heard
by tbe second officer, who was oo
the quarter deck, and by Chester,
who was at tho wheel, neither of
whom would throw light npon tbe
incident to the enptain, who had
rushed on to tbe deck in a state of
terror, and demanded in vain for the
production of the offender.
From tnat uay it wag cisar to an
that Captain Philips was tormented
by opproheosiona of coming disss
tor. A.a idea was fixed in his mind
that big gbip was visited by a spirit
from the invisible world, which pre
ferred to make Itself hoard rather
tbaa seen. And this idea was
strengthened by tho fact that when
ha was oa deck and became angry at
the oondact of any of the men. es
pecially whoa his anger was made
manifest ia oaths and blows, the un
seen bat aver-vigilant visitor from
afar, would perched apparently oo
the ton of tbe mainmast Hitter tno
iaeoleot Inagh or tha soloroas warn
ing. Oa these oooarions tha poor
man would rash off to big cabin with
blanohed ohoek and tottering limb,
and there abide autil tbs gale in bis
moral asasibilitiss should subside I
That it as asgry with ao oas else
bat ihs esptsia was slsar, from the
fact that it aever took notion of ika
soadaot of any other person. Tbs
mots or boatswain might act as they
Ukad. or ths msa might Jibe and sail
each other bard names ; ao matter
lbs volos wsg not board neither
laugh nor moan foil upon our sars.
But most sf thos who livsd io tbs
forseaailg were Tar from being happy;
meoy of them aharad the fears of tbs
akipper and I saw that tbsy would
much ra'har have braved bis
wroth than ts be tormsated a tbsy
were by tbs "voioe of the night" or
ths "day." Myself aad Chaster wore
sissptions. What bis opinion wsa,
bs would aot say hs mat all my
qecetioaa bv adroit evasions. At
for myoslf, t bad ao oxpUsstioa to
give.
Tbaa matters vast oa aotil ws
wars Wltbia tws deya' gall of ths ifr
kads. Ail ths wkOo oar poor sap
Uoa bod basa kept (rem traaay by
big tsars f tag vwUs bat aow, ox
MIDDLEBURG, SNYDER COUNTY,
ttobip on the ptrtof Choster, sa l be-
ing ths won- for lias r. hs hurl
ed s belaying pin at him, which
track hint on ths bes t. Clapping
both hands thereon, with a yell bs
ruhed into tke foreeenle. It was
svideot the skipper etpeo ed to hoar
the voice, for be look I n-rv raeiy
aloft bat wbeu ai was silent in that
direetioe, bla courage returned, ami
hs desired the aec nd effijar to call
Chaaier back to tbe deck. Oattlog
do answer ts hU call, tbs mate want
below, whea he found the p mt follow
dclirioos. Katarning to lb deck, h
reporlsd hla to be io a dangereu
eondilian.
This filled the captain with bar.
He ordered thai every attention
Khould bv pail bin, which w done.
That nliht it becams neoesaury t
have all handt on deck to roof, and
while we were on the yarJs an awful
cry, liks that of a msniao, arose from
the btiosof ths vessel, and tbe next
moment suvsral of a aw a human
form oa rail nvar tha foreewifier.
and than a loud solaah waa beard
in lbs wjier under oar lee.
Tbe captain and chief officers,
who wore ea dock rashed to tbe
sids. A bat was seen for a mom
ent bobbing on tbe crest of a wsvs i
the msoiacitl scream was repeated.
wben Captain I'billips, himself ot
tering a cry, fell sensntese oo tbe
deck. Tbe mate then called us wbo
wsrs on the topsail yard i
"Cons down from aloft I Clear
away tbe small boats!
We thought be was as noar bs
side biraaulf as waa the enptain aud
so no wsa for tbs moment, for wben
we bad gained tbs dock.be was ready
to countermand tbe order.
Everything was awful beyond
xnresaion t the wind aud tho water
were raging wild t it waa iuipnaaible
lor a snail boat to live in so rough s
sea, ao making a virtue or necessity
the search for ths poor maddened fol
low waa abandoned, amid vows of
vengesnce agaiust the captain aud
teero for oor loot measmate.
Foit.r-ciht boars aft or thin we
entered the port of Hilo. A vnel
change bad cono ovor the crew.
the cauUin, knowing their poculmri
ties, bad supplied thorn with monoy
and copious libtitious of wbiakey so
inatN4d of reporting bin to tbe e iu
sul, as they doclared thoy wohIiL
they were ready to shout him praiaua
all day loug. Iu this, boworur, I
Jiil not atrreo i b'lt unable to brinir
the tyraut to justice aingle-baudod,
I reaolved to quit the Nigur.
J dil aa After bidiag iu tb
w.wJa soveral days, I was caught
and brought buck to the ship Ah
my sdvdntnres aa a figitivo arn oot
eswiitid to lbs onfolJing of my
story, I pass then by, snd ttko np
tbe Ibreii I of uy n trrti.
We set sail on our return voysgo
CapUio I'billips was an uttered uiuii
lie ubatainod from spirits : ho con
trolled bis temp.ir, and this, with
the adilition of a fine stnady breoz.i.
made our lives on board bsppy. But
ol is I we were doomed to a a id end
ing np of tbe voyage. Keeping too
noar tbe land, and a squall laying
hold oo the ship, we were driveu on
a loe shore, it w:is lust after
midnight whon we strjek, and t ie
darkness wis toniblo i and leaping
out of my b mmoek, I ran oo dock.
I could soo nothing sivetbo will
wsters racing ovor tho deck. I cried
out to my sbip-matea, but got no
answer. It waa not possible to reach
ths after-part of the veasel where
tbs life belts wsrs kspt tto acting
on the impulse of ths moment I
leaped into ths sea. Catching bold
of a friendly rock, I was saved.
Daylight oamo after a weary waiting
The first thing I saw was the dead
body of poor Captain Phillips and
not far from it that of our Cbiness
cook. The rest were saved.
Ws made oor way to Portland,
wbere wo wars paid off. Thsooe I
proceeded to 8u Franotsoo. I had
often asked myself whence came
those strange voices and fearful
words which had so alarmed our
captain and put moat of the crew io
terror, and bad ao opportunely on
ong occasion savea me irou us
vengeance of tho captain. Bat it
was beyond my power to answer ths
inquiry t neither eoald the mate nor
any of tbs survivors inrow ugut
thereupon- Und ws known what
ventriloquism was, we might have
therein a solution of tha mystery t
but I bad never heard an adept in
tbs art, neither bad an v of my ship
mate otherwise 1 judge such fact
would bars boon mentioned, and
tha voiosg accounted for oa that
ground. Poor Chester, whon with
as. oar most intelligent saipmate.
seemed to bo as maoa io tbs dark as
tha rest of oa,altboagh ha wag not in
ths least pat oat of tha way by ths
occurrences- rJtroiang along ins
streets of Ban Fraoeisoo one night
about a yer after tha wrack, ready
for anything In tbe way oi amuse-
meat that might turn up, my ays
caught g large poster which announ
ced tbs wonderful doings of Pro
fessor Meredith, the no rivalled and
world -renowned ventri loquist. '
This, thought I. obeli be tbe
source of my aveaing s enjoyment
Taming my face la the direction of
the "Hell of Science aad Emporium
of Amusements," I was soon seated
in a snair corner of tbe body of the
building, oad woe aot long la being
carried away by tbe wonderful eev-
iags of tbe Professor. Atiaet be tola
as be would hold aa Imaginary eon
versatioa vita a F"oa "P
cbiaoey. , Ug did as. When, in
ST X) JTo.
tbe midat of a dialogue, the person
uptbe flue gavsa derisivs "Uah,
bab, bah l'
I was startled, I sprang from
my seat "Surely," said J, half aloud
"those are tbe voice and tone and
words wbiob more then ones came
from tbe maintop of tbs Niger.''
And while I waa staring at tbe Pro
feasor with eyes ready to leap out of
their sockets, bs oams to tbs front of
lbs stags to perform bis part. Then,
in spite of bin flowing beard and
other decorations, I saw in Profostor
Meredith tbs identical Jack Chaaier
who, over twelve months bufore, was
believed to have leaped, in a fit of
madness, into tbe sea and drowned.
"Chester I" 1 cried out iu my ex
citement.
"Sit down r cried one 'Tut him
ont 1" said some other. Iu tbs
meantime I had come to myself aod
resumed my seat but not bofors I
bad got from tbs Professor a sigu of
recognition.
wuen tue performance was over,
my old sb.puiate (for it wss be
K&nVnn-jl ma ft hint n.t I I I .
beckoned me to him, aod taking me
to bis private room, ho graapod my
hand in all tbe fervsuoy of aidant
friendship.
"S.t down, Heury, my boy,'' he
said, "sod you shsll bsve a solution
of the mystery whioh baugs over roe
sud tbe past'
"How csme you to be saved from
a watery grave on that awful night
wboa yoa plunged into tbe raging
sea J" I impatiently asked.
"I did not iusp overboard." re-
plied Ontjr,li j.f i.ar i noituor wti
I any leas sans thsn I am st this
moiuont. Tbe entire sffuir wss a
trick of my own iuveution to freigh
ten thj captain aud then got away
from bia clutches. My luaduoss
was a sham, and tbe man over board
was simply a bundle of old togs,
topped by my old bat which I bad
juat put together. The moment I
pitched them over tbe rail I slipped
down into the fore-poak, whre I
Uy bid uutil the oigbt aftur tho
aliip eiilored tho port, when I stole
out and wsnt ou shore, I bad tak
en care to hy up junk, and I mm
gud to avoid doiootiou until the
Niger sailed. Tbs crius wbiob you
heard from tbe maintop, from be
hind the loug-uoat, snd in tbs Cabin,
i DfKxi not now explain
No. ' said 1 1 "all is raadj clearMlie n nlj ri,,)t j Mornin-j of the res
by tiio doiugs of this night
"Ki'ictly s ," and be. And tbon
ho continued : "I hud performed
.is a veutriloquist in iuot birge cit
ies a:) 1 towns iu K U'.n) befuio y.vl
knew iim t b'lt, booming somutvliat
rontluHH iu my babils und haviui;
si t in lured all ray c vrnius. in n lit
( ruHtlossuoss I took to the eel, and,
iu tiio capacity of a 8.11I01'. found mv
wiyto lMet h ma I lint I In I
not in mo the stulfof which sailor
are made 1 so, after my adventures
on board tho Nignr, I went buck to
ny old prorossiou, ia wuiou I bivs
lone well. My wild oats are all
sown, I bopo, and having learnod
wisdom by bitter experience. I
shall alick to that Hue of life for
which I have capacity a better
thing than splicing old ropes or
taking ia topsail roofs oa a blowiug
night.'
"I should thiuk so.r I said.
"But you nearly killed the captain
wuu fright whilst yoa caused us
many a heartache at your supposed
loss. '
"For the latter I am sorry,' re
turned Chester. "But I cannot say
that pitied ths eaptaiu. is cru
elty to me was terrible, and be
would possibly bsve ended by kill
ing me, but for my fortunate gift of
ventriloquism. 'AU s well that ends
well. "
"True," I returned. "And I re-
joioe that you ere olive to say so.
sou kept your secret famously, for
neither Captain Phillips nor any of
bis erew ever suspected that inca
pable Jack Chester was the ghost
that haunted tbe Niger.
Hiiterical Facta.
Cards were invented io France in
IS 00.
France abolished the slave trade
ao far as in her power, Io IHlt.
Windmils were first known i
France, Sysia and Germany in
1293. .
Cruoifixioo. os a criminal punish
ment was very oommoa four or five
hundred years B. 0,
Tbe first building of the Egyptian
pyramids is supposed to have been
about 1500 years before Christ
Bxoess in dress wag restrained by
law in England under Edward IV,
15C5, oad again io tbe reign of Elia
abetb in 1574.
No wiue wsg produced io Froooe
in the time of the Roman occupancy
Tbe art of making wine woe produc
ed from ndia.
Alabama woe originally a portion
of Georgia. It awa admitted into
tbe Union ia 1820, with a population
of 128,000.
Sir John Cbardin, Io his "Travels
ia Persia," soys that the peroians
smoked tobacco long before the dis
covery of America,
The Hsbesg Corpus the people's
writ of right passed for the security
of individual right was mads a low
May 29th, 1879.
Wheat suttdsnt for the food of
one hudred mea for oa day, worth
bat o&e ehilliag in the yoar 1130,
and a aheep coot lourpeaoe.
PA., APRIL 1,
'Rah (or tht United States.
!..i
The civil war has not yet
ont natnotisn. from tbe
American
heart It may lie slumbering snd
unsoen nron our own shores, but
when ws strike abroad the fitful
park ia breatbod into fiery cxiHlcncn
that frightens as It stiinos. A typical
wild aegis of this sort wss recently
met with. Among a party of youug
American tourUtaon tbe Cootinet
was one who would have provod
chief saobem to tbe doubting
Thomases of tbe Innocents Abroad,
lie wa o so tborongbly patriotic that
he could see oo excelleuce in any
tbing in the Old World as compared
with bia own country. Mountains,
waterfalls, cbnrcbe. monuments,
scenery, aud all other objects of in
terost, wers inferior to what tbe
United States could show. Ilis com
panions became somewhat tired of
his overweening boastfulneaa. and
dotormined to give him one startling
novelty st any rsto, and witness tbe
full of bis boaatiug greatness. Tbey
apeQt ltuli wintor iQ M(j 0UB
1 .... . . ..
oigbt one driuking bout, tbey got
tho eutbosiaslic young Yankee und
er tbe table, but kept aobor them
solvoe. He got gloriounly drunk, in
toxication kissed his eyelids down
in sleep, and tbey carefully carried
biru into the oatooombs, laid bim
oarefully down, with a csndlo within
reach, and retired a abort distoncs
out of sight to wait for develop
moots. After a while tboir frioud
roused np, having slept off the first
drunkon stnpor, end in a state of
some sstonishtneut bogan endeavor
ing to locate bimsolf, at tbe same
time muttering t "Wall (bia !) tbis'e
little strange, Wonner (bio !) where
I am. anyway V Ho got out a match
lighted bis candle, and began to
atudy Lis surroundings. On encb
side were shelves piled with grinn
ing skulls, and niches filled with
skelotona, while all sbout were pilod
legs, arms, ribs, and vertebrae a
ghastly array, and altogether new to
bin. Ho nodded to tho fltulla on
one nido with a drunken "How do
do (bio !)" and on tho other with
"o dye fool (hie!) anyway f
took a look at bis watch aud once
mors at bis surroundings, got oo
bis fote, took off bis bat snd bold
inir it above bia head, ahriokod
(gleefully and prou Uy . 3' all right I
urreotiou (bio 1) First man ou the
ground 1 lUh for the United Htates I
Alers sheadl IttU for mo spe
ciully J''
Deportment.
Koi'P your nails pared, and keep
pined yourself. Single blossedoeus
, is no empty mockery
Too out, not iu. Especially if yon
are au employer, you would better
turn out your feet than your bunds
Keep you face cleanly shaved, and
atop there. Don't shave your cus
tomers. Peu't tulk with your mouth filled
with food. And there is no call for
your talking much uudor normal
conditons.
Kocp your clothing well brushed.
If you have no brush, tell your wife
how you long for your mother's
cookery, ond you will bsve one in-
stouttr.
See that your collar button is
secure before you leave borne in tbe
moroiog. Else you will fiod your
cboler rising before nignt
When talking, don't keep fumb
ling your face os though you were
fingering a musical instrument
Don't walk tbo streets with your
cane or umbrella, thrust under your
srm ot right angles with your body.
Tbe polioemau in my take you for a
gross and take you up.
Don't interrupt o person in his
talk. Tbe natural limit of Oman's
life is threescore years and ten, ond
be can't go on forever.
Never put your knife la your
mouth. Tbe mouth is a very poor
place to keep o knife in. Apt to
make it rusty.
Don't tuck your napkin under
your shirt collar. The waiter may
thiuk yoa would steal it.
Nsver say "I won't" f H be
your wont to feel that way.
Mark this, Boy.
Did yoa ever know a roan
grew rich by fraud, continue
oessful throng life, ond leave a
tune at death f
This anestion wag put to a
who
gen-
tleman wbo bod been in
business
forty years. After reflecting a while
be replied i
"Not one. I have seen many meu
become rich aa if by mogio and wit
golden opinions, whea some little
thing led to gn exposure of tbeir
frsud, oad they hove fallen into dis
grace and ruin. Arson, perjury,
marder and anloide ore common
with those who mske baste to be
rich regardless of tbe means."
Boys, etiok a pin here. Yoa will
soon be men, ond begin to oot with
those who moke money. Write
this good man's testimony ia your
mind, end with it put this word of
God i "He tbot bostenetb to be
rich both on evil eye, and eonaid
eretbnot toot poverty shall ooroe
oppablm."
LAI loose woras lewa ju to r-
lolve to xaake hosts slowly, whea
yoagolntobaslDoss, in the atottsr
oIraiUflBonsy.
1880.
NO. 40
I Odd Tiiocohtk. Calumny
oon starve and die of itself
would
if no
body took it in and gave it lodging.
Our distinctions do not lie in tbe
ptsees oliicb we occupy, but in the
grace and dignitv with which we
fill them.
Monday is ths golden glaap that
binds the volume of tbe week.
Not being untutored in snfToring,
I learn to pity those in affliction.
No place, no company, no ago, no
person is from temptation free. 1et
no man boast that be was never
tempted let bim not be high min
ded, but fear, for be may be snr
prised in that very inatsnt wherein
be bosstoth that be was never tempt
ed at all.
We all dread a bodily psraljsia.
snd would nutko nao of every con
trivance to avoid it, but none of us
are troubled about a paralysis of tho
soul,
Doraan natnro is so constituted
that if it has an ache or pain whicb
ceases on oocaaion it must needs do
something to find ou' weather it is
still there. Ten minutes after a
raging toothache has stopped you
always try an experiment in order
to aeo wotber the ache has takon its
final depurturo. We are like tbe
Russian pennant wbo said, "Doctor,
wbenovor shake my bead I have a
terrible shooting in my brain."
"Why in tbo world, then,'' repliod
the nhraician. "do vou Blinks vonr
, -,, .
hoad f" Tbe peasant thought a
moment ftud then answered t "Why,
loctor, J bsve to shake my head to
soe whether the psiu is still there."
I ho hardest thing to do is to "let
well enough aloue. "
A Fbarmui. W arnimo. Onco upou
a time "not very long ngo o certain
man got road at the editor and stop
pod bis paper. The next week be
sold bis corn ot four cents below the
market price i then bis property was
sold for taxes bocause be didn 't read
the sheriff's sales t ho was arrested
and fined $H for going bunting on
Sunday, simply bocause be didn't
know it was Monday, ond he paid
300 for a lot of forged notes that
bad been advertised two weeks and
the public cautioned not to negoti
ate tlioin. He then paid a big
Irishman, with a foot like o forge
hammer, to kick him all the way to
tho newspaper oflioo, whore be paid
four years' subscription in advance,
and made the editor sign ou agree
ment to knock bim down aud - rob
bim if ho ever ordered bia paper stop
ped again. Such is life without o
newspaper. t'x.
I envy no quality of the mind or
intellect in others nat genins, pow
er, wit, or fauey i but if I could
choose what would be mont delight
ful, and I believe most useful to me,
I should prefer o firm roligious be
lief to every other blessing ; for it
makes life a discipline of goodness,
creates now hopes wben all earthly
hopes vanish, and throws ovor the
decay, the dostruntioa of existence
tho most gorgoous of all lights ;
awakens life oven in doath, and from
corruption snd decay calls up boati
ty and divinity i makes an instru
ment of torture snd of shame the
ladder of ascent to paradise ; ond,
far above all combinations of earthly
hopes, calls np the most delightful
visions of palms and amaranths, tbe
gardens of the blest tbe security of
everlasting joys. S Bmiijihrey
Davy,
The yonng moa were rbums and
intimate friends in colloge. One
became o Baptist mioister, and the
other an Episcopalian. Tbey did
not meet again for years. Wben
tbey did, it was in tbe pulpit of tbe
Haptist, wben tbe Episcopalaio
preached, to tbe groat satisfaction
of tbe congregation. Sermon over,
tbe two divines ducked their beads
behind tbe breastwork of the proach
insr desk ond held tbe following
colloquy 1 "Fine sermon, Tom, ronob
obliged. Sorry I can t repay your
kindnesa for preaohing, by asking
you to stay to onr communion.
Can't though, you know, because
yoa wers uever baptised " Ob don't
conoern your self about that, Jim I
oouldo't receive the communion at
your bands, as yoo have never been
ordained,'
Between male ond female, says a
modern writer, tbore is 0 difference
of kind only not degree. Man is
strong, woman is beautiful 1 man
ia daring and confident, woman is
diffident and unassuming 1 men is
greet in action, woman in suffering j
man shines abroad, woman at home 1
man talka to convince, woman to
persuade 1 man baa 0 rugged heart,
0 woman 0 ooft ond tender one 1
man prevents misery, woman re
lieves it t man has science, woman
taste 1 man baa judgment, woman
sensibility J man is a being of jus
tice, woman an angel of mercy.
Sportsmen never object to bang
ing bore.
Tbe dentist, like tbe beymeker,
eoree 0 greet many acbres.
Old ocean indulgee iu storms
merely for wreck creation.
Tbe mule olwsys
foot biudmoat
puts bia best
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Terras of Rubsenption, '
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Firal lUpilai Chnrek.
Panvinaai-s, H. I., Jan. R. 'TV.
I eaa trtufjr In (ha virln of HUNT'S
ItKMKUY ia Kiiln-y lirtii from aoiual
irlal, ha-lna bftB rnly b-n-Su. hy
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wlin-ii-ril tha wnnil-rliil allaflls cl
HUNT'S REMKOV in my own eaaa. and la
a grral nnmhrr of oib-r. I raoomman l it
lo alt alttimtd with ki lnrjp diaanaok of
ilrnp-y. fhn- slltiolad hy diaca-e should
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IIUNT'8 REME-
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HUNT'S
eiable, and it us-
ad by ikr aihi
ofl'byiieana. It
baa alood ibe Ira 1
REMEDY
of lime for 80
years, sod tbeul
moat rtin- may he ptarrd in it. OfiB
TRIAL WILL CONVINCK YOU.
Hrn I for pamphlet lo WM. K. CLARK,
I'rovidrnee, R. I.
Sold by 'ill Druucy;itH.
Brpt. IH, 'i'l.ly.
Manhood : How Lost, How Restored !
Ju-t piilill-lird, a new tdiilun of
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ate. ; aln, Cosmimi'Tiok, Entsrar snd
Fits, induced by aelf-indut-noe or set
ual eitra-tpitnra, go.
goirl'rlea, in a aaalod envclnpa, only
IX cents.
The oeli-lir iie I siilhnr. In Ihia a lmir.
shla cleirly iUnnn'ra'ea, from a
thirty years' siicnen-ful praiuira, that tha
alarming eon-ci,ience of alf atiuae may
ba radically enred wiihont the danger.
011a uaa of internal raelirtne or Ibe aa
plioanoo of Ibe knife; palniing aula
mode of cure at onoe aiuipla. eertaln, snd
atfeoiual, ha. mav cure bim-elf cheaply,
privaioly, and iirAt.i.T.
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thnttfttmi ni'( ttitntin l.
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any adrc, pnt pntl, on receiptor aiX
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Addree- Ihe Puhlinhrr.
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DOHllaSTIC ItlllliE,
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Hiehirv of all NallKloae lnuuilnatlon i lliea
raphl.a or tha lnilrl Wrltan 1 Oallery of
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ri b 1 it- Eiablaiaatia illnJIaa aad Raaauna
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callooeno oileret taa Amarletn publlt and
tha prleea haeo liaan ruiluoed to ai to bring
tkeia within the raeane of tha mta-ee, aail '
Mm Mr. Hufflnaloa la raililaat Is oareoaat
and wholly ra. labia. Oot. ,:.
JJENUY A. WOLFLEY,
Saddler and Harness
Maker
Centrevlle, Snyder County, Pgnna.
K-apaon baad, and Bak-ata order all klaita
ofHarnaea, Nadillae, Hrldlaa, Wblpa, CalarS
fca.,a. All work aaaraaieaa lor one year
Mr. Wolflar aeka kai a trial 10 prova tnat aa
aadareund
iai aia aaaiaeaa.
So l,'T.
ISAAC BEAVltt,
burgeon Dentist !
Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.
Orrus in Fnnsus ss-a vsa psror.
E
ver
rythinfr belonprinff to the pro
eioa Soaa la tha boat roaaaer. Oil work
fa-elon
wArrmBte.1. Tarma ino-larata.
Ha will alu atteni lu ouaiaeea a-ry two
waoka at (.lentravllla. Troiahllla. Baa-el-.
Iowa, OOanitiiars and raxtoneUl-.
veo. tv, iau
I ho Phcunlx Pectoral.
Has nroTSd Itaolf la be peculiarly adapted te
old parsoas, aooiampiieae aaa eannian. 11
In ease a aoia. at etupe hh -peaiaraUoa.
It gtaa luetaat relief. It vi-aa
itrangtb, Itbrlate reel. It baa aiada awre
earaa Uaa aay other aMdletae. Tkoe.eade of
11.. .iu,.i. ol .anara Pnaeyaala ka-a
wtad It for years paet aud taallly Ua raUal
ieaa aad earae aOi etud.
Kriea, 5" oaale or t e-ttle far 1 .
Fr-Mr-a hy trl )-kier. at. D. and
an.l by Jobs A. Mualt, MKI'llaauig, lit I
OrU Ma, m.
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