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A.adress.
'Great - Bend, Pa;
DR. D. A. LATHROP.
ro4l, Post,tcioper tosi old Ihnillinilknise
1.7 Savory ju parttccaor: .11Merereittell6 ramtriat
Glertevzi. 'Soap!" Attila Stystotre Hotel. - •
liontme. 3fily.,
R. 13. &GEO. P. LITTLE;
Attoimels ead Connatilan at Law,
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It4tellat taken lateviakt .11211100000.14 Vie - , WIPS7
prliqsatlehantuk. and offers - Ms smite% to.the
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attended to.
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THE nix wao sunk
Jason Elder' belonged to 'mbar
large class of 017;06 Vtho find Plaiture in
the suffering or misfortune of their:fellow
men. This - is stating tb e rather
broadly, and we do not, in the leaat;totibt
that Jason, should he ever chance ta.dis
cover this introduction 'eft 'biniself to the
public, will reject our classification, so far
as he is concerned. 'We tottlin it under
standingly, however.' The fault; we bave
indicated is usually' the companion of
another. The man who feels pleasure in
the ill-fortune of his neighbor will hardly
hesitate to inflict an'injtiry,if it can' be
done with impunity. ,
Men of the classlo whoniloinit Elder
belonged - rarely passed ' far on their: life
journey without a thistinderstudifig with
some of their fellow passengers. Ofc,urse
they are always inehe right, and - their fel
low passengers in the wrong. And as they
are the' injured and the oppressed it is the
most natural to retaliate—giving blow for
blow.
EMT DIIIIIIIIII.
"The man who wrongs me I neither
forgive nor torget." This was one
Elder's Baying's, and a very'bad saying, we
cannot help declaring it to be
, particularly
so in Jason's case for he qUietly livednp to
his principles. Of course judgment as to
wrong was always rendered by himself,
and on evidence wholly ex-parte.' If he
believed that another meant to do him
wrong—and he cotild believe, sometimes,
on very slight evidence—an evil, purpose
was as quickly born in his mind as if posi
tive testimony were „before his eyes.
in fact, Jason Elder waia Very bad' sort
of a man, find often very _ troublesome
those who : had any dealing's with him.
Among' those who were fuvored' with
the hearty ( dislike of Elder wsis a 'Master
mechanic in a small way,' trained Martin'
Lee, who, by industry no economy; had
accumulated enough to buy himself 's' house
of moderate size,' as a borne in the slime
neighborhood. I"hese houses were built
on a piece of ground that originally be
longed to the same estate.
Mr. Lee was a very upright mantoo
upright and independent to have much in
tercourse with a man like Elder, and that
mortally offended him ; gnrl the Offence
was neither forgotten nar forgiVen: In
more than one instance his enemy' had
sought told() him injury ; but the poisOn
ed arrows,flung from his bow,had'floviin
harmlessly by him.
One day, while iu conversation with one
of those idle, gossiping individuals, who
gave more attention to other people's bus
iness than they do totheir own, the latter
said in responding to some ill-natured . re
mark uttered against Mr. Lee, " !edited
a fact yesterday that May be you would
like to bear."
4,500,,00t
$1,263,0130.
" About that Lee,?" eagerly inquired
Elder.
" Yes or I might better sat about the
ground on which be bas built that snug
little houge."
" Indeed. ?" our gentleman was all alive
now and commenced rubbiLig his bands in
delighted expectation. " What about the
grounds ?"
" Little defective," wai the laconic ans•
wer.
"Ron"
"Fact. Had it from old Larkins ; and I
rather think he ought to know something
about it."
" Well, that is news !' Got a bad title;
eh ? I wonder who's on the hip now, , Mr.
Martin Lee ?'° 'Won't I, 'indeed ; Wait
and see. If Ido bot deal him a stagger- .
ing blow, my name is not Jason Elder=
that's all. I always said rd abide my
time. Ha Ha I A flaw, in his title. , But
that's just his way of doing hairiness. Pd
like to see any one picks flaw in '
True to the evil purposedcflared, Elder
tookthe first opportunity to search' out the
Party to whom the propene owned by Lei
would revert, in one a defect reit* did
exist in his title, and communicated" the
fact alleged. This individual Whose natan
was Earl e , seemed at firtitinCiedulbas >int
when Larkin was mentioned as authority?,
seemed to feel qiiite, an interest in the mat.
• ;:
ter.
Ism really indebted to yen," le said,
witb'a Mend smile; "should it prove trite
that there is a defect 1 - shall time' quite a
windfall ; 'and eoald net ' lave reached
in
me a better time.. I *ld hie 'the mit:
ter investigated • at trice?
"That bloWAvill!tell hard; surety They*
planted irbelow tibrsaig Eidei
to hiinself,.in , , tone'bf erzultatiori;
as be left the prelienee'of Mr:Earl. •
Through nttichirelf-dehibrattd hardiab.
or, continued through many Y 01 5:,
Vt. UR been able to - preYrde a' modest
homestead for hie faritily. bad' beet
the more anxious •to 'flectiinCol : Obi 006 i
the fact'tbat•dectining teak - *toned him
of the alpkiaelfof a day , when' bia beloved
ones who leaned en him'sciixinfidingily
would havelione to care for the&
could secure a home, into which thq
might cluster_togetlm, le felt that much
would be.gained. And thia.he lad Jul
eiiidoliithedL' "theAFiitt'coit, Ottaitr. 7 ,
Se t w t ti4olllo y4ca,l*:ayetent to a ti
extent piedticed ;a iierioui 'resod/si;
and; thoigh hp,iee'uied' f't!, foi fits
permanently' we4cened,h3a
tititution.
4..P I PrAI, l'• , AfLt
8T T. s.:AILIBInt.
• t .!f •r• ; 1 • " ' Sip ?
ST Q * A, Tu s v,li4 l3 „ vvtikr-turvr 4 31
•1. , .1 • !,
raOtured alikuid . and . was• taken
bonie in tdangerots condition: Th
the very day; that Jason Elder mate the ,
unfortunate • discovery of a defect lathe
titlenf his property.
Little dreamed be, as with death
ing at the door, he found consolation in
the thought that his family, &en if be
were taken from them, would not be left
withouta lonie ; that at the very time
there was a movement to deprive him of
their little patrimony. And well for him
was it that the veil of ignorance was be.
fore his eyes ;for, bad be known of the
threatened danger the knowledge would
surely have cost him his life.
On the day following, a gentleman call•
ed at the house of Mr. Lee, to notify him
that proceedings were about being instil.
uted for the purposeof testing thevalidity
of his title : but learning that, he was dun
4erously ill, he went, away without leaving
any word as to the purpose of-his bus.
bless.
In the meantime, Elder, who had not
heard of Mr. Lee's illness, was awaiting
with some interest, to see the ultimate
,effect of the blow be bad stuck. There
were times when in a measure he repented
of what he bad done. But the repentance
was not very deep, and hiaill wilitowarda
Mi. Lee soon obliterated all traces there.
of. On the third day, Elder recieved
brief note from Mr. Earl, desiring him to
call at his office, as he wished to see him
on particular business.
There was something in this note that
affected Mr. Elder unpleasantly. What it
was, however, lie could not discover, al.
though be read it over and over again, at
least haifa dozen times.
" I wonder what he wants with me ?"
he said uneasily, as he started off to obey
the summons.
" Alt, Mr. Elder, I'm glad to see you."
Mr. Earl smiled, and he offered hia hand.
But there waa something wrong in the
smile, and no !team whatever in the prep
sure of his hand.
".-I've beeninveatigating the matter that
you brought to my notice," said - fir. Earl,
and his countenance assumed a very grave
aspect,
" Ab, have you ? Well, sir, did you
not find it as I said ?"
" Vie're •is flaw, certainly, and a very
serious one."
" I watt sure of it from what Larkin
said. He'a never at Emit iu matters ofthis
kind."
" You aimed _ a heavy blow at Mr. Lee, ,
my . friend," said Mr. Earl. "''her©was a
quick change in his manner, followed by a
'pause. Thou be added
" But it passed him untuarmecl, and
struck another."
" Who?"
" Yourself!"
"Me I I do not understand you, Earl 2"
The countenance of Jason Efder h'ad be
come suddenly overspread with alarm.
" Mr. Lee's title is perfectly good."
"It is ?"
" Yes. But—yours is defective !"
" Impossible !" exclaimed Elder, turning
pale.
`• N,ot at all / Mr. Larkin is rarely at
fault in matters of this kind. Me knew
there was a flaw somewhere in the title of
the property that once belonged to my
uncle's estate, but erred in this instance.
Lee is safe, but your title is not worth a.
copper. lam much obliged to you for
!lurking up the windfall for me—l should
hardly have come across it. myself ; and in
consideration thereof, will deal with you
as leniently as possible. Of course, Ido
not expect you to take my word in regard
to the flaw. Its existence, however, will_
soon be .demonstrated. You had better
see your lawyer and ask him to call ,on me.
In the meantime, I will say that for vari
ous reasons I am ready to compromise.—
I don't wish to encounter the vexations,
delays and expenses of legal proceedings ;
and, therefore, if you are disposed to meet
me amicably, I will execute a quit claim to
the property. The sum is five hundred
&Hire
Elder groaned aloud.
4 ' if my claim ori the property is good,
and I know it to be, resumed Earl, I can
recover three times that sum. If you com
promise.' will act in a spitit of great mod
eration, but if you Conipermme to resort to
law, I will take all the - psi awards."
Poor_ Jason Elderel ; The. blow was a
hi4v.y one and ataggered , careful
examination by his lawyer only proved
the assertion of Air. /Earl. His'title to the
property was not Worth a dollar. Med
eneugh was he to sOept the prollerid:
comprontise, '.though.at. the clear loss of
6500. ,
'Well for Mr. Lee was it, that the Mus ,
' 4
•did
alined with,such bitter malignitynot.
execute the will of,him. by whom tt was.
given. 'the consequences would, to all
b.nfßim fogies } i A.Pravgii fatal. ..Nqiuntil
tm Watt eatiale l 44r , Pc9Yore 4 frost 4 1 sdAP ,
gen:r, Wow y 3 begm l eggAn,ditt he lonin
the, evtl t thatliad ttOn nodltatel/ 4/01
it had. reePiteft upoP Alts beati4 bit pa-
His Optntect &rimier. pan
ASETieir t forAuPOory (gi 411.7
P I EARK
wadelTtwidegjeratii* , ,ofWer,o 111014
than one, that he had struck Lee WAVY
blow,.wa re,txlmberP4.iTt l o9 l ?Twill
is. rAQPRIM (0/4* 04P t ,4 0 . hukilNej
Oct Pilia:fiNgPAl -oq?gankl3P-, WM
FigrAfti rs ,44o7;4lA9PPO OPSINAM
NIO3=E
kuetv,l4. tbet,t`finao , Wliq y 1Oto
• A. broai illoStrotW 9A . Tet4; lll ,*Pg.•
place daily, in hOO4rVis Of incitnnee4 rop.nd I
us, Thethat,:ts medithted ngainst
others usmdly nomes: back in some form;
upon those who .seek to-dotheir neighbors
a wrong. In this matter there is a ; law of
compensation which acts with unerring
certainty.. Tbe, blow that is. struck in
maliceat :mother, malt not seem to rebound:
But, as surely ash is given, will its power
to do harm remain unspent, until the circle
of conseguenceiscompleted. ,
Onions coaxes in Cincinnati.
A good hoax is sometimes allowable,
and the tbllowitig statement of occurrences
that aotually transpired last evening will
do to laugh over once, bat their repetition
in any community would soon call for
some eifectital measures to detect and pun
ish the'rogues.
It was atter 9 o'clock when one of our
ministers—who, from his genial am) lively
disposition, is fast earning the reptitation
of the ltarr,ying,l'amnriitturnet,l from
his. Wednetida,y evening meeting, and was
handed a note by his wife signed Charles
DI Raj, that. requested him to call at a
certain house on fifth street and'perform
a marriage ceremony. Incl Used was the
liberal:fee of ten dollars,, NOt t:ci 'be be
hind time,, the parson hurried off to No.
filth street. When the door was opened,
he found a gay assemblage of young folks,
the gentler dex preponderating. Announ
cing the Object cir his visit, be was ,surpri
sed that no one seemed to tuiderstand it;
and the giggle of the girls gave him an
inkling of the fact that a call fromone of
his profession was a novelty to thatcrowd.
He was assured that there was to be no
marriage there, whereupon he beat a hasty
retreat.
Thinking the figure 5 in sth st might be
meant for a, our parsoulnirried offin that
direction, hut, although be was treated
more courteously at 'the corresponding
number in that street, he found nobody
disposed to be married. Being satisfied
that he bad been hoaxed, he walked by
No. ••• fifth street, and, while talking with
a couple of policemen as to the character
of theleuse, his friend, .a popular ;under
taker, passed hinrin solemn gait, with his
cooling-hoard under his arm and assistant
by his side. Turning around, and eat:ll:lan
ging his "good evening," • the minister
wasastonished to see the undertaker stop
at the door. where by tratj met se-strange
a reception. 1 1 have come," said the
grave voice of the man of death, ti to lay
out the corpse in this house." "There is
no corpse here," said.the servant ; and he
needed no further assurance than the
burst of laughter from the giddy heads
within to satisfy him of the fact, and he,
too, turned away to look for the object of
his mission elsewhere. But the irrepres
sible "Ha! ha I " of our jolly parson called
him back, and a stattrent of his own ex
perience at once convinced the undertaker
that the propsed marriage and death were
alike fictions, emanating from the same
party. The serious part of the joke is,
that the parson found.his ten-dollar bill to
be as spurious as the rest, of the affair.—
Cincinnati Gazette, Dee. 1.
Cada Corruption.
A writer in the New York. Citizen tells
son:e plain truths concerning the corrup
tions of the, present time, and their effects
upon the permanence of true Republican
institutions. None who; have watched
the movement ce pnblio events fqr a few
years past can doubtlis conclusions:
"Corrupt officials and the degradation
that sustains thetnie - more to be feared by
our repiThliean iriilfithtebo9 than are the
armed:hosts of Jeff Davis. 'Unless some
thing can be done to arouse the people to
a proper souse of this great act : and
prompt them - to action, the restoration of
this Union will bp accomplished in vain.
Thp gnawing tooth of time will not more
surely destroy a material substance, than
will porruption in high, places undermine
and ryin thus republic. do not mean
merely, that sort of corruption that robs
people of their money— r that,ia of tut lit-
tle comparative consequence ii 414'1,149m.
also that corruption' which . sups. and rots
the.public mind, and tlgiebes i 4 to look at.
such acts-with complaoeney, if pot4ibso•
lately to-indorse arid sustain their authors.
There was a timewheo the announcement
of even en,iusignifipent defalcation.,shock
.ed the public wind and produced:a sense
of uneasiness and pain. ,Z , Jow the .most
astounding frande,and ~peculations are
read pad ,d,iscussed ,with, the ,greatest- ap
pareatlibow;fitlettsges§:'
—An old Democrat of Belfast, named,
Christopher Gray, aged . 104 years, has
voloifgrovery DemomplipXlmmleltifrtim
Washingtop to • DPIROVits •,11P4 • V904 14 ; 011 ,
MCCIVIraik 011.0940:UTte , -
—The New York gem kkisayothat some
persdps, 'lirtsavrate straightened-4*m
statioes'boifords t*gotitlisiP , fin getia into .
matters okineletlid with •llBoldier's Fairs, 9l
nom keertheileirriagea and'litre 'in Lyle.
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allycOritradietiolifeirßporothitithisivittw
dkaitilfrei#the. atiiistibititt:tfli64tiesi , itif
th o dit el e nri 6ri:11.1:r1;;;t0) vl4O, 1 , ,,i i H,
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One Good Turn Desertes Another. ,
rtinNer - teas 'traveling In a , country
town, titior having traversed many miles
without. finding anything to do; he etcpt
weary and'hangry at' a Oxen.' Here he
got into Conversation with 'a 'glazier, to i
whotp•be related his' troubles. The latter
sympathized with him deeply, and telling
him - he should have ajob before long, ad
vised him to go in to his diaper and eat
heartily. The tinker took Cs advice, ate
heartily, and when he returned to the bar
room he was overjoyed to hear that the
landlord required his services to mend a
lot of pans, and kettles, which had sudden
ly sprung a leak. The tinker at once fell
to work, accomplished the task, and re-•
ceived'a liberal sum therefor, and started
on his way. Upon reselling the outside
of the house he found the glazier, who
said to him--" - .
" Well, you see !told the trnth. I pro-
cured you a job of work; and how deyou
think I accomplished it I"'
"I am sure I cannot tell," replied the
tinker.
" I will tell you," rejoined the glazier.
" You told me vou were weary, hungry,
and penniless. .1
knew the landlord was
well off and doing a good business, so I
watched the opportunity and`'started a
leak in every tin utensil I could lay my
hands on."
The tinker, with many thanks and a
heart fbil of gratitude, resumed his journ
ey, but he bad not proceeded many yards
before he reached' the• village church,
' when a brilliant idea struck him.' The
glazier had befriended• him—he would be
friend the glazier. The church, he tho't
conld afford to bear a slight loss in a
good cause, so taking a position where he
could not be seen, he riddled every win
dow in the edifice with stones, and then,
highly elated with his exploit, he retraced
his, steps to notify the glazier he would
speedily have .a 'very important . job.'' He
met the glazier at the door of the tavern.
"Sir," said he, " I dm happy to inform
you 'that fortune has enabled me to return
the kindness I received from you an hour
since."
" How so la" asked the glazier pleasant
ly.
" I have broken every pane of glass in
the church," answered the tinker, "and
you of pourse will be employed to put
them in again."
The glazier's jaw fell, and his face as
sumed a blank expression, as he said in a
tremulous tone, " You don't mean that
do yoll
" Certainly," replied the tinker, "there
isn't a whole pane of glass in the building.
One good turn deserves another, you
" Yes," answered the glazier, in a tone
of utter despair; " but you infcrnal scoun
drel, yon have ruined me, for I keep the
church windows in repair by the year."
Blount Ararat,
Mount Ararat is 6000 feet. higher than
Etna, and 1528 feet. higher than Mount
Blanc—the latter the point of greatest el
evation in Europe. It is detached from
the other mountains of Asia, and is divi
ded into two conical peaks. Sir Robert
Porter paints in vivid colors the magnifi
cent spectacle when he first. came in
sight of Ararat, majestically rising from an
extended green plain, fertilized by the
clear waters of the Aras, (the ancient Ar
axas,) and covered with Armenian villa
ges. In various points of view, the sum
mit has a striking resemblance to a ship;
a fact which has been recorded by all
travelers to the spot, and the whole coun
try round is full of traditionary stories
relative to Noah's ark and the flood.
• It is a common belief among. the Ar
menians and, Persians, that the remains'
of the ark still exist on the summit., Sev
eral attempts have been made to reach
the top of the mountain, bat rarely have
any such attempts succeeded. .Moving
•sands which threaten to overwhelm the
traveler, flinty roads which cut hiashoes
to shreds,, terrible precipices, with over
hanging rocks, and worse than 44 : nests
of snakes, have constantly struck terror in
to the stoutest hearts, and nearly in all
cases induced the abandonment of the en
terprise. At...Ert•vin the •Armenians
,show
the spot where Noah first ;plant. the
vine, ancl,the town of Naktidjoylip Iplace
of descent) is believed tematk,tbe r spot
where the patriarch first settled oil quit
ting the ark, , • , ,
oainl my son, ,wlint are 76n
going to do with that dub,"
"Setid•it to the' editot of cootie." • "
. 11 Bnt what are you goirrg ,to-send it. Co
the editor for ?"
'clause he, says if tughody .wjil send
biro a drib, hal send'lnm a copy of his
piper." '
The mot egthe 'pretty neat' fainting,
but:retained conicioujuiess enough =to ask:
" Bat Tapley deuri ; what ! ,do,y,9u, sup.
pose he Wants of a clutar _
4",W,011, I, don't - know," ':replied' the
, hopftd Prflhi9l .f * Pulet s l 3 :,ios, to knock,
'down. sab,e4r t ibetl,as i dop?t, Ry,p f t , r their
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negro , hibotem number;et
Maltb.s!s'ogsterilitoltitik .hiiusepin . Balti•
Tow; have iluitidoilt 'beosuas their boss
~opsied OsOghpittokievberobe=employed .
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.'•=zimpotte t nce 'of Local Papers. •
.A9t:ona verson in u 'hundred, we ail!
perfect Istifqln saying,. has anything like'
a 'correa 'appreciation of the real value
and iurip'ertai?ce of the local paper. There,
is not a. Jungle local interest that is not
More orless dependent upon the local pa
per for its success. Take the County Fair,
which has already become'one of the fix
ed institutions of the country. How mach
is it indebted to the local newspaper P All
i
other aids combined to make t a success,
do not amount to as much as the local
newspaper. The publication by it. of no- •
tices of the Fair, and awards of premiums,
is of more worth than the unreflective
man begins to imagine. Yet this pahlic&
tion is without money and without price,
while the. publisher's whole capital, his
whole means, his stock in trade, so to
speak; consiSth tfi the value of this power
of giving extensive publicity to what ap
pears in his paper.
What is true of the Fair is true of oth
er things. Political meetings, gatherings
of public interest of all kinds, are noticed
freely and for nought. When the old die,
or the young tme married, the whole
country is informed of ' it. The ways in
which the. local press advances public in
terest and or public importance are many
nd multiform. Yet its service in these
respects is almost unrecognized and-tin-'
known. Because more reading can be got
for the same money, though - it may be
days behind, and not selected or made up
with reference to special wants, the for
eign and distant, having no connection
with any local, publio or private interest,
but in many cases really adverse to it, is
preferred to-the home paper. Such course
is not only unwise but suicidal. There is
no stimulant to public prosperity equal in
power to a" well supported and effibient
local press a and no truth is more clearly
susceptible of demonstration than that
private and public prosperity go hand in
I band.
Let foreign papers be circulated by all
means, the more of them the better, but
let it ndt be done at the expense of home
papers. Let home •papers have the first,
and all others the second place. Make up
clubs for the World, and for other foreign ,
papers if you choose, but let no man eith
er take himself or induce others to take'
the World or any other paper, without
first taking the home paper. Hit be in.
any way deficient, an unFrudging and lib.,
eral support, coupled with a genuine ap
preciation of its irnportanc:?, tvi!l be the
very stimulus needed to remedy all deb
ciencies. Its real valve and importance
will be increased thereby, and it will inev
itably become more and still more the her
ald and cause of real and continually in
creasing prosperity and progress.
A lady who was telling the fortunes of
all the young damsels, old maids,- and sit.;
ly married ladies about Sharpsburg, Alle
gheny, was richly sold the other day. A
number of beardless young men dressed
in female attire and presented themselves
as young lacliesjust waiting for husbands.
The fortune teller told them what kind of
men they would marry, the color of the
hair, the shape of the moustache and all..
When the joke exploded, it is said some•
one was seen making for the railroad sta
tion with the speed_ of lightning. The
little Misses don't like to have their for
tunes thus ruined neither.
Think of the following, ladies, when
you are handling your tortoise shell
combs :
What is called the tortoise shell is not,,
as is generally supposed, the bony cover
ing or shield ,of the turtle but only the
scales which cover. it. These are thirteen
in number : eight of them flat and five
little curved. Of the flat snes four are -
large, being sometimes a foot long and 7 ,
inches broad„semitransruirent, elegantly
variegated with white, red, yellow and
dark brown clouds, which arc fully bro't
out when the shell is prepared and polish
ed. The laminie, as we have said,.consti
tnte the external coating of the solid or
bony part of the shell, and a largo turtle
afforcla about , eightpounds of them, the
platesymyingfrom an eighth to a quar
ter 9f an itch', in thickness.
.Tho ashers.do not kill the turtles; did
tlitiy do se, they would in a few years ex
terminate them. When a turtle is caught
they fasten him and, cover his back with
dry leaves or grass, to which they set fire.
The beat mules the 'plates to separate at
their joints, a )argo knife is then inserted -
horizontally, between them, and the hunk. ;
me lifted from the sack, care being taken
not to injure the shell by too much heat, .
nor to force it, Off until the bent has fully
prepared it fobr,paration., Many turtles
die under tbis..crnel okration,bnt- instan
ces areinurfueriins in whicli . they have beim.;
panglit,a gcp9Ais,l time with the outer cOat
ing,reprodnFard ; .I?ut "these cases, in:,
stead of iktrtiien pieces, it Is a single
&PP! j
—A letter recently lis!sed through the
Penton-Post Office bearing.the following
inscription : :431r. , Andretutqlehutt, Sost•
Arinsch,itisikantcSt. /Jersey," It'found '
its proper *Ws:terra.' South Orange, ggimir
canon Ziff* • '
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A Fortune Teller Sold.
Tortoise Shell.