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VOLUME XXIV, NO. 32.
H1FFLLNT0WN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENN'A., AUGUST 10, 1370.
WHOLE NUMBER 1221
IJrofrssioinl Carbs.
LEX. K. McCLUHE, .
ATTORNEY AT "LAW,
i4 South sixth street,
PHILADKLPHIA.
oct2Mf - "
JOBERT McMEEN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
t MIFFLINTOWN, PA.
" Office on Bridge street, in the room formerly
occupied by Eira 1). Parrer, Esq.
g B. LOUDEN,' -
MIFFLINTOWN, PA.,
Offers his services to the citizens of Juni
ata county as Auctioneer and Vendue Crier.
Charges, from two to ten dollars. Satisfac
tion warranted. nov3-'jm.
THOMAS A. ELDER, 31. I).,
MIFFLINTOWN, PA.
Office hours 5 A. M. to 3 P. M. Office in
lielford's buildiug, two doors above the Sen
la.ri office, ltridge street. aug 18 if
DR. P. C. 11UXDIO,
; ; PATTEUSOX, rENN'A.
August 18, lSOSI-tf.
IIOM.EOHIATIC rHVSICIAN SURGEON
Having permanently Waled in the borough
of Miflliutown, offers his professional services
to the citizens of this place and surrounding
country.
Office on Main street, over Beidler's Drug
Ptare. aug 18 l?69-tf
G. W. McPHERRAN,
itorncg' at Juuu,
. C01 SANSOM STREET,
- PHILADELPHIA.
aug 18 18G!Uly
QENTKAL CLAIM AGENCV,
JAMES M. SELLERS.
14 4 SOUTH SIXTH STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
JfS. Bountn. Pensions, Back Tny, Horse
Claims. Slate -Jlaini. ie., prumptly collected.
No cbarge for information, nor wlien money
is not collected. oct27-lf
Jiusuuss (Larbs.
NEW DRUG STORE.
BANKS & HAMLIN,
.Vain Street, Mtjhutoirn, Pa.
HEU.KKS IN
DRICS If D TiEDlCHES,
Chemicals, Dye Stuff.
Oils, Paints,
Varnishes, Glass,
Putty, Coal Oil,
Lamps, Burners,
ttiinmev. Brushes,
Infants Brushes.
Mnp
Hair Brushes, Tooth Bruges.
" ' PerfumeTy, Tombs.
Ilir Oil,. " Tobacco,
Cigars, Notions,
and Stationary.
LARGE VARIETY OF
PATENT MEDICINES,
selected with great care, and warranted from
hij;h authority.
Purest of WIN ES AN D LIQUORS for Medi
cal Purposes.
fr PRESCRIPTION'S compounded with
great care, mal(i'70-ly
PERRYSV1LLE DRUG STORE !
Perrysville, Juniata County Pa.
JACOB BEIDLER,
DEALKK IK
Pruga, Medicines, Chemicals, Dye-Sjuffs.
Oils, Paints, Varnishes, Linseed Oil, Glass,
'Putty, Lamp Chimneys, Burners and Wicks,
Tooth Brushes, Hair Krusbes. Clothes and
Paint Brushes, Combs, Soaps, Hair Oil, Per
fumery, Stationery,
LARGE VARIETT OF
FA TENT MEDICINES,
And Pure Wines and Liquors for medical
purposes.
pop Prescriptions carefully compounded.
jnarJ.;,7(Mm
CLARK & FRANK,
HARDWARE DEALERS,
OPPOSITE THE COURT IIOUSE,
MIFFLINTOWN, PENS 'A.
Iron, Steel, Nails, Nail Rod, norse Shoes,
Carpenters, Builders, Carriage Makers, Cab
inet Makers and House furnishing
U AEDW AE E.
Call before purchasing elsewhere, at
CLARK & FRANKS,
aug 18, 18C9-tf Mifflintown, Pa.
ITl. SAIGElii
WITH
SHUMWAY, CHANDLER & CO.
Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in
BOOTS & SHOES,
221 Market aud 210 Church Si.,
PHILADLPIIIA.
apr 13.1870
J. M. KEPIIEAltT
BARNES BROTHER &HERR0N
WHOLESALE DEALERS IS . .
HATS AND CAPS,
503 Market Street, Philadelphia.
ug 18. 18G9-ly.
ILA1X and Fancy Job Printing neatly exe
cuted at this Office.
Jotat butrtistmcnts.
The Place for Good Grape-vines
IS AT THE
gniriata ihllq iDimprbs,
AXD URArE-VlXE JiURSEKY.
THE undersigned would respectfully in
form the public that he has started a
Grape-vine Nursery about one mile northeast
of Mifflintown, where he has been testing a
large number of the different varieties of
Grapes; and having been in the business for
seren years, he is now prepared to furnish
VINES OF ALL THE LEADING
VARIETIES, AND OF THE
MOST PROMISING
KINDS, AT
LOW-RATEr
by fie single vine, dozen, bundrei or thou
sand.. All persons wishing good and thrifty
vine will do well to call and see for tkeni
selva. fcy Good and responsible Agents wanted.
Address,
JONAS OBERnOLTZER.
Mifflintown, Juniata Co., Pa.
Ftb- 14, 1870-ly
A. B. rASll'C JOB! KOKTH
FASICK & NORTH,
BOOT & SHOE MAKERS.
MAIN STREET, MIFFLIN,
In the Hottl Buihlmg of Mr. Yuunj.
Having entered into partnership, we are now
prepared to manufacture and have for sale
all kinds of
BOOTS, SHOES AND GAITERS,
FOR
GUSTS', LADIES AND CHILDREN.
()ur work is all manufactured br ourselves,
and we warrant it to be made of :he best ma
terial. OH work sold at our eouater will be
repaired free of charge, should the seaming
give way.
Give us a call, for we feel confident that we
can furnish you with any kind of work you
may desire.
ldf Repairing done neatly md at reasona
ble rates. FASICK U. NORTH.
aug It", lS6Mf.
COME THIS WAY!!
New Flour and Feed Store !
rpilE undersigned having opened a Flour
X and Feed Store on Main street, opposite
the Post Office, in the building formerly occu
pied by Caleh Tarker, would respectfully
announce to the citizens of Mifflintown and
Ticinity. that he is now prepared to furnish
the pill. lie with
FLODB AfiD FEED,
SI CK AS
Corn ileal. Corn, Gain, Chop, Middling.
Shorts, BrBn, SfC.. SfC.,
And everything usuiily kept in a First-class
Feed Store. Also,
POTATOES FOR SALE CHEAP. .
JagT I 'll deliver all goods if ordered. I
respect Mly solicit a liberal share of public
patronage.
ENOS BEUGY.
Mifflintown, April 2f, 1870-Ctn.
"cojTf e"o tTox e iTi
AND
FRUIT STORE.
THE undersigned, thankful for past pat
ronage, take; this method of informing his
oil customer and ihe public generally, that
he has added another large and well selected
stock of Ortnees, Lemons, Potatoes, Tobac-
co. Cigars, Spices of all kinds, and the larg-
at ttock vf Confectiontriei tver brought to tht
county ; alio.
Fresk Bread, Rolls, Cakes, &c.
Having purchased the Mifflin Bakery, I am
prepared to furnish Bread, Rolls, Pies. Pret
zels, Dutch Cake, Rye Bread, Ginger Cake,;
Sugar Cuke, Spice Cake, Pound Cake, Fruit
Cake, Sponge Cake, &c. Jeliy Roll and Or
namental Cakes made to order.
tfSm. Having secured the servioes of a first
class baker, 1 am prepared to furnish the
country trade with all kinds cf cakes at rem
sonable rates.
Not. 10, 1869. WJI. H. EGOLF.
" NEW TIN SHOP
AT
J0HNSTOW2T, JUNIATA CO , PA.
THE undersigned, having returned and
taken charge of the above stand, where
he was formerly doing business, would beg
leave to inform his friends and the public
generally, that he will constantly keep on
band and he prepared at all times to supply
the demand for
TIN AND SHEET IRON WARE,
HOOFING, JOBBING, AC,
In fact everything necessary for the full sup
ply in this line of business.
agi. Repairing will be made a specialty,
and will receive prompt attention.
He hopes by strict attention to busi
ness to merit and receive a liberal share of
public patronage.
J. H. HOSTETLER.
Feb 2, 1870-6m
CHAIRS MJHA1BS !
rpnE pnhlic are hereby informed that the
-L unlersigned is now manufacturing all
kinds of
Cane Seat and Windsor Chairs, and
Rocking Chairs,
of every description, and will endeavor to
keep constantly on hand a
COMPLETE ASSORTMENT
r v. Kni winhinir to offer anvtbinz
.hat he would not be willing to buy, his pa
trons can rely upon getting the value of their
if. .1 nM nnf hflitjitA in savinir that
his work is second to none manufactured,
either now or in time pasu
Wareronm on Main street, Shop on Water
street, Mifflintown. Pa.
8. Gnod chair plank wanted, from six
teen inches and upward.
sepi 2Z O J II i r . w
THE OLD ESTABLISHED FIBM,
. J. RICIIAMDSON t- CO,
12C Mjibkkt Stbeet, Philad'.v ,
Is tht largest Manufacturing Confectioners
and Wholesale Dealers in Fruits,
Kutg, &.C., ia th Uujtcd States.
goifs Comer.
TWO PICTURES.
BY lABIOM DOUGLAS.
An old frame house with meadows wide,
And sweet with clover on each side ;
A bright-eyed boy, who looks from out
The door with woodbine wreathed about,
And wishes his one thought all day :
"Oh ! if I could but fly away
From this dull spot the world to see,
How happy, happy, happy,
How happy I should be '."
Amid the city's constant din,
A man, who round the world has been.
Who, 'mid the tumult and the throng.
Is thinking, thinking all day long ;
"Oh ! could I only tread once more
The fiel l-jmth to the farm-house door,
The old green meadow could I see,
How happy, happy, happy,
How happy I should be !"
"SfWitirrlhnfntic Miimft
A5NTAL REPORT OF SUPERISTEXDEXT
OF COMMON SCHOOLS OF JUNIATA
COOTT.
EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS IN THE
COUNTV.
Thirteen townships and four bor
oughs compose the districts of the
county, seventeen in all. Mtlford
increased it3 number of schools by
the organization cf a new sub-district
Four new school houses were erect
ed and occupied during the year ; one
respectively in Walker, Milford, Tus
carora and Beale. They are all four
good substantial buildings and suita
bly furnished. Three are well located.
The one in Beale is too near public
roads, it is also too small to accommo
date, conveniently, the wants ot the
district The one in Walker is an
elegant brick structure, twenty-eight
by thirty-six feet, with twelve feet
ceiling. The one in Milford is of
frame, the same size as the above,
with eleven feet ceiling.
It is gratifying to notice quite a
comtneLuablo spirit for improvement
in the location ot school houses. Of
the four erected during the year there
ia no exception to the location but
the oue. More care has bcea exer -
cised in furnishing school houses than
formerly.
It is to be regretted that no im-!
provementhas taken place during the
year in school grounds. I do most
sincerely hope that the teachers of the '
county will also take an interest in
this much needed improvement, and !
urge it on the attention of boards of
directors. A little prompting, I think,
is all that is Decessary to put the en
terprise on foot When once com
menced others will take example from
the good work already begun.
The school board of Tuscarora dis
trict increased their school term from
four to five months, but to some ex
tent offset this by a decrease in their
teachers' salaries from $35 to $33 per
month. They also did away with the j
District Superintendeney, which was i
another step backward in the line of
progress.
But four of the actual teachers of
the county have attended a State
Normal School. Four now are in at
tendance. Twenty-nine of the teach
ers who were engaged in teaching last
winter attended the County Normal
School, at Thompsontown, in charge
of Mr. Augustus Baum and County
Superintendent It is quite a hin
drance to our progress that more of
our teachers do not attend State Nor
mal Schools ; but we think the signs
are now favorable for this desilible
improvement Twice the number are
in attendance the present year than in
any former one since my connection
with the schools of the county. About
34 per cent of all the teachers en
gaged last term had received Normal
instruction previous to taking charge
of their schools, and 90 per cent of
the whole have read educational works.
This is a pleasing feature in our pro
gress, and we hope the day is not far
distant when no candidate for the
teacher's office will think of applying
at a public examination for a certifi
cate, or to a board of directors for a
school without being able, in addition
to actual scholarship, to give at least
some evidence of ability to teach.
There has been evidence during the
last year of an increasing disposition
on the part of many of our directors
to more fully carry into effect both
the spirit and letter of the school law
by refusing utterly to employ teach
ers, or to let them take charge of
schools at al until they were legally
qualified to do so. This we think
will have the effect of lessening the
number of laggards who formerly
kept aloof, from the regular examina
tions, fully aware of their incompe
tency, but trusting that the scarcity
of teachers vould enable them to get
possession of a school at the eleventh
hour, and once in possession, they felt
pretty certain of being able to wrench,
by means of that scarcity, from the
County Superintendent such a certi
ficate as would enable them to retain
their position for the term, and in most
cases with little or no advantage to
the schools entrusted to their care.
The subject of grading teachers'
certificates and paying salaries ac
cording to qualiScations and experi
ence in teaching, is receiving more
attention than heretofore. There is
yet by far too much leniency on the
part of board of directors in retaining
incompetent teachers after their in
competency has been fully ascertained.
In several instances where the dis
charge of such teachers was recom
mended, who after fair trial were
found to be incompetent, was disre
garded, the sequel proved that the
money paid to such was worse than
thrown away. A few discharges of
this kind by board of directors would
do much towards stimulating teach
ers to a more faithful discharge of
their dutici So long as they have
the certainty of being retained under
almost any circumstance?, the indo
lent and dishonest have but little in
centive to exertion.
Visitation of schools by boards of
directors and parents is by far too
much neglected. If directors would
visit schools more frequently,and visit
all the schools in their respective dis
tricts, for nearly every district in the
county has one or more good school
in it, they would soon see the differ
ence in teaching and proper training,
or in too many instances no training
at all, and at once would demand the
discharge of those unfaithful to their
trust In almost every other pursuit
in life moro interest is evinced than
in the education ot the young. So
long as this apathy exists educators
may labor in vain, or at least much
I of their efforts must be lost County
j Superintendents may hold educational
1 meetings, county institute?, public
1 examinations of teachers, and travel
j from four to ten months in the year
j in the discharge of official dutios and
still accomplish but little for want of
this much needed co operation,
Two schools were graded during
the year, that of tin
ie borough of!
Thompsontown; it is rather a regrade,
as it formerly enjoyed that privilege
before its separation from the town
ship.
EDUCATIONAL WORK DONE BY
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT.
Eighteen public and two piivate
examinations were held. The public
examinations in many of the districts
were well attended by both directors !
and citizens. Fifty-three directors and
about two hundred citizens attended
the different examinations. One hun-
dred and twenty-six. applicants were
examined, one hundred and twenty-
two received the provisional certifi
cate, and two the piofessional ; three
professional certificates in all were
granted during the year. Four ap
plicants were rejected. The thirteen
regular examinations were held by
deputies, being unable myself to per
form that duty at the time required ;
the remaining seven special examina
tions were held by myself. I com
menced the visitation of schools on
the 16th of November, and continued
during the entire winter, with the ex
ception of one interruption of seven
days. All the schools in the county
were visited once, except one in Black
Log ; it was not open at the time of
my visit to that locality. Thirty-one
schools a! the commencement , of the
visiting season were visited by Mr.
Baum. One hundred and ninety-two
visits in all were made the average
time spent in each school about two
hours. All the schools were visited
twice, and a few three times, except
twelve, five in Turbett, two in Spruce
Hili, one in Beale, one in Milford and
three in Lack. The five in Turbett
were missed in consequence of deten
tion from my regular programme in
the performance of other unavoidable
business. The two in Black Log
could not be reached at my second
visit on account of the heavy snow
storm in March, the roads at that time
being utterly impassable over the
mountain; the remaining five were
not open when visiting in their neigh
borhood. Special attention was paid
in visitation to the classification and
advancement of pupils to the differ
ent branches of study as they became
due;- this subject Las heretofore been
most sadly neglected. Two many of
our teachers, consulting ease, as they
suppose, rather than duty, and also
from a desire to. accommodate both
pupils and parents, are too willing to
admit of too great a variety of text
books into their schools ; this is by no
means commendable, neither is it prof
itable. Any teacher who is willing to
make the proper exertion can have a
properly "classified school. The ad
vancement of pupils to the different
branches of study has been and still
is most shamefully neglected, espe
cially in the following, viz: Mental
Arithmetic, Geography, United States
History. Of the 5,000 children at
tending the schools of the county but
178G stady Mental Arithmetic, 8S7
Geography, and 132 U. S. Ilistory.
The above figures exhibit a most
shameful neglect somewhere, and it
is useless for teachers to attempt to
shift the responsibility of such neglect
on the parents with the frivolous pre
text that we so often hear, " That the
parents will not buy the necessary
books." The teachers are the only
ones who are responsible for the proper
classification of the schools, the School
Law having wisely delegated that
power exclusively to them, and those
who fail in these, viz : the classifica
tion and advancement of pupils to the
different branches, are incompetent to
have charge of a school, and no bet
ter evidence of the fact is wanting.
The County Institute convened at
Perrj'sville Monday, December 13tn,
1S69, and continued in session the en
tire week; it was a grand success.
One hundred and four teachers were
in attendance during the week, eighty
six of whom were the actual teachers
engaged in teaching at the time in the
county. Lectures were delivered, in
structions given, and class drills con;
ducted during the week by the follow
ing distinguished educators from a
distance viz : Hon. J. V. Wickersham
Sup't Com. Schools, Pa., Prof. Cbas.
W. Sanders, of New York, Prof. Hen
ry Carver, Prin. of Eloomsburg State
Normal School, Prof. Silas Wright,
Piin. ol Juniata Valley Normal
School, Trof. C. E. Cady, of Ilarris
burg and Louis 15. Kerr, Esq., Coun
tv Suu't Perry County. During the
evening sessions the large Academy
hall of Prof. Wilson's was filled to
its utmost capacity, and the interest j in their hands. That familiar home
both day and night continued unflag- j 'ght "e never sees over here. The
cinsto the close. Two adjourned ! f'ices you meet a,e and gay;
' institutes were held, one in Spruce
i
Hill district, and one at llicbiield,
Monroe district, the former January
21st and 22nd, the latter February j
25th and 20th. About forty teachers !
attended the two institutes. I
EDUCATIONAL WORK DONE BY OTHER
AGENCIES.
Of Academics, Seminaries and pri-
, , , , .i
vate scnoois no cuangua nave uincu
place, worthy of note, during the past
year. The following districts adopt
ed a uniform series of Headers, Spel
lers and Copy-books, viz: Thomp
sontown, Delaware, Walkerl Ferman
agh, Mifflintown, Turbett, Spruce Hill,
Beale, Tuscarora, Monroe and Lack ;
and it is believed that the remaining
districts will make the series uniform
throughout the county the coming
year. The majority of the clergy do
generally stand aloof from the educa
tional interest of the county ; but one
attended the County Institute last fall
who rendered assistance, and the
names of ministers on the teachers'
report books throughout the county
" were like angels' visits, few and far
between ;" but it is hoped that the
future may speak of better things.
Have they not a work to do in this
field as well as we ? or is not the min
ister of gospel interested in the cause
of popular education? If he ia not,
then who should be?
OBSTACLES IN THE WAY OF IMPROVE
MENT. For a more general statement of
items under this head the reader is
referred to last year's report The
too frequent change of teachers from
one school to another is also an obstac
le, and one too of no small magnitude.
Teachers are too apt to make such
changes without any good reason
whatever. It is no rare thing to find
those who have taught from four to
six terms in one district and not two
consecutive terms -in the same house.
This constant changing from one
school to another is anything but
creditable to the teacher, and by 7iO
means advantageous to the school ;
yet strange to say, it too often receives
the encouragement and support of
not only the patrons, but boards of
directors. It is only where teachers
are found in the same school from
year to year that we find any real
progress in the school, and it is only
in such schools that pupils ever attain
the real benefits of education.
MEANS CALCULATED TO PROMOTE IM
PROVEMENT. There is but little to suggest in
addition to what -was- offered a.vear
ago. With those means secured and
faithfully carried into effect it is be
lieved that great good will result
therefrom.
CLOSING REMAKES.
In the preceeding paragraphs I have
spoken plainly. The nature and im
portance of the subject certainly de
mand fair dealing, or, as has been well
said, "We cannot safely begin to make
a thing better, until we know wherein
it ;s bad." To the teachers we look
with anxious solicitude for the on
ward march of intellectual and moral
improvement; much of the future
destiny of the nation is intrusted to
their keeping ; is it not then a serious
responsibility, and one that deserves
not to be thought lightly of ? We
have in the county many active, ener
getic and faithful teachers and direc
tors who are fully alive to the re
sponsibilivy of their positions; teach-
ers who are an ornament to their
professions, and directors who honor
the office the' fill. Much more good
was accomplished during the year
than in any previous one during my
knowledge. The County Institute is
doing a good work, and probably to
its agency much of the increased
efficiency of the schools is due.
Geo. W. Lloyd,
Co. Stip't. C. S. Juniata Co., Pa.
SUNDAY IX FRAME.
An American iuiuiater traveling in
Europe, writes from Marseilles as ful
lows .
There is no such thing as Sabbath on
the eastern Continent. Travlers keep,
coming and going at the hotels as usual.
The trains leave and arrive with no
change in the time-table, save the in
traduction of two or three special trains
for excursions
The people come out of :
their houses aud roam the streets a little ! 1,500 days, etc. lie ate 17, 000 ponnds
more freely because it is a holiday. All j of bread, 16,000 pounds of meat; 4.60'J
the shows, theatres, concerts, water-j pounds of vegetables, eggs and nVh, and
works, display of military, are on the drank 7,000'gallons of liquids, via : wa
plac.irds along the wall, .itli that incvi-; ter, coiiee, tea, beer, wine, etc., all together.,
table word Dimnnrde (Sunday) on them, ! This would make a respectable lake of
to mark the weekly desecration. j 300 square f ct surface and three feet
In the course of the forenoon, bells '
j clang all over the city; but no Sunday-1
school children are visible with books
ii
, bl"res nrc 11
flower-stands are multi-
I,1,eu "'" '
street bazaars are
gaudier than usual, the women-venders
chattering like so many magpies. Foun
tains on every side are pouring down
crystal waterfalls, or flinging np flash
ing jets into the air. Military bands
hurry throngh the thoroughfares ; iu-
ueca' 11,18 13 lue CU,LI crm ua7 ,or lDe
soldiers.
Xoblemkv at AVokk Few of us
have any idea of the fondness of the Eng
lish aristocracy for real hard work in
their gardens and grounds. Earl Vernon
formerly President of the Royal Agricul
tural Society, of England, would work j
all day, hoe in hand, with his laborers, j
and as hard as any of them. The writer i
of the paragraph has seen his nephew for j
hours, axe in hand, thinning out his own
plantations ; and once saw him with the '
Duke of Wellington, both together with
a cross-cut saw cutting down a lanre
I3uttonwood.
These reminiscences are called np by
an American correspondent who recently
visited Mr. Gladstone, the English Pre
mier, at his home at Ha warden, and who
found him hacking away at a Beech four
teen feet in circumference, lie takes
great pride in his ability to do hard work
aud believes, the correspondent says, that
physical exercise induces a good appetite,
and that this again re acts on mental vig
or. Weddixus a.nd Fi.krals. The
Quakers of Philadelphia and the Catho
lics of a New England town have reach
ed a point of agreement. The Quakers
propose to discourage costly presents at
at weeddings ; the Catholics to frown
against more than two or three
carriages at funerals. Aa the wedding
r .. i i j ., r'
ot many a man ha3 been the death of i
him, the necessity of the Quaker aad j
Catholic action at the two extremes of j
life is apparaut.
A Roland for a. Oliver.-"I think,"
said Mr. Bronson Alcott, once in con-i
versation, "that wnen a man lives cn i
beef ha becomes something like an ox
if he eats mutton, he begins to look
sheepish ; and if he eats pork , may he
not grow to be swinish 1" "That may
be," said Dr. Walker, of Cambridge,
''but when a man lives on nothing but
vegetables, I think he his apt to be pret
ty rmall potatoes."
Americans anxious to distinguish
themselves (or become extinguished) in
the pending struggle betweeu France and
Prussia, must first enter the service of
either army as private soldiers. The
armies of these great military powers are
organized according to a system which
effectually prevents any chance for out
siders to take even a corporal's stripes.
SH00TI5G BERMAX DESEKTEnS.
A correspondent at Coblentz writes :
A - painful impression has been created
here by the following incident :. Three
soldiers of the line were undergoing a
long period of imprisonment iu tle for
tress of Ehrenbreitslein for desertions
They had originally deported at Saarlouis
and crossed the frontier into France ;
but, on the persmsion of their Oimilie.
had surrendered themselves-to their regi
ment. Their term of punishment was
seven year?, of which only six months
had expired. A few days ago they wer
employed on the Carathtuev tbe fine
plateau which separates the Rhine front
the Moselle, .md it seemed a fitting mo
ment to attempt the rash enterprise.
Oue sentry alone was in charge of theim.
and be witnessed their flight. He imme
diately fired and brought' one victim'
down dead, the bullet having passed
through his head.
Wi:h extraordinary sang fro id and de
terniminntion he loaded a second time,,
and again fired with fatal precision ; the
deserter fell' dead, pierced thrnnh' the
heart. Once more loading, he fired at
the third fugitive, and the bullet passed
completely through his body, inflicting
frightful injury to his intestines. The un
fortunate man was brought to 'the military
lazaretto in Coblentz, where he lies in n
hopeless condition. In military circles
this melancholy catastrophe is regarded
as a fitting retribution for a grave breach'
of discipline, a view cf the case not alto
gether shared in by the civil portion of
the community. Oue thing is certain tho
needle gun, iu the hands of a good marks
man, is a sure and terrible weapon..
What a Man Does in Half a Ck.n
ti'RY. According to the French statician
biking the mean of many accounts, a man
of fifty years of ngc has slept 0,000 days,
worked 6,500 days, walked S00 d ays,
amused himself 400 days, was eatinir
deep, on which a-small steamboat could.
navigate. And ail this solid and liquid
J material passing through a human being
iu fifty years !
"FARtoN, 1 would muih rather hear
you preach," said a baffed,, swindling
horse jockey, "than to see yoif; interfere
in bargains lictwcDu man and mm."
"Well,'' r pH-.-d the parson, "if y.iu had
been where you ought to have been,
last Sunday,, you would have heard mo
preach." "Where was that V inquired
the jockey. "Iu the State Prison," ro-
I turned the clergyman.
The eccentric Dr. Abernethv is snid'
to have rojlied to a luxurious gonnnnnd,
j who inquired of lam what was the euro
I for gout : '"Live on a sixpence a day and
earn n. l here is no doubt that many a
sufferer of to-day, whether from gout or
dyspepsia, or from either of a dozen
nervous a:lm;:r.t;,. might proCt by thi
A Dou Cati himo a Shahs. A sen-
ation WiW eated at Sandy Hook by
tllc caPtilre 01 11 erK UmS by
a larjre Newfoundland d.-r belonjrinjr to
Mr. Patterson, of the liht-house. The
dog saw the shark- rolling luaily along
the ocean neat' the beach, and swimming
out he caught Lis dorsal fin in Lis teeth
and despite the efforts of the shark to get
a grip at the dog, the, latter drew him. to
the shore, and landed Lira high and dry
on the beach. The dog, whose name is.
monk, has suddenly become a liont
Tim irox kxistim; ix the uonv. .
The Huston Juunml of Chi mUtry says
that the one huudrcd grains of metallic
rou found in the Llood of a healthy ad
ult would be HuCciunt to- ni;;k a good
sixed peukuifo blade, but no useful imrder
ment of a larger size.
"If I should be drowned in this storm,"
said a soldier named Underwood," to the
captain of the shirs "could you gtt me
up an epitaph V Yes I'd suggest this :
o , r . VI 1 - 1 1 1.
" iiere lies, escape' irum uiueu u vuk-
tr
Once Underwood, now under water.'
I Indianapolis, the other day, a.littlis
girl actress sang little Iiiruoot, in cos
tume. Such was the effect cn the audi-
ence that the on repetition of "Ifcasir,
give me a penny," jt fairly rained nick
els on the stasre.
"John, spell effect." "F-x." "Right.
"Next spell seedy." "C-d." "Righ
again. Now spell cake?.' "K-a-x."'
"There'3 a good boy !' said his
mother, handing Johnny some of the
latter.
A BRIGHT-EYED four years old, got
his little prayer mixed up the other night.
I magiue the astonishment of his mother
to hear the da-ding commence thus :
"Now I aj me down to sleep ;"
"Shoo fly ! don't tcdJer me."
"Well, wife, yon can't say I ever eon
tract bad habits." "No sir, yon- genet-
' ally expand thera.' . .. . .