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No subscriptions dis continued until all arrearages are paid", unless at the option of the publisher. t Hit B. F. SCH1VEIEK, tbe coasTirTio tbb caioa ano th aaroacaMsar or ths law. EDITOR AM) FKOrRIETOK. m ! Mi VOLUME XXIV, NO. 50 MJFFLlNTOWIi, JUNIATA COUNTY, FSNH'A, DECEMBER 14, 170. WHOLE NUMBER 1239 Si Business Carbs. JOUIS E. ATKINSON, .A-ttoi-iiey at Law, MIFFLIXTOWN, PA. jO?-ColUcting and Conveyancing promptly attended to Office, second story of Court House, abore l'rothonotary' office. , ROBERT McMEEN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, M1FFLINTOWN, PA. Office on Bridge street, in the room formerly occupied by Ezra 1). Tarter, Esq. JLEX. K. McCLIRE, ATTORNEY AT LAW. 144 SOUTH SIXTH STREET, PIIILAUKLPIIIA. oet27 If li. LOlfKN, M I FFLINTO WN, TA., bffers his services to the citizens of Juni ata csunty as Auctioneer and Vendue Crier. "Charges, from t wo !o ten dollars. Satisfac tion warranted. nov3-0m. THOMAS A. ELDER, M. 1)., . MIFFLISTOWN, TA. - Office hours S AM. to S V. M. Office in Eelford's building, two doors above theSm tmel office, Bridge street. aug 1 8 tf DK. 1'. C. ltUXUlO, ' PATTERSON, PENNA. August IS, 13G9-tf. B01LE0PHATIC rilYSICIAN t SUJIGE0S Having pernianen'ly located in tbe bcrough vf M illinium n. otters hi professional services the eitiiens of this place and surrounding country. Office on Main street, over Beidler'a Drug Pi ore. aug 18 1869-tf G. W. HcPHERRAN, ittorncj at Jiaiu, C01 SANSON STREET, PHILADELPHIA. aug 18 l?09-ly 71E.STKAL (LA1JI AGEN'CT, JAMES M. SELLERS, 144 SOUTH SIXTH STREET, riiii.AUH.pm a. Bf Bounties. Pensions, Pack Tay, Horse Claims. State Claim, tic, promptly collected. No charge fr information, nor when money i not collected. octU7-tf MiWinlowa, Fa., Agent of the CELEBRATED AMERICAN ORGANS fur Juniata county. These are the best OIW ASS now made. Suited to all rireutustituces. Trices ranging from $10U $1000. Also. Agent for FIRST CUSS PIANOS. All instruments sold warranted for five jear. aug 2 1870-tf. LKBANON MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,; r Jonestown, Fa j POLICIES Perpetual, at low rates. No; btea.ii risks taken. This is one of the j best couditcted and most reliable Companies , ia the Stale. The undersigned, agent, will j -sit M-)B mown and Patterson on the aecond j Wednesday cf each month. j JOIIS SWAN. j Agent for Mifflin and Juniata counties. : I.ei.t'in Aug 17, 1870-ly j CLARK & FRANK, HAF.DVVABE DEALERS, OPPOSITE THE COURT HOUSE, M I F F L INTO W N , I'E N N 'A. Iron, Steel, Nails, Nail Rod, Horse Sboes, Carpenters. Ruildera, Carriage Makers, Cab-, inet Makers and House tarnishing II A R I) XV A It E. Call before purchasing elsewhere, at CliARbl & FRAXK8, aug 18. 1809-tf- Miffiuiown, Ta. fsTclGAllS IN T0"WN ISollofcaiigh's Saloon. Two for 5 cente. Alsothe Freshest Lager, the Largest Oysters, the Sweetest Cider, the Finest Domestic Wines, and, in short, any thing you may wish mi be EATING OR DRINKING LINE, at the most reasonable prices. He has also refitted his BILLIARD HALL, bo that it will now compare favorably with any Hall iu the interior of the State. June 1, 1870-ly OAL AXL LUMBER YARD. The under sinned begs leave ta inform the public that be keeps coustantly on band a large Stock of Coal and Lumber. His stock embrace in part, Steve Coal, Smith Coal and Lime-bur-Bel Coal, at tbe lowest cash rates. Lumber of all kinds and quality, such as White Pin Plank, two inches, do 1J White Pine Boards, 1 inch, do one-half inch. White Pine worked Klooring, Hemlock Boards, Scantling, Joice, Rooting Lath, Tlastering Lath, Shingle, Striping, Sash and Doors. Coal and Lumber delivered at short notice Persons on the East side cf the River can be furnished with Limeburners Coal, 4c, from thecoal yard at Tyson Lock, aug 15-iy. GEORGE GOSHEN J. M. KEPHEART WITH BARNES BROTHER & HERR0N; WHOLESALE DEALEIS 1 HATS AND CAPS, 503 Market Street, Philadelphia, ang 18. I8G9-ly. ' ALL KINDS OF BLANK WORK, Ac. done at this Offica in th neatest manner and at low price. THE CELEBRATED SINGER TUT. TllZ superior merits of the "Singer" Ma chines over all others, for either family nse or manufacturing put poses, nre so well established and so generally admitted, that an enumeration of their relative eicelleucies is no longer considered necessary. OUR NEW FAMILY .MACHINE, vhich has been years in preparation and which has been brought to perfectiou regard less of time, labor or expense, and is now confidently presented to the public as com parably the best Sewing Machine in exist ence. The Machine in question is simple, com pact, durable and beautiful. It is quiet, ligh running, and capable of performing a range and variety of work never before attempted upon a single Machine. using either Silk Twist, Linen or Cotton Thread, am sewing with equal facility the very finett and coarsest materials, and anything Oct ween the two ex tremes, in the most beautiful and substantial manner Its attachments for hemming, braid ing, cording, tucking, quilting, fellii.g. trim ming, binding, etc., are novel and practical, and have hevn invented and adjusted especi rlly for this Ma:hine. Machines alrays kept on hand at our Clothing Store on I5r:dge street, MitSintown, Pa., for the inspection of the public, and for sale at thi most reasonable prices. Machine Cotton, Needles, Thread, Oil, Ac, nnd everythicg pertaining to this Machine constantly kept on hand fur sale. I). W. II A li LEV & CO., Agents. Mifflintown, July 13. ISTO-ly GROVER 8o BAKER'S SEWING MACHINE. TLc following are selected from tliou and of testimonials of similar character, ns expressing the reasons for the prefer ence for the Gkovlr & Baker Machines over all others. "I like the Grover Baker Michine, the first place, because, if 1 had any other, I r-hould still want aUrover.t Baker, and, hav ing a Grover & liaker, it answers the purpose of alt the re-t. It does a greater variety of work and it is easier to learn than any other." Mrt.J. C Croly (J tuny June1 I have had seveial years' experience with a Grover Si liaker Machine, which has given me great satisfaction. 1 think the Grover & Baker Machine is more easily managed, and less liable to get out of order. 1 prefer the Grovet & Baler, decidedly."-Jlrt. Dr. Watt, Afe 1'orir. I have had one in my family for some two years, and from what I know of its workings, and from the testimony of many vf my friends who ue the same, I can hurdly see how anything could he more complete or give better satisfaction." Jfrs General (Iraul. I believe it to be the best, ail thing' con sidered, of any that I have known. It is very simple and easily learned ; the sewing from the ordinary spools is a great advan tage ; tbe stitch is entirely reliable,- it does ornamental work beautifully , it is not liable to get out of order." Mrt. A. 31. Spoontr, 30 Bond StrettIirooktyn. " 1 am acquainted with tbe work of the principal machines; and I prefer the Grnv?r Si Baker to them ail, because I consider the stitch more elastic. 1 have work now in the boue which was done nine years ago, which is still good." Mr. Dr. McCreaJy, As. 43 East Twenty third Street, Xcw York. ' More than two-thirds of all the sewing done in my f.itrily f jr the laM two years has been done by Grover k Baker' Machine, and 1 never had a garment rip or need mending, except those rents which frolicsome boys will make in whole cloth. It is in my opinion by far the m 1st valuable of any I have tried." Mrt. Henry Ward lieeeher. The Grover & Baker Sewing Machine Company manufacture both the Elastic Stitch and Lock Stitch Machines, and offer the public a choice of the best ma chines of both kiuds, at their establish ments io all the large cities, and through agencies in nearly all towns throughout the country. Trice Lists and samples of sewing in both stitches furnished on ap plication to Grover & Baker S. M. Co., 115 .Market street, iiarrieourg. April 27, 1870. B. FASICE.. ...JOH KOBTH FASICK & NORTH, BOOT & SHOE MAKERS; MAIN STREET, MIFFLIN, the Hotel Buildi'ng of Mr. Albright. Having entered into partnership, we are now prepared to manufacture and have for sale all kind of ' ' - BOOTS, SHOES AND GAITERS, FOR GENTS', LADIES AND CHILDREN. Our work ia all manufactured by ourselves, and we warrant it to be made of the best ma terial. OH work sold at our counter will be repaired free of charge, should the seaming give way. Give us a eall, for we feel confident that we can furnish you with any kind of work you may desire. fxir Repairing done neatly aad at reasona blerate. FASICK 4 HORTH. aug 18, 1869-tf. . KOONS, SCHWARZ & CO., COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN MACKEREL, SALMON, HERRING, SHAD, AND PROVISION - GENERALLY, i a a TCnrth Delaware Avenue, and 137 North Water Street PHILADELPHIA, PENN A. ang 18 1869-ly SEWIIG MCIIII peri's jContcr. OYER THE RIVER. BT MRS. A. C. WAKEFIELD. Over the river they beckon to me, Loved one who've crossed to the further side ; . The gleam of their snowy robes I ire. But their voice are lost in the dashing tide. There' one with ringlets of snowy gold, And eyes the reflection of Heaven' awn blue ; He crossed in the twilight gray and cold. And the pale mist hid him , from ' morlal view. We saw not the angels who met him there, The gates of the city we could not see. Over the river over the river ' " ' ' My brother stands waiting to welcome me. Over the river the boatman pale Carried another, the household pet : Her brown curls waved in the gentle gale Darling Minnie! I see her yet. She crossed on het bosom her dimpled hand And fearlessly entered the phantom barque We felt it glide from the silver sands. And all our sunshine grew strangely dark. We know she is safe on the further side. Where all the ransomed and angel be ; Over the river the mystie river My childhood's idol is waiting for me. For none ret urn from those quiet shores. Who cross with the boatman cold and pale, We hear the dip of the golden oars. And catch a gleam of the snowy sail; And lo ! they have passed from our yearning hearts. Who cross the stream', and sre gone for aye. We may not sunder fhe veil apart, - That opens to our visions the gates of day ; We only know that their barques no more May sail with us over life's stormy sea ; Vet somewhere, I know, on the unseen shore, They watch, and beckon, and wait for me. And I sit nnd think when the sunset's gold Is flushing river and hill and shore, I shall one day stand by the water cold, And list for the sound of the boatman's oar ; I shall watch for a gleam of the flapping sail, I shall hear tbe boat as it gains the strand. I shall pass from sight with the boatman pale To the better shore of the spirit land ; I shall know the loved one who have gone before ; And joyfu.ly sweet will the meeting be, When over the river tbe peaceful river ' Tbe angel of death ehall carry me. Scire. . Storn. THE IRON VAULT. I live iu San Francisco, and am a lock-smith by trade. My calling is a strange one, and possesses a certain fas cination, rendering it one of the most agreeable of pursuits. Many who follow it, see nothing in it but labor think of nothing but its returns in money. To me it litis other charms than these. 1 am called almost daily to open doors, and peer into long neglected apartments ; to spritig the stubborn locks of safes, atid gloat upon the treasures piled with in ; to quietly enter the apartments of ladies with more beauty than discretion, and pick the locks of drawers contain ing peace-destroying missives, that the dangerous evidence of wandering affec tions may not reach the eye of a hus band or father possessing the mystic key ; to forco the fasten ingi of cash boxes and depositories of records ; telling of men made guddenly rich,' of corpora tions pluudered, of orphans robbed, of hopes crushed, of families ruined. Is there no charm in this no food for spec ulation no scope for the range of pleas ant fancy I Then who would not be a locksmith, though Lis face is begrimed with the soot of the forge, and Lis bands are stained with rust 1 But I liave a story to tell not exact-! ly a story either.for that implies the com- i pletion as well as the beginning of a narrative aud mine is scarcely more than the introduction to one. Let Lim who deals iu fancy write the rest. In tbe Spring of 1S56-I thiuk it was in April I opened a little shop on Kear ney street, and soon worked myself into a fair business. Late one evening, a closely veiled lady eutered my shop, and pulliug from beneath Ler cloak a small japanned box, asked me to open it. The lock was curiously constructed, and I was a whole Lour fitting it with a key. The lady eeemed nervous at the delay, and at length requested me to close the door. I was a little surprised at the suggestion, butof course complied. Shut ting the door and returning to my work, the lady withdrew her veil, disclosing as pretty a face as can be imagined. There was a restlessness iu the eye and pallor in the cheek, however, which plainly told of a heart ill at ease, and iu a moment every emotion for her had given place to that of pity. ' ' 'Perhaps you are not well, madam, and the night air is too chilly ?" said I, rather inquisitively.' I felt a rebuke in her reply- "In requesting you to close the door, I had no other object than to escape the attention of persons passing." I did not reply, but thoughtfully con tinued my work. ' She resumed : "That little box contains valuable pa pers private papers and I have lost the key, or it has been stolen. I should not wish to have yon remember that I ever came here on such an errand," she continned with some hesitation, and gave me a look which was do difficult matter to understand. "Certainly, madam, if yon desire it ; if I can not forget your face, I will at least attempt to lose the recollection of ever seeing it here." The lady bowed very cold at what I considered a fine compliment, and I pro ceeded with my work, satisfied that a suddenly discovered partiality for me had nothing to do with the visit. Having succeeded, after much filing and filing, in turning the lock, I was seized with a curiosity to get a glimpse at the precious contents of the box, and suddenly raising the lid, discovered a buudle of papers and a daguerreotype, as I slowly passed the box to its owner. She siered it hurriedly, and placing the letters and picture in her pocket, locked the box, and drawing the veil over her face, pointed to the door. I open ed it, and as fehe passed into the street, she merely whispered "Remember l'f We met again, and I have been thus particular in describing her visit to the shop, to render probable a subsequent re cognition. About two o'clock in the moruing, in the latter part of May following, I was awakened by a gentle tap upon the win dow of the little room back of the shop in which I lodged. Thinking of burglars, I sprang out of bed, and in a moment was at the window, with a heavy ham mer in my hand, which I usually kept at that time within convenient reach of my bedside. "Who's there V I inquired, raising the hammer, and peering out into the darkness for it was dark as Egypt, when nnder tbe curse of Israel's God. 'Hist !" exclaimed a figure stepping in front of the window ; "open :he door I have business for you " "Rather past business hours, I should say ; but who are you?" "No one that would harm yon," re turned the voice, which I imagined was rather femiuiue for a burglar's. "No one that can !" I replied emphati cally, by way of a warning, as I tigh tened my grip on the hammer, and pro ceeding to the door, I pushed buck the bolt and slowly opened it, and discover ed the stranger already upon the steps. "What do you want? ' I abruptly in quired. 'I will tell you, if yon dare open the door wide enough for me to enter," an swered the same voice. ' "Come in," said I resolutely, throwing the door ajar, aud proceeding to light a candle. Having succeeded, I turned to examine my visitor. He was a small aud neatly dressed gentleman, with a heavy Rag lan around his shoulders, aud a blue navy cap drawn suspiciously over his eyes As 1 advanced toward him, he seemed to hesitate a moment, then raised the cap from his forehead, and looked me curiously in the face. I did not drop the candle, but I con fess to a little nervousness as I hurriedly placed the light on the table, aud silently proceeded to invest myself with two or three necessary articles of clothing. As I live, my visitor was a lady, and the same for whom I had opened the little box a month before ! Having completed my hasty toilet, I attempted to stammer an apology for my rudeness, but utterly failed. The fact was, I was confounded. Smiling at my discomfiture, Bhe said : "Disguise is useless. I presume you recognize me V "I believe I told yon, madam, I should not soon forget your face. In what way can I serve you I" "By doing an half hour's work before daylight, and receiving five hundred dol lars for your labor," .was tbe reply. "It is not ordinary work," said I in quiringly, "that commands so munificent a compensation." "It is labor common to yoar calling," replied the lady. "The price is not so much for the labor, as the condition un der which it is to be performed." "And what is th c condition V I in quired. "That you will submit to being con veyed from, and returned to, your own door blindfolded." , I deas of murder, burglary, and almost every other crime of villainy, hurriedly presented themselves to my visions, and I bowed and said : "I must understand something more of the character of the employment, as well as the conditions,- to accept your offer.'. "Will not five hundred dollars answer in lieu of an explanation I" ' "No nor five thousand." She patted her foot nervously on the floor. She had placed too low an esti mate on my honesty, and I felt some gratification on being able to convince her of the fact. . .. "Well, then, if it is absolutely neces sary for me to explain," she replied "I must tell you that you are required to pick the lock of a vault, and " ."You have gone quite far enough, madam, with the explanation," I inter rupted ; "I am not at your service.." She continued "you are required to pick lb lock of a vault, and rescue from death' a man who has been cou fined for three days there." "To whom does the vault belong ?" I inquired. "My husband," was the somewhat re luctant reply. . . "Then why so much secrecy! or rath er, bow came a man confined in such a place." "I secreted him there to escape tbe ob servation of my husband. He suspected as much and closed the door upon him. Presuming be had left the vault, and quitted the house by the back door, I did not dream until to-day that he was con fined there. Certain suspicious acts of my husband this afternoon convince me that the man is there, beyond hearing, and will be starved to death by my bar berous busliand, unless immediately res cued. For three days he has not left the house. I drugged Lim less than an hour ago, and be is now so stupefied that the lock may be picked without his in terference. I have searched his pockets, but could not fiud the key ; hence my application to you. Now you know all. Will you accompany me V "To the end of the world, on such an errand !" 1 ben prepare yoursell : tuere is a cab in waiting." I was a little surprised, for I had not beared the sound of wheels. Hastily drawing on a coat, ami providing myself with the required implements, 1 was at the door. There, sure enough, was the cab, with the driver in bis seat, ready for the mysterious journey. I entered the vehicle, followed by the lady. As soon as I was seated, she pro duced a handkerchief, which, by the faint light of an adjacent street lamp, she carefully bound around my eyes. The lady seated herself beside me, and the cab started. In half an hour it stop ped in what part of the city I am en tirely ignorant, as it was evidently driv en anything but tbe direct course from the point of starting. Examining the bandage, to see that my vision was completely obscured, the lady handed me the bundle of tools, and taking me by the arm, led me through a gate into a house which I knew was of brick ; and after taking me through a passage way which could not have been less than fifty feet in length, and a flight of stairs into what was evidently an un derground basement, stopped beside a vault, and removed the handkerchief from my eyes. "Here is the vault open it," said she springing the door of a dark lantern, and and throwing a beam of light upon the massive lock. I seized a bnnch of skeleton keys and after a few trials which the lady watch ed with the most painful anxiety sprung the bolt. The door swnngupon its hinges and my companion, telling me not to close it, as it was self-locking, sprang into the vault. I did not follow. I heard the murmer of voices within, and the next moment the lady re-appeared ; and lean ing upon her arm, a man, with a face so pale aud haggard that I started at the sight. . How he must have suffered du ring the long three days of his confine ment ! "Remain here," she said handing me the lantern, "I will be back in a minute." The two slowly ascended the stairs, and I heard them enter a room immedi ately above where I was standing. In less than a minute, the lady returned. ' Shall I close it madam !" I asked, placing my hand upon the door of the vault." "No ! No !' she exclaimed hastily seiz ing my arm : "it awaits another occu pant !" "Madam, yon certainly do not intend to" "Are yon ready 1 she interrupted, impatiently holding the handkerchief to my eyes. The thought flashed across my mind that she intended to push me into the vault, and burry me and my se cret together. She seemed to read the suspicion, aud continued. "Do not be alarmed. You are not the man ?" I could not mistake the truth of the fearful meaning of the remark, and I fhuddered as I bent my head to the hand kerchief. My eyes were carefully band aged as before, and I was led to the cab, and thence driven home by a more cir cuitous route, if possible, than the one by which we came. Arriving in front of tbe house, the handkerchief was removed, and I step ped from the . vehicle. A purse of five hundred dollars was placed in my hand, and in a momeut the cab and its myste rious occupant had turned the corner, and were out of sight. I entered the shop, and the purse was the only evidence I could summon in my bewilderment, that all I had just done and witnessed was not a dream. A month after that I saw the lady, and gentleman taken from the vault, walking leisurely along Montgomery street. I do not know, but I believe the sleeping husband awoke within the vault, and that his bones are there to this day ! The wife is still a resident of San Francisco. WASTED, MEX. The times are calling for men. Real men. Not the diamond ringed kind, nor the delicately mnustacbed "young gen tlemen," who are proud of their white hands and beautifully tapered fingers, but those who look npon life as a real thing, who feel that there is a higher des tiny for them than to appear in frivolous circles as well dressed coxcombs,' and who live so that when they leave this world their loss is felt Such men are neeiltd. Business men need them so ciety needs them, and the whole country is loudly calling for them. The majority of boys now rapidly en tering upon manhood, have been educa ted with wrong ideas of life, and soon this will be demonstrated by the difficul ty in getting, for all kinds of business, employees who can be depended upon trusted. Not the employees who work, so as to secure money to lavish on fash ion and dissipation and failing to com mand by thehr inferior services, a suffi cient amonnt to gratify their extravagant desires, enter npon a course of dishones ty which lends to ruin but tbe young man who works because he prefers it to idleness who looks forward to future life with a prudent care and feels that he owes a du'y to the age in which be lives who wants the world to he bet ter on account of bis Laving lived in it, and desires to fulfill the purpose for which God placed him here. That is the kind of man who is wanted. To such there are always positions open. They will have no difficulty in obtaining them anywhere. Their character will terure them, and once obtained, their evident worth will kcrp them. Young man, endeavor to form such a character, and the best way to do it, is to have in all things for your guide, Him who through the lips- of David said ''Show thyself a man." Ou!y try this, and your success in life is as cer tain as though already attained. Ercry ho'ltft Journal. BOWIE A3D ins K.MFE. I James Bowie, the inventor or discover i er of the terrible weapon which bears his j name, was as utterly a fearless man I as ever was born. He was full of en thusiasm over the fatal superiority of his knife, and discussed the matter with all the zeal of an inventor and tbe eru dition of an expert. A huge Spaniard once argued the case with Bowie, claim ing that a good old Spanish knife was not only the equal of tbe new weapon, but its superior. Finally, as wordy ar guments only hardened the opinions and confidence of each, it was proposed to settle the doubt iu a practical way by a knife fight. There was no enmity be tween these two worthies, but they want ed each to prove himself right iu an un answerable way. The left arm of these philosophers were tied together from the wrists to the elbows there was a mo ment's pause, each nerving himself for the horrid work; the word was given; an instant, and sudden jerk by Bowie gave him the chance to drive his knife in to the body of the Spaniard sinking it to tbe very hilt. The Spaniard dropped, Bowie catching the body on his knee. Then to make snre work, he gave Lis knife a scientific turn in the Spaniard's body, drew it out, followed by the spout ing blood; cut the cord which bound their arms and allowed the dead Span iard to fall to the earth as indifferently as though it had only been the carcass of a hog. Thus was tbe supremacy of Jim's knife fairly, fearfully and triumph antly vindicated, and it remains unchal lenged by rivals until this very day Southern Paptt. The Row of Bricks. There is a great deal of philosophy in the following : A boy hearing his father say, 'Twas a poor rule that didn't work both ways, said, "If father applies this rule at Lis work, I will test it in my play." So setting np a row of bricks, be tip ped over tbe first, which, striking the second, caused it to fall on the third, which overturned the fourth, and so on, until all the bricks lay prostrate. "Well," said tbe little boy, "each brick has knocked down bis neighbor. I only tipped one. Now I will raise cue and see if he will raise bis neighbor." He looked in vain to see them rise. "Here father," said the boy, "its a poor rule that won't wort both ways. They knock each other down, but they will not raise each other np." "My son, bricks and mankind are alike made of clay, active in knocking down each other, but not disposed to help each other up." "Father," said the boy, "does the first brick represent Adam ?" The father replied : "When men fall they love company, but when they rise they love to stand alone like yonder brick and see others prostrate before them." Henry Ward Beecher says that the most gratifying circumstances in his life was the being kissed by Kossuth. A contemporary asks : "Isn't this a little hard npon poor Mrs. Beecher I" SHORT IT E JIM. People who are behiud the times should be fed on "ketchup.? - - They have a girls' base ball club' at" Lancaster, Ohio-. Buffalo steaks- ate five cents a poatid in Kansas. San Franciseo wild dtioks are fifty cents a pair. One-sixth of the female population of England work out of doors. One half the oilcloth manufactured in the Uuited Statts comes from Maine. Oue farmer in New Hampshire ha made 1,000 barrels of cider this season. The new King of Spain is described as being very taciturn1. There will be less chatierinj ia Pari now the monkeys are eateui. In Indianapolis- dyspeptics try suck ing eggs ; in Cincinnati sucking pigs. A big tame bear, in Soranton, pfranv bulates tbe streets like a common dog: . Mr Perry, of Michigan, traded his wife for an old shot-gun and S5 to boot. He's a Pefry-patetic fraud. One of tie largest enterprises in Titts-' burg, is the American Iron Works, em ploying 2S0O operatives. Two Georgia negroes have liaJ a but ting match of sixty-four rounds, which resulted in a draw. A yonng lady of Boston eortntJecf among her wedding presents recently eleven pte knives. The scarlet fever is still ragbag m Pottsville, and is- carrying off nacy chik dren. Philadelphia is twenty-three miles long with an average width, of five and half miles. Ladies and gentlemen who are not en gaged will be pleased to learn that it is fashionable to walk arm-ia-arm- on the promenade. A tiger, said to Lave escaped from a menagerie, is roaming in ScLuylkill coun ty. A West Chester man Las ktely lost S750 worth of poultry by tLe chicken; cholera. It is a good1 discretion not to make too much of a man at first ; because one cannot hold out that proportion. It is safer to affront some peaple than to oblige them ; for the better a man de serves, the Worse they will speak of him. When a lady indulges in a yawn or two, gentlemen eaflerj are justified in taking there hats aud viewing the house from the outside. In Boston a poor man, who less than one year ago, had only one suit of clothes, went into the newspaper busi ness, and now has eight suits. Seven of them are for Kbe?. An acre of land has been sold in tlio city of London for S3,60O,00O, and in nearly every portion of the city land is said to be iucreasiug in value every year. At an agricultural horse trot in Scran tnn, tbe driver of one of the horses was thrown from his sulky, while his horse kept on Lis way. He gathered himself up, took a short cut across the gromv), intercepted his horse, remouafed tho sulky, and won the heat and the rae'. The engineef of a train on tlfe ifoasa'- ionic road, recently discovered a drove of cattle on the track y it beitig too lato to stop, he prft on all steani, and threw alt but one clear of the train. This ono was found wedged firmly between the head of the boiler and the pilot frame, vainfy struggling to escape. An Israelite lady, sitting in the same box at an opera with a physician, was much troubled with ennui, and happened to gape. "Excnse me, madant, said tha doctor. " I am glad yofl dftl not swal low me." "Give yourself no uncasfness' replied the lady, "I am a JevsS; and never eat pork." The prairie fires arorfnJ Skrrr Falls one night last week drove a herd of buf faloes into tbe town. The inhabitants heated then' coming in time to get out their afms, and all who had guns suc ceeded in securing a liberal supply of fresh meat. It was an exciting time, and next morning the streets were gory with tbe blood of the slaughtered game. A west hickory farmer" lately heard a scratching under his bed. Putting on his troaaerf", he reaehed for the intruder, and in a minute found himself in the cor ner, part)y scalped, with his lower limbs looking as though be had been through a woolcarding Machine, while, with a spit and a growl, a catamount disappeared through the open window. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has decided that the mere name of a per son on the back of a promissory note does not hold such indorsor responsible for the payment of the same. He must write over his signature "I guarantee the payment of the within when due." or something to that effect. This how ever, does uot apply to the person to whose order the note may be drawn. ' ! 'Si i . n ;. ? a '. n iH 7! A
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