tf,;u iJttBia.a.wtfort.
ESTABLISHED V 1846.
PcaniutD Erikt TVr.tisDT Moanixo,
Bridge 3treet, opposite the Odd Fellow' Hall,
MIFFLINTOWN. PA. ' -f
Tbi 3 sKiATA Sestisei. ii published every
Wednesday morning at $1,50 a year, in ad
vanee ; or $2,00 in all eaacs if not paid
promptly in adrance. No subscriptions d;
eentinaed until all arrearage arc paid, unless
rt thf option of the publisher.
gusiitcss Carbs.
JOUIS E. ATKINSON,
.A-ttoi'iiey at Xaw,
MIFFLIXTOWN, PA.
(-Collecting and Conveyancing promptly
attended to.
Office, second story of Court Uoase, above
f'retaonotery's office.
JOBERT McMEEN,
ATTORNEY AT, LAW,
MIKFLIN'TOWX, PA.
OSes on Bri Jge street, ia the roam formerly
occupied by Eira D. Parker, Esq.
g B. LOCDES,
MIFFLINTOWN, PA.,
Offers bis services to the cititens of Juni
ata county as Auctioneer and Vendue Crier.
Charges, from two to ten dollars. Satisfac
tion warranted novS-Sin.
Dit. r. c. nuxDio,
PATTEUSON, PENN'A.
August 18, 18G9-tf.
TilUMAS A. ELDER, m7d7
UIFFUSTOWN, PA.
OSes hours t A U to 3 P. M. Office in
Belford's building, two doors above theSrn
itntl office. Bridge street. ang 18-tf
Be Be W. &.
HQO'iPHVriC PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
.'laving permanently located in the be rough
it MifUintown, oflcrs bis professional services
to the citizens of this place and surrouuding
country.
Office on Main street, over Beidler's Drug
Store, aug 18 l69-tf
LEX. K. McCLl'KE.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
1 44 80CTII SIXTH STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
oet2T tf
0. W- MoPHERRAN,
ttonifn at $w,
e
C01 SAXSOM STREET,
FillLADELPHIA.
aag 13 1809-ly
QEJiTRAL CLAIM AGENCY,-
JAMES If. SELLERS,
144 SOUTH SIXTH STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
Vjd Bounties, Tensions, Back Pay, Horse
Claims, State Claims, &e., promptly collected.
N charge for information, nor when money
is not collected. octS7-tf
Dr.'R. A. Simpson
Treats all forms of disease, and may be con
sulted as follows: At bis offiee in Liverpool
Pa., every SATURDAY and MONDAY- ap
pointments oan be n.aJe for other days.
lHSCall on or address
UR. R. A. SIMPSON,
dec 7 Liverpool. Perry Co., Pa.
3Eew Bxug Mote
IX PERRYSVILLE.
DR. J. J. Ari'LEBAUGH has established
a Drug and I'reecription Store in the
above-named pl.ice, and keeps a genersl as
sortment of
DRUGS ASD MEDICI SES,
Also all other articles usually kept in estab
lishments of this kind.
Pure Wines aud Liquors for medicinal pur
poses. Cigars, Tobacco, Stationery, Confec
tions (nrst-cla). Notions, etc., eic.
g4The Doctor gives advice free
1871.
PHILADELPHIA.
1871.
WALL PAPERS.
HOWELL & liOURKE,
MAMTACTrEr. or
Paper Hangings & AVindow Shades,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL SALESROOMS,
Corner of Fourth and Market Streets,
rill LAD El. I'll 1.4.
Faotorv Cor. Twenty-third and Sanson Sts.
Oct. 4-3 oi
A. O. PoSTLETIIWAIT. J. C. M NArulITOX
A. G. POSTLKTIHVAITE & CO ,
General Commission Merchants
FOR '
THE SALE OF ALL KINDS OF COUNTRY
. PRODUCE.
,o. 284 Senlb Front Street,
marlUtf PHILADELPniA.
J, M. KEP1IEAKT .
WITH
BARNES BROTHER JsHERRON
WHOLESALE DEALEES IX
HATS AND CAPS,
, .. ,
603 Market Street, Philadelphia.
aug 18. 1 869-1 y. .
JEST CIGARS IN TOWN
Hollobanli's Xalooii.
Two for 5 cents. Also, the Fre-best Lager,
the Largest Oysters, the Sweetest Cider, the
Finest Domestic Wines, and, in short, any
thing you may wish in the
EATING OR DRISKISG LINE,
at (he most reasonable prices. He has also
refitted his
BILLIARD HALL,
so that it will now compare favorably with
any Hall in ths interior of the Slate.
June 1, l&70-ly
LL kinds of Canned and Pried Fruit for
J. rale bv C. BARILT.
B. F. JSCHWEIER,
VOLUME XIVI, NO. 6
Xotal butrtistmtnls.
HECK & FASICK,
. MAstcFvcrraxas or
BOOTS AND SHOES,
East of Odd Fellows' New Ilall, Bridge St.,
MIFFLISTOWN, PA.
Gcsrge Vf. Heck and A. B. Fasick baring
entered into a partnership, would respectfully
invite the citizens of Mifflintown and vicinity
who are wanting BOOTS and SHOES to give
them a call. Repairing promptly attended
to. Charges moderate. A II work warranted.
MilBiutown, Not. 13, 1871-tf
New Store and New Goods.
GROCERIES, FR07ISI0VS,. AC.
Uaia Eirest, ITifflintown.
HATIXO opened out a GROCERY AND
PHOf IS10N STORE in the old stand
on Main Street, Miffiintown, I would respect
fully ask the attention of the publio to the
following articles, which I will keep on band
at all tiwes :
SUGAR, COFFEE, TEA,
MOLASSES, RICE,
DRIED AND CANNED FRUIT.
HAM, SHOULDER, DRIED BEEF,
Confectioneries, Nuts. &c.,
Tobacco, Cigara,
GLASSWARE,
Flour, Xoetl, Ace.
All of which will be sold cheep for Cash or
Country Product. Give me a call and hear
my prices.
J. W. KIRK.
Miilintown, May 2, 1871.
Hurrah 1 Hurrah!
Great Excitcincut at the Mifflin
Chair Works!
WHY is it that everybody goes to WM. F.
3XVDER when tbey art in need of anyJiAd
of Chairs !
BECAUSE he keeps the Rest and Fineet
Assortment of all kinds of Chairs that .
ever offered to the eyes of the public
Reader, if you are in want of Chairs of
any kind, you will do well to call on the un
dersigned and examine his 6ne stock of
Cans Seat ani Windsor Chairs,
of all dfcription. before purchasing else
where. Having lutely started in business, he
is determined to do the very besl he can as
regards durability and cheapness, and war.
rant all vork.snaiuficturfd ly Aim."
ggs" P.emeniher the Sign of tLe BIG
CIIA-Xlt on the pole on the
corner of Alum and C'berry streets, whenysu
want to buy g'Jjd chair.
WM. F. SNYDER.
Mifflintown, Feb 8, 1871.
The Place for Good Grape-vines
IS AT THE
Juniata Mien Uincprbs,
AD (jRAPE-YINE JiURSEBT.
Ty E undersigned would respectfully tn
A. form the public that be hae started a
Grape-vine Nursery about one mile northeast
of Mifflintown, where he lias been testing a
large number of the different varieties of
Grapes; and having been in the business for
seven years, he is now prepared to furnish
VINES OF ALL THE LEADING
VARIETIES, ANI) OF THE
MOST PROMISING
KINDS, AT
LOW RATES.
by the single viue, doicn, hundred or thou
sand. All persons wishing good and thriftv
vines will do well to call and see for them
selves.
fy-Good and responsible Agents wan:ed.
Address,
JONAS OBERHOLTZER.
Mifflintown, Juniata Co., Pa.
S. B. LOUDON,
MKHCHAM' XAILOH,
WTTOULD repectfu!y inform the public
V that be has removed his Tailoring Es
tablishment to a room in Major Kevin's new
building, on the Parker lot. on Bridge street,
Miffliuiown, an 1 has opened out a
LARGER AND FINER ASSORTMENT OF
CLOTHS,
CASSI.VLRES.
rEHTIXGS, -(?.,
Than ever was before briught to this lowa
which be is prepared to make to order in the
LA TES1 ASU HOST IMPRO VED STl'LE.
And in a manner that will defy all competi
tion. He alo manufactures to order, all
sorts of
CUSTOM WORK
On reasonable tcrjis.
By strict attention to business, be hopes to
receive a liberal share of public patron
age Give hi in a call and inspect his styles
of cutting and workmanship before going
elsewhere.
The "Guvnor" Market Car.
THE undersigned, having purchased of
S. II. Brown the renowned "Guyper"
Market Car, desires to inform his frienis of
Mifflin. Patterson and vicinity, and the pub
lic generally, that lie will run the car regu
larly, leaving Mifflin Station every Monday
noon for the Eastern markets, and teturning
on WEDNESDAY, loaded with
FRESH FISH,
OYSTERS,
APPLES,
VEGETABLES OF ALL KINDS IN SEASON,
And Everything I.'euallT Carried ia a
Market Car.
Also, Freight Carried, at Eeasonabla
Bates, Either Way.
Orders from merchants and others solicited.
Qr& Prompt attention to business will be
given and satisfaction guaranteed.
Orders left at Joseph PeuneU'a store in
Patterson, will receive attention.
G. W. WILSON.
April 28, 1671.
Handbill for public tales printed en
(hcrt notice at the 5IIML Ornee.
H1FFLINT0WN.
D. K. SULOUFF & CO.,
. (Successors to D. P. Sulouff,) -
Grain, Lumber, Coal,
Halt, Xlst;ei,
CALCINED PLASTER, CEMENT, JC.
TIfe Highest Cash Prices Paid
. for all kind's of Grain.
Lumber. Coal, &e., Sold at the
Lowest Prices.
Having boats of our own we can freight
Grain, Lumber, Coal, Sc., oheaper than any
other parties. We therefore defy competi
tion.. You can make monev by calling en as
before selling or buying elsewhere.
tiRAlX WILL BS RKCEIVED IK STOSE TO BE
sold ui run 1st or Joxe, 1871.
P. 8. Our grain is not elevated on men's
bscks.
. Mifflintown, April 20, 1871.
Juniata Galley bank
OF
MIFFLINTOWN, PEXN'A.
JOSEPH POMKKOY, President.
T. VAX IRVIN, Cwhiei.
BISECTORS.
Joseph Pomerey, ijohn J. Patterson,
Jerome N. Thompson, George Jacobs,
John Iialsbach.
Loan money, receive Jeposits, pay interest
on time deposits, bay and sell coin and Uni
ted States Bonds, cash, coupons and checks.
hmi: money to any part of the United States
and also to England, Scotland, Ireland and
Germany. Sell Revenue Stamps.
In sums of $'.'00 at 2 per cent, discount.
In sums ef $.100 at per cent, discount.
In turns of $1000 at 3 per cent, discount.
sugl8 18C9
NEW DRUG STORE.
BANKS fc HAMLIN,
Main Strerl. Mijjliutoicn, 1'a.
DEALERS IS
B&CCS AID BEBIClSIf,
Chemicals, ' Dye Stuff,
Oils, . Paints,
Varnishes, Glass,
Putty, Coal Oil,
Lamps, Burners,
Chimneys. Drui-hes,
Infants Brutbee, Soaps,
Hair Brushes, Tooth Brushes,
Perfumery, Combs,
Hair Oil, " Tobacco,
Cigars, Ketiona,
and Stationary.
LARGE VARIETY" OF
PATENT MEDICINES,
selected with great eare, and warranted from
high authority.
Purest of WISES AND LIQUORS for Medi
cal Purposes.
toy-FRESCRirTIOXS compounded with
great eare. maI6"70-ly
Flour! Flour!
rpHE undersigned bog leavo to inform the
L pablio thai he has purchased the GRIST
MILL, in Milford township, recently owned
by Jaob Lemon, atid, havi.ig remodeled aud
otherwise improved the same, is now pre
pared to accommodate all who may favor him
with their patronage. "
Wheat Floor and Sifted Corn Meal al
snyi oa band and for gnle whole
sale aud Retail.
Alto, Shortt, limn, Sh 'p tluff and Chp
For Sale. '
Flour and Feed will be delivered to fami
lies if desired. His wagon will visit Mifflie,
Patterson and Perrysville three times a week.
Orders left at the Store of John Etka in
Mifflin, or at Pennell's Store in Tatterson,
will be promptly attended to.
CS.1.Y OF ALL KISDS BOUGllf AT
J1AKKET rillCES.
P. II. IIAWN.
Jan. 3. 1872-3si '
Boot and Shoe Shop.
THE undersigned, fashionable Boot H
and Shoemaker, hereby respectful- M
ly informs the public thai he has located Pt
in the borough of Tntterson. where he is pre
pared to accommodate the most fastidious in
LADIES' WEAK,
Gents' Fiiie and Coarse Boots,
CMLDRE2TS WEAR, d C..d C.
Also, mending dene in the neatest manner
and upon the shortest notice. A liberal
share of public patronage is respectfully
solicited. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Shop located on the east side of Tus
carora street, one door south of Main street,
nearly opposite Laird & Bell's store.
J. W. DEAN.
March 8, 1871-ly
valuable real estate
FOR SALE !
3 HE undersigned offers at private sale, a
vainable farm of 111 At'reH, situ
ated in Milford township, Juniata county, ad
joining lands of Isaac Gnss and others, a
public road running through the farm from
Patterson to Johnstown. There are erected
on the fnrm
Two Good Dwelling Houses,
one being a two-story stone bouse, and the
other a frame house ; also, a BANK BARN,
Spring House, and other necessary outbuild
ings a small stream of water running by
near tbe bouse, and a never-failing Spring of
water in tbe Spring House. There is good
Orchard bearing plenty of fruit.
Fifteen acres ol the above farm is meadow
land. Eighty acres are in a good stale of
cultivation, and the balance in good timber.
Will be sold at a low price on application
to the undersigned, living thereon, situated
about three miles west of Mifflintown.
CHRISTOPHER FAOELY.
Dee S, 1871-Sw
TBI COBSTlTtrTlOB TBB OBIOB ABD TIB BBIOBCBBIBT OS
JUNIATA COUIOT, PENJTA.; FEBRUARY 7, 171.
pott's aratr.
A BEJIARKABLE PBOPHECT.
The following, which is known as -'Mother
Sbipton's Prophecy," was tret published in
H88, and republished in 1641: .
Carriage without norees shall go,- .
And accident fill the world with woe :'
Around the world thought (hall fly
In the twinkling of an eye.
Water shall yet mere wonder do ;
Kerw strange, yet shall be true.
The world upside down shall be.
And gold be found at the root of a tree.
Through bill laaa shall ride.
And no horse or be at his tlit.
Under water men shall walk ;
Shall ride, shall sleep, shall talk.
In the air men shall be seen,
In white, in black, ia green.
Iron in the water shall float,
A easy as a woodea boat.
Gold shall be found, and shown.
In land that' not now known.
Fire and water shalj wonder S3,
England Arall at last admit a jew.
m. The world to an end shall come
In eighteen hundred and eighty-one.
fltct Storj.
THREE GOLD BALLS.
A Visit to the New Vork Pawnbrokers' Shops.
MISERY AND EXTORTION.
From the New York Evening Post.
A week or two eince I had occasion, to
visit several pawnbroker' establishments
in this cilj, to redeem ome articles
pawot-d by a friend who had once seen
better days.
A brief mention of my experience
may be instructive as well as entertain
ing. The redemption of my friend's
tools (he was a mechanic) was accom
plished after no litfT?" trouble in visiting
the principal establishment doing busi
ness under the sign of the "Three Golden
Balls, in a certain street, and redeem
ing one or two article here, another
there and a third or fonrth Somewhere
else. '
I bad been told of the system of uni
vernal cheating which the proprietors of
these places practice, and the enormous
exaction made in grinding the faces of
the poor. ,1 had beard of the dexterity
in the substitution of colored glass and
rrvtt'ils for frems.' "while Dretendinc to
oxamine articles broneht for nledires.
and was prepare! to encounter all that
was sinister and heartless. But the half
had not been told me. and I soon found
that my previous conceptions fell far
short of the reality. I was detained at
each place which I had occasion to viit
by the delay b in finding the , articles I
was in starch of, and fur which the
holders had doubtless flattered them
gfltes no inquiries would be made.
The press of business at all of the shops
was another cause of delay. As I re
covered my friend's articles, one by one,
it appeared at once that the most out
rageous system of extortion' had been
practiced in every iur-tance. The Sum's
advanced bad been pitiful in amount, and
the rates of interest charged exorbtant
beyond belief. At every one of these
dens a crowd of victims was collected
a motley company indeed : blacklegs,
aud would be gentlemen the cheater
and the cheated ; the widow parting with
her disposable article of dresses, to pro- i
cure oue more meal for her famishing
children ; a consuptive girl, with tbe hec
tic flush upon her cbeek. The grasping
misers sometimes a woman read tbe
condition of the sufferers from their coun
tenances with the cool calculation. The
pick pocket, the thief, and the purloin
ing servant were received with equal
readiness, and the spoils were divided
with the fullest understanding that no
questions were to be asked.
AT MY IWCLE'S.
I had scarcely made my business known
at tbe first of "my uncle's" establishment
(No street) to which I had been
directed, when a middle-aged man entered
with a bundle on which he asked a small
advance, and which, on being opened,
was found to contain a shawl and two or
three ortber articles of female appaiel.
Tbe man was stout and sturdy, and as I
judged from his appearances, a mechanic ;
but the mark of the destroyer was on
bis bloated countenance. Tbe pawn
broker was examining the offered pledge
when a womau with pale face and at
tenuated form came hastily into the shop,
and with the single exclamation, "O,
liobert I" darted rather than ran to that
part of tbe counter where the man was
standiug. Her miserable husband, not
satisfied with wasting his) own earnings,
aud leaving her to starve with her chil
dren, had plundered even her scanty
wardrobe, and tbe pitance received . was
to be squantered at tbe rutn-sbop. A
blush of shame arose even upon hi de
graded face, but it quickly passed away;
thebrntal appetite. prevailed."
"Go home," was his harsh exclama
tion ; "what brings you here, running af
ter me with your, everlasting scolding ?
Go home and mind your own business."'
"Oh, Robert, dear Robert," exclaimed
the unhappy wife, "don't pawn my
shawl. Our children are crying for
bread, and I have none to give them ; or
let me havei the money. Give me tbe
li 1 T
THS LAWS. J
money,' Robert, and don't leave us to
perish 1". . .
; I watched the face of the pawnbroker.
"Twelve shillings on these things,' he
said, tossing them back to the drunkard,
with ' a look of perfect . indifference.
"Only twelve shillings ! ' murmured the
heart broken wife, fa a tone of despair;
"O, Robert don't let them go for twelve
shillings. Let me try somewhere else.''
"Nonsense I" answered the brute, "it's
as much as they are worth, I suppose.
flere, Mr. give us the change."
Tbe money was placed before him, etnd
the bundle consigned to a drawer. Tbe
poor creature reached forth her hand to
wards the money, but the movement was
anticipated by her husband. "There
Mary,' he said giving her a half dollar,
"there, go home now, and don't make a
fuss. I'm going a little way up tbe
street, and perhaps I'll bring you some
thing from market when I come home."
The hopeless look of the poor woman
as she meekly turned to the door, told
pUinly enough bow little she trusted the
promise. They went on their way she
to her children and he to the next corner
grocery
A BENEVOLENT CLsTOMtR.
While this scene was in progress an
other had been added to tbe number of
spoctator. This was a young man dress
ed in the height of the fits h ion. He had
a reckless good humored look and very
much the air of what is called "a young
man about town," that is, one who rides
out to tbe Central I'atk in the afternoon,
eats game sappers at Delmonico's in the
evening after the play spends the rest of
the night and his money at billiards.
The moment the poor woman was gone,
he twitched from his neck a gold chain,
with a gold watch, and placing it in the
bands of the pawnbroker, with whom he
seencd to be on terms of acquaintance,
he exclaimed. "Quick now, Mr. ;
thirty dollars on that ? you've had it be
fore, aud need'nt stop to examine it."
The money was instautly paid over ; and
the young man of fashion, crumpling the
bills up in bis hand, hurried off at full
speed, first looking up and then down
the street. I followed him to the door
and saw him accott the poor woman
who had just left the shop, thrust in
to her band either the whole or part of
i lhe 8um he Lad JU!t ived, and then
j turninS awa? to thc other 8ide of the
i 8trcet without "'"PPS ther for thanks
I or for explanation.
Tbe reverie of mingled surprise and
admiration into which 1 was thrown by
this nuexpected manifestation of benev
olence was niterrepted by a loud outcry
from Mr. , the pawnbroker, and by
seeing him, with a look of wrah and
horror, hurry round his counter and out
through the doorupon the sidewalk, where,
he stood for a moment straining his eyes
down the street ns if in search of the
kind hearted youth; who had by this
time disappeared np one of the cross
streets. "The villian," he exclaimed,
"the swindling scouudrel ! Which way
did he go the ungrateful thief? Tell
me," he continued, turning to me, "tell
me which way he went." I pointed out
to Mr. -'the course taken by his late
customer, and mentioned also what I had
seen take place between him and the
poor woman. ''Ah, it's no use," he then
said : "he's got of clear by this time,
and my thirty dollars is a 'gone caSe.'
li'ut I'll find him yet some day." And
thus eoliloquizing, Mr returned in
to his shop. Taking advantage of tbe
familiarity that had grown up between
the broker aud his chain, the young man
had substituted an oriode chain for the
gold one which had been so often depos
ited with the watch, and the deception had
passed unnoticed until it was too late.
The watch itself waa a cheap one, and
probably worth about the sum advanced.
TUB STORY OF A RING.
A touching incident occurred at the
place of my next visit. A woman about
thirtv-five years old, in the earb of
mourning, entesed, evidently with reluct
ance : she could hardly make the object
of ber visit kuown on account ot tier
emotion. She was of a delicate frame,
of easy and graceful manners, and but
for tbe ravages of care upon her face
might still have been beautiful. At
length she took a ring from a pretty little
morocco case, npon the pledge of which
she wished to realize such an amount
of money as would sustain herself and
children through the winter. The extor
tioner took the ring in his fingers, and
holding it up to the window pretended
to examiue it assuming at the same
time on air of affected disappointment,
he began at once to depricate the article
declaring that it was nothing but an
Alaska crystal, and that he would hard
ly take it any price, lie was inexorable,
and peremptorily refused to advance
moie than four or five dollars. Tear3
glistened m the woman's eyes.
I had seen, as the man studied the
ring with secret satisfaction by the win
dow, that the gem was valuable. I was
determined that the unfortnnate owner
should not be imposed upon. Just be
fore a bargain was completed, however,
as I was about to interpose myself, an
other gentlemen, whf hud also wtched
J IT .... A
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EDITOR ASD PUOPBIETOR. j
WHOLE NUMBER 1300.
the proceedings, stepped forward and de
clared that the beautiful riug shonU not
be sacrificed to the Jew ia that way.
The broker at once endeavored to hasten
matters, and declaring the bargain to
have been completed, would have suc
ceeded in thrusting the jewel into the
drawer but for the resolution of tbe gen
tleman, who seated and saved it. The
wretch muttered something about people's
interfering in buniness that was exclu
sively his own concern, but to no pur
pose. The widow rescued from his fangs
and received a fair amount for her ring.
This poor lady, wbose history I after
ward learned, was an orphan, a daughter
of a Virginia planter, who had been re
duced to poverty berforc our civil war,
so that his children were left portionless,
and had been married, when quite young
Tbe huBband of this daughter was killed
in the late war, and she had learned tbe
miseries aud the uncertainties of life.
Doubtless these examples which came
under my notice are but a few of many,
the mere relation of which is sufficient
to make one bluh for his fellow men.
'Oh cursed pelf!
Thou deadly blight of Iran best hopes!
The wretch who loves thee loves a wasting
canker.
Which ever gnaws hi vital and retains its
hold
Till life's last sand is run"
OXE OF THE LOST TRIBES
One of the ''lost tribes" has at las I
turned np, safe and sound, in the chape
of a people called the Falasbas, who in
habit a district in Abyssinia, which has
long remained a term incognitia and a
black space on the maps. They were
visited by Mr IJalevy, a very intellgent
French traveller, who has now communi
cated an account of his journey to the
French Geological Society.
There were about 2'50'of the Salaslias.
They speak an Agua dialect called Fa
lasbina, or Kallina, and into this lan
guage they have translated a Gheez ver
sion of the Old Testament They cir
cumcise their male children on the seventh
day. Their proper names are derived
from Hebrew, Gheez, and Ambaric. The
institution or purification is practiced ;
the children are taught .the Bible, the
psalms, prayers, and sacred history. In
the synagogues the sexes sit apart. In
cense is burned during the services.
Their religious hopes are tnrned to Je
rusalem, but their ideas of tbe Messiah
are very indistinct.
They are wholly unacquainted with
Hebrews, and know nothing of the cere
monies instituted after the time of Ezra,
They have a religious literature written
in the style of Midrath, They keep the
Sundays rigidly ; fast on Mondays and
Thursdays ; keep the 9th of Ab to com
memorafe the destruction of Jerusalem ;
they wash before and say grace after
eating ; they have a traditional mode of
slaughtering animals for food ; tbey prac
tice commemorative sacrifices on the holy
days, aud also for the repose of the souls
of the dead. Their women enjoy equal
ity with men. Tbey hold slaves, but
liberate them after a servitude of six
years.
A FEW days ago a young man em-
ployed by one of the Railroad Compan -
ies of this State at their terminus on the
Hudson, vieited a pleasent little village
among the hills, not thh-$y miles from
Newark, the home of the family of his
wife, anil taking with him the seeds of
the small-pox, was stricken down with
the disease. At once the father, mother,
and family &ed tbe house, and but for
the devotion of Lis wife he would have
been left alone, as not a roul could be
persuaded to go near him save the vill
age doctor. He speedily died, and the
doctor was obliged to lay ottt the corpse
himself. No inducements could prevail
on people to bury him, however, till at
length two men were found, who. in the
night, removed the body to the grave
yard and placed it in the grave. Before
completely filling it up they divested
themselves of their clothes, and shiver-
ingly threw them in the grave and a lit- j feliOWS( v.on't you know this is a Ao
tle dirt over them. Then retiring to ! i .
another part of the churchyard they don
ned other clothes and returned and
finished their task. Lamlertci'le (X.J.)
Beacon.
It is possible that no one, even a wo- j straw, the custom became general in
man. thoroughly understands the female Ime for the husbands to kiss the lips of
character ; but it is not to throw any light ; tir wives, tW they might discover the
on the sntject that we give the following quality of their good ladies' stolen liba
ideas oi a colored philosopher : tions. ., .
"One eyed Winston" was (and proba- Xear Shoals, in Martin county, Ind ,
bly is) a negro preacher in Virginia, and ; a fcw nights ago, a gang of thievej wen
his ideas of theology and human nature ! a eaw mill, took down all tl-e ma
are often very original, as the following ' chinery, including the engine and boiler
anecdote may prove A gentleman thus loaded it upon the cars of the Ohio and
accosted the old man one Sunday : Mississipipi railroad, hailed a passing
"Winston, I understand you
thai every woman has seven
Now, how can you prove it ?"
believe
devils,
Well, sab, did you nebber read in de
Bible how de seben debbels was cast I
ont'er Mary Magdelene !"
"Oh ! yes ; I've read that."
"Did you eber hear of 'em beiu cast
out of any odder woman, sah ?"
"No, I never did."
4iWell, den, all de odder got 'em yit "
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K01A5TIC STORY FRO
THE COJITI5EST.
ACROSS
On SafufJay evening, Juttice SuttonV
office wa ita sseae of the termination
of a most romantic affair.' A young and
very pretty girln imed SfissAltmenda
Cosgrove, residing at San Diego) last
summer responded to an advertisement in
the Wacrr'y Magazine, for a correspon
dence with a view to matrimony. The
new corresp'bhd?t of thS.yotinjj lady
resided at Wathena, Kansas, and repre
sented himself to be a merchant, a young
wealthy, honest, and in want of a wife.
A long atiS loving correspondence ensued
between Jrbme Ma'rkbam and Miss Con
grove, holographs were exchanged,
and Miss Cosgrove was delighted to find
her unseen lover a good'lbbking youdr.'
Finally, she consented to become Mrf
Markham, and for economy's" sake con
sented to come to Watnena to get mar
ried. Being ail orphan, and without re
slttjint, she took the Central Pacific
about two weeks ago and started for
Kansas. All werit well until she got ot
the Denver Pacific. After leaving Chey
enne, the train slruck a drift ten feet
high and three hurjiVed yards' in length,
and became bopeTe'ssiy stuck fast. While
snow bound near Crow Creek, Colorado,
Miss Co-grove attracted the attention of
Mr. Julius Emmet; a commission agent of
this city, who," perceiving the young lady
seated alone and evidently unprovided
for such an emergency very gallantly
tendered such assistance as was ih Eia
power to giv, which was a valice full of
cold food and two buffalo roPes" Theyotmg
couple were soon on" friendly terms.
Miss Cosgrove very naively recited her
wild adventures, and was rewarded by
Emmet informing her that he was single.
Sec. By tbe time the Kansas Pacific
train had crossed the plains and waa
winding its way over the fertile prairies
of Kansas, the young folks" were firm
friends. They parted with regrets at
Wathena, when the yourg lady turned
to meet for the first time him she was to
call her hubrid She had only a mo
ment to wait before rough looking indi
vidual, at least forty years of c, made
himself known as her correspondent and
expectant husband. Mies Cosgrove find
ing she hid been deceived, turned with
out a word and entered the ear and came
to Kansas City. The following brief
item in last Smiday'g "Times" gives the
sequel :
Married. Last evening at the office
of Justice Sutton, n Fifth street, Miss
A. Cosgrove. ef San Diego, California, tt
Mr. Julius Emmet, of Kansas City.
Wbat can woman do ? We believe
this question has already been a.-ked
several times, and been answered quite
as often. The present responee involves
! a romantic story of the second wife of
Lord Ellenborough, the prominent En
glish politician, whose deaffr ha just
been announced by cable. This lady
who was the ouly daughter of Admiral
Sir Henry Dighy, was married in 1S24
to Lord ElIer.TMirough, and, having been
divorced from Lira in 1S J9, was married
to Baron Vcnningen of Bavaria in 1812.
j Snbsrqnently she disappeared, en-l efter
many yesvt it was discovered !hat she
1 had become thu wife of the eitief a tribe
' of Bedoaio Arabs, aud, being a woman
j of great ability, was treitcd wiih high
i coniiderMf9f by the wild rovers of the
: desert. According to the lust accounts
she commanded a large band of Arabs,
and conveyed several of her hnglish
countrymen through a dangerous part of
the Nuhi:'.n desert, which was infested
with roving canirs of hostile natives.
She ia described a being fully equipped
in tbe dress f an Arab chief, and as
armed wiih a gun and spear.
Chii.ohkn invent curious etymologies.
Some one eeuds ns this : "Come, come!"
said a dio:i.tc'rd father who had endured
the children's noise on Christmas day(
till patience ceased to be a virtue, "there's
no reason why you should scream and
i holloa so."
i "Whv. father." said oue of the little
It is to wine drinking we owe the
origin nf the kis. After Mxcenas
caught his wife sucking his finest wines
through :be bung-hole of the barrel with
, train, liiched the cars to it, and Lied
j away to miaoU.
i A little em wanteu to say mat bub
had a fan, but had forgotten the name,
so she described it as "a ihing to brush
the warm off with."
Fifty thonsand pounds of cheese were
manufactured last year in im Buncombe
county, North Carolina, and sold at twea
ty cents a pound.