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lit Mttnuta rottnd.
ESTABLISHED W 1848.
ptiUsaiB Evbky Wkddt Moaataa,
BnStret' PPosite toe 0J1 Fel,ow' HaU
MIFFLINTOWN:. PA.
Ib Jukiata Sistihl is published every
W(illMday morning at $1,50 year, in ad.
) no in all eases if not taid
Vance; " .
Bp,!y in advance. No subscriptions dia-
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CLOTHING!
Choice Styles of the Season.
SAMUEL STKAYER,
Patterson, Juniata Co., Pa.
CLOTHING
of all kinds
FOR MEN AND
BOYS.
guvr nl Floor
Oil Cloth.
FLTENITLTEB,
WATCHES
I will sell my entire stock at
Greatly Reduced Prices,
Intil A PHIL, 1872.
OVERCOATS, FURS.
HEAVY BOOTS,
Laibs' Shoes & Gaiters,
Under-Clothing, ice,
AT COST.
Suits ani Parts of Salts,
HATH A XI) CAI'S,
I Eats and Caps, And FaraiShinff Goods
FURS,
! boots snocs,
MEN'S
FURNISHING
GOODS,
50TIONS
20 or -5 per cent, cheaper
than can be purchased else
where. Having a g o J stock, wtll
selected, 1 hope to pleaeeall.
Call acd
i:iccd.
see to be con-
gcjf Mrasures taken an 1 Suits and parts
of Suits made t order, reasonable
SAMUEL STRAY EK,
Jan. 24, 1R721
l'attcrson, l'a.
NEW WOODS !
E. JS. PAlMiEU,
Successor to MARTIN t WALTEltS.)
HAYINO purchased the tftore of Martin &
Walter, on Main St , in J. M. Belford'a
store rontn. the un leriened would respect
fully inform the fuMicibai he has anew end
carefully .rU'Ctr l storn oi iiiniua ot tue
ry ct ,.)iiv. comprising iu prt, of '
jjry (joons,
liKOCKKIK,
NOTIONS.
HOSIKRIKS,
FANCY (iOO!S.
yl'EKNsWARE.
IJOOTS & SHOKS,
n ATS AND CAPS,
CAKl'KT HAGS,
OIL LOTUS,
C A K H K T S,
BLAXKEIS,
ICRS. WOOD AND W1LL0W WAKE, and in
abort every article usually kept iu a well
selected store.
He intends selMne exclusively for CASH or
ioichnpefor COUNTRY' PRODUCE. By
so dome he will be able to sell goods as cheap
at the cheapest. Call and examine hi stock.
kHl(illEST PRICES PAID1N TRADE
FOIt ALL KINDS OF COUNTRY PRODUCE.
E. S. PA UK Ell,
(Bellord's Store-room) Main Street.
Jlifflintown, Fa,
.Jae 31, 1872.
IW 1 "1131 !
DOYLE & MARLEY,
PA TTERSOX, '.I..
At the Room Recently Occupud by George
Gofheii. Corner of Tucarora and Ju
niata Streets,
Wisb to inform the citizens of Minlin, Pat
terson and surrounding country that tbey
bare opened a full line of
i;oti3:ts aitd tajtct goods,
Sugars,
Syrnpg.
Teas,
Coffees,
Spices,
Fish,
Salt,
&c.
Flour and Feed Always on Hand.
ALSO.
COAL OF ALL ItIIVl!-!,
tove Coal, Lime burners' Coal, and Black
smiths' Coal always on hand at tbe lowest
prices.
RAILROAD TIES, LOCUST POSTS, and
all kind of Country Produce taken in ex
change for Guods and toal, for which tbe
highest market prices will be paid.
j WaTersons wishing anything in our line
'Will find it lo their advautiige to give us a
vail, as we feel assured that we can accom-
loodate one and all.
I George Goshen is our authorir.d Agent.
All bunness transacted by him will be ae
I knowlcdged by us.
I DOYLE 4 MAULEY.
Patterson, Jan. 23, lt72.
1). K. SULOUFF & CO.,
(Successors to D. P. Sulouff,)
SEALERS III
Crraiii,Lumter,Coal,
JSsilt, PlnNtcr,
CALCINED PLASTER, CEMENT, &C.
The Highest Cash
'rices
Paid
for all kinds of Grain.
Lumber.
Coal, &e Sold
Lowest Prices.
at the
Having boats of our own we can freight
Grain, Lumber, Coal, 4e., cheaper than any
other parties. YVe therefore defy competi
tion. Ifiy-Y'ou can make monev by calling on us
helore selling or buying elsewhere.
Gaam will be BKCEivsn m stobi to be
oid bt tub 1st or June, 1871.
P. S. Our grain is not elevated oa men's
hacks.
Mifflintown, April 20, 1871.
It SIT Sestixel Job Printing
I'rinting.
viuce lor a ,.. -r ii..
and Faney
B. F. SCHYVEIEB,
VOLUME XXVI, NO. 10.
gCrgat fiwtisemn.t
LIST OF DEALERS AND VENDERS OK
Foreign and Domestie Merchandise in
the count; of Juniata, for the yew 1873, as
approved and classified by tlie Mercantile
Appraiser :
MIFPLIMTOW.V.
Gnu.
....14
....14
....14
L
J. W. Kirk, grocery
II. D. Weller, shoe (.tore..
John Elka, confectioneries
$7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
700
7 00
7 00
7 00
12 60
7 00
700
7 00
7 00
1000
7 00
7 00
7 00
,15 00
7 00
7 00
20 00
7 00
700
26 00
26 00
' 7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
15 00
7 00
B. K. Keener ! Son. druecists
....14
! Waream & Co., hardware....,
...14
George Wise, cobfectioneries ....14
1 J. Yeakly & Son, merchants 14
! Banks &. Hamlin, druggists 14
! Thos. U. Parker, merchant .....12
!J. H. Simons, faddler 14
W. II. Rollman, jeweler 14
Emil Schott, notions 14
N. E. Litilefield, etovo dealer ....1
Tilten & Espeuschade, merchants 1$
! D. W. Harley & Co., clothing 14
1 S. 15. Loudon, merchant Tailor ..14
J. L. North, shoe store 14
Shelley k Stambaugh, merchants 11
! 1 Gump & A Iteildeclt, clothing.. 14
j David K Sulouff. grin & lumber 14
! J. K llollobaugh, restaurant .... 8
jC Bartley. grocery. 14
I Solomon Books, confectioneries ..14
j S. B. Albright, hotel 9
I Jacob Wills, hotel 9
WALKfcR.
N D Vandyke, merchant 14
Jerome Hetrick, merchant ......14
I Simuel Herr. grain dealer 14
' Jacob Kickenhaugb, merchant. . . .14
! D P Kurti & Co., merchants 14
; Francis lleid, hotel 8
' Hcrliler & Kurd, merchants ... .14
! FAYETTE.
i W H MeAlister, merchant II
Brown & Bro-, merchants. '. 14
! J W Mu'bersbaugh, merchant. . ..13
I 1 J McAIister, merchant 14
j R Caveny & Son, clothing 14
I Jacob Smith, boarding bouse 3
j Jacob Smith, grocery and flour . .14
7 10
7 tW
10 tO
10
Ot
75 on
7 00
la 00
7 00
15 0l
15 00'
4' J. Wilson, merchants.
it
Jacob O Winey. store dealer.. .
Frank Shields, hotel
John North, hotel
THOMPSUNTOW.
G S Mills 4 Co.. merchants....
J O Haldeman, merchant
Mrs. E James, confectioneries..
Israel Tennis, merchant tailor. .
..14
.. 8
.. 8
.12
.12
.14
.11
.11
. 9
12 51
11 50
7 00
Elihu Benner, grain and coal . .
7 oo
t nn i
4 Ames Snyder, hotel
25 00
DKLMTtlE.
merchant
r. hotel
J T Dimm,
. 14
.. 8
..II
..H
.. 8
..H
.. 8
..12
..U
..1
..II
.. 8
7 00
15 00
I ?CSl Bt... ,
, Jacob Weiser, merchant
j Jonathan Weieer, merchant..
j Win Albert, hotel
I Amos Miller, merchant
7 00
1 10
7 00
15 0.)
Henry Frymoyer, hotel
MONROE.
Rhine Graybill. merchant ..
E Shellenberger, merchant . .
Isaac Hildeman, merchant ..
I.auver & Bro . merchants ...
S H Tellman. hoM
PATTERSON.
noo:
Laird t Bell, merchants 13
1' C Kundio, druggist- 14
S Strayer, clothing 14
Charles Kepner, jeweler II
Jacob Frank, merchant !4
J A llavs, hot;! 8
10 00
7 CK
1 H?.
t 00
7 00
"5 00
10 00
S R Kotestine, hotel 9
S R Notestine, restaurant 7
Joseph I'ennull, merchant. ... 12
12 60
Caleb Parker, hotel 9
James North Jc Son, grain deal.. 14
oo
00 1
00;
00
W H Egolf, confectionery 4
Doyle A. MarUy, merchants II
F Iiannanian, merchant 14
PERRYSVILLE.
Samuel Buck, merchant 13
J B Okeson, merchant...' 12
J S M (iibson, merchant 13
Fanny Rous, fancy store. ....... 14
Henry Willi, merchant.. ..' 14
John' Dunbar, stove dealer 14
Jarub Beidler, druggist 14
J J Applebatigh, druggist 14
Kobrrt Logan, confectionery. ...14
John Balabjch, grain dealer 14
J W Wharton, confectiouery.... 14
Cyrus Funk, confectionery 14
Bailor It Gilson, grocery 14
John McManigal, hotel 9
William Kniacly, hotel 8
TCRBETT.
io 00
12 SO
10 00
7 00
7 00
00
00
00 I
00 l
o;t
oo
15 oo ;
15 00
Noah Hertzler, merchant
J A Rice, grocery
SPRUCE HII.L.
Conn fc Meniingcr, merchants.
J L Barton, merchant
Hugh Hughes, grocery
.11
.14
.14
.14
.14
.11
.14
.14
7 00
7 00
7 on
7 00
i
7 (.0
i jj
I 00
15 00
Joseph Potne.ny, merchant.
J I" Sterrott, merchant
J P Kellev, merchant
Ewing i. Wood ward, merchants.. 14
Peter Erans, grocery. .
.14
Gideon Haldeman, hotel.
8
TC8CAR0RA.
Francis Snyder, merchant 14
W VanSeringen, nieachaut 14
A J Ferguson, merchant 14
Matthew Clark, merchant.... ...14
R A Jaeobs, confectionery 14
Dobbs, Bro. ti Co., merchants... 14
N E Kirk, hotel 8
J S 1 aird, merchant.. 14
J C Crawford, merchant. 14
J I. Mills, saddler 14
E R Allen, eating house 8
Wm llackett. eatine house 8
7 00
7 tto
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
15 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
5 00
5 00
LACK.
I R H Patterson, merchant 14 i 00
R Kobison, merchant 14 7 00
1 E Montgomery, wind mills 14 7 00
I wi:i bold an appeal at the Commissioners'
Of5ce, in Mifflintown, on THURSDAY',
MARCH 14. 1S72. between the hours of 9
A. M. and 3 P. M., when all persons may at
tend who feel themselves aggrieved by the
above appraisement and classification, as
there will be n appeal after that time.
N. D. VANDYKE,
feb28-td .Wsreontil Appraiitr.
BLOOMSBURG STATK NORMAL
SCHOOL AND
Literary and Commercial Institute.
Tha Faculty of '.his Institutes aim to be
very thorough in their instruction,
and to
look carefully after the manners.
health and
morals of the students.
y Apply for catalogues to
HENRY CARVER. A. M.,
Sept 28, 1871-6m Principal.
iOOAL, Lumber, Fish, Salt,
and all kinds
J of
Merchandise for sale. Chestnut Oa
Bark, Railroad Ties, all kinds of Grain and
Seeds bought at the highest market prices in
cash or exchanged for merchandise, eoal,
lumber. &s.. to suit customers. I am pre
pared to furnish to builder bills of lumber
just as wanted and on snort notice, oi ei'.oer
oak or yellow pine lumber.
NOAH HERTZLER.
Jan4 Port Royal, Juniata Co., Pa.
NATIONAL HOTEL,
LEWISTOWH, PEJlH'A.
BEAR A HA1AKFR, Proprietors.
EIFFLINTOWN,
s Corner.
COURAGE TO DO BIGHT.
We may bare courage, all of ns.
To start at honor's call.
To meet a foe, protect a friend.
Or faea a e.noon-bnll t
To show the world one hero live.
The foremost in the fight
But do we always manifest
The courage to do right ?
To answer "No '." with steady breath,
And quick unfaltering tongue,
When fierce temptation, ever near.
Her siren song has sung ?
To care not for the bantering tone,
The jeat, or studied slight ;
Contest if we can only hare
The courage to do right?
To step aside from fashion's course,
Or custom's favored plan ;
To pluck an outcast from the street,
Or help a fellow -bp an ?
If not, then let us nobly try.
Henceforth, with all far might.
In every case to muster op
The courage to do r;ght.
jirlrtt jstorn.
A TRUE STOUT WITH A FAIRY IX IT.
0 Grauny, if I bad
piece of all this treasure
but one
what a
little
glad
girl I ebould be !"
Little Roee Dibble stood at tbe corner
: of two streets, holding fast to her graud'-
' , . . , . , ;.i
notber nana, wuue sne gazea wiiu
wide opea eye iuto a wiudow rich with
gold and silver ware, which seemed to
her au inexhaustible mine of wealth.
It was a dreary night in December,
and chilly wiuda, carrying tbe snow
flakes hither and thilber, blew her hair
: III
golden tangles all about her white
' face.
"You will never hare that, Rosie,
through me."
Wl.en her
graLt!motLer said that
her steps, holding her
Rosie hastened
i
breath a ! narl bv the beautiful
windows; for the Sreath that came over
her little lips was the breath of desire,
sn hard for a child to control.
i She did seem to feel the cold that
li "' 1 night, perhaps because the wind of ad
1 00 ' ve''7 h'd been blowing cold upon her
7 00 i voune life ever since she could remem
ber. And just then, too, her heart was
I
" " '
! But the heart in Rosie's body was a
-lender one, and as the shiver which ran
; ;
, through ner grandmother's frame, she
,'gtenea er u0' on wtuere(l l""10
burryii g more swiftly along the cnowy
i footpath.
They were soon out of the city with
snow like a cloud about them, the bright
lights fading lilts a dream in the dis
tance, and their home, poor and cheer
; less though it was, a friendly sight.
They reached the door and went in.
It was a poor shelter against the bitter
storm, tbe two little rooms in the midst
of the wida desolate common hut. Rosie
barred the door, lighted a fire of sticks,
and put a new caudle iu ibe iron candle-
OU ; stick ; then she crept close to her grand -00
mother's feet before the fire.
Her grandmother was the only friend
Rosie bad in tbe world, and Koeie was
j the one treasure her grandmother had
left, so that the love they gave each other
was undivided.
"Aren't you going to bed, Rosie,"
j grandmother asked, at length, "while the
room Is warm T May be you'll l. L,
py dreams before the dawn."
"No," eaid Rosie, shaking her head till
; the curls tumbled about her face again ;
i
yiu must tell me a story first. Jt it
j be of tbe summer time you used to know
when you were like me "
"Little folks like you ! Ab, Rosie,
child, that was such a long, long tim ago
that it roakt s me dizzy to look back to it !
But I dream sometimes of a bright sum
mer time, when I shall leave this worn
out bouse, drop iff these wriukles and
gray hairs, and be at borne in a pleasant
garden, wiiu toe river oi me cowing
through."'
Rosie looked up in amazement as the
dear voice dropped into silence ; but
there was a emile on the wrinkled face and
a glow, like that of the morning, over
the gray pallor of tbe sunken cheeks.
"Ah," thought Rosie, to herself, "If I
might only get there too, where it ia al-
wavs summer!'' And she shivered, for
the sticks had burned out, and tbe coals
were burning to ashet.
But there was a tiny glow on one cor
ner of the hearthstone, and, almost as if
her thought bad auswered itself, a low
voice like music rose from the midst of
the ashes.
Rotie looked again, rubbing her eyes
to be sure she was awake, and there, be
fore her, in plain sight, was the prettiest
little creature your bright fancy can
paint She bad blue eyes, and a golden
hallo abont her head ; so that Rosie could
not tell where the gold of her hair faded
Into tbe gold atmosphere which surround
ed her.
"How came you bear!" asked Rosie,
softly.
"All her lifetime I have lived in your
good grandmother's heart," said the dear
! little fairy, in her musical voice "Now
! the "park of lifo is gone out, and I am
I J
TIB COBSTITBTIOB TBB DBIOB AID TUB BBrOBCBMBBT Of
JUNIATA COMTIT, PENN'A,
waiting to' know if you will let me
stay
with you." - - - - v.,.:-
"But who are you 1" cried Roaie,
in
amazement. .
"You wished but a minute ago," con
tinued the fairy, "that yon could go
where your grandmother is gone. I am
the Fairy of Kind Words and Generous
Deeds, and if you take me into your
heart, I can' show you the way, and help
you to get there."
"I will," cried Rosie, with a sudden
sweet resolution.
And then, somehow, before the knew
tt, in eome mysterious way, the door or
her heart swung open, and tU beautiful
fairy slipped in. '
Rosie felt her heart grow warm and
satisfied, and hiding her sleepy eyes on
her grandmother's cold knees, (be fell
asleep, while the candle, too, burned
down to a little spark and went out.
In the morning a rich lady was riding
by in her sleigh all covered with soft
fur robes, and discovered little Rosie
through the half opened door which the
wind had torn from its fastenings.
Jfoved with pity, she took her to her
own luxurious home, which was bright
iih everything but children's faces.
adopting her for her own daughter. There
the fairy stayed with little .Roaie Dibble,
until she, too, grew old. She heeded
all the wise fairy's monition which had
so strangely come to her, to tbe poor un
fortunate for miles around ; so that every
voice lifted as she went by called her
blessed ; and every step she took was a
step towards that beautiful summer land,
where her dear old grandmother had gone
Ballou't Magazine.
ALL THE FOOLS NOT DBAD."
Haw John Janney, af Shanaondale, Pa.,
was Taken la and doae For A Clever
Swindler and a Stupid Victim.-
Mr. Johnney is a resident of Shannon
dale, this State. lie is afflicted with an
eye disorder, and came to this city to
in other words to have his eyes opened.
Yesterday they were shut after tbe fol
lowing manner :
"A MCE SPOKEN VOUNO MAS."
Mr. Januey registered himself at the
Merchants' Hotel, and yesterday, while
waiting in the reading room attached
thereto, involuntarily made the acquain
tance of a young man named Kay
nolds. An oily-tongued, sleek-looking,
well-dressed individual was Reynolds,
who talked politics and proved himself,
as Mr. Januey afterward said, ''a nice
spoken young man." The old gentle
man and the young man became very
intimate. After all the ordinary conver-;
sational topics had been exhausted, Mr.
Reynolds proposed that the two should
take a short walk. lie had some busi
ness down town and he would take plea
sure in introducing Mr. Janney, They
started, and when about a half square
from the hotel, were met by
ANOTHER NICK YOU.NO MAN AND A LITTLE
BILL.
This young man presented a little bill
to Reynolds, which he desired settled
he was going to New York, and must
have the cash. Mr. Reynolds consulted
his pocket book, but was sorry to say
be bad a few dollars in curreucy only
and a five hundred dollar bill. Turning
to Mr. John' Janney, of Shannondale, Pa.
he eaid: "Janney, old fellow, lend me
seventy-five dollars to settle with' this
man."
"Certainly," was the reply, and the
seventy-five dollars were handed over.
"Thank you, thank you, I will repay
you as soon as I get back to the hotel.
By the way, I want to be back at half
past five precisely, so aa to catch the
seven o'clock train, and I have left my
watch in my trunk ; lend me yours, and
I will return it when I pay you tbe
money."
Mr. John Janney hesitated for awhile
and then nnhooked his watch and handed
it over also. He then separated from
Reynolds and the other young man and
returned to the hotel. Here he seated
himself by tbe clock and waited for
Reynolds to return. Five o'clock quar
ter past half past quarter of six six
o'clock and then Mr. John Janney
began to "smell a mouse" larger than
that which the mountain brought forth.
The mouse grew larger until it finally
swelled into the proportions of a swindle.
Anybody who at this late day can be
taken in by the confidence game, must
either be an inhabitant of some interior
Arcadi, or an idiot. Mr. John Janney,
of Shannondale, Pennsylvania, baa had
his eyes opened. M here is Shannon
dale ? Prw of Feb. 29.
Two soldiers, named McCargue and
Cavanangb, inmates of the National Asy
lum, at Milwaukee, were found dead in
a ravine in the wood back of the Asylum
barns a week ago. Tbey were nearly
blind, and have been missing for more
than a month, having been covered np
with snow until tbe thaw developed their
whereabouts.
" I can marry any girl I please," said
a young man boaatingly. " Very true,"
replied his waggish companion, ''for you
can't please any."
TIB LAWS.)
MARCH 6, 1372.
A BROTHER'S REVENGE.
The following thrilling narration is
told in the Prett of the 28th nit. by a
correspondent, who ia with a military ex
penition on the plains :
Riding out above Jultsburg, a rock
waa pointed to me at the foot of which
had been enacted a tragedy the mere re
cital of which made my blood run cold.
The place was in a deep canyon, sur
rounded by high bluffs, and there was a
loneliness and. silence in the frowning
rocks that oppressed every visitor, and
made them glad to hasten their departure
from the gloomy dell. Many years ago
two young men came from the East, and
ascending tbe Missouri engaged in the
fur busiuess. They were bosom friends,
and prospered in all their undertakings ;
money flowed into their coffers and they
became wealthy ; still tbey stayed in the
West that had been so generous to them,
and finally determined to make it their
pernament home. One of the young
men had a fair sister, who lived at St.
Louis, where the partners went annually
to sell their furs and divide the profits of
their business. The girl, infatuated by
the tales of adventure told by her brother,
longed to visit the great West, and beg
ged so hnrd that she might be permitted
to go, that her brother finally consented.
For a whole year she lived at the hun
ter's ranche on the head-waters of the
Missouri, and when the time came for
the partners to go down the river and
sell their furs, the brother was sick and
could not go. The girl was loth to leave
her brother, but he urged her to go home
and see their mother, saying he would
soon be well and follow after her. En-
trustiue his darling to hia friend and
partner, the two set out in a Mackinaw
boat, well manned and provided with
every comfort. The brother grew worse
and tbe summer wore away before he
waa able to travel. In the meantime tbe
partner returned bringing bim news from
home and a division of tb annual nrr.ri
whieh were larger than ever before. The
brother, pleased with the manner in
which their business had been managed,
readily yielded to the suggestion of his
partner to delay his visit home, devoted
the winter to active operations, and go
down in the spring with furs. AU went
well until mid winter, when the brother
received a letter from his home that near
ly crazed him The letter was from bis
mother, and gave a long and circumstan
tial account of the seduction and ruin of
his beloved Nina by bis partner. The
girl had confessed everything and told
how he had seduced her while bringing
her home down the Missouri and then
abandoned her. The poor girl, nnable to
bear her shame, had become a maniac.
and soon would be a mother. The first
impulse of the brother on reading this
letter was to seek out at once and kill tbe
villain who had ruined his family, but
he thought the momentary suffering in
flicted by a ball was not enough of pun
ishment for such a scoundrel, and so de
vised a plan for revenge that no Indian
could have outdone (or cruelty. Keep
ing tbe receipt of his letter a profound
secret, he went on with his business as
usual and every day met his partner on
tbe samsj terms of friendly intimacy as
formerly. When the ekins were packed
and all in readiness to go down the river
tbe brother went to Fort Beuton and
there bad executed a will, leaving the
name ot tbe person wlio made it blauk, ax
ter which he returned to bia camp on tbe
Jefferson Fort. He then represented
that on the Platte great profits were to
be made iu the fur trade, and proposed
to his partner that instead of going down
the Missouri they should go overland to
old Fort Kearney and intercept their
boats at the mouth of tbe Platte on the
Missouri. Tbe inducement was that if(
they found all as represented they would
establish a branch of their .business at
Fort Larmie, and thus increase their pro
fits The partner readily assented to
proposals so manifestly for the advantage
of both, and alone they set out, taking
with them only a pack mule to carry tbe
flour and bacon to be used on the jonr
ney. Tbey travelled for many days and
finally came to the Platte, down which
they followed the overland trail to Ben
ard's ranch. Under some pretence or
other the brother iuduced his partner to
accompany him into the lonely pass,
where, disarming him, be securely tied
him band and foot, and then bound
him to the rock. A t first the partner
thought it was some cruel joke, but whnn
the brother produced the letter and read
it, the poor man knew but too well his
time had come. He confessed all and
asked to be shot, but the brother bod an
other fate in store for his" victim. Coolly
encamping by the rock, he sat down to
see hie partner starve to death. On the
third day tbe ill-fated man signed tbe
deed bequeathing all his property to the
injured girl, aud the brother attached a
fictious name as wftnfess of the instrn
ment, by the terms of wbicn be was
made the executor of his partner's estate.
lie then wrote letters saying be had
fallen very ill of fever on the Plains, and
if he did not recover these letters would
' be delivered by his beloved partner All
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this the infuriated brother compelled the
poor man to do, and then quietly awaited
the end. . Day by day the partner grew
weaker and tbe brother gloated over his
misery, often reading to him the letter
from bis mother.
The poor man promised to marry the j
girl and make all the reparation in his
power to the family, but the brother was
deaf to entreaties. At last the partner
dwindled to a skeleton died, and the
brother, after burying bia victim's ema
ciated corpse in tbe aand, resumed his
journey to St. Louis. There he gave out
that his partner had died while on his
way through the Rocky Mountains, and
in proof of his assertion delivered his
letters. The will waa also proved, and
tbe girl became the dead man's heir.
Two years afterward the brother was
shot by indiaus, and before he died con
fessed what he had done. Some hunters
visited the place and dng up tbe skele
ton, around the neck of which still was
the chain by which the, poor man when
living had been fastened to the fatal rock
The point is still pointed out to travel
lers and the tale told of how the brother
day after day eat bis meals in the pres
ence of bis wretched prisoner, but would
not give him so mnch as a crumb or a
cup of water to slack his thirst.
A LIVING DEATU.
Results of a Horseback Ride -A
New
Sense Developed.
From the N. T. letter to the St. Louis Re
publican Over in Brooklyn there ia a young
girl, who, seven years ago, was thrown
from a horse. Her back, if not seri
ously broken, had at leaBted ceased to
periorm its functions, her heart ceased to
oeat, ana sue was dressed lor tbe grave ;
but about her face there lingered so much
of life that her guardian and aunt refused
to allow her burial. After a few days.
wonderful as it may seem, she recovered
tbe use of an arm, she breathed, and to
this day she lies, her body perfectly help
less, tbe faculty of swallowing entirely
destroyed. Life ia mainatied by injec
tions, and weekly surgical operations en
able this unhappy creature to remain on
earth. One band is tightly closed, and
the other she uses with an almost natural
freedom. She is partially bliu l, and can
only faintly utter a few broken words
Uer body is wasted until it is the size of
a child of six or seven, but her face ia
still pretty, and bears no signs of her
fearful experience. She inserts a knife
in the closed band, and cuts sheets of
wax into proper shape, and moulds it, and
colors it, and makes very beautiful wax
flowers, lying upon her back with a rais
ed rhelf swung across her breast. She
has taken no food in the natural way
since her injury, ani is the most wonder
ful case, probably, in the country. As
her parents left her well off, and she has
an aunt whose devotion admits no merce
nary thought, this young lady is com
paratively unknown. But what a fate
has befallen hit a living death ! Who
can tell what may be the action of her
mind, for she is incapable of Writing
much or speaking but a few words, and
ithal seems to have developed an un
known sense, for when her aunt enters
the room with a letter she herself cannot
in the gloom of that apartment, the half-
blind creature, dying perhaps, turns quite
away trom tbe letter, utters a' strange
noise, and faintly speaks the name of
tbe person from whom tbe letter comes.
A Kentucma.m and a Yankee were
once riding through the woods, the former
on a fine black horse, and the Yankee on
an inferior animal. The latter wanted to
make a "swap," but he did not see how
he was to do it. At lasr he thought of a
plan. His horse had been tanght to Bit
down like a dog whenever he was touched
by tbe spurs. Seeing a wild turkey, the
Yankee made his horse perform his trick,
and asserted that be was pointing game,
as was his enstom. The Kentuckian rode
in the direction indicated by the horse's
nose, and up rose a turkey. That settled
the matter ; tbe trade was made, and sad
dies and horses were changed. After a
time they came to a deep and rapid stream
over which the black horse carried his ri
der with ease. But the Kentuckian, on
the yankee's old beast, found great diffi
culty in getting over, and when he had
reached the middle of tbe stream be was
afraid the horse would allow himself to
be carried away, so he endeavored to spur
him up to more vigorous action. Down
sat tbe oldhorBe on his haunches. "Look
here StinntedT the' enraged and par
tially submerged Kentuckian to the Yan
kee on the other side of tbe stream,
"What does all this mean I"
'I want yon to know, stranger," cried
the Yankee, preparing to ride away,
"thai that there host will pint Jih jist at
well a he willoicl."
A sharp Memphisian, deairous of see
ing Alexis, took off his coat, put a Sara
toga trunk' on his shoulder and walked
up stairs, evading the police, who were
instructed to keep everybody out of tbe
Peabody House. He carried a two bun
dred pound trunk up two flights, did'nt
see the Grand Duke, and had his coat
stolen.
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SHORT ITEMS.
The cold is so great in Italy this win
ter that there has been skating at Flor
ence and Naples for the first thee itr tT
years.'
A Miss Eliza Pcttibone, of a small town
iu Maryland, has bought a church for the
Methodists ; has made the first payment
by the profits of her needle,' and intends
to discharge the debt in the same way.
This ir benevolence indeed.
Ohio has 183 424, dogs which have
maimed and killed, within a year, 23,
OSo sheep, damaging sheep to the araount
(estimated) of $143,010' IncfuJiSg the
cost of keeping them, it is estimated that
dogs cost Ohio $5,009,000 annually.
Fourteen young Chinese, belonging to
tbe noblest families of the Celestial Em
pire, have just arrived in Paris from Can
ton, sent by the Emperor to be instruct
ed at the' expense of the state. Every
year 14 young men are to be sent to
France.
This season, Tosemite tourists will be
carried by rail witbin eighty miles of the
valley by either tbe Mariposa or the Coul
terville route. The horseback ride is re
duced to two and a half miles. The fare
fYo' .San Francisco will be 322 ; time,
one day and a half.
It is enounced lL.it tbe. ite'v. John B.
New, of Indianapolis, Ind , a Baptist min
ister, has died from a cold contracted dur
ing a recent ant door baptism. He had
to enter a river where the ice was broken,
for the purpose, and, all dripping wet,
had to walk nearly a mile to change his
clothes afterward
The, Apache Indians who stole govern
ment horses from Camp McDowell, Ari
zona, and deserted from the reservation,
have sent in a flag of truce and asked to
be allowed to return and receive rations.
On being told that they must first return
the stock and surrender the thieves, they
went back to the mountains,
Tbe West Virginia Constitutional Con
vention has decided to tain the clause
which disqualifies attorneys and salaried
officers of railroads from being members
of the Legislature, but' struck out the
clanse disqualifying" preachers! Mem
bers" are required to take ah oath that
tbey will not take any consideration for
their vote. Charleston was made the
seat of government until changed by law.
An economical Iowaii, who had a toota
ache, determined to remove his tooth in
the Indian fashion. Accordingly he bent
down a sapling in the woods, lay down
himself, and attached a stout cord to his
tooth and sapling. Then he touched the
spring, and the next he knew he had
jumped over a grove of about forty
small trees, and was trying to get out of
a small pond that he happened to alight in.
A sharp five year old f!hftoF boy in
Minn., waa given a note by bis teacher to
carry to the principal. The note read:
"M, . The bearer deserves a severe
punishment." Johnny "smelt a mice,"
however, and meeting a little Norwegian
boy in the hall inveigled him iuto present
ing the note. The pi incipal carried out'
instructions, and tbe little Norwegian boy
meditates upon the wickedness of young;
America.
Journalists are appreciated and under
stood in the Golden State. The Califor
nia Assembly has ordered to engrossment,
preparatory to passage, a bill exempting
them from jury service.' The passage of
the bill was not asked for by the journal
ists, but it waa conceded them as a mat
tea of right, upon the ground that they
were engaged in public duties qnite aa nec
essary, and even imperative, as jury ser
vice. Practically the courts everywhere
make a discrimination in favor of journal
ists : but a formal law is more to that
point.
Making dwarfs and beggars ia com
mon thing in China. For the first a
child of three or four years is taken, and
a heavy porcelain vasVis put over him,
so that the head alone is free. This ia
taken off every evening, so that he may
sleep, but is put on agaiu in the morning.
The child thus advances in age in this in
flexible mould until" Ee can no longer
grow. Iben tbe vase is broken. Ibe
horrible sufferings that must be experi
enced in this process are even exceeded
by tbe practice in other establishments
in Pekin, where beggars voluntarily sub
mit to having their eyes taken out and
their limbs broken to excile public com
miseration' A Chicago lover went to visit his girl
one evening recently, but for some reason.
possibly that the fire had materially
changed his position in life, she received
and treated him coolly. He remained
standing in the parlor a few moments, bat
finally made a movement toward the door
remarking that "he guessed he'd- go."
"Oh !" said she, starting from a beautiful
condition of semi-unconsciousness, "won't
you take a chair V "Well, I don't care
if I do," waa hia reply ; and he took a
chair, thanking her kindly, and carried
it borne. He says it ia a good cahir,
made of walnut, with stuffing, and green
cover just what he wanted. But he is
down on that girl, and declares he
wouldn't marry her not if her father
owned a brewery.
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