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ESTABLISHED fel 1848.""
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Bridge Street, opposite the Odd FclUwa Hall,
MlFPLlKTOVTN.s PA. ' i ' i
Im Juiiata Sixtiiiil ii published every
Wednesday morning at $1,50 yenr.ia ad
vance ; ar $2,00 ia all case if not paid
promptly in advance. , No subscriptions dia
continued until all arrearage are paid, unless
at tbe epiion ef the publisher.
Jtasmtss Carbs.
JOUIS E. ATKINSON.
Attorney at X-av,
MIFFLINTOWN, PA.-, . , i i
'Colic vting and Conveyancing promptly
attended to. ; -
Office on Bridge slr'eetopposiie (no Coart
House Square.
JOBERT McMEEN, ;
A TTORHEY A TXA W,
MIFFLINTOWN. PA.
Omeoen Bridge afreet, ia the room former!
eeupied by Eir D. Parker, Esq.
g irLoUDEM,
MIFFLINTOWN, PA..
Offers his services to the eititeno of Juni
ata eouuty as Auetienoer aad Teadae Crier.
Charges, frem two to lea dollars. SatUfae
tiea warranted. bovS, '59
Q YES! O YES!
H. H. 8SYDER, PeuTytrille, Pa-,
Tenders his eervieeo to the ctriteno of Juni
ata and adjoining counties, a Anetioneer.
Vhargs moderate. For satisfaction give the
Jtulchman a chance. P. O. address, Perl
Royal, J aetata Co., Pa.
Feb 7. '72-ly
DR. P. C. RUNDIO,
PATTERSON. PENNA.
August 18, 1869-tf.
TUOMAS A. ELDER, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
MIFFLINTOWN, pa.
vSeo heere A M. to I P. V. OSes in
Beiferd's building, two deers above the Srn
lm$l ofliee. Bridge eireet. eug 18-tf
jyj B GAllVEtt,
HomBoratliic Physician and Snriieaii,
Having located ia the borough of Thompson- I
town, offers his professional servivee to the j
eitiiens ef that place and vicinity. . j
Orrica In the room recently occupied by I
r. S.rg. f Jnne 12, '73-if j
Do So SEim E9 Do
MOJLfiOPATIHC PHYSICIAN t SURGEON
Having permanently located in the btrougli
ef Midiintewn, offer hie professional services
to iLe citiieua ef this plaee and surrounding
oeuntry.
Office en Main street, ever Beidler's Prug j
tore. eug 18 l69-tf
Dr. R. A. Simpson
Treats all forme ef disease, and way be con
sulted ae fellows: t his office in Liverpool
Pa., every SATURDAY and M OX DAT ap
pointments can be cade for other days.
atar'Call on or sddrrss
UR. K. A. SIMPSON,
dee 7 Liverpool. Terry Co.. Pa.
QESTRAL CLAIM AGESCT,
JAMES M. SELLERS,
14 BOOTH alXTH STREET,
PIIILADM.rHtA.
men,. Bonnties, Pensione. Bach Pay, Ilorte
Claims, State Claims, 4 e., prumpily collected.
No charge for information, nor when money
is not eolleoted. ' eefJ7-U
ATTENTION !
D ATID WATTS most reepeetfully annenn
eee to the publie thai he ia prepared to
furaiau
SCHOOL BOOKS AND STATIOERT
at reduced prieee. Hereafter give him a eall
at hie OLb STAND. MAIN St.. MIFFLIN,
Oet 2i-tf
IN PERRYSVILLE.
DR. J. J. APPLEBACOH hae eetabliabed
a Drug and Prescription Store in the
above-aamod place, aad keeps a generel as
sertmeat of
- DRUBS AND MED1CISKS,
Alee all ether articles usually kept ia estab
lishments ef this kind.
Pure Wine aad Liquor for medieinal par
pesos. Cigars. Tobacco. Stationery, Ceafec
tieas (irst-elaee). Notions, ate., .
gajirThe Doctor gives advise free.
JJEST CIGARS IN TOWN
nollobaugh's Saloon.
Two for 6 cente. Alee, the F re-beet Lager,
the Largest Oysters, th Sweetest Cider, the
Finest Uomeetie Wines, aad, ia abort, any
thing you may wish ia the
BATING OR DRINKING LINE,
at the mast reasoaable prices. He has alee
refund hie
BILLIARD HALL,
so that it will now eompara favorably with
aay Hall ia the interior of tha State.
June 1. 1870-ly
WALL PAPER
lally to the Plaee where tor can buy
your Wall Paper Cheap.
rpHE andersicned takes this method of ia-
A. forming the public that be baa just re
ceived at his residence on Third Street, Mif-
tinlown, a large assortment of
WALL PAPEB,
f various styles, which he offers for sals
CHEAPER than can be purchaeed elsewhere
in the county. All persons in need of the
abeve article, and wishing ;o save money, are
invited to call and examine his stock and
hear his prices before going elsewhere.
Be Large supply constantly on band.
SIMON BASOM.
COAL, Lumber, Fish, Salt, and nil kinds
of Merchandise for sale. Chestnut Oax
Bark, Railroad Ties, all kinds of Grain and
Heeds bought at the highest market prices in
cash or exchanged for merchandise, coal.
lumber, ic. to suit customers. 1 am pre
pared to furnish to builders bills of lumber
iust as wanted and on short notice, of either
oak or yellow pins lumber.
NOAH HERTZLER.
Janl Port Royal, Juniata Co., Pa.
A
Large assortment of Queensware, China
ware. Glassware, Crockery wate, icaar
ware
Ac, for sale eheap by
TILTEN B8PEN8CHADE S.
B. F. SCHWEIEB, ran oosstitotios raa oaioa ana tbb aaroaoiasir or ran taws, j EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
.VOLUME XXVI, M. 49 ' MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNT!, PJU.1V A DECEMBER 4, 1871. - WUOLE NUMBER 1313.
wmswmtatlmftmaM
tVji' WHOLESALE Attn
D.
P.
SDCCESSOK TO
JOIIN S. GRAYBILIi & CO.,
CRYSTAL PALACE BUILDHTG.
Having purchased lb entire mammoth atock and fixture mt John 8.j
Uraybtll & Co.; I wtld respecuuiiy loin rat toe public Uiat 1 bare on
hand at all time a '- i
" FULL ASSORTMENT OF
Hardware, Paints, Oils,. Varnishes, Leather,
And all Kind ef Good kept ia a First-Class Hardware Store.
Hay Cutters, Cider Mills, Meat Cotters and Staffers for Sale.
Having bad a fall experience in the Wholesale and Manufacturing
Hardware Business, can afford to aell the same quality of Good a
cheap as any store in city or country.
Merchant are especially invited to bay, a they can save freight, and
at the tame time buy at Philadelphia pricea. All person are iuvitcd to
inspect the (lock throughout the house.
COMEONE! COME MANY ! COMK ALL I
Sept. 18. l72-'y . PAISTE.
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The Place for Good Grape-Tines
IS AT THE
Juniata llallfj Uintgarbs.
ASD GRAPE-USE NUBSEET.
rpHE undersigned would respectfully in
X form the public thai he hae started a
Grape-vine Nursery about one mile northeast
of Mifflintown, where he has been testing a j
mrge uumner ui .lie nmcrrai twiviw vi
Grapes; and having been in the business for
seven years, he is nww prepared to furnish
VINES OF ALL THE LEADING
VARIETIES. a.I OK THE
MOST IM!ISIXG
KINDS, AT
LOW KITE,
by 111 single vine, duien. hnndreJ or thou
sand. All persons within good and thriftv
vine-, will do well to eall and see fur them
selves. gtgy Good and respeuaiblt Agents wan'ed.
Address,
JONAS iiBERHOLTZF.R.
Mifflintown. Juniata Co . Pa.
JUNIATA VALLEY BANK
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MIFFLINTOWN, PEN X'A.
JOSKPI! POXsEKOY. President
T. VAN lHVIN,Cahtei.
BiaacTOBS.
Jeaeph Pomeroy, tJoka J. Petlereea,
Jerome N. Thompson, lOeorge Jacobs,
Joka Relaunch.
Loaa money, receive Jenosits, pay interest
on time deposits, buy and sell coin and Uni
ted Stales Bonds, cash coupona and checks.
Remit money to any part of 'be United States
and also to England, Scotland, Ireland aad
Germany. Sell Revenue Stamps.
la sums of at 2 per cent, oieeeuni.
In rami of $r00 at 2) per cent, discount.
In sums of $1000 at S per seat, discount.
NEW DRUG STORE. .
BANKS fc HAMLIN,
Main Street. Mifltntoten, Pa.
DEALERS IN
KIfll 1I HWICMIS,
Chemicala, Dye Staff.
He, Patau.
Veraiehee, Glaas,
Patty, Coal Oil,
Lamps, Baraera,
Chimaey. Brushes,
la feats Brashes. 8oape,
Hair Brash, Tooth Brush,
Perfumer, Comb.
Hair Oil, Tobaaco.
Cigars, ua.
HI siiiaary.
LARGE VAKIETFOF
PATENT MEDICINES,
ssleetsd with great earn, sad warraatod from
high authority.
Purest ef WINES AND LIQUORS 'or Modi
al Purpoees.
oT PRESCRIPTIONS eompouaded with
great eare, mal6'72-ly
GREAT REDUCTION
IK TBK
PRICES OF TEETH I
Full Upper or Lower Sett at Low at $5.00.
No teeth allowed to leave th oCe ualess
the patient i satisfied.
Teeth remodeled and repaired.
Teeth filled to last for life.
Toothache stopped ia iv aiantes without
extracting the tooth.
Dental work don for persons without them
leaving their homes, if desired.
Electricity used in the extiaetioa of teeth,
rendering it almost a painless operatioa, (a
extra charge) at the Dental Ofliee of G. L.
Derr, eetabliabed ia Mifflintown in 1860.
G. L. DERR,
Jen 24, 1872-ly Practical Dentist.
C. ROTHKOCK,
DENTIST,
McAliiatervllle, Penna,
OFFERS hit professional services to the
public in general, ia both branches of
hi profession operative aad mechanical.
First week ' f every month at Richfield, Fre
mont and Turkey Valley.
Second week Liverpool and Wild Cat Val
ley. Third week Milleretown aad Raccoon
Valley.
Fourth week at his office ia M'Alisterville.
Will visit Mifflin when called oa.
Teeth put up on aay of th bases, aad as
liberal as aaywher else.
Address by letter or otherwise.
PAISTE,
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Crystal Palace. Crystal Palace.
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The First,
The Best,
The Cheapest,
The Largest
Stock of Goods
IN THE COUNTY,
To Offer to the Public
AT THE
VERY LOWEST PRICES.
Just Received from Eastern
Markets.
Sceia Them will Guarantee Yon
Satisfaction.
SHELLEY & STAMBAUGH.
KEY CRYSTAL PALACE BUILDING1,
MirFUSTOWH, PA.
Oet. 8. 1872.
New Store and New Goods.
GKOCI&IES, PR07ISI0HS. AC.
Uain Street, Mifflintown.
TTAVINO opened out a GROCERT AND
IA PROVISION STORE in the old stand
oa Main Street, Mifflintown, I would respect
fully ask th attention of the publie to the
following articles, which I will keep a hand
at all tiki :
SUGAR, COFFEE, TEA,
MOLASSES, RICE,
FISH, 8AL.T,
DRIED AND CANNED FRUIT.
HAM, SHOULDER, DRIED BEEF,
Confectioneries, Huts, &&,
Tobacco, CJIajHi-ax,
GLASSWARE,
Flour, ITeetl, Sec
All of which will be sold eheap for Cash or
Country Produce. Give m a call aad bear
my prtcee.
Mifflintown, May 2, 1872.
J. W. KIRK.
New Lumber Yard.
Patterson, Pa.
BEYER, GUYER & CO.
Ear opened a Lumber Yard in th bor
ough of Patterson, aad ar prepared te fur
nish all kinds of Lumber, such as
Siding, Flooring, Studding,
Paling, Shingles, Lath, Sash, &c,
ia large or small quantities, to suit cus
tomers. JB Persons wanting Lumber by th ear
load can be supplied at reduced rate.
DETER, OUTER a CO.
George Gosbea, Agent.
Patterson, May 16. '72-tf
HELLY STAMBAUGH alwaya keep up
O their stock of GROCERIES and will not
be excelled either ia th quality or price of
their roods ia this lie. Giv tksm a aall
before geisg eWrwher.
Poetry.
The Battle of Life.
G forth to the Battle of Life, ray boy,
Go while it ia called to-day ;
For tb years go .out, aad the year com In,
Regardless of the who may lose or wis
Of those who may work ar play.
And th troop march steadily on, my boy,
To th arny gone before ;
Toa may hear th sound f their falling feet.
Going dowa to th river where th world'
meet;
They go to relura a more.
There 1 room for you ia the rank, my boy,
Aad duty, too, aseigaed ;
Step into the front with a cheerful grace
Be quick, or aaotber may take your plaee.
And yoa may be left behind. '
There is work to do by the way, my boy.
Thai yoa a.rer eaa tread sgaia ;
Work for the loftiest, lowliest men
Work for the plow, adz, spindle and pea ;
Work for the beads and the brain.
Th Serpent will follow your steps, ay boy.
To lay for your feet a snare ;
And pleasures sit ia her fairy bower.
With gsrlaad of poppiee and lotus flowers
Enwreathing her goldea hair.
Temptatloae will wait by the way, ay boy.
Temptations without and withia ;
Aad bpirii of evil, in robes a fair
A the holiest angels ia heavea wear,
Will lore you to deadly sia.
Then put oa the armor of God. my boy.
In the beautiful days of youth ;
Put on the helmet, breast-plate and shield
And the sword Ihnt the feeblest arm may
Wield
In the cause of Right and Truth.
IHiseellany. j
Henry Ward Beechar on Labor.
POPULAR BR BOBS IM THC EDUCATION OF
AMtBICAN YOUTH.
At Plymouth church oa Sunday eve
ning Mr. Beecner pre acuta a aertnoo
that i worthy of being read and studied
by every nan in the land. If be can
learn to practice the wisdom taught in
tlii discourse there will not be many
Americans who have done mdie good in
their day and generation. We copy
from the New York Sam's report :
Thrn Mr. Bwclier took hi text from
Eplic.-iiius iv , 28 : "Let bim that etnle.
teal no m-ire ; but rather le him labor.
working with hi bands the Hung which
ia good, that be may have to give to bim
that needeth "
That ia the pattern of a reformed life,
said Mr. Iieecher. Some people gain
their living without earning it. It cau
ses suspicions of alight of hand. "Let
bim that etole, steal no more " I, ia ne
ceesary to have been a thief to steal, but
there i a great deal of stealing not done
by thieves, and I advise all those who
obtain their livelihood in an improper
way to earn it in a proper way hereafter.
"BY THC SWBAT OF THY BBUW."
Every man should earn his own living.
I do not say it ia a misfortune to be born
rich, but I do aay that of one hundred
men born with money and one hundred
men born without it, the chance to find
virtue and happiness are better in the
last hundred. He who ia born in life to
rue eerlaj. to work, to earn his living, ia
the happy man. A man who works ia
healthier and happier than he who dors
not, and he is, moreover, debarred from
those temptation which , spring from the
possession of wealth, and those pitfalls
which have mined so many young men.
It ia not only necessary to earn our own
livelihood, but we must rise with the sun
in summer and before it in winter, and
work with our hand. There is no deg
radation in labor. Il exalts the man.
It was not diies teemed in earlier days.
Only in Greece and Borne it was despi
sed because the Greeks and Roman
owned slaves. The nation to which we
owe so much and from which we have
learned so much the Jewish nation
always honored labor. The Jews taught
their children some little craft, and they
were not drudges. A drudge is a man
who labors with bis hand and has no
miud to control him, no conscience be
hind it, no manhood-
MB. BBECHEB A8 AN ACTOR.
If I were a eabiuet maker do you sup
pose I could construct a cradle without
singing a lullaby all the time. Laugh
ter Could I saw, plane and rub ; saw,
plane and rub (imitating the movement
of these tools) and not put my heart in
the work T If I did I would be a drudge.
The builder is a drudge, who, every time
he drives a nail, wonders where be can
get a poorer and cheaper one.
Men tell na that a mun's character
may be bold by bU writing. I can tell
you the character of a builder and archi
tect of a cold big boose. That man
would be heartless and bloodless. But
go into a nice, warm, cosy house, and
yon would find out that the man who
built it was a social, good man, with a
heart and brains too.
A LIB.
Men do not like labor because the
worker rank below the thinker. That's
a Democratic feeling. I say I'm just aa
anvMi aa anw nther man. heeannfl all man
are equal. They are not aqoal in size,
height, girth ; not equal in virtue ; but
all men are civilly equal before the law
When a man says, ( I'm just as good as
any man, it may be so, and it may not
be so. Wheu the universal- man aays
so, it's a lie.
That has been the grand blunder of
tbe Gommuuista and International
They wanted all men equal with unequal
means. The moat "productive part of
man is tbe animal part. A man shears a
sheep, and there are five hundred men in
tbe same townhip who can do the same
thing. Then the wool is sent to the
manufactory, but there will uot be five
hundred men who can weave tbe fine
clith. The result ia that tbe man who
shears gets one dollar a day, while the
weaver get three or four dollars a day.
This is the result of brains and eduea
tion.
TRUS BE8PBCTABILITY.
In Ohio, when 1 lived there, I knew
eminently educated German gentlemen
earning a dollar a day breaking stones
on a macadamised road. Measured by
avocation they "were low ; bnt they were
thinkers, rauking higher they were
honorable.
A man who has been a hard worker
all bis life says to himself : "1 have a
smart boy. - I'll give him chances I
never bad. I'll give bim a good eduea
tion. Yes, I II make a lawyer out of
him" f Immoderate--laughter. In the
month of June there will be five hun
dred thousand blossoms on every apple
tree. There will be about three hun
dred apples, and the remainder will drop
to tbe ground. It i the same in all pro
fessions. Out of five hundred thousand
candidates there will be only three bun
dred professional men.
TUB CUBbB OF WKALTH.
Tbe great trouble is that men are more
anxious to be rich than to be happy. I
never knew a minister who warned bis
people about being extravagant, who re
fused to receive a good salary. I never
derived wealth, never exhorted you
about being economical, for I would just
as lief walk iuto my yard and say to my
cows, "Oh. Alderneys, be careful of your
milk ! ' Laughter
A man may be ricli and yet be a fool.
Of one hundred who have wealth, but
one knows how to use it. Tbe insane
notion that if a man only bad wealth be
wouldn't want anything else, lias been
tbe ruin of many young men. Sudden
wealth and immense wealth are the
dream of many men in tbe cities who
have left their farms and workshop to
come here. I venture to say that there
are 5.000 young men here between twen
ty and thirty years of age who have
nothing to do
New YORK IS FULL OFTHKM.
I do uot wish to be disrespectful, but
ask one of them if he can do a day's
work, lie will answer. No Are you
good on sbippoard t No, I've never been
to sea Can von make a cbair ? No.
Are you a blacksmith I No. Are you
a carpenter J No Is there anything
on God's earth that yon can do? No,
not a thing. Laughter. Now think,
what can you do? Well, I'm a good
book keeper. Laughter. They can
do nothing and can get nothing to do.
Not aloue i this the case in New York,
but in ail tbe large citie of the Uuion.
WUAT THfcY LAUtiHBU AT
Thousauds of young men would starve
to death on a hundred acres of land be
cause they couldu't raise corn. They
would be houseless . and homeless iu a
lumber yard barefooted with all tbe
leather in a Swamp at their cominaud
They have abandoned work aud want
something nice and easy I think that
tbe respectable German iu hi six by
nine attic, pegging away at bi last, is
more resp-c table than ' tbe youug man
who ha left bis lather's farm before be
learned to work You ought to go to
my Louse and see the number of appli
cations that are made to me daily. Why,
people must think that I own Ceuttal
Park, and Prospect Park, and tbe Poet
office, and the Custom liouse, and tbe
Navy Yard. Laughter. They won't
believe that I have no influence in
Washington. Laughter. But I never
turn them away. 1 sympathize with
them and a-stet them wheu I can. 1
never say. "Young man, go West."
Loud laughter I try to encourage
them.
A WORD TO THE RICH.
Mr. Beecber next addressed himself
to the wealthy members of bis congre
gation aud said : fc-ven ii you are worth
a million to-day, your son may be forced
to beg his bread because be cau't work.
Your daughter -cannot be chamber
maids, or cooks, or washerwomen
what's to become of them t Laughter
In outj thing I would have you Judaized
There is an old and Jewish proverb
which says: He who brings up his
child without a trade, brings him up to
steal.'' The, paper teil us of people go
ing to seek their fortunes in A merica
It ehould be work for tbeir fortunes
Ttll your children to work. They say
I it will kill them Shall they live ? No.
Laughter tJiall they commit smcfae ?
No. What then? Simply this: Eat
1 the bread you earn, or don't eat.
Mr. Beecher closed with a touching
peroration in which, speaking of tbe
rising generation, he said : "Let them
be men who earn their living by tbe
sweat of their brow, and who can hold
up their big, bard hands and aay they
never took a penny they did not earn "
How gossip Increases.
How gossip increase and grows till it
get into general scandal, and is entirely
different from tbe original story, is told
by a letter writer. He says that he was
told that if be ever took a bonse in a
terrace a little way out of town to be
very careful that it was tbe eeutre one.
For one must be very well aware that a
story never loses by telling, and conse
quently if he lived in the middle of a tew
of houses it was very clear that tbe tales
wbich might be circulated to bis preju
dice would only have half the distance
to travel on either side of bim, ami.
therefore, could ouly be half as bad by
tbe time tbey got down to the bottom of
the terrace as the tales that might be cir
culated of tbe wretched individual who
bad the misfortune to live at ei:ber end
of it. As an illustration of this he was
informed of a lamentable case that actu
ally occurred a short time sine'.
The servant of No. 1 told the servant
of No. 2 that her master expeeted bis
old friends, tbe B.tyleys, to pay bim a
visit shortly ; and No. 2 told No. 3 that
No. 1 expected to have tbe Bay leys Iu
the house evety day, and No. 3 told No.
4 that it was all up with No. 1, for tbey
couldn't keep tbe b.i'ifis out- Where
upon No. 4 told No H that the officers
were after No I, and that it was as much
as be could do to prevent himself being
taken in execution, and that it was near
ly killing his poor, dear wife ; and so it
went on increasing until it got to No. 32,
who confidentially assured tbe last house.
No. 33, that the Bow street officers bad
taken up tbe gentleman who lived at No.
1 for killing hia poor wife- with arsenic,
and that it was hoped and expected that
he would be executed.
Power of Comprehensions.
It was said of Thoreau, we believe
that he could take up any given number
of lead pencil without counting. A cel
ebrated trapper once assured us that he
could tell bow many balls he had in bis
pouch by placing bis hand on it, without
stopping to count them, and added : "I
cau tell tbe number of bullets instantly
without counting, us you pronouuee a
word without spelling it." Southey was
accustomed to take iu the substance of a
book in turning tbe !eaves over contiu
ously, glancing down tbe pages. Uou
dan, the magician, trained himself to
quickness of perception when a boy, by
running past a show-window at full
speed, and then trying to tell what was
in it. We once met a man on a canal
boat, who was amusing himself by going
from passenger to passenger, aud telling
almost every on where he had seen bim
before, on such a train, ia such a hotel, in
such a street, giving date and place to peo
ple with whom he had never exchanged
a word. This training of the faculties in
particular directions is carried to a mar
velous extreme by woodsmen, trappers
and mtn wbo guess the weight of aui
reals. Perhaps the most remarkable in
stances are tbe markers, who leap from
log to log at tbe mouth of a boom, slau
ding on tbe floating log and translating
instantly an old mark into a new one.
remembering what equivalent to give for
each of a hundred marks, and chopping
it upon the log in the time that it floats
its length. It is said that Thoreau
knew tbe relative order of the flowering
of all the plauts iu tbe Concord woods,
and knew the note of every bird, and a
thousand other out-of-the-way things be
side. 'llenrlh md Home.
Tub Capital Oity (Nebraska) AVws
says: A family by tbe name of Hunt,
consisting of tbe father, mother and three
children, have b?n living on a claim
some two miles from Marion Centre, in
.Marion county. Their house was situa
ted in a ravine, built of stone and roofed
with dirt and sod, wbich was supported
with timber. Night before last as some
persons were returning home from a dance
they noticed that the roof of tbe bouse
had fallen in. Tbey immediately went
to .ta bouse and fonnd that the roof had
fallen in upon the family aa tbey lay
sleeping in their beds. The party went
at ouce to relive them, and upon taking
tbe dirt away found tbe mother and three
children dead, and the father so fastened
and held in bis place that he was even
powerless to help himself. Tbe roof was
very heavy and came down in crushing
force upon the inmates of the fatal house.
For hours tbe father bad lain pinned to
bis bed, and was compelled to bear the
dying agouies of his wife and children ;
compelled to listen to their piteous cries
for help Out on the prairie, I eyond
burnau reach, immured iu a living tomb,
the hours slowly dragged along and still
no help Still tbe appeal to Father,
help us," until all of human agony had
been eodured, and then a silence crept
over the dread abode, wbich wa but tbe
stillueM of death itself.
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Sow the Son Caught a Thief.
Five or six day ago, says a Pari
paper, M. X , a photographer, al! Br
ed by the brightness of the raa and soft
ness of the air, provided himself with,
necessary baggage and hastened to Fon
tainbleau to take view of the forest.
He installed himself in a very picture
esque quarter, erected his apparatas, pre
pared bis plates, opened his object glass,
and enveloping at once his case and hia
head in a large, dark and fluctuant veil,
set himself to tbe task of seeing the ob
jects in view, lie had just taken oat
his proof from tbe dark chamber, and
was subjecting it to chemical reaction,
when a strong hand was laid npon hia
shoulder. lie turned round hastily and
found himjelf in tbe presence of a spe
cies of giant, meanly attired, who, by
gesture and voice, demanded his purse.
M. X is not a Uercnles, and from
the first glance toward his adversary, he
concluded that all resistance was useless.
He therefore politely offered the robber
his purse, which was accepted with thank'
fulness. The robber bowed and leaving
him to resignation went into tbe depth
of the forest. Poor M. X , medita
ting on his sad loss, remained for some
time motionless ; his looks were mechan
ically set on his photographic proof ; he
mused npon it with an unconcerned eye.
Suddenly, " What is this 1" exclaimed
he, "what ia the tinman torm iu this cop
pice under the shade of tltia oak 1 Hea
ven ! Should I believe ray eyes t It is
he, it is my robber perfectly delineated,
and very easy to be recognized. Oh,
divine sun, my co-laborer, how well yoa
do things !'' On hi return be repaired
to the commissioners at Fontaiobleau,
related his adventure, exhibited his proof
plate and the malefactor's likeness. Next
day, with tbe aid of this singular de
scription, the robber was arrested.
Onb of the sweetest stories we have
ever read ia told by a Los Angelos cor
respondent in the San Francisco Herald.
On the eastern slope of the San Fran
cisco range of mountains is a rift in the
solid wall about ICO feet deep, thirty
feet long and seventeen feet wide. For
years it has been selected as "tbe borne
of the bees," and from the opening tbey
issue forth in a solid column one foot in
diameter. Here tbe busy little fellows
have improved the shining hours until -they
have stored away, it i estimated,
near ten tone of boney. They guard
their treasure jealously, and fight for it
if any attempt is made by the vandal
man to help himself therefrom. Dnriog
the last four year they have by actual
measurement added fifteen feet to their
store. As tbe climate is so mild that at
almost any season flowers may be found
blooming tbey are not compelled to feed
upon their store, but are constantly add
ing to it
Mrs. Drake, a widow lady of Mublen
bura) county, Kentucky, has in her pos
session an apple wbich has been in exis
tence since the beginning of the Revolu
tionary war. The Greenville Gazette
gives this account of it. Tbe soldier,
Mr. Drake, recieved the apple from hi
betrothed just as be departed for the
army of Washington; be kept it during
tbe whole war; returned after the sur
render of Yorktown, and married tbe
fair doner. The apple is sacredly pre
served in the fanily. It is dry and
shriveled, nothing rem lining but the
woody fiber, the heir-loom is highly
prized by every member of the family.
A LADY, remaikable for having a high
sense of her own dignity, being one day
detained in her carriage by the unload
ing of a cart of coals in a very narrow
street, leaned both arms upon the door of
tbe carriage and asked th man : "IInw
dare you, sir, stop a woman of quality in
tbe street V A woman of quality 1"
kaid the man. ' Yes, fellow," rejoined
the lady, "don't you see my arm upon
tbe carriage 1" " Ye, indeed I do," he
replied, aud a pair of coarse arm they
are, too."
-i. - i oo - BBa e i - - -
The Mayor of Chicago ha recom
mended to the employers of that city that
Monday instead of Saturday, be chosen
a pay day He thinks this one of the
most practical, well as practicable,
methods of preventing drunkenness, and
that it should be immediately and gener
ally adopted.
A San Francisco woman covered the
dress of another with her flounces in tbe
horse-car.' the other day. and when she
left tbe vehicle she found that the ob
scured fair one bad revenge herself by
cutting ber dress into shreds.
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Aunt Susan says, " Sup, all tbe
men were in one country, and al! the
women in another, with a big river be
tween tbem ; good gracious ! what lot
of girls would be drowned !"
The drum mj"r wbo ran away from
Cbickamauga. when reproached for cow
ardice, replied. "I'd rather be called a
coward all my life than be a corpse fif.
teen minutes "
A Detroit picture dealer says the hard
est work he haa to do i to frame excuses.