1 HENRY A. F ARSONS, Jft., Editor asd PrtusnEn, ELK COUNTY TI1E RJSPVnUCAN PARTY. Two Dou.Ar.3 tEii Assum. VOL. I. RIDGWAY, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1872. NO. 48. POET It Y. TniS PllATER-SEEKKR. t torn a. ivniTTim. Along the trial where prnyor was mnde, A womaOt all In hlack arrayed. Close-relied, between the kneeliiiR host. ,. With gliding motion of a Rhost, Panned to the desk and laid thereon A soroll which bore these words Mono Prey for me I Back from tho plnco of worshipping 8 ho glided like a guilty thing : The rustle of her draperies, stirred lly harrying fcot, alone was heard ; While, full of awe, the preacher rend, As out into the dark she sped : ' Pray for me !" Hack to the nlfrht horn whenco she rnme, To unlfbaglned grief or shame I Across the threshold of that door JJone knew the burden that she born ; Alone the left the written scroll. The legend of a troubled soul Pray for me I tillde on, poor ghost of woo or ."In ! Thou lcav'st a common need within ; Kach bear?, like thee, pome namolesg wtUhi, Some misery Inarticulate, Some secret sin, some shrouded dread, Homo household sorrow all unsaid. Pray for vtt I'atsonl The typo of all thou art Had witness to tho common heart! With face In Tell and seal on Up. In mnto and strange companionship. Like thee we wandor to and fro, Dnmbly imploring as we go ; Pray for a I Ah ! who shall pray, since he who pleads Our want perchance hath greater needs? Yet they who make their loss tho gain Of others shall not ask In vain, And heaven bends low to hear the piaytr Of love from lips of self despair : Pray for lit In vain remorse and fear and h:ite Heat with brnUed hands against a fate. Whoso walls of Iron only move. And open to the touch of lore. He only feels his burdens fall, Who, taught by sutTcrinp, pitins nil. Pray for lis .' He prayoth best who leaves unsuesscd The mysteries of another's breast. Why cheeks grow pale, why eyos oVrflow, tlr heads or white, thou ncedst not know. Knough to note, by many a sign. That every heart hath needs like thin.'. Pray for ut ! T THE STO R Y- TELLER. i'ir. I have knocked about u. good ileal in uy timo, ami seen many ups and downs : for n man who lias led such a nomadic lift; as myself, would bo a sin gularly lui:ky person if ho never found himself minus a meal or a dollar. In " l, I was in California, and pretty weultby, for I had been fortunate in the digging. In 'oS, I tramped from liul laxnt to Avofc, in Australia, without a cent in my pocket, for luck had deserted me, and I could not hit on a claim in Victoria that half repaid me for my la bor in working it. Ono chilly evening in June a winter month in the southern hemisphere I halted, after a long day's march, at tho door of a little shanty near Avoca, over which was a rudely-lettered sign-board, indicating it ft stove. " You're welcome, chum, even if you haven't a grain o' dust or a sixpence in your pocket ; for you don't look like o lag,' and the bent of us sees hard times now and then. Come inside. Is that your dorg? 'Well, he's welcome, too, poor creetur though he ain't noways Handsome. I like a man bettor when I eo ft dorg at his hools ; for a feller ain't ,hail enough to be outlawed, if one of them poor dumb brutes loves him," said a bright-eyed, buxom, garrulous mat ron, who answered my apxenl for sup pler and a night's lodging. My dog was not ono that would have taken a prize for beauty at any show in the States. He was a brindled bull-terrier, and his pugnacious propensities had cost him an eye ; but ho was true as steel, and, like most of his breed, was keen and quick-witted as a human be inir. I loved Tin. for he stuck to me through all my misfortunes, and was al most tho only remaining tie that douuu me to the world. Our kind hostess ushered us into a small kitchen that was a model of clean liness, and presently set before ine ftn abundant supply of succulent viands, which I ate with avidity. Neither was old Pip forgotten. lie vame in for a share of tho good things, and received iaoro cai esses from our hostess and her two sprightly young sters than had been bestowed upon him during hiri lifetime. "Where's Maggie, Mrs. Hyatt ':" ask id a tall, handsome young man ; evi dently ft privileged person, for he enter d without knocking. " She went to Carter's this afternoon, and hasn't returned yet. I wish she'd come back, for it's a bad road she's got to travel. You'd better go to meet her, Nod, if you are not too tired ; for my tld man's awav at the Ovens still." " All right '.' I'll go, for I want to see her," said tho young man gruffly, as he took his departure. ' Maggie is my eldest girl, ami Ned Vance is her sweetheart," explained Mrs. Hyatt. I smoked my pipe, and chatted fumil iarly with my hostess until about ten o' clock, when Vance suddenly entered the room, hot and breathless. " Hasn't Maggie returned i" he in quired, excitedly. Sho left Carter's soon after nightfall, for I went all the way there, thinking to find her. I kept a sharp lookout for her on my way back, but, not seeing her, thought we must have passed each other on the old Swan digging, und she would have arrived here before me. What can havo become of her, I wonder i" he added. " You haven t got time to wonder, Ned Vanoe ! If you love my girl half tin much as you profess to, you'll go seek at onoo ! She s last her way, and may be, has fallen into one of the old sink. ings on the diggings. Oct a lantern out if the store-room, and be Quick about it ! for some of those holes must be half full of water, after all the rain that feu last week. I volunteered to Bid Vance in tho search for bis sweetheart ; so we set out together. It was ft bleakv dreary night. A strong breeze wag blowing, and sable clouds veiled the stars from view. We searched tho Swan, digging care fully, and moro than onco were in dan ger of precipitating ourselves into tho deep shafts whieh gold-seekers had sunk, and finally abandoned ns non-auriferous. Vance at la-st became so excited as apparently to looso all control over him self, and he wandered backward and for ward, from ono hole to another, in a manner useless and absurd. " Let's try further to the right. It's Eretty certain the girl isn't in any of the oles hereabouts," I said. But my companion insisted that it was absolutely impossible that Maggie could havo strayed so far from ft road that she was familiar with, and would not allow me to proceed in the direction I indicated. A bright idea suddenly dawned upon mo, anil I proceeded to put it into exe cution forthwith. I quitted Vance, and ran back to tho store, where I found Mrs. nyatt crying bitterly, and evidently much perturbed at the non-apticnrance of her eldest child. " Have you got a pair of old shoes be longing to your daughter ';" I asked. " Of course lots of 'em ; but what do you want of them r" sobbed tho anxious mother. 41 I will show you, if you will bring them," I replied. Mrs. Hyatt fetched a pair of well worn gaiters. I took them in my hand, and called my dog. " Find her, Pip, old fellow," I said, as I placed the boots before him. lie sniffed them, raised his ono intel ligent eye to my face, wagged his tail, as if to indicate that he fully understood what was desirod of him, and walked toward tho door. I followed him out ; and, with his nose close to the ground, he led the way to the Swan diggings. There ho lost tho trail for a while, and seemed some what confused ; but he suddenly gave vent to a shrill bark of satisfaction, and set off on a quick trot exactly in the di rection in which Vance had declared it was useless to search. I had some difficulty in keeping up with him, for the ground was rugged and uneven ; but, at length, he halted on tho brink of a large sinking, and set up a most rtiteous howl. 15 y means ot a cord, 1 lowered tho lan tern I carried down into the hole, and by its dim light I was enabled to dis cern the object of my search lying half immersed in water far down at the bot tom of the pit. Ijeaving the littiteiu lusere as a guide to tho shaft, I ran as quickly as possible to the nearest shanty, and told tour miners, who were the occupants of it, that I required their services. Australian diggers are naturally im pulsive nnd energetic, and those fellows proved no exception to the rule. They procured ropes, and started oil' with me at once. Tho light in the lantern I hai left to mark the sinking had, apparently, gono out, for it was not visible ; but Pip, at ft word from me, conducted us to the hole, and I prepared to descend at once. 1 hitched a ropo under mv arms, ana my four companions lowered me. slowly down the shaft. The water at the bottom was only about a foot deep, and the girl's head had fortunately escaped immersion. I fastened tho rope around my waist, and with my disenerasrod arm held her fcrm ly. She was quite unconscious, and I hailed the willing hands above to " hoist away." As they lifted us from the muddy pool, my foot struck against something light er than a stone. Stooping, I picked out ot tho water a luntern. " She's not dead, and, I guess, uin't much hurt, after all," said a rough-beard ed fellow, feeling the pulso of tho inani mate girl. " Mato, there's been some foul play here. This is tho lantern I placed to mark the sinkinsr. and 1 touud it in the hole. It couldn't have blown in, for placed it to loeward, and chocked it tight with two pieces of rock. Some one must havo fiung it down, so that we shouldn t mid tho hole, 1 said. " Then 1 believe that the gal was chucked down, for I know Mattie Hyatt well, and she is a deal too smart to have come all this distance from tho right road, which she has passed along a hun dred times, without some ono forced her," chimed in a burly man, who raisd the girl in his stalwart arms, and carried her toward her home. Mrs. Hyatt was too sensible to allow emotion to paralyze her actions. She applied restoratives to hpr daughter.and in a short time the sufferer regained consciousness. Sho was a very pretty mil. with well-cut features, dark eyes, and hair that was black and glossy as a raven s wing. As soon as sho could articulate, she astonished us all by declaring that Vance had endeavored to murder her. " I met him near Swan Creek, and we walked toward homo together," she said " We got talking about Young Jim Car- i , - 'J T l.-i 1 1 "V 1 ter, ana, wnen i sum i unuu mm, --sun lieeume verv anSTV. "Seeing: he was jealous of him, I teased him a little, when he suddenly knocked mo down with a blow of his fist. I'll kill vou before you shall ever marry that fellow !" ho cried, clenching his threat with ft tumble oath. " Tho blow was a cruelly severe one. Smarting with the pain it created, I called him a coward, and declared that I would never be the wifo of any man who was mean enough to strike a wo man. On that, he oaueht hold of my shawl, and, though I struggled, succeeded in tying it over my head. He carried ine along some distance, and then hurled me down the sinking, where you found ine. " The water in the pit saved mo from being much iniurod by ihe fall, and I was able to uncover my face ; but, after that, I grow dizzy, nnd don't remember any more. As Mattio finished herrocitai, the tour miners glanced at each other, and then nf mo Yir Virmt anvinff a word, we Went - - out together, accompanied by my dog. -v' . xr,i T w hanging by tho neck from tho limb of a rrn. Whether 1m r.OTiimitted suicide, or met a just retribution at the hands of some members ot tho community no nan outraged, remained a mystery, which tho authorities ml not attempt, to un ravel. Tip had irood times in Avoca after that night's work. Mrs. Mattie Carter cared for him in his old age ; and I, her husband's partner, dug his grave, when sheer inanition terminated his career. A Southern Fair. Tho following irraphic description of a fair in Roanoke, Va., is from the Yul ley, of that locality : " Ono man had what ho called warb lers. He said, ' Ladies and gentlemen, this is a very dull day, and no donbt you all feel rather low-spirited, but wo will try to got up something to enliven yon somewhat. I havo hero, a little instru ment which I call a warbler. I put it in my mouth so, you perceive, and then con imitate any kind of bird, from an owl to an elephant. Now I will imitato a mocking-bird : Pzeet, pzcet, pzeet, tweedle, tweedle. ouivo. quivo, twyit, twyit. twvit. purtcttettettle, &o. Now I will imitato a sick chicken : Queek, queek, queek. Xow I will imitate an elephant : Thzwcrt, yrogeu, tregen, iVc. liero they are, ladies and gentlemen, a whole men- aarerie tor twenty-live cent. Ihank you, sir; another man made happy for life! holl bo tho next customer; Only twenty-five cents for a mocking bird, a poll parrot, ft pussy cat, an ele phant, and a great horned owl ! Here they are, gentlemen; call for what you want, and hand up your money, ixc. Another one had a round board painted irreen (in honor of the people who pat ronized it) stuck full of Knives, some of the knives being stuck to ft twenty-hve cent greenback. Ho said, 'Here you are, bovs ; como up and try your luck vou see those knives there. Here I have some rings. You pay mo twenty-five cents and tako these rings ; you stand here ana pitcn tiiein at tuo Knives siick- mg in that hoard, ana you take every knife vou can put a rincr on, and you can get a good knite, worth at least a dollar, for twenty-hve cents. Ono alter another tho green ones stepped up and paid their quarter and did not get any knives till at last a gentleman who had Been such things before said, ' I will take a. chance.' He took nine chances (fifty four rinsrs and of tho fifty-four ho put thirty-two on to tho knives, when the man shut up his nhop and moved awny. He said that man would ruin him ; so he came to grief." X Temperance Aueetlote. Speaking of temperance reformers, some one tells a good story at tho ex pense of one of the most ardent of them, a person whoso whole heart was in the work to such an extent that ho hadn't timo to mend his fences or take care of his farm. A distinguished temporanco lecturer was to address tho citizens in the town where the reformer lived, and the latter took it upon himself to meet hiin at the station, and tako him homo with him to entertain him. Tho lee turer was talkative and full of " the cause." " There, now," said he, as they drovo by ft handsome farm-house, " any body can see at once that a temperance man lives there. Every thing indicates it ; there's thrift and industry and con tentment and no doubt a happy home there. Isn't it so r " " Yes," was the reply, " 'Squire is a temperance man, and has a very pleasant homo and family. " I was certain ot it, said tho lecturer. " But hero is a place," ho continued, as they came to an old house with dilapi dated fence and a neglected appearance, that you (I pick out anywhere as th" house of a drunkard. See the old hats in the windows, and tho broken-down fence, and the neglected appearanco every thing has you can t inako any mistake about Buch a place it sticks out all over it that it's the homo of a sot." He was about to appeal to his entertainer for tho truth of his surmise i, when that gentleman pulled rein, and turning the team up to the neglected fence.remarked with something like a sigh, '1 live here. And what could tho lecturer say t lie might have said, " Well, all signs fail in a dry time, but he didn t. A Russian Romanic. We see it stated in an Albany paper that one of the suit ot the Uuke Alexis, who by chance made a visit at police headquarters, whiio viewing tho laces la the " rogue s gallery, was struck by the face of ono of the women in frame. He knew the woman at a glance, and, on pursuing his inquiries, found that the owner ot tho tace was set down as Mad ame Oratowski, which ho thought was an alias. She was arrested on the charge of shoplifting at the stores of several of our merchants, and alter trial was sent to Sing Sing Prison for throe years and six mouths, the distinguished foreign er said the woman was a native of his country, that her naino was Radetsky, and she was the daughter of one of tho first families of tho empire ; and what was more, since her departure, having, by the 'way, eloped, her father died. leaving her an immense fortune. Tho chiof-of-police recollected tho woman well, and her genoral description given by the stranger corresponded with his impressions exactly, ihe Albany oth cials assert that the woman served out her timo at Sing Sing, but has boen arrested within a year at !ew York, and is now at Mng hing serving out another term. Ihe stranger made a memoranda of all that the Chief said. and informed that officer that he would make the fact known to tho Prince, who was acquainted with the circumstances connected with the case, and .between them an effort would be made to secure the pardon of Madame Radetsky. Pictures from Trlson Life. HY GIDEON HATJfES, LATK WAHDEJT OF MASSACHUSETTS STATE miSOX. In lf?01 a young Frenchman whs com mitted to tho prison, on a sentence of fifteen years, for robbery; his youth, quiet demeanor, and gentle disposition attracted my attention, nnd led mo to make somo inquiries into his history, nnd tho circumstances attcnamg ton com mission of tho crime for which ho was suffering. Ho was a nioro boy, quito effeminate, and his general appearance such as to assure one, upon tho first glance, that there must bo somo mistake in regard to tho affair. It 19 uuulieSHUI j l" i-jin-i itnu n- uhvrs ; but I became satisfied, after a careful investigation of the case, that ft great wrong had been done hiin ; that a foolish ioke, played upon a comrade while both were under the influenco ot liouor. was construed into a irroat crime : and ho, without a mend, penniless and ignorant of our ways and language, was easily convicted and sentenced as above. Governor Andrew having grunted me permission to name ono convict to bo pardoned on Christmas Day, I selected this boy. 1 havo nover witnessed a military execution, but havo heard such scenes described ; and when his name was announced in the chapel, so unoX' iccted was it, that the effect upon him was not unlike boinc shot ft sudden spas modic leap, and he sank into his seat as lifeless, apparently, as though a bullet had pierced his heart. 1 could not describe his attempt to express his gratitude; it was tho genuine outpouring of a grateful heart, and Eiven. as it was, in his broken English, it drew tears from all who witnessed it. A vouug man, who was discharged in 1801, was very anxious to join ono ot the companies of a battalion then about to leave Boston for tho seat of war. He applied, and was accepted. He thought, however, that he ought not to go with out letting the commander know that had been in prison, and accordingly informed him of the fact. At this period the authorities were not obliged, as was the case later in tho war, to tako up with any one that might present him self, but could choose from the first young men in the State. He was informed that, if he could get ft letter of recom mendation from tho warden, ho would bo allowed to go. Tho letter was obtain ed and the matter settled. Ho left with tho battalion. A few weeks later the attack was made upom "Big Bethel." Our forces, it will be remembered, were repulsed, and ft very promising young officer Lieutenant Greble, of tho regular army was instantly killed while sighting a gun ; tho mrni were obliged to abandon tho piece and withdraw ; three soldiers volunteered to return, and, if possible, to bring olf the gun an act which they successfully performed, and with it the body of Lieutenant Greble ; and, al though subjected to tho concentrate fire of tho wholo rebel line, neither of them was hit. This young man was ono of tho tlireo. Ho re-enlisted, and, in an assault upon tho enemy's works boforo Richmond, under General McClellan, whilo pressing forward, carrying the regimental colors, fell mortally wound ed, and, with a host of other heroes, he rests in an unknown grave in the swamps ot the (Jhickahomvny. A few years naro the cbmmunitv was startled by the announcement of a are ad- ful murder committed in ono of the towns of tho State. A' man had been stopped upon tho highway, robbed and murdered. A young man, then scarce ly seventeen years old, was arrested for the murder his own father giving the information which led to his arrest. He was tried, convicted, and sentenced to be hanged. At this point some good people began to inquiro into his history; it was found that the unfortunate youth was terribly ignorant. 110 could neither read nor wnto ; had never seen tho in side of a schoolroom or church in his life ; never heard the name of God, on ly H-s it fell from his own or associates' lips in the form of oaths ; born of drunk en parents, he soon acquired theirhabiw; in short, at seventeen he was an ltrnor- ant, lazy, drunken vagabond, apparent ly without ono redeeming trait in his character. He had become acquainted with ami marriod a young woman quite as worthless as himself, and, in order to obtain means to gratify her vanity, which was groat, ho took his gun-, and stationed himself in a wood by the road' side, with tho intention of robbing the first person that passed, ne had boon there but a short timo when he heard tho sound of an approaching wagon and discovered a man driving alono ; he stopped into the road, and ordered him to stop ; he did so ; he then demanded his money ; tho man hesitated, and he shot him, but not mortally. He begged of him to spare his life ; but he knew not the meaning of pity, but deliberate ly beat him to death with the butt of his gun. Such was tho history of this young man, and .tho criiuo for which tho judgo had to pronounce the awful sentence ot death. Xow the question arose as to who was the most responsible for this murder tho young man, Ins parents, tho com munitv in which he livod, or tho au thorities that allswed such ignorance to grow up in their midst (this was no iso- P. i . .,11 - Til tA , luted case in tnat locality;, wunout tax ing somo steps to eradicate it ' Gover nor Andrew becamo exceedingly inter ested in the case, and, with that keen sense of risrht and justico for which ho was noted, condemned the community. and saved tho boy's life. His sentence was commuted to imprisonment for lifo in the State Prison. I have eriven a description of this young man's condition at the time ho committed tho groat crime for which ho was convicted ; let me present him as ho appears to-aay. Enter one ot the workshops at the prison, and you will observe a young man busily employed, whose genera appearance will be certain to attract your attention. In height about five and a half foot, of good figure, a well balanced head covered with light-brown hair, a high and finely-developed fore head, light hazel eyes, unusually mild in appearanco, a good mouth, with a smile so sweet, sad and innocent in its expres sion ns to cause you to wonder what crime ho could commit that would send him to tho State Frison. Enter into conversation with him, and you will bo still more surprised at his sott musical voice, tho childlike simplicity with which ho expresses himself, tho good language he uses, and tho absence of every expression not in keeping with an intelligent and pure-minded young man What has wrouirht this croat change '( Ask thoso philanthropic and Christian ladies and eentlemen who visited, en couraged, instructed him in jail, and finally, by their influenco, saved him from tho gallows. Thank God, wo have a few of this same class in this vicinity ladies ot fortune and rehnement, an gels of mercy, who deem it a privilege tv visit, advise, nnd instruct such waifs of society as was this poor boy. Would there were more of theui ! Tho field fr their operations is an extensive one, and their reward a crown of glory. " For inasmuch as ye have done it unto ono of the least of these my brethren, ye havo done it unto me. Co-Operatlve Housekeeping. Ono of tho latest schemes for social improvement is proposed for a plan of co-operative hotels and homes. Tho Jvew York bachelor is, unless in really affluent ircumstaneos, really a pitiable being. Three modes of lifo present themselves to his choice hotel.boarding house, or lodging, with living at a res taurant, the hrst is beyond tho means of all but tho wealthy. Tho second is, to thoso who value privacy and refined society, open to onieetions too obvious to require detail. The third, which in other countries is a most agreeable mode of life, is in many respects wretched. A odging house keeper s manner generally indicates that it is an immense stretch of favor on her part to tako lodgers at all, and tho attention bestowed begins and ends with his room being " fixed up" in the morning when ho leaves it. Xor do the victim's sufferings end here. Un waving his room he has to seek a restaurant for breakfast, and has cither to go where tho sight of the food placed letoro lnm is calculated rather to do- stroy than to promote appetite, or to pay at a rate moro exorbitant than the his tory of prices records. The cure tor these really serious draw acks to the agreeablencsff of life in Xew York is to be found in " co-operative hotels or homos," or, in plain language, clubs. There are, at this moment, one or two institutions of this kind, of a very superior class, in successful opera tion here, whose members nro provided with the best ot lood, prepared by first ratoeooks,at a moderate price - whilo tho members can, ll they desire it, obtain excellent rooms and attendance at equal ly low rates. 1 he establishment ot a dozen such in stitutions would do more than anything elso to check tho shameful extortion of somo hotels; and to induce lodging and boarding house keepers to bestow a little attention upon their prey. A hundred members, with an entrance fee of fifty dollars, and an annual subscription of thirty dollars, would, with proper econ omy, suffice for a start, ond the money would sosn be saved by tho diminution of charcos. Only cleanliness, comfort, and cood cooking should ot first be aim ed at ; pier-glasses and gilding might como when they grow rich. A Curious Giving of Names. The naming ol children affords little scope for ingenious novelty, as a rule, Ordinarily, a parental couple will select tho old names that designated their an cestors, and from John to Jerusha dupli cate a dead generation as though to or der. Wc know of ono marked excep tional instance, however, and as such we think it will interest our readers, whom we ask to match it if they can. Ihere lived a man named Asa wlueh name, you will observe, reads lorward and backward the same. By au odd co incidence ho married a woman whose name also Bpellid either way the same, for she was culled Hannah. Xow here wero two good old nominatives, relies of lorcluthcrs and loremothei's (why isn t " foremothers " on accredited word V) without number, nnd they seemed likely to be perpetuated, with possibly some others, equally good and old, through generations ad infinitum, tor when the first child came it was a boy, and they proclaimed him Asa, at once, and when the next appeared it was a girl, and it was another Hannah, ns a matter ot course. Thon noting this backward reading of names alluded to, a determination seized them to continue it, and the next boy was dubbed Aziza, and the next girl they called Axa. Another boy they spelled Iri the only difference between him and any Ira of vout acquaintance being " all in the 1, you know and to tho third girl they gave the pleasant name of Anna. A hen tho fourth boy came it was harder picking for such names, , uui they gave the old iiibie .eiah a new rendering, and it became Zercz ; and the other two boys were christened respect ively A umun and llarrah the latter be ing Harry revamped. The rest of the girls they called Emme, Atta, Alila, and tho family wus complete. Thero is a second generation since this singular naming, but the set of names has not been repeated, though thero is an Asa and a Harrah in this generation, and tho Harrah of it sat by our desk here in the Rural Hum sanctum not J i 1 TT 1. i ' 1 . 1 1 1 many days ago, and told us what we have now told you. American Rural Home. Along tho road between Pommo de Terro to Moorehead, Minn., are found many evidonccs of the suddenness and severity with which winter set in. which Abandonod wagons, dead horses and oxen, and broken sleds and harness, at- test tne rigor ot winter, which found many on the road, unprepared. Trtio Words. Tho following expresses our senti ments to a dot. It is ono of tho won ders of tho world that it is so, and a greater one that it is women who tako the lend. Good, refined, worthy women will fawn on on tho seducer and cast the soducod into outer darkness This is n curious world. A few months ago one B. F. Simmons eloped from St. Paul with a married lady, both leaving families Iwhind them. Both were in " good society." Both wero execrated. The other day both returned. Tho wo mnn was met with reproaches nnd epithets. Old friends cut her on the streets. A divorco was demanded ny her aggrieved husband. Sho was voted an outcast. How about Simmons ' Simmons was man, you see, and that makes a differ ence, you know. His wifo nnd weeping mends welcomed mm back with env braces the poor misled prodigal. His cronies laughed with him nnd jostled him caily on his callantry. That night he drovo around town with his family boliind dappled grays, bowing and smilinc patronizingly. Aim. , no matter about the name, the other reprobate is literally spurned and driven from her home by all who knew her, while her paramour and equal enm inal has not even tor a moment lost his business footing, and is just nsmuch tho favorite in society ns ever ; for he is ft man, you know. hy is it thus r It is wrong. One of three things ought to come to pas, Either a woman's lapse from virtue ought to be regarded witKmore charity, or else the man who drags her down ought to bo held to an equal punish' ment, or else polyeramv ought to be es tablished at once, and Brighain Young elected president. It is simply shame ful that women should bo punished ten times ns severelr as men tor the pninn Extraordinary Frenk of Nndiro. We have it from tho undoubted au thority of a highly respectable, citizen of Port Deposit, thnt ft negro appeared at that place ft few days ago who is most singularly constituted in his "make up." lie possesses the power ot changing tho location of his heart, and of doing some other wonderful things with his internal improvement. Drs. Evans, Broomall and Shnro examined him. tie caused his heart to drop down from its place on tho lett side, then moved it across his stomach, then up tho right sido and across tho chest, remarking " There, she's gone home ! Tho doctors followed tho heart in its singular circuit, marking its pulsations ns it progressed. Then tho colored brother dropped his ribs ; then ho put his bowels in motion, causing tho wholi mass to revolve twenty-one times. Hi then suspended the nction of his heart, the doctors not being able to detect the slightest pulsation. The negro is a powertully-built and muscular man. Ho says he was bom in Italy ; shows sears where he says ho was opened twice by a doctor m iiUrope, Dr. rivans ottered him ono hundred dol lars if ho would let him " go for him again, but ho said he believed he wouldn't try that any more. The doctor made up a suin of money, and he went on his way rejoicing, This is, perhaps, the most wonderful ense on record. Simple Cure lor Headache. If tho saying is truo that " ho who causes two blades of grass to grow where only ono grew betore is a public bene factor," how much moro is ho who dis covers a remedy for one of tho most dis tressing diseases that poor human na ture is heir to '( Having been offlicted for many years with the neuralgic head ache, and after trying all the remedies 1 could hear teU of without nny benefit, I had given up all hope of a cure, having had an elder brother die of tho disease, and being told by tho doctors thero wus no cure for it. I happily thought of trying salt, and m a short time 1 was de lighted to see that it had the best re suits. It is now about two moti ths since I tried tho experiment, and I have not been troubled sinoo with it. Xow I want to let tho "whole world and tho rest of mankind" know tho rem edy, as it is so simple that any ono can use it. Tako a pinch of salt and snuff it up your nostrils tall you can taste it in your throat. Do not blow your nose for a considerable time, but, as the water runs, snuff it up till you can spit it out of your mouth. In changeable weather, or if you feel nny returns of it, repeat tho remedy. .-c Justice to Dogs. Y hen the late Admiral freeman was a midshipman serving on foreign sta tion, a brother midshipman and himself had each a favorite dog. The other midshipman took some offence at our hero's dog, and threatened to throw it overboard. " If you do, yours shall fol low, was the icply. iJoth dogs were instantly thrown over in quick succes- sion. Enraged at tho loss of his do, tho other midshipman came un to Free- nan ana aemununu satisiaction, cnai- lenging uim to ngut. " no calm, sir, said rroeman, coolly. " lou have act ed most brutally towrrds my dog, and 1 havo retaliated on yours, as 1 promised l would do. l ou are entitled to no sat isfaction from me, but your unoffending dog is. I therefore propose to save the life of your dog, if you will do so by mine. l ho proposal was occeedod to. xoung freeman instantly leaped over- board, swam to his opponent's doer, so I ... . . . . 1 . cured Hiin, and reached the vessel, where he was hauled up in triumph. His com rade followed his example, and was equally successful. They wero both punished by being sent to tho mast head. When fur advancod . in lifo tho admiral declared that ho ' always re flected with great satisfaction ou having saved tho lives of thoso dogs. " The strongest propensity in a wo- man's nature, sayg a careful student of 1 wa sex, " is to want to Know wcai go- I uig on, and the next is to boss tho job. Facts and Figures. John Roirors. aired 103 years, nnd the oldest man'in Boston city, diod Jan. 11. A young lady was recently sent by exT)res9 froln California to Maryland. xhe messenger who had her in cl eor who Had her in charge was so pleased with his freight that hn offered to corry it back ond forth nil the timo at his Own expense. Dispatches from Shanghai announco that the Chineso Government hos de termined to follow tho exouiplo of tho Japanese, nnd send young men to Eng land and the United States, to bo edu cated in tho schools of thoso countries. A gentleman who travelled through Isabella County, Mich., says that ho stopped in ten houses while travelling ft distance of twenty-one miles, nnd that ten mothers proudly exhibited to him ten lovely and interesting pair of twins. A neiiro on trial for murder in Ken tucky, sharing tho general belief that ho would bo hung, sold his body to some medicnl students, who waxed very wroth when their fondly anticipated sub ject was sentenced to six years im prisonment. Whitewater, Wis., has a vigilance committee of twenty years standing. which hns ft membership of five hun dred. During the wholo twenty years of its existence no person belonging to the society has had a horse stolen Which has not been recovered. Discoveries of gold in considerable quantities have been made in the Trans vaal Republic, Atriea. Ihe reports at tracted many adventurers to that quar ter. The diamond-seekers wero aban doning the diamond district for Jhe newly-discovered gold country. The orlieo of Light-keeper at Black, Conn., recently vacant by the death of venerable captain S. T. Moore, has boon filled by tho appointment of Miss Moore, daughter of tho previous incumbent. Miss Mooro had fairly earned the office, having discharged its duties with fidelity for moro thon fifteen years past. Retrenchment is the order of the day everywhere. In Leavenworth ft Citi zens' Reform Committee has reported a plan for tho reorganization of the city, by which $28,000 will be saved in tho matter of salaries alone. They suggest other refornrs, which if curried out, will reduce their taxation sixteen mills on tho dollar. An inventor applied to the Patent Of- fico for a patent for a new process of embalming, and in order to comply with the supposed requirements of tho law, that a model bo deposited in the of fice, he prepared a neat little coffin with a glass tace, in which lie deposited the remains of a tiny infant, which had been embalmed by his process. It being con sidered not desirable to make tho Patent Office a catacomb, the model was re turned to the inventor for burial. Thero are moro uses in a loaf of bread than are dreamt of in our philosophy. Thus, whilo a number of men wore dragging the river at Detroit, recently, for the body of a man who was drown ed, an Italian proposed a novel way of ending it. Taking a loaf of bread, he put a quantity of quicksilver in ono end and threw it into tho Btream. It went rapidly down with tho current for somo distance, when it suddenly stopped, de scribed ft small circle, and sank like a plummet. Tho Italian then told the dragging pnrty that they would find tho bony nt tnat spot. Ana tney uia. At Newbury, Enelnnd, a gentleman reoently made a wager of $5,000 that at eight o'clock on a particular evening, he would sit down to dinner m a woii woven, well-dyed, well-made suit of clothes, tho wool of which formed the fleeco on sheep s backs at fivo o clock that morning. The sheep wero shorn ; the wool was washed, carded, stubbed, RpUn all& W0Ven ; tho cloth was scoured, fuiicd. tended, raised, sheared, dyed and dressed ; tho garments wero made. At at quarter past six, he sat down to a dinner at tho head of his guests in u complete damson colored suit thus win ning his wager, with one hour und three quarters to spure. Great Britain is certainly lucky as far as rie.li colonial acquisitions are concern ed. Xow comes tho news that not only diamonds, but also gold in largo quan tities has been discovered in her " last grab" the Vaal River Country, South Africa. This will render tho territory doubly valuablo to England, and, of course, make her proportionately unwil ling to part with it. It is accompanied, howevor, by tho news that the Orango Free State is very unwilling to give up the land, and wishes to refer the matter to an arbitration. This will not meet the approbation of England, who, al though she has retired from the business of seizing Gibraltar's and interfering in tho affairs of Luxemburg, is just as anxious as ever to enrich herself by tak ing whatever can bo found in out-of-tho way corners of tho world wboa no pow er strong enough to be feared is likely to interfere, if . I t - 1.. ; T.1 . 2.. r..? ":,V f,.. "i Britigh consuU -hftve properb very properly agreed to call attention to tho fuct in their bills of health ; the reason that other consuls have refused to do the same thing is ominous. They think it unnecessary because the disease w, in their opinion, " raging over tho whole continent of Europe." In othor words, it is so prevalent in their several coun tries that vigorous quarantine is of lit tle or no use. These officers should have information on which to found an opinion of se much importance. With the entire continent inflated we may well watch the ships carefully -which bring us emigrants from every nation in Europe. Thero need bo no " panic" on the subject, however. It should bo remembered that at tho worst the aver ago mortality arising from this disease is only about one-fourth of one-fifth of those attacked -though the deaths in tho smallpox hospital in London during I fifty years averaged about thirty per cent. ua tnat vaccination is on the I whole a complete security against it,
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