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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
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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
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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,
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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,