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.1ST.
VOL 19.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA. NOVEMBER 224 I860.
NO. 44,
Published by Theodore Sehoch. shaken down.
HnT?"ru? . In one of our western cities a forgery
dollars ami .1 quarter, half yearly and if not paid be 1 . . 6
fore the end of the year, Two dollars andah.i f. to a arae amount had been effceted, and
Nopapcrsihscoutjnued until all arrearages ate paid.1 B 1
i"h,?0Plwn of uo Editor. 'jthe perpetrators had escaped with the
IO Advertisements of onesnnnm nan r r r
. otU . t "un5f ,uu- Each additional inser,
ton, -a cents, longer ones in proportion,
.TOR Pnfvrtwn I
Having a general assortment of large, plain and or
namcntal Type, we are prepared to execute every de
scnption of
Cards, Circulars, Rill Heads, Notes,. Blank Receipts,
Justices, Legal and other Blanks, Pamphlets. &c, prin
ted with neatness and despatch, on rsasun.tblc terms
at this office.
Nearer.
One sweetly solemn thought
Comes to me o'er and o'er
I'm nearer home to-day
Than I've been before.
Nearer my father's house,
Where the many mansioas be
Nearer the Great White Throne
Nearer the jasper sea.
Nearer.lhe bound of Life
Where I lay my burdens down!
Nearer leaving my cross
Nearer wearing my crown.
Poetical Advertisement.
We find in one of our exchanges the fol
lowing advertisement of an absconding wife
by a bereaved husband :
My wife has left my bed and board,
For a few days, a few days,
She left it on her own accord,
When I was out from home.
I caution all to this amount,
Now-a-days, now-a-days,
Don't trust her now on my account,
For she's never coming home.
MARTIN DECKER.
Healthfulness of Apples.
There is scarcely an article of vegeta-!nr:van
fele food, says Ball's Journal of HcaWi
wore wiuury uauiui, uuu more uuiversanj
ioved than tho apple. Why every far- j
taer in the nation has not an apple orch-;
At "11 11 "I
ara, wnere tne trees win grow at an w
IB
one of tho myi-teries. Let every family
lay in from two to ten or more barrels,
aad it will be to them the most economi
cal investment in the whole range of culi
naries. A raw, mellow apple is digested
in an hour and a half, while boiled cab
bage requires five hours. The most heal
thy desert which can be placed on a table,
is a baked apple. If taken freely at
breakfast, with coarse bread and butter,
without meat or flesh of any kind, it has
an admirable effect on the general svstera,
often removes constipation, correcting a
idities, and cooling off febrile conditions
en ore effectually than the most approved
iBodicincs. If families could be induced
to substitute the apple sound, ripe and
luscious for the pies, cakes, candies,
sweetmeats, with which their children are
too often indiscreetly stuffed, there would
be a diminution in the sum total of- doc
tor's bills in a single year, cuffieient to
lay in a stock of this delicious fruit for a
whole season's use.
Cinders fes Pigs.
J. J. Mechi of Triptree Hall, England,
aas been publishing hisjesperience in fat
tening swine, and, among other things,
be has learned the fact, "that pigs are
ver? fond of coal ashes or cinders, and
thai yoti can hardly fat pigs properly on
boarded floors without giving them a
oderate supply daily or occasionally."
He says : "In the absence of coal a-bes,
bamed clay or brick dust is a good sub
stitute. If you do not supply aches they
will gnaw or eat the brick walls of their
sheds. I leave to science to explain the
caase of Ibis want. It is notorious that
eoal dealers, where pigs have access to
the coals, are generally successful pig
feeders. Those who find that their pigs
when shut up, do not progress favorably,
will do well to try this plan. A neigb
bor of nine found that a score of fat pigs
oosassed quite a basket of burned clay;
ashes daily. Wo know that there is an
abundance of alkali in ashes.'
Taking "Cold.
A cold is not necessarily, says the
Sdentijic Amaican. the result of low or
hiflh teaiperature. A person may go di-
rpfif.ir from & hot bath into a cold one
a hot bath into a cold
or into enow even, and not take cold.
On tbe contrary, he may take cold by!
souring a couple of tablespoonful of wa
ter upon some part 01 his dress, or oy
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standing in a door, or some other open-j not perhaps as it should be. It had been
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ing where one part of tbe body is colder
tasn another. uoi it no Kept in mmu
aniformitv of temperature over the whole
body is the first thing to be looked after.
parts of tbe body that produces cold, byj "Of course I jumped in to help her up
disturbing tbe uniform circulation of some 'on her seat. Hardly was I in when the
part. ft you must keep a partially wet door was closed, the driver sprang to his
garment on, it would be as well perhaps ; box and off we went. I was just about
fo wet the whole of it uniformly. The ordering bim to stop, as I had no intcn-
feet are a great source of colds, on ac- tion of ridiug with him, when tho lady,
count of thl variable temperature they who appeared to divine my thought,,
re subjected to. Keep these always dry grasped me by the arm, and exclaimed :
and warm, and avoid drafts of air, hotf "My dear sir, do not leave me, I beg
or cold, wit spots on the garments, and ;?f you I am very unwell, and if you w,
it ib tne uneouai neat uuuu me uiucicut
QlUvi uiiwv u&uaus 01 uucuuui icujuuis-
tare, and keep the system brace
slentv of sleep, and the cschewii
ogofde-
hilifntinr food and drinks, and vou
U UU Villi
1. .... ilmlK nnnna t- tltio
world as if they were in tbe babit ot keep-
ing company with a teller one,
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spoils. jl oc piaee oi nis concealment was
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' uos certainty Known, one ne was supposed
to be secreted in New Yoik eity.
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mittcd. I had a situation as lieutenant
of police, and in obedienco to orders I
proceeded to Now York in search of the
forger.
It was my first evening in town, and as
I was sitting within the friendly walls of
the St. Nioholas, wrapped in a oloud of
tobacco smoke and a fine speoimen of the
latest style 01 raise wnisKers ana mous-
tache, I saw enter a very dear friend,
from whom two year before 1 hsd part-
ed in California. i
As ha nasnnri ho danced nfc mo. hnf.
r o
did not recognize me. I was glad of it,
for it assured me that my false whiskers
would bo a valuable aid to me as a dis
guise in the search which on the next day
I intended to commence.
My friend ligtcd a cigar, and seated
himself somo distance from me. As I
couldn't aUow the opportunity of speaking
to him pass by, I went towards him and
said :
"Good evening? Mr. Markham."
"Good evening, sir;" he replied, at the
same time looking at me as if endeavor
ing to recall my countenance.
"When did you return from Eldorado?''
I asked of him.
"A week ago; but really you have the
advantage over me, inasmuch as you are
acquainted with my name, while I do not
recognizo you."
"Is that the case !"
"It is, ifir.
"Don't you remember me?"
No, sir, I do not," he replied.
"Can I speak with you one moment in
7
1 asked
..Certainly,'-' was the answer, and ari
jng nc accompaniend me to my room,
yhen the door was closed, 1 said :
nj)0 T0U not rocoiicct mo ?"
J
i cannot." was therenlv.
Taking off my whiskers and moustache,
and speaking in a natural tone, for I had
before used a disguised voice, I asked :
"Does that refresh jour memory ?"
"Harry Evans, by all that's powerful,"
he exclaimed, as he grasped my hand and
shook it until I feared that when he should
release it my fingers would drop off. '
"But what is the meaning of all this;
where did jou come from, and what are
you up to that you must disguise yourself
so that your friends don't know you?"
On promise of secrecy, and in a few
words I told him what business I had be
fore me. When I ended he cried out :
"By Jove, Harry, of all the men in the
city you are the one I am most delighted
to sec; for there is a little matter which
is precisely in your line that I want at
tended to."
I assured him that nothing would af
ford me more pleasure than to serve him
in any way which might be in my power.
Having ordered some champagne and
fresh cigars, he told me of the work which
be had for me to do, and I will repeat
the story as near as possible in bis own
words :
"It is just a week since I arrived here
with good health and plenty of money
a combination of circumstances which I
consider particularly fortunate and last
night the trouble happened which I want
you to set right.
"During the evening, having nothing
better to do, I strolled into Burton's to
to witness bim in one of his inimitable
performances. Next to me was seated
a lady who was neatly but rather showi
ly dressed and who appeared not to be
acoompanied by any one.
Moreover, she was exceedingly hand
some, and having by some chance enter
ed into conversation with ber, I found ber
also very interesting. What started our
acquaintance I cannot remembcr.although
I think it rose from somo remark
wnicu
she made to me but at any rate she was
'quite agreeable.
"When the performance was about half
through she suddenly complained of feel
ing faint, and asked me if I would accom
pany ber where she oould get some frosh
air. I did so, and it appeared to revive
her, but after a few minutes she appeared
to grow worse.andspeaking to a small boy
who was standing near, she asked him to
call a carriage. Up to tho present time
I had folt a slieht susnicion tbat all was
o a
but too snaaow ot an iaca, wnicn ucr
!cf rntipcf. fiiceinfitari and fhprpforn I
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assisiuu uur lUlU tUB UUIIlBgC. JJUH UU
But no
'sooner was she
in than she fell almost
; uuuu
uut nua witu j j--
mipJtotot
, 1 UUb UUUIU x uv - - - - -
tn talre it auietlv. be-
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eiues. 1 thoustht it mignt i-uru uut u
vsimor.'iA nilnanrlirn OTl( VOU Will SOOQ
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seo tbat it did, and that tne rominw ram-
cr exceeded the pleasantness of the thing,
So I remained seated by her side, sup
porting ber as she slowly revived.
"Although she had said that the dis
tance was bat short, and notwithstanding
I W3S rather enjoying myself, yet it seem-
ed to me that wo were never to stOD.
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nuuugu mu uuiava uuu ucuu going iur a
, 'ong m0 at "P of their speed, u
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iaoi, jl uau several iimeB luougoc mac
they must be running away with us.
"J5ut at last, after riding for almost
half an hour at a broak-neck pace, we'
halted. By this time she was again bo
uuweu luut x was aoaomieiy oougea 10
nn t.Q 8t(IDg
nib utsr uut ui buu vurriHgo auu carry uer
Hore 8ne besought me to come in,
that sbo mi ht tbank me for m kiDdnega
a88urirJC mo that she should never forget ,
it Acoordioclv I ordered the driver to
wait and in x went Wo pa3Sed through
a hall in which the gas burned dimly, and
. i?t ti i- .
into a parior likewise out iutie iigntoa,
hut as well as I could see quite nioolv
furnished.
"The momont wo entered the room sho
appeared to revive, and olosing tho door,
and taking off her bonnet and cloak, she
requested me to be seated; I did so upon
a lounpc near at band, and nresentlv she
oame and sat herself at my side.
a r a
"She thanked me over and over again,
and requested my oard, which I gave ber.
She appeared to be completely recovered
from her late illness, which she said sho
was quite B'ubjoot to, and I have since
eome very much to the same conclusion.
She had expected to meet her husband
at the theater, and did not knoaajfwhy he
had not been there. He was a lawyer,
and perhaps his business bad detained
bim. Thus passod a quarter of an hour.
"At the end of that time I heard steps
coming along the hall; they stopped at
the parlor door and the knob was turned,
but the door would not yield. Then a
heavy voice exclaimed, "Open this door'
This was followed by a strong kick.
"At the same time tho lady oried out,
'My God 1 it is my husband the door iB
locked; he is terribly jealous be will
kill you; and fell faiuting into my arms.
"What a position for a modest man I
Before I could think twice, open burst the
door with a tremendous crash, and a man
frantio with rage rushed into the room.
For a moment he looked at us without
speaking; then, with a loud oath, sprang
to the table, opening the drawer, and sei
zing a pair of pistols, pointed them at my
head, orjing out as he did so, 'Villain 1
have I found you?" You shill die !'
"The wife sprang from my arms, and
seized the barrel of a pistol with each
band. 'Would you commit murder I ho
is innocent she cried out, but he swore
with an awful oath that if I moved he
wnulrl kill mn. Had I onlv had mv re-
i,. rr-ifi, Q nnA t ,nnarniinn.rl, ?f
he would perhaps have come off second
best; but I had that day sent it to be re
paired, and therefore, luckily for him, I
ffiin unarmprl.
"At length his ferocity melted beneath
the tears and protestations of his wife,
and the matter was finally adjusted by
my loaving my watch and all my money
which was about tbree hundred dollars
as a pledge that I would 'call next day
and settle the affair, ho at the same time
giving mo his note for tho amount, and
threatening to blow my brains out if I re
tired without so doing. After it was
done he walked down to tbo carriage
with tae. for it was still waiting, and he
got in after me, still keeping his pistols
in his hands.
in bis hands.
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lVHnn ota hfiri nrtrtan cnmA fan mm
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ttteB the carnage stopped, and I was or-
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dered to get out. I did so, as he possess-
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oaog drove ou ana nit mo . u uuuwu
part of the city. Of course I have been
unable to find the house, and so my mon
ey is lost, without you can help me find
it; but I will give them the credit of hav
ing played the game most excellently."
When my friend had finished I burst
into a laugb. I could not help it, tho
whole affair was so rich and amusing, but
I promised to assist him as far as I was
able.
"Have you mentioned tho affair to any
one?" I asked him.
"No, you aro the first. I thought that
it would be useless, as I had no satisfac
tory proof of the transaction, for of course
the note is worthless, even if I oould find
the house, which is perfectly impossible,
as I have not the faintest idea of its. lo
cality." "Should you know tho woman if you
should see her again?"
"Yes, among a thousand."
could
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' him?"
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I asked him to givo a description of
, UIJ u '
I could have hugged bim in my joy,
for hercas the very man I was in searob
of and I could, by finding 1 un kill two
birds with one .tone, and instead of bo-
Wg to my friend a losing
would pay well as a reward. of one J tbou-
sand dollars had been offered by tho
Pe;SOD17hosDfahm,rt1na f !nd I nrom
I s ou d .t Uie c n
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ngbl rack
two davs nothin: of consequence
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Was
A rx tr f I. n tsnnrrA nvaninir linTOVCT.
uuuu. ju iu ocwuuu . ..0 , - ,
flio nroanect briehtened. Markham
.-.nvn 1 i!.n.n n TTrmnn fl H 1 fl IT lim fl fl
r - i . .
my.-uu wbibwwuioij t-". . & - -
way, and talking of nothing m particular,
when, grasping me by the arm, he sud
denly exclaimed:
''Do you see itl"
MJf9 " Qniri T maohiiniAtil n It.. til.
u il ' r " " . j J' . , .endeavoring to get breath, for the ammo
out having the faintest idea what he Dra bad nearly killed ben I saw that
That's
, .
ne continued, "I
the
one.
MAM ll i .1 I Tl f II
-yi w aajwuere."
i " ua" iuo ui x
asked.
tuu HlUfc uuuLiwu uueau, ae repuea
s tne same cioaK, too." j
In ttb, about twenty feet before us!
was a lady wearing a pink bonnet, and
pUau uy guwo -
f ,u""'j uon tu num un 1 u-
lonou, ana my pleasure was as great as
bis.
"But aro you perfectly certain that it
is tho one!"
! ''That I am: but Bee, she has stopped
Bt that widow, and we shall have a look tion of his money, but would not accept tb
, ber face; yes I knew I was right" hejfive hundred which I promised him, an
, nnnf ni,nJ n., ij : : I '
1 ""ou, mo muj iu uubmuu iuu&-
i ing in at a store window gave us a good
View 01 ber countenance.
I instantly requested Markham to leave
me lest she should chance to see him and
recognize turn, wnicn would completely
t 8P'l tae plfln of operations, the principal
points 01 wnicn 1 nau aireaay marked
1 .
out for myself.
I promised that if he would do so I
would run the game to cover, and he
should be in at the death. Accordingly
he turned upon his steps and in a few
minutes was out of sight.
As soon as he was gone I walked for
ward briskly till I had reached the pink
bonnet. I continued behind her long 0
nough to impress myself with the appear
anoe of her attire, and then passing her I
walked Bwiftly on until I was about three
or four rods ahead of her, when I stopped
in the doorway of a store, and appeared
to be intently examining the articles
through the side window. As she oame
toward me I obtained a fine view of her
face, which, was very handsome, and
when she had passed, I dropped behind
and followed ber at a reasonable distance,
until she stopped at a confectioner's. Ob
serving opposite an apothecary's, a sud
den thought came to mo, following which,
I hurried over and puichased a bottle of
strong "Spirits of Ammonia," resolving
that if while in my presence she should
meet with a fainting turn, she should
meet with a most powerful and perhaps
not very agreeable revival.
After leaving the confectioner's she
kept on until she reaohed Ordway's, which
she entered I following. Just within the
outer door I designedly placed cay foot
upon the skirt of her dress. Eip went
tho stitches, and my first stroke was
struck. I apologised tremendously,
and assisted her in its restoration.
When it was done she enquired if I
I would do her a little favor.
"A thousand, if
you wish me," I an
swered.
"Would you bo so very kind as to pur
chase for me my ticket?" at the same
time putting tier tiand in her pccliet.
i Suddenly, however, she withdrew it
with the exclamation, "Heavens I havo
lost my portmonnaie: what shall I do?
I "I am truly sorry for your loss' said
1, "but that shall not prevent you irom at
tending the performance," and hastening
to the office I purchased two tickots, and
returning to her, placed one in her hand.
She was very sorry to put me to so
! much trouble was a thousand times o
blicod. and hoped I would not consider
: fc unlady-hke in her to receive a
I from me, a stranger; but Bhe had
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ttc&et
Irom me a sira"ger oul1 Hoe uuu BO
I UCl UJIUU UUUU bUC Uvl ivl UlttUwU luaniumii
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her mind upon the performance that
1 a. n ri ivtj-k f hn nnirnimnnna rnarrna m
I she oould not stay away. All those thanks
, , , ... j j : m
and protestations ended in my hcoompa-
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njing her into the hall
and seating my
: self at ber side. Sne was
so pretty, so
fg8cinati and played hor part ao well
- & WL . tbat Markham bad
been taken in. and I verilv believe tbat
had I not been forowarned I should have
Bhared tho same fate.
As it was, however, I was propared for
whatever might turn up, and appeared as
unsusnootins as possible. All went off
according to my expectation. The ill
turn and carriage were etrictlv en regie.
When I had placed her in it, 1 begged
ber to excuso me a moment while return
ed for mv ffloves. whioh I pretended to
j o t
have dropped. Beckoning to me a boy
of some dozen years, who looked as if he
might be trusted, I asked bim:
"Would you like to earn five dollars?"
"Yes, sir," was the reply.i
I said to him: ,
"At the door is a hack whioh I shall
oet into. As soon as I do so, jump on
behind, and ride till I get out. Notice
the number of the house which I enter
and then run for a couple of poliocemcn;:r0om of any kind will answer. Being
tell tbem in fifteen minutes to entor it,
pass through tbe hall into tho second door
upon the right hand side. Don't let the
driver see you are on. Call to-morrow
at ten at the St. Nicholas, and I will pay
you. Do you understand! Repeat what
1 have told you.
Ho did it correctly.
I entered the
nd wont throueb precisely tho,
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oarnagc, ai
same courso that lUarkham uaa aom-. j.um.u u
All in good time camo the knock at , Always ready for a little pleasantry, and
tho door, and my lady endeavored to faint,, seeing a woman iu cheeked sun-bonnet
but did not quite succeed, for laying her picking up an apronful of chips at the
baci
k upon the sofa, I poured about half a
. Ik .1 W
, nr
her OU a lllllU. vumnui juuu wgubutug
sho sprang to her feet, grasping and al-
most strangling, while at the same in-
Btant-openflow tho door and the enraged
busbaudcntercdr
The pistols were duly drawn forth and
potnted at me, while the wife, instead of
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my game was safo, the forger stood be
fore me, and when his first burst of well
counterfeited passion was at its height I
pulled off my whiskers, and drawing out
mv rcT0 ver T floo lv inform him that
he was my priaonor.
The moment ho reoognized me "a
change came over the spirit of his dream."
tle dropped bis pistols and sank sneecb
less into a ohair. In a few minotes the
mm m
policemen entered, and I explained tbo
case
The prisoners were taken care of, and
afterward paid the penalty of their crimes.
iuaranam recovereu nia watch and a nor-
e
d
we have often since then congjatulatcd
eaoh other that there was so favorable a
termination to our "shaking down."
The Moqui A New Eace of Men.
Professor Newberry, in his paper read
before the American Soiontifio Associa
tion at Newport, R. I., gave a 'vivid de
scription of the geographical features of
the creat plateaux sweenin? east and
west from the Rocky mountains, illustra-1
ted bv colored drawings. His well-
browned, fiercely-bearded face, gave ovi- 8tartled the people at the hotel, and they
dence of the effect of tho sun and winds shed to the spot. The gaunt femalo
on the vaBt treeless plains that skirt the was Pressing and kicking against the door
Colorado. Ho inoidently gave a most in- j of tbe roomi and tQe newly-married man,
teresting description of that strange peo- mo8J undressed, was barring her out
pie, the Moqui, whose cities we have seen with a11 his mght. Occasionally sho
in New Mexico, and but a small remnant w.ould kicb tb0 door far enough open to
of whom now exist. They belong to a disclose the stalwart husband in his
hitherto unknown race. Professor New- , Greek Slave aPparel.
berry thinks they may bo the remains of ! Ifc aPPearcd that the tall female insis-
the Aztecs, who ruled that region on its ted Pon ocoupying the Bame room with
discovery by the Spaniards. From the tbe newly-wedded pair, that her sister
characteristics, however, of the melan- waa favorably disposed to the arrange-
choly remnant who now exist, it seems menk and tnat tne husbad had agreed to
more probable that they arc to be refer- lt before tbe wedding took place, and
ed to the Toltees, who were displaced by was now indignantly repudiating the con-
the Aztecs. tract.
. Mr. Newberry desaribed them as a ! "Won't you go away, now, Susan,
race apparently entirely distinct from any peaceful?" said the newly-married man,
other Indians on this Continent. They softening his voice,
aro smaller, have a distinct conformation ',No flaid she won't so there."
of skull and faco, and are peaceful agri- "Don't you budge and incbj" cried tho
culturists. They weave cloth, work with married sister within the roota.
implements ofstono, and build towns of 'Now, now' said the young man to
stone and mortar on the mountain table "s wifei IC 3 piteous tone, "don't go to
lands, which riso 800 or 1,000 feet above CQttin' UP in th'3 war now don't!"
tho lowland plateaux. They build walls "rn out op's much's I wanted" she
around their towns, and their only means SDarply replied.
of ingress or egress, is by ladders, which "Well!" roared ihe desperate man,
thoy draw after them when they enter throwing the door wido open and stalk
town. There are seven of these small ing out among the crowd, "well, just you
towns still inhabited by this fast-fading two imniin put on your duds and go
race. But their ruins extend over the r,?ht straight heme, and bring back the
whole valley of the San Juan apparent- old man and woman, and your grand
ly ruins of a raoe once numbering.mil- father, who is nigh on to a hundred;
lions of men and many of tbem (the brin 'em 3,1 here and IU marry the
towns) 500 or 1,000 y ars old. " who1? d(l caboodle of em, and we'll all
sleep toget1ir,"
amusement
Parlor
Skating
for
Beautiful
Children.
One among the latest inventions of the
day is tbe production of skates for
children, which can be used in the parlor
or the street. With a pair of these skates
on her feet, a young lady or child can
soon learn the art 01 skating to a degree
that will enable tbem successfully to ao-
complish on the ice, and with steel skates,
that which has heretofore neon to tbem a
much coveted but almost despaired of en-
joymcnt. All the benefits that are to be
delivered from tbat hatoful exercise, are
now placed within tbe reach of even tbe
most delicate: and floor skating will
henceforth be included among homo a-
tnusements, to the delight of ohilhood and
the gratification of age.
The floor skate is simply a frame of ' one foot long and tbree inches square.
ornamented irom,. nearly the shape and t Close the straw tight around the funnel,
size of the oommon skate, 'with, instead and cover olosely with earth, dapping tbe
of a steel runner, four rollers or wheels whole solid with a spade. Let the fun
of gotta poroha, measuring, about three ncl remain two weeks, (cover it with a
inches in otrcumferenoo, each of which small board in case of rain,) then 'take it
revolves on a separate axel; those rollers, out, close the hole with straw, cover with
of courso, rest on tbe floor, and turn with earth, place a green sod on top, set four
tho movements of tho skater. Tho skate , forked stakes in the heap, cover with
is strapped to the foot iu a manner simi- j boards to keep off rain, and I will insure
Iar to the 100 skate, witn wiuer learner
bands, superior in every respect to tbe
common strap. Tbe inhabitants of the
South, whose facilitiess for skating have
hitherto boerfcry limited, may now ri-
val in this exerciso, amid orange groves
and balmv breezeB, their Northern broth-
em, surrounded by ice and snow and
chilling winds.
A waxed floor is, perhaps, tho best a
dapted for the sport; a long hall aovored
with oil cloth is, probably, tho next; but
if these are not accessible, a carpeted
elastic, the rollers do not wear the carpet,
as they would if formed ot wood or me-
tal.
figjgrOor friend Jones was riding up in
Westchester County in September last,
and saw a board nailed up on a post in
the yard of a farm-house, with the sign
...,:n,l n 5 Tiitq T?Aiar r-nn S ATT..
wood-pile in front of tbe house, be stop-
l0 bia qaos0n .ostai-
.1
? t i ;
long who can u4
Dobbin a sudden cut with tho whip and
d"hed on,; calling out; "Ga lon- tberol
what ye doing hero?
U3tfgh Beginning of the Honeymoon,
On last Friday morning an athletic
young 'farmer, in the town of Wanes
burg, took a fair girl "all bathed in
blushes," from her parents, and started
for the first town across the Pennsylva
uia line to be married, where the cere
mony could be performed without a li
cense. The happy pair were accompa
nied by a sister of the girl a tall, gaunt,
sbarp-featured female of some thirty-seven
summers. The pair crossed the line,
were married, and returned to Wellsville
to pass the night. People at the hotel
where the wodding party, stopped ob
served that they conducted themselves in
a rather singular manner. The husband
would take bis sister-in-law, the tall fe
male aforesaid, into one corner of the
parlor and talk earnestly tohcr, gesticu
lating wildly the while. Then the tall
female would "put her foot down" and
talk to him in an angry and excited man
nor. Then the husband would tako bis
fair, young bride, into a corner, but he
oould no sooner commonce talking to her,
than the gaunt sister would rush in be
tween them and angrily join in the con
versation. The people at tho hotel as
certained what this meant by about nine
o'clock that evening There was an up
roar in tho room which had been assign
... . ... . o
ed ,t0 the newlj-wedded couple,
' shrieks and huge masculine
lemaie
"swears"
The difficulty was finally adjusted by
the tall female taking a room alone.
Wellsville is enjoying itself over the sen
sation. Cleveland Plaindealer.
How to keep Potatoes.
More potatoes are spoiled
through
sweating than freezing. I never lose any
but save them thus:
I raise the place six inebes where I
want tbo pit or hole, beating it hard with
tbe spade. I throw the potatoes on.
shaping like a pyramid, and cover thick-
ly with straight clean straw. I then
commence at the bottom, throwing on tho
earth and tramping it hard with my feet;
one foot thick is plenty. When within a
foot of the top, I make a hole in the straw
j with my band, and put in a small funnel,
( -our potatoes. American Agriculturist.
Eour Millions and a half in Silver.
The Tasmaoie steamer recently"cafried
from the WeBt India Islands to Ronffi.
! ampton S4.6G2.000 in specie, and aa hoar-
ly the wbole of it consisted of silver, be
ing dollars from Mexico, its total weight
exceeded 156 tons. The treanore wa3
contained in no less than 2163 packages,
and tbe whole of it was landed in seven
hours. It was then deposited iu 36 rail
way wagons, whioh formed a special train,
drawn by two engines At tbo London
station the treasure was transferred from
the railway wagons to 86 street wagons
and vans, which latter, being drawn by
upwards of 100 horses, reaohed tbe Bank
of Eogland about 10 A. M., and tho en
tiro cargo was safoly deposited in the
vaults of that establishment by 5 P. M.
the same day. -3
g?Wo have soen somo awful tyop
qraphical errors in our day audgofiera
tion, but seldom any moro absurd thou
tbe following. An editor wanting a' lino
to fill tho column, gavej
'Shoot Folly as she flies." Poj?e.
In setting up the above, tho devil ImU iyhus:
'Shoot Polly as she flies, pop;1' .
IXZpMatebTo'sa Misery Tct have a of
gar sad ssllimg to light if Tvitb.