p"".'1'" . i Scuoicfc to politics, fitcrohirc, Agriculture, Science, ittoralitij, .curt cncrol Jntclligence. VOL. 26. Published by Theodore Schocli. TERMS-Two dollars x year in advance and if not paid bef tre the end nT the year, Uo dollar and fit fv ct. will be charged. 1 No paper disroa tinned until all arrearages a re naid .xe.ru i the option oUhc Editor. 1 ' ICTA Ivertisemci.lsofone sr,narcof (eicU lineslor IJ.m, one or three insertions $1 i. E.n h additional t ierwn, 50 cent. Longer ones in proportion. - JOB PltltfTIISG, OT ALL KINDS, liacuted in the highest Myle of the Ail.andonthe most reasonable terms. ' dealer in Boots, Shoes, Leather, AND FINDINGS, STROUDSBURG, Fa. M.rch 28, 1SG7. s. nojai;s, jr. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, AND GENERAL CLAIM AGENT. STROUDSBURG, PA. , Office xcith S. S. Drehcr, Esq. All claims against the Government prose cuted with dispatch at reduced rates. OCT1 An additional bounty of 8100 and of $50 procured for Soldiers in the late War, 7BEK OF EXTRA. CHARGE.) August 2, 1SGG. Furniture! Furniture! McCarty's flew Furniture Store, DREIIER'S NEW BUILDING, two doors below the Tost-office, Strouds urg, Pa. lie is selling his Furniture 10 -per cent, less than Eiiston or Washington prices, to say nothing about freight or break age. May 17, lSGG.-tf. IF YOU WANT A GOOD MELODEON, from one of the best makers in the Uni ted States, solid Rosewood Case, warranted 5 years, call at McCARTY-'S, he would es pecially invite all who are good judges ot .Music to come and test them. He will sell you from any maker you wish, 810 less than those who sell on commifsion. The reason is - he buys for cash and sells for the same, with less thin one-half the usual per centage tht agents want. J. II. McCART. May 17, ISGG.-tf. UNDERTAKING IN ALL ITS BRAX ches. Particular attention will be given to this branch of the subscriber's business. He will always study to please and consult the wants and wishes of those who i-mploy him. From the number of years experience he has iad in this branch of bu.-incss he cannot and will not not be excelled either in city or country. Prices one-third Jess than is usual ly charged, from 50 to 75 finished Coffins al ways on hand. Trimmings to suit the best Hearse in the country. Funerals attended it one hour's notice. J. 11. McCARTY. May 17, 15GG.-tf. MT. VERNON HOTEL, M. &, T. P. WATSON, Proprietors, Nos 117 & 119 North SECOND Street, (Between Arch and Rice,) PHILADELPHIA, PA. Close proximity to the business center of thecity, excellent accommodation, and care ful attentien lo the comfort and wants of quests are charscteristics of the Mount Ver non. The Ho ise has been thorough ly ren ovated and new-furnished. The patronage of the public js respectfully solicited. October 11. ISGG.-tf. LOOK THIS WAY! liEAD ! HEAD ! Chas. Schaefer & Co. FRENCH & GERMAN STE13I DYLVJ- ESTABLISHMENT. EAST0N, PENN'A. Will dye Woolen, Silk and Cotten Goods of Every Description, in any Color desired. Orders can be left with II. S. Wagner, STROUDSBURG, Pa June 21, 18GG.-lyr. Saddle and Harness Manufactory. The undersigned respectfully informs tht citizens of Strondsburg, and surroun ding country, that he has commenced the above business in Fowler's building, ou Elizabeth street, and is fully prepared to furnish any article in his line of business, at short notice. Oq band at all times, a large stock of Harnes. Whips, Trunks, Valiccs, Car pet Bags, Horse-Jiktnhets, Bells, Skates, Oil Cloths j tfc. Carriage Trimming promptly attended to. JOHN O. SAYLOR. Stroudsburg, Dec. 14, 1803. Gothic Hall Drug Store. William 5IoUiHlica, Wholesale and Uelail STROUD3EURG, Pa Constantly on hand and lor gale cheap for cash, a fresh sup ply of Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oil, Glass, Putty, Varnish, Ker osene Oil, Perfumery and Fancy Goods; also aIi. ftliml and Doors. Pure Wines and Liquors for Medicinal purpose. P- S- Physicians Prescriptions care fully compounded. ,Stroudsburg, July 7, 1SG1. Drs. JACKSON & BIDLACK, riif SICIANS AND SI EONS. D. JACKSON &. BIDLACK, are prepared to attend promptly to oil calls ,f a Professional character. Office Op posite the Strcwrklurg Bunk. . ' April 23, lSe7.-tf. : ' MvCARTY uJiWaonly Furniture dealer in Stroudsbu,rg who has a License to fMU FURNITURE.' August 2, 1606. Wf Polk Township Bounty i? una statement. A Condensed Account of Reuben M. Krese, Treasurer of Polk townshipdonroe coun ty. Bounty Fund for the call of March 1804. DR. . .. To Cash Receired as follows: Of Stephen Hawk, Col., $4224 00 44 Daniel Sieger, 25 00 M George Dorsheimer, 60 00 44 James Shafer, 20 00 44 Reuben Krege, 100 00 44 Joseph Senate, nnl 44 Stephen Hawk, 20 00 $4474 00 CR. Paid Strondsburg Bank; 44 J. W. Kresge, 44 Reuben Gregory, 44 Reuben Kresge, 14 Commissioners, Balance due Township, 2781 00 127 31 U07 00 455 00 42 70 100 09 $4474 00 Auditors. REUBEN GREGORY,) JOSEPH CRUDER, JOHN KUNKEL, J A Condensed Statement of Peter Gilbert, Commileeof Polk Township Bounty Fund, lor filling quota of July and September calls, 1864. DR. To Cash Received as follows: Rec'd of Strondsburg Bank, $3035 30 44 by subscriptions, 1661 50 Bal. due Peter Gilbert, Committee, 063 53 $6563 33 CR. By cash pi id R, D. Kramer, Oct. 13th, 1864, for recruits Tor 11 men at $590, $G190 00 Paid for exchange, 17 17 Expenses for procuring recruits, 5G 16 $6503 33 Peter Gilbert, Treasurer of Polk Township Bounty Fund. DR. To cash receded of II. W. Doll, Collector for 1G5, $3110 33 Chas. Birtholomew, Col. for 186G, 1492 38 R c'd of Commissioner on unseat ed lands, 130 00 Bal. due P." Gilbrrt, Treasurer of Polk Tsp. Bounty Fund, 11G5 63 $6898 34 CR. Paid Stroudsburg Bank, $4308 IS 44 Joseph Grubcr for stamps, tc. 5 00 44 Amos S'lafcr, 30 00 44 Reuben Kresge, 200 00 Bal. due Peter Gilbert, Nov. 12, '65, 1121 18 Commissions on first and tecond Bounty Funds, 94 65 Corts of Jeuben Shupp vs. Town ship of Polk, 79 33 . $689 1 34 Auditors. 72EUBEN G2EGO2Y, JOSEPH GJUBEJ, JOHN KUNKEL, May 30, 1667. A Condensed Statement OF THE ACCOUNT OF jacob i:(;lei:, Treasurer of Bounty Funds and Monies re ceived and p.iidout in liquidation of Town snip B inds for Eldrcd Township. Monroe County, Pa. Prepared and publied by the Township Auditor, under Act of As sembly approved April 11th, 18C6. DR. The accountant is charged with the fol lowing, to wit : F'm John Frantz, June 1460, cash, $283 00 - tt igt 44 44 44 Aug. 9, 44 t m ( 23, 44 44 44 44 Jan. 11, '67, . i i Aprjl 19, 4 In the hands of the Collector, ti nrk 308 00 549 79 $2,053 79 m The accountant claims Credit for lowing Bonds paid with Interest: ' CR. the fol Nicholas Smith, David I IefTel finger, Joseph Frable, David Krechcl, Jacob Frantz, Sidney Smith, George Smale, Psadore Smith (refunded), Joseph Hawk, part on balance, Com. on $1504 at 2 P. Ct., Bjlance due township, $273 70 129 95 224 00 434 00 33G 84 113 50 64 95 0 00 200 00 30 08 240 77 $2,05.1 79 We the undersigned Auditors of the township of Eldred, do ceftify that we have : Platte, and thence acress the plains a dis examined the foregoing Account and find ititance of 517 miles, to the Rlack Hills, or correct. JOHN HARTER, .1 PHILIP DRUM HELLER Auditors JOHN DIETER, May 30, 1667. 3 I nTrirviv t nfT1 orritwi rliOrjiMX lmlU SIOKli. DREHER & BROTHER, (Opposite the 44 Jefiersonian" Office,) ELIZABETH-STREET, STKOUDSJiURU, PA. Dealers in DRUGS, MEDICINES, PERFUMERY, WINES and LIQUORS fur medi cinal purposes, SASH, LOORS and BLINDS. All kind of Painting Materials. Lamps and Lanterns Burning and Lubricating Oils. OCT Physicians' Prescriptions carefully compounded. G. H. DREHER. E, J3. DREHER. October 4, 1800. STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., JUNE THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD FROM OMAHA, NEBRASKA. What has been done, and when itwiUba finished. No great enterprise was ever begun about which so little has been said and so much has been done. The public have a vague idea that a railroad is being built from somewhere in the East to somewhere in a farther West than a rail-track has ever before been laid : but where it he- gins, or what route it follows, or where it is to end, we'venture to assert, not one in a thousand can tell. For a dozen years we have heard that a great Pacific Railroad icas to be built, and a dozen Dames and a dozen companies and a dozen routes from the southern boundary of Texas to the northern boun dary of Lake Superior have been urged upon Congress as the greatest and best means for uniting the Atlantic and Pa cific shores. Rubble after bubble was blown, and each burst in turn when touch ed by the sharp point of practical experi ence. The absolute necessity for a Pacific Railroad to retain and bind more closely together the eastern and western extremes of the continent in one great United and Pacific country, the immense cost of gov ernment transportation to its frontier and Rocky Mountain posts, and the even great er cost of Indian wars, in a region that nothing but a railroad could civilize, and nothing but civilization could pacify, the great importance of opening a road to the rich gold and silver mines of the Rocky and Sierra Nevada Mouataius, so that the way to the resumption of specie payments might be made shorter and eas ier, all these judential reasons finally pressed with such weight upon Congress, that it determined that the road should be made. There were, indeed, many others : two thousand miles of additional territory would be opened for settlement; vast bodies of land now valueless would be aade productive; the tide of business and travel that now winds a tedious and dangerous way along the borders of two oceans, would be increased ten-fold ; and how would the fathers in the East strike hands with their sons and daughters at the Golden Gate, if they could only be borne on the wings of the locomotive ! The imperative need of the work was admitted, but it was too vast for individ ual enterprise to attempt. No combina tion of private capitalists was willing to risk a hundred million dollars in the con struction of 2,000 miles of railroad through a wilderness. As the undertaking was strictly national, so no power leis than that of the nation was sufficient to accom plish it ; and large as the cost necessarily would be, the expenditure would save a much greater cost to the country. Rut the Government did not wiah to enter up on any new system of internal improve- ments on its own account; and its only ita nn if alternative was to grant its aid in the most careful manner to such responsible iudi :. i .... l- r 1. 1 - i. .. . j .... .... . , . OJe as might be willing to risk a portion of A, . 0 . t 8 . lt ' ineir private uieaus iu lue cuusirucuou of the road. the company's charter and route This charter was granted and perfected by various acts of Congress, and the Corn- pany comprises men of the highest repu- 000 acres, assuming the distance from tation for integrity, wealth, and business Omaha to the California State line to be experience. Among the officers are Gen- j 1,5G5 miles. Much of this land, espe cral John A. Dix, President, Thomas C. cially in the Valley of the Great Platte, Durant, Vice President, and lion. John j is a rich alluvium, and is considered J. Cisco, late Assistant Treasurer of the e,pial to any in the world for agricultural U. S., Treasurer. 424 Oo!'8 Cne Hundred Million Dollars, of which 70 00 'it is estimated that not exceeding Twenty- -i lie manual auinorizeu dt me jiiaricr IRinniFiva mi ion a will be renuired. and of which Five Milhens have already been paid in. Surveying parties were at once push ed out in various directions acrots the continent to find and locate the best av ailable line between the Missouri Rive.r and the Pacific Ocean This was estab lished at Omaha, in Nebraska, on the east, and will fioally be at Sau Francisco, in Cal ifornia, on the west a distance of nearly 1,900 miles, '.fhe Chicago and North Western Railroad is now complected from P Ai ! miJes ; and several other roads are rapid- ly building to unita with the Union Pa cific at the same point ; so that its eastern connections will be numerous and com- p'ete. The general line of the road from Oma ha is west up the Valley of the Great easterly spur of the Rocky Mountains. Col. Sevmour. the Consulting Euyineer, . ,' vnrnhlfl than was an ticinated tbe maxi- - " - - r mum to the Robky Mountains not ex- 'ceeJ'Do 30 feet to the mile, and from that point to the summit, or divide of the con tinent, it will not exceed ou leet to tiie mile. From the Rocky Mountains, the best practicable route will be taken to Great Salt Lake City, and thence by the Valley of the Ilumbolt River to the east- 'crn base of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. I The Central Pacific Railroad is uow being rapidly built east from Sacramento, Cal., and is already completed about 100 miles, and will connect with the Unoiu Pacific. what has been done and its cost. As wc remarked before, there has been li ha been proved, already, that Uie entire interest on the fifty nullum in bonds advanced by llie Clovcui ineul wiil be saved more limn Iwiice over in the con.-'e-jiicnl diiniiiutt.i 'f Hie liovernmrnt expenses in the jfgiui) Uirougli winch the roaJ asj.e. very little talk, and a great deal of work. Almost before the public were aware, it had been begun. On the First of Jan uary, 18G7, the Union Pacific Railroad was finished for 305 miles west from Oma ha, and fully eqipped with Locomotives, Rolling Stock, Repair Shops, Depots, Sta tions, &c. and the Company have on hand Iron, Ties, and other materials, suf ficient to finish the road to the Rocky Mountains, or 517 miles from Omaha, by the first of September, 18G7. It is ex pected that the whole line through to California will be completed in 1S70. The first 305 miles were graded brid ged and ironed, with a heavy T-rail, and supplied with suitable Depots, Repair Shops, Stations, Locomotives, Cars, and all the necessary appurtenances, of a first class road, for, $50,000 per mile, and it .13 believed that the remaining portion- will not increase the average cost to more than 6GG,000 per mile, exclusive of equip ments. MEANS FOR CONSTRUCTION. When the Government determined that the road must be built, it also deter mined to make the most ample provision to render its speedy construction beyond a doubt. 1st. The Grant of Monev. The Government issues to the Company its SIX PER- CENT. TITIRTY YEAR BONDS at the rate of 51G,000, per mile for the whole road, and, in addition, for 150 miles a cross the Rockp Mountains this grant is trebled, making it $48,000 per mile ; and from the termination of this section to the California line (about 898 miles), the grant is doubled, making $32,000 per mile, the whole amouut being $44,208, 000 These bonds are issued by the Government only on the completion of each section twenty miles, andafter the Commissioners appointed by the Presi dent of the United States have certified that it is thoroughly built and supplied with all the machiuery, &c, of a first class railroad. The interest on these bonds is said by the U. S. Treasury, and the Gov ernment retains, as a sinking fund to be applied to repayment of principal and in terest, one half the regular charges made for transponation by the Company against it. These bonds, which are a second mortgage, aro not due for thirty years, and it is not improbable that the value of the services to be rendered to the Gov ernment during that period will consti tute a sinking f und sufficient for their re demption at maturity. 2d. The First Moutoaoe Uonds. The Government permits the Company to issue its own Mortgage Ronds at the same time, end on the same terms, and for the same amount, and by specied Act of Congress these bonds of the Company are made a First MoRTfJAGE on the entire ) line and property of the road, the Gov j eminent bonds brinj subordinate. The amount of these Jionds to be issued by ! r !:. i 1 . , equal to those issued by the Goverment to aid in the construction of the road. 3d. The Land Grant. While this is certaioly munificent, at the same time i . j , r ; it is most advantageous to the Govern- ment, for without it, all its own lands would remain almost worthless. It is a donation of every alternate section for 20 miles on each side of the road, or 12,800 ! acres per mile, and amounts to 20,032,- I purposes. The Hon. E. 1). Mansfield, j 'be State of Ohio, estimates that at least 19,400,000 acres will be available to the . " " - vwhiuiimiuuci ui uiauniw wi 1 company witnin a moderate lenstM ol j time, and that it is far within bounds to estimate this entire grant at SI. 50 an acre, or $30,000,000. The Illinois Cen tral has realized more than four times this sum from a similar grant. recapitulation of means for 1;5G5 miles. U. S. Ronds, equal to money, $14,208,000 First Mortgage Donds, 44,208,000 Land "rant, 20,032,000 acres, fay 30,000,000 $118,410,000 equal to a cost of nearly $70,000 per mile, which is believed to be a liberal es timate. This docs not take into the ac count the value of the right of way aud material, the stock subscription already paid iu or to be paid in the future, or the present discount at which the bonds are offered, as they are expected soon to be at par. The Interest on the Ronds is more than provided for by the net earnings of the various sections of the road, as they are completed. On the 305 miles on which the cars aro now running west from 0t)aba, the receipts for the first two weeks in May were $113,000; and as the road is extended towards the great min ing centers, the business iu freight and passengers constantly increases and as there can be no . competition from rival road, the Company has full power to charge remunerative prices. prospects for future iiusiness. It needs no argument to show that the traffic of the only railroad connecting the Atlantio and the Pacific, and passing through the great mining region, must bo immense. Although our annual l lift prire 1 1 freight bv trains Irom the Missouri River vva finiici"ly twenty-!4;; tails per pound, or S5O0 p(-r ton. 13, 1867. precious metals is now officially estimated at $100,000,000 per annum, a vastly greater sum will be obtained as soon as the Union Pacific Railroad opens the way to the golden regions of the Rocky Mountains.' Now, the difficulties and cost of communication are so crcat, that nono but the very richest veins can be worked; but with cheap transpotation, hundreds of thousands of hardy miners will successfully develop other mines, that, with les.s costly working, will be even more profitable than the average of those nbw in operation; and the business of this constantly increasing mining in terest must pass over this road. The records ol our shipping offices show that no less than 50,000 passengers now annually travel by sea between the . At lantic ports and San Francisco; and these reckoned at $150 each (about one half of the steamer price) would produce a reve nue of 87,500,000. Thc overland travel is even greater. Iu a single year, twenty-seven thousand teams, comprising a vast number of emi grauts and travelers, departed from two points only on the Missouri River on their westward journey. If the truth of this statement was notfamilliar loall frontier'a men it might well be questioned. Rut, estimating the overland through trarel at the same figures as that by steamer, and we have 15,000,000 as the minimum es timate ou the same number of passengers. Rut the facilities for cheap and rapid transit furnished by railroad always vastly increases the amount of travel with the same population. The difference between the numbers who would take an ocean steamer or a prairie wagon and a modern palace car, with its luxurious state rooms, where the traveler eats and sleeps almost as comfortably as at home, may be as great as the difference between the num bers who were jolted over the mountains in an old-fashioned stage-coach and those in an Express train between any two great cities. Then, is it uot saie to say that this through travel will be at once doubled on the completion of the road in 1870, and, with the rapid increase of Pa cific Coast population in- the next few years, mere thau quadrupled? Is it at all extravagant to assert that the through assengcr business during the first year after the first train of cars runs from Omaha ia Nebraska to Sacramento, will be worth twenty-five million dollars? When to this we add half as much more for its way passenger business, and more than as much more then both for its freight. exrres5es and mails, etc.. arc r r . 1 7 there not the best reasons in the world for the believing that the Uuion Pacific Railroad will be one of the most profita ble as well as one of the grandest works of modern times? THE SECURITY AND VALUE OF ITS BONDS. We have made these calculations that the public may have some brief data of facts from which to form their estimate of the value of the Union Pacific Railroad Company's First Mortgage Ronds. Re sidos, men of the greatest railroad expe rience iu the country have shown their confidence in tbe stock by liberal sub scriptions, and this stock must be subor dinate to all other claims. Rut there are stronger proofs of the security and value of the First Mortgage Roods than any wc have named: 1. That for the safety of the country as well as national economy the road is in dispensable 2. That by an investment of about fif ty millions in a Second Mortgago on the road, the Governmeni practically guaran tees the principal and iuterest ou tbe First Mortgage. The Company now offer a limited amount of its First Mortgage Ronds, bearing six per cent, iutcrest, payable semi-annually in coiu, at ninety per cent. This interest, at the current rate of pre mium on gold is equal to nine per cent, per annum on the price foe which they aro uow offered.. The Company expects to sell but a small amount at this rate, when the price will be raided, aud like all similar bouds they will liually rise to a premium above their par value. The subscribers to this loan will not ouly have the advantage of very liberal iuterestand very safe tecurity, but will also have the satisfaction of having assisted in the con struction of the greatest national work of the country. Law of Estrays. The following is the law with reference) to estrays : "Persous having stray cattle or horses! 1 in thuir possession are liable m the sum j t of five dollars uud will 'receive uo com-j pensauon ior uamagesor costs 11 mey tail to report the fact t the Towu Clerk with- in lour days; and it is his duty to make! trunk or box together with its contents record of the same, subject to the same I that if any r.crsou wishes to carrv more punishment in default thereof. If tho ; weight or greater value of bare than owucr of tha estray present himself to the ; this, he or she must have the trunk or box Clerk within ten days, he ia entitled to , weighed by the baggaco agent before receive it, on payment of charges. If, af- starting, disclose thevalue That will be ter the expiration of that time, uo owner claimed ia case of loss, and pay any extra is fouud, tha person j.osscsing the estray for excess as may be required by th'e par is required to advertise it ; aud if within ticular railroad com pa uy. . six days thereafter no owner appear, the ( - - person taking up the same shall apply to The reason wany manages occur i,n, a Justice ot the Peace 111 the township, mediately after a great war, is that bach who is require! to issue Ins warraut to a elors become so accustomed to strife that Constable, who after giving ten days' uo- they learn to like it, and after the return tice, is reouired to sell the same the thev enlist i money for winch is to be paid mto the hands of the Justico of the Peace, , product of the "bo is to pay all resonable charges for the Mr. Kolb, of Williams township, Xorth cost of keeping, registering, advertising, ampton county, sold.thu spring about six selling, ic., and the bnlauce, il there be paid itito t!Tc county treasury. NO. 12, - A Terrible BedfeUow. I looked at my neighbor with consider able curiosity. His face indicated a mad' of uot over thirty years a period at which' men aro still youug, but his hair was as fresh fallen snow. One seldom sees even on the heads of the oldest men. hair of such imuiaeulate whiteness. lie sat by my side in a car of the Great Westercr Railroad in Canada, and was looking out at the widow. Suddenly turning his head he caught me in the act of starinz at him a rudeness of which I was ashamed. I was about to say some words of apology, when he quietly remarked : "Don't mention it, sir ; I'm used to it." The frankness of this observation please ed me and in a very little while we were' conversing on terms of familiar acquain tanceship, and before long he had told me the whole of the story. "I was a soldier in the army of India," he said, "and, as is often the case with soldiers, I was a little too foud of good If" quor. One day I got drunk, and was shut up in tbe black hole for it. I slump ed down upon the floor of the dungeon and I was just dropping off to sleep, when I felt a cold, slimy shape crawling across my right hand as it lay stretched out above my head on the floor. I knew it was a snake ! Of course my first impulse was to draw away my hand, but knowing if I did so the poisonous reptile would probably strike its fangs into roe, I lay still, with my heart beating in my brea3t j like a trip hammer. Of course my fright suuereu me insianiiy. 1 realized all my peril in its fullest extent. O 1 how I la mented the hour that I had touched li quor ! In every glass of liquor they say there is a serpent ; but it does not come to every one in the shape it did to me. With a 6low, undulating motion the rep tile dragged its carcass across my face,, inch by inch, and crept down over cry breast, and thrust its head inside my jack et. As I felt the hideous scraping of the slimy body over my cheeks it was only by most tremendous efforts that I succeeded! in restraining myself from yelling loudly with mingled terror and disgust. At last I felt the tail wriggling down towards my chin ; but imagine what I felt at heart, if." you can imagine it, as I realized that the dreadful creature had coiled itself up un der my jacket as'I lay and had seeming ly gone to sleep, for it was still as death. -Evidently it had no idea that I was a human creature ; if it had it would not have acted iu this manner. All snakes are cowardly, and they will not approach a mnnnnlMilnjlril-oliImln cNafnniio a man unless to strike him in sell -defense. Three hours I lay with that dreadful" weight in my bosom acd each minute wa like an hour to me like an hour to me like a year ! I seemed to have lived a life time in that brief space. Every in cident of my life passed across my mind in rapid succession; as they say is the case with drowing men. I thought of my mother, away in old England ; my happy home by the borders of the Avop my Mary, the girl I loved, and never expect ed to sec them more. For do matter bo;? long I bore this, I felt that it would ea in death at last. I lay as rigid as 2 corpse,, scarcely daring even to breathe, and all the time my breast was growing colder and colder where the snake lay against it with nothing but a thin cotton shirt be tween my skin and its. I knew if I stir red it would strike ; but I left I could not bear this much longer. Even if I suc ceeded in lying still until the guard came, I expected that his opening the door and coming in would be ray death warrant all the same ; for no doubt the reptile would see that I was a man, as soon as the light should be let in at the door. At last I heard footsteps approaching. There was a rattling in the lock. It was the guard.. He opened the door. The snake a cn bra di capella I now saw darted up its huge hoodd head with the hideous rings around its eyes, as if about to strike. I shut my eyes, and murmured a short praj er. Then it glided away with swift mo tioD, and disappeared in the darkness. I staggered to my feet, and fell swooning, into the arms of the guard. For weeks after I was very sick ; and when I was able to be about, I found thatNny hair was as white as you now see it. I have never touched a drop of liquor 6ince." William Wirt Siccs. Railroad Baggage. A law regulating the amount of bag gage each passenger ou Pennsylvania rail roads shall. hereafter be allowed to carry, was passed at the last session of the Leg islature. It provides that each passenger oK..ll 1 j . . . . box, notexceeding one hundred pounds in weight; that when baggage shall be lost. we cuiuicu. 10 carry one iruut or andd amages claimed, not to exceed thrc huudred dollars shall be allowed for each .... . - ..uvu J 89 liitJ next thing to war. thousand headj of salad, cents for bead. - t "- avcra-;ug se; i- - k r' in ir
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