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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
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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
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next thing to war.
thousand headj of salad,
cents for bead.
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