&5Pi
THE SUNBURY AMERICAN
m rtTKLisnraj every satubdat By
EM'Ii "WH.VKBT, Proprietor,
Moot Wesmgcr's Building, Market Sonars,
At fl.50 In AdTuee.
II ot p-ld within ItontlM M.
jatMlMi laJbus fir lm Vn Monifit.
Co-nmorm with thU stabllshm enl is an ext-cn-etveN
EW JOB OFFICE, containing a variety of
plain and fancy type rqaal to any establishment
n the tnwrtor of the State, for which the patron
air of the public It respectfully sorlcited.
professional.
W. C. PACKER,
Attoin6y at Law,
Stmlnry, Pa.
Wvemb , 18T. tf. .
db. ciias. in. MAnTI.H,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Sunbnry, Penn'a.
OflWs a Frou Street, next door to Haas A
Fas-sly.
Offla Boars. Until 8 a m.. Trots 11 to 1 p m.
Frmn & to tt p ra.,aud after 9 o'clock p ni.
At all oilier houre when not profeaelonnlTy en
gaged, ee a be found at Drug filers, on Third St.,
next to Clement House. . augs.'Ti-ly
Sit. BOYEIt, Attorney and Counsellor
nt Law. Room Nos. t 8 Beeond Floor,
Bright' Building, SUN BURT, FA. Professions
biulnee attended to. In the coorte of Northura
bsrland aud adjoining eouetle. Also, In the
Vew and IMrUt Courta for the Western Dis.
trict of Pennsylvania. Claim promptly collect
a. Particular attention paid to mum In Bank
rupt$g. Consultation oau be had In the Ger
language. mar26,'7l.
Lli. KANE, Attorney at Law, BUM
BURlf, PA., offiee In Mnr'i Building
near the Court House. Front Room np stairs
abore the Druir Btore. Collections made lu Nor
(humberland and adjoining counties.
feVnihury, Pa., June 8, 1878.
Til. B. KASE, Attorney at Law, SUS-
BUKT.P A. OlBce In the Clement Build
dings, second floor. Entrance on Market street.
Professional bnines hi thU aud adjoining conn
lie promptly attended to.
Banbury, March 18, 1S72.-1V.
J ti. MARHI.E CO, Market Street,
. SUN BURT, PA.
Dealers In Drugs, Medicines, Paints. OIU,
;J!as, Varnlshos, Liquors, Tobaeeo, Cigars,
Pocket Bonks, Duirles, &c.
r . VTOI.VERTOX, Attorney at Law.
O. .Market Square, 8UNBURT,PA. Professlon
1 business In tin aud adjoining counties proinpt
y attended to.
GA. KEI.nEXNSYDER, Attorney ut
Law, BUNBURY, PA. All business u
. rmti'.l to bis mire ultunded to promptly and with
diligence. npl-J7-ti7
HB. MASMEll, Attorney at Law, 8UN-
BURY, PA. Colleotlous attended to In
the counties of Northumberland, Uulou, Snyder,
Montour. Columbia and Lycoming. iipll0-6a
AN. BRICE, Attorney at Law, Bunbury,
Pa. Otlice In .Masonic. Hull Building.
Collections of claims, writings, and all kind of
legal business uttendej 10 "carefully and with
dispatch. I April 8. 1W71. ly.
s
OLOMOM M ALIC K,
ATTORN KT AT LAW, .
Offlee at his residence on Arch street, one square
north of the Court Ilont-e, near the Jail, &UN
BL'RT, PA. Collections and all professional
buslne promptly attended to In this and adjoin
ing enmities. Consultations can ba had In the
5enunn language. July3"-lS72.
0.
ziBOLin. t. T. rtonnmcH.
EIEtil.KR ROI1RBACII,
ATT0RNBT8 AT LAW,
Office In llaupt's Bnlldlnt;. lately occnpled hy
Judge Rockefeller aud L. T. Rohrbach, Eq.
Collections and all professional business
pr mptly attended to In the Courts of Noribuin-
burlaud and adjuiuiuj counties.
Oec .. lavi.
ITjotcls ao uestanrnnts.
TATJOVAl. HOTEL.,
F. KITCKEN. PaomiiTOR,
Mt. CAKMrt, "obtu'd Cot.5TT, Yk.
Centrally lorated In the tawn, and amp'e e
coinmolationl furnished to the traveling public.
A convylne rons to and from every passenger
train fra of charge.
Jj:y 7, 1S7S.
WANHIXttTOW IIOI'KE, C. NEFF
Proprietor, Comer of Market A Seroud
SlrcslK, oppocrte the Ooait House, Bunburr,
P. May8S.'70.
VI.IEGI1EMY HOt'NE, A. KECK,
Proprietor, Nos.SU and 814 Market Street,
above eighth, PHILADELPHIA. Terms, 13
per day. He respectfully solicits yonr patron
age.
Janfi-72.
NATIOXAI. IIOTF.l,. AUWUSTt'B
WALD, Proprietor, Georgetown North'd
County, Pa., at ine btmlon of the N. C. R. W.
Choice wines aud clears at the bar.
The tablets supplied with tbe best the market
ntf rde. Good stabling and attentive ostlers.
nrmiEIK REST A l' RANT,
LOUIS HUM MEL, Proprietor,
Commerce ft.. 8HAMOKIN, PENN'A.
Having Just refitted the above Saloon for the
acomnilutlou of the public, is no prepared to
serve jls frien.U with tbe beet tefroshmente, and
troll Lager User, Ale, l'orier, aud all other mall
q uirs.
IIYLKLV'N IlOTl.l..
JOSIAH BY ERLY, Proprietor, Lower Maha
noy towuslilp, Northnmberland county. Pa.,
ou the rotd leHdiner from Georgetown to Union
town, Smith Inn. Trevorton Poltsville, Ac.
The choice-t Liquors and Segrs at tbe bar.
The tal'lnt uie ptovidel with the best nf the sea
son. Sulillng large aud wall suited for drovers,
with good oxtiers.
Kvery attention paid to make gnrstt comforta
ble. Vnv. U. lS7t.-ly.
business arbs.
. KlIOAI'S. i. I-ACXBH HAAS
J ti. RHOAnS K CO.,
IT t HBTA1I. DEALERS Or
NTHRACITE COAL, BUNBURY, PKNN'A.
Orrici with Haas, Faoely A Co.,
Orders left at B uillioll A Bro's., ntHoe Market
treet, will receive prompt attention. Country
uelom respm iiuily solicited.
J?Kt. 4jlt71. tf.
ANTHRACITE GOAL!
VALENTINE IMETZ, Wholesale aud
Uetnil dealer In evory variety of
ANTHRACITE COAL, UPPER WHARF,
6LNBUKV, PENN'A.
All kinds of Grain taken In exchange for Coal.
Orders soliciied and Blled promptly. Orders left
at 8. F. Nevin's C-Mifectiouery Btore, an Third
fiueel, will recirve proinj-t utteutlon, aud money
.-ceipte.1 fnr. ti sain a at the olfle.
NEW COAL YARD.
' I VIE undersigned having cwinected th Coal
JL biibinrss with hisexten.iv FLOUR A GRAIN
tr ide, is prepared to apply faicilie wllb the
YERY Bi:vr OPtOtL,
CHEAI FOR CASH.
T.?g, Btnve and Nut, connaully on Laud. Uralu
taken In exchange forCoal.
1. M. CADWALtADER.
unbnry, Jan. 15, 17U. f.
dentimtryT
GEORGE M. RENN,
In SimjitWa IiuiVUng, MurLtt Sytiora,
fcrNBURi, Pa.,
1 prepared to do ull kinds of work pertaining
to Dentistry. He keeps constantly on hand
alulae a.sortuient of Ttetb, u:d otter Dental
material, from which he will t able to- select,
Hut in re .ce w.mti of bis customer..
All o.-i warranted to glvesallsfactiODjorsiM
Ihn money refiuuled.
The very beet Mouth Wash and Tootb'lMrarl
kept ou baud.
His references are thv uumerous pat' Otm
-eno'ii ne uaa woriea Inr vim lasl twlrw
ireubnry, April 11, lTA
rN T m T TV TT T :
W m mm ' I ' I i mm MM ' 9) I P L . U - J'.-'L'
- -- - - - . - -
K-tabll-hed In IRtO.
.1
PRICE 1 50 IN ADVANCE
(cto Abbcrtistmfttls.
CO A El CO AM COAL.! GRANT BROS.,
Bhlpptrt and Wboleenla and Retail Denier In
WHITE ADD RED A8T1 COAL, 8UNBCRT, PA.
(lower wharf.;
VST Sole Agents, w set ward, at the celebrated
Heniry Clay Coal. Jan 1B-8
PINE MILLINERY.
Tbe Fall and Winter stock of Goods at
Miss L. WefMer'a Store,
Market Street, Bnnbnry,
TAKES THE LEAD.
Every article In the line of Millinery Goods can
be purchased at her estnbllsiuont, com
prising of
LADIES' HATS AND BONNETF, FftAMIB,
FLOWERS,
CRAPEB, RIBBONS, LACES, TURQUOISE,
and all the leading style of ladles' Millinery
wewr,
NOTIONS, a general Yariety. HANDKER
CHIEFS, GLOTE3, ROBE, Ac.
Tbe ladlef of Bunbury and vicinity are Invited
to call aud t lauiiue the gem goods now in my
Btore.
MISB L. WF.I8ER.
IT ovsmber 16, 1875.
FALL AND WINTER MILLINERY'.
nst received from the cities an entire new
stock of Millinery floods, consisting of
BONNETS AND HATS.
FLOWERS. WREATHS,
Frulbers, Frames, liaees, Ribbons,
Turqanlse,
and all the leading stylee of line Millinery.
I have spared neither pains aor expense to
make my Fall Block one of the most attrartlva
ever offered to tbe citizens of Bunburr and vlclu
l.y. All art Invited to eall And examine my stock.
M. k. OOaSI.KR.
4ft Bonth Fourth 8trcet, bflow tbe B. V. R. K.,
8UNBURY, PA.
Nov. , 187i.
LADIES' FANCY liOODM
FALL STYLES AT
Miss Kate Black,
Karbrt-Sq-aro Sunbury, Pa.,
BLACK UUESS SILKS,
Piald and Plain Popllas, Worstrd and Erabrot
erie, Worsterd Aaeks and Shawls for
Ladles and Children. All
kin of
LADIES' WOOLEN GOODB.
A central nssortmrut of White Goods, Dres
TrliuuiinL's, Lara. Ac. A icneral vaiic.ty of
Ulovtw, Mandkerchlefs, Hose fur ladles and gen
tlemen.
TOILET SO APS AHD PERFUMERY.
Evrrybo4y is Invited to call and see them and
buy i beup.
GEO. EVANS.
E. G. MAIZE.
Geo. Evans & Co.,
914 Market Street, rhikdoJphin,
. J TAILORS . :
aad
MILITARY CLOTHIERS,
Military,' Band Fire Organizations
promptly uniformed.
Samples of Cloth, with Photographs, sent
free on application.
Our being tbe leaJIng hoase on Military work,
we feel that, we can offer inducements which can
not he attaln1 anywhere else.
Aug. ii. 1X72.
CENTER OF ATTRACTION.
Everybody Is Invltrd to come and bny of the
haudsoiiir nrortmnt of
TOTS AND CON FECTIONERIES
at
SAIiTJEL F. NEVIN'S STORE,
In frame btilMlne, adjoining Moore A Disslnger'a
building, THIRD STREET, BUNBURY, PA
Just opened a fveb supply of Coufeclioueris of
every noecnption.
TOYS OF ALL KIND
eoustautly on hand. The bcH KAI8INS, TIfJB,
IT HKANTa A HIUkD KKU1T.
PURE RIO COFTEE, TEA & SPICES,
fresh Bread, Buns A Cakes, every morning,
FANCY CAKE6, BISCUITS, CRACKERS, Ac.
Ol'STEKS I OYSTERS ! OYSTERS t
Having Btlrd np a room expressly for serving
up Oycicrs In evny style. Ladies and bentlemen
will be aceominodated with the bent bivalves lu
market, tit all hoars during tbe day and evening
Families will be supplied ut their resideuce with
the ben Shell or Canned Oysters, as is desirable,
ut lb i very lowrxt prices.
Call and see my escellcut assortment of goods
ana ascertain the prices.
B. T. NEVIS,
Dee. 1, 1$7L -
NUNni'RY FIRE INNl'R ANCE C
THE D1RERTORH OF THE
SUNRURY HORSE AND CATTLE IN
SURANCE COMPANY,
A rr bow ttkaing Hie risks under their special
euarxor fiamea ay in Legislature.
Th recent great calamitous tires of Chicago
ana Boslup bava proven conclusively tvo fuels,
lt. Thai SJumal Iu-urunc. Companies pro.
vide tlie niiul teiuilly to tbe assured for the
smallest eYM and are tbe beet able to sustain
heavy losses.
Sd. That . llro Companies aru an absolute
teerssky and furnish the bert guarantees for
payment or liwoca as they cover no heavv risk
wonking wtsid of cities and cannot be affected
by such treat. :ennflagrallons as lb Boston and
Chicago 8rs wbieli liav ruined many of our
Deri auu Htrongrsi toinpanius.
THE BUNBURY FIRE INSURANCE CO.,
By eperiul privileges works the Joint stock and
mutual plnus together, I bus enabling them to
enjoy tbe advantages of both modes of lasn ranee
without doing cue iniu.uce to th bolder ot tbe
mutual policy by assesing blm for the bencfltof
lb slock noiitur.
All itolivtea are Issued ou the mutual plan.
All rii-ks are taken outfidc the great cities, and
only on srtrft rtroiierty as Is not so ex noted a to
.' hazardon. . Tbia enable th kiuipany to iur
ire for lea rate tban many other Compaoie
and supplies a great need now felt by all of a ra
.tauiy cimauctca ana
6AFE HOME INSURANCE COMPANY.
rhelr Jolntiek Plan protect aralnst Mor.
oiiaiii or rcpensrn aseessments.
RELIABLE AGENTB WANTED.
Address
a A. REIMENSNYDF.R, Bt-retsry,
E. D. RTLLIAN. BpeHhl Agent nu!,'iUa
December 7, 1873. if. r
r f-if !eiionslMe inn n Lnr.l
T Aifent to sail Fruit and ornamental trees
In uelgbtiorhond hre ibey srslde. To the
rlg'at parties vary liberal friiis und an opisnnu
nlty toaalahllsb a-aal and nrnaiu'l. h...
Add res Tt Dingo Conrad' Co.t Whorusai
SUNBDKY, PA.'.'
BALTIMORE LOCK IIOSPTTAL
DR. JOHKSTOIT, T ,' '
. . - l '-ill j
PhysMan of thto srehvatsd tnsMtvtfe),' bo)
discovered th most eertejo, speedy, pleasant aad
effectual remedv In the world for all
DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE.
Weakness of th Back or Limbs, BtrtotnsM,
Affections of Kidney and Bladder, lnvoltm-1
tary Discharge, Impoteucy, General Debili
ty, Nervouene, Drspepey, Lanirnor, Love
Bplrtts, Confusion of Ideas, Palpitation of
tbe Heart, Timidity, Tremblings, Dimness
of Bight or Giddiness, Dl sense of tbe Bond,
Throat, No or Bkln, Affection of Liver, Lnnts,
Stomach or Bowels these terrible Disorders
arising from th Solitary flabltsof Youth those
secret and solitary practices more fatal to their
victims than th song of Syrens to the Mariners
of Ulysses, blighting their most brilliant hope
of anticipations, rendering marrlagv, Ac., Impas
sible. .
' ,' ' lOUNCI MEN
especially, who have become the victims of Boll
tary Vict, that dreadful And destructive habit ;
which annually sweeps to. an untimely ' grave
thousands of foune men bf tbe most axaltsd.
talents and brilliant Intellect, who might other
wis have entranced listening Senates with th 1
thunders of eloquence or waked to scetacy the
livlug lyr. may call with full confidence.
MARRIAGE.
Married Persons or Yonng Men contemplating
marriage, aware of Physical Weakness, (Loss
f Procreatlve Power Impoteney), NerTons Ex
citability, Palpitation, Organic Weakness, Ner
vous Debility, or any other Disqualification,
soeedllv relieved.
He who places mmseir under ma ear or nr. J.
may religiously confldo in kis honor as a gentle
man, and confidently rely noon hi skill as a Pbv-
siclau.
ORGANIC WEAKNESS.
Impoteney, Lnts of Power, immediately Cured
and full Vigor Restored.
This Distressing Ancction which renders Lira
miserable and marriage Impossible is tbe penalty
paid by the victims of Improper lndnlgonoos.
Young persons arc too apt to commit excesses
from not being aware or the arrAnriil consciences
that may ensue. Now, who that understands
the subject will pretend to deny that the power
of procreation is lott sooner by those falling luto
improper nnmt man ny mo pruaeni r uesuivs
bclug deprived the pleasures of healthy off-pring,
the most serious and destructive symptoms lo both
body and mind arise. 1 be system becomes de
ranged, the Physical and Mental Functions
Weakened, Loss of Procreatlve Power, Nervous
Irritability, Dyspepsia, Palpitation of ibo Heart,
Indigestion, Constitutional Debility, a Wasting
of tbe Frame, Cough, Coueumptlon, Decay ami
Death.
A CURE WARRANTED IN TWO DAYS.
Persons ruined in health by unlearned preten
ders who keep them trilling month after month,
taking poisonous and injurious compounds,
should apply immediately.
Member of the Royal College of Burgeou, Lon
don, Graduated from one of the most eminent
Colleges In the United htatee, nnd the greatcr
part of whose If has been speut in the hospitals
of London, Pris, Philadelphia aud elsewhere,
has ettected some of tbe most astouishliiL' cures
hnt were ever kuown ; many troubled v. ith ring
ing In the head and ears when asleep, groat
nervnusuiss, being alarmed at suddeu soauds,
baohfuluess, with fluent blushing, attended
sometimes with derangement of mind, were cured
immediately.
lAJffc rAKUCLLAK MJT1CE.
Dr. J. aadrrstc all tbosa who have lujurrd
tbemselvee hy improper ladulguuc and solitary
habits, which nun bulb body and mlud.anllLiiiig
thein for either business, study, society or -mar-
rtsge.
Tiir.dR are some of ths sad and melancholy
effects produced by early habits of youth, vis x
V) eakness m the HacK aud Limbs, ruins in the
Bsckand Head. Dimness nf KiKht. T.naa nf Mus
cular Power, Palpitation of the Heart, Dyspepsy,
Nrous Iriitaluiiiy, Derangement 01 Ulteollre
Functions, lienerai Debility, kWmptoina ot Con
sumption, Ac.
M evtallt The fearful effects on the mind
are Binch to ba dreaded Los of Memory, Cou-
fusion of Ideas, Degression or Bpirits. KtiI-
Forebodings, Aversion to bociety, bsif-Dislrust,
Love of Solitude, Timidity, otc, are some ct the
evils produced.
Tbovsafp or rersoD or all ace can now
Judge wbul is tbe cause of their declining health,
losing their vigor, becoming, weak, pale, nervous
and emaciated, having a singnl ar appearance
about the eyes, cough and symptoms of consump
tion.
TOUNO MEN
Who davs injnred themselves by a certain prac
tice Indulged In when alone, a habit freiiuemly
learned from sril companions, sr at school, lbs
stlerts of which are nightly fell, evsu when
asleep, aud if not cured, renders marriage impos
sible, aud doetrore bola iniud and body, should
apply immediately.
What a pity tbut a young man, the hope of bis
country, the darling of bis parents, should be
snatcbrl from all prospects and enjoyments of
life, by the couscqueuce of deviating from the
path of nature and indulging in a certain secret
bublt. Such perrons ui'bt, befure contemplating
MARRIAGE,
reflect that a sonnd mind aud body are the most
ueeestary requisites to promote connubial happi
ness. Indeed without these, ths Jouruey through
life becomes a weary pilgrimage) ths prospect
hourly darkens to the view ; tbe mlud tccojios
shadowed with debpair aud UUed wuu tbe melan
choly reflection, lliat the bappiooes of another
becomes blithted w ith our own.
a. CERTAIN DlbEABE.
When the misguided and imprudent votarr of
pleasure finds that he has imbibed tbe seejs of
Ibis pamrul iliseafe, it too often happens thut au
ill-timed sense of sliiime, or dread of discovery,
deters biui from applying lo those who, froin
educutlou und respectability, can alone befriend
him, delaying till the couxlituiioiial bjinploms ot
this borrij disease make tbclr appearance, eiu-U
as ulcerated sore throat, diseased noe, uucturul
pains In the head and limbs, dlmue.s of siyht,
deafness, nodes on tbe sbiu bones and anus,
blotches on ths head, face and extremities, pro
gressing with frightful rapidity, till at last the
palate of tbe mouth or the bones of the none fall
in, and the victim of this awful disease becomes
a horrid object of commiseration, till death puts
a period to his dreadful suffering, by sending
blm to " that Undiscovered Country from wbeuce
no traveller returns."
It is a melancholy fact that thousands DIE
victims to this terrible disease, through falling
Into the hands of Ignorant or nnskiilfni PRE
TENDERS, who, by ths use of that deadly Poi
son, Mercury, Vc, destroy the eoustilutiuu, aud
Incapable, of curing, keep I lie unbappv sufferer
month ufler mouth tuking their uoxious or in
jurious compounds, and instead of beiug restored
to a renewal ot Life V igor aud llappluers, lu des
pair leave bim with ruiued Health to rlgh over
bis galling disappointment.
To such, thcretore, Dr. Jodwstom pledges him-
sen to preserve tbe most luvioiaoie Becrecv, and
from bis extensive in set lee and nb.ervaliuus iu
the great Hospitals of Europe, and the ftr.t lu
tbia country, viz i Eugluud, France, Philadelphia
aud elsewhere, is enabled to otter I lie most car
tain, speedy aud effectual remedy lu tbe w.ir.d
for all diseases of huprudeuce.
' DR. JoHNhTON.
OrF:CE, NO. 7. b. FREDERICK STREET.
BU-TlMOnB, M. D.
Left hand side going from Baltimore street, a few
door from the eoruer. Fall not to observe ,iu uc
and number.
Irf No letters received nnless pnstpal 1 mid
coutaining a stamp lo be used on the repiy. Per-
sons writiug should state age, an I send a porlioa
i aavi.tise.uent deserving yiiiptna.
There are so many Paltry, Designing and
w..r.M... T,n... i,ivr.iJ,T ,i,.7....i...
Physicians, lulling with ami ruining lbs ten th
-. . ..rw
of all who nuforiunaSely full into tlieir power,
that Dr. Johnston deems U necessary to suy e
peclally to those unacquainted witu bis reu.ua-i
lion thai bis Credentials or Diploma always '
hang in his otrtce.
ESDUHoEMENT OF THE PKKSS.
The mauy thousands cured al this Establish
ment, year after year, aud tbe numerous lu
portant burglcal Operations performed by Dr.
Johnston, witnessed by the representatives of the
press aud many other papers, notice of which
bas ai'i-eared again and again befure ths public.
besides bis st.indiug as a geutlemaa of character
vsasjaSPy ifi( UfTV.
SATUJtDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 1, 1873.
clect otlrjj.
THE OUTCAST.
T ovla jnnnrnrrn.
Th snow Is falling thick nnd fast,
And tbe wind wall drearily i
It seems to say as It hurries punt,
"Come, wundercr, come with met
!Vo pkice for thee near the happy hcurth .
Noneln the fenlve hulls!
Noplace for thee wherethe laugh Of mirth
For an uostveilng echo culls I"
I know It, nnd t come, I coins,
Tlinuuh the snow-flakes swiftly fall i
They scnticr round me like the oceans fom,
And still the wild winds call.
Blow, blow, ye winds fall fnster, snow,
Be t hull my winding shoot I
A I've ''uiuile my bed 1 mini rest," I know,
Though that bed be lu tbe street.
It Is better thus. I con'd not live
To inoet the cold world's scorn
1 My secret into God's care I give
Till lbs resumption morn. '
A pleasant languor steals o'er my frame,
And a dreamy calm o'er my mind
Want, and temptatlou, grief and shame,
1 am leaving you all behind.
j I bear tbe wild winds' voles no more.
Jor f-el tbe wintry cold ;
, Far off I see th "oilier fbore"
R pearly gates unfold,
I sea Ike white-winged augols stand,
Aud I hear the Muster call :
1 am going to the "better laud,"
Fail faster, suow-Qnkes, fall t
lti3ctll;i
tncous.
Th Oreut Sturm.
TKRRIBLX TKMPKST IN MINNESOTA.
Few nf the jicriiilo in this section of our
country can have any idea of the hulllrinus
endured by the men, women nnd children
of poi'li'insf Miniieaotii liming the late
terrible snow storm. Nnihiiifj like it han
been knitwu for yt.ara. Tlic loss of life wua
fiijjhll'ul. while tlie destruclioti of irnierty
was iniini iisv. The followiin; is a draerip
tinn i f the horroiiv of the huriicane, n
aunt by a correspoiideiit from Winoiiii,
Minnesotii, to the w York llemUl:
1 vina in Miurrwofa ntttr the iiwful nisa
HHcri t of let) years iisjo, wlicn the red
wave of Indiiiii iiivnsiou swept over the
umiliiiir land und h it it a wnpto of nshea
Bonked with blood ; but the aeulpinj: knife
and bullet of the .Sioux did Mot oo Mich ha
voc us the snows have v.-rouhi this jeac,
nor were nll-tlie tortures ol the reil I'.cinls
produi'live of more nuony tlian I have wil
oi'KBed wilhin l lie I'hhI ten days. What
has been sudetvd and how many have
beeii slain has not yi-l hi en nscerlained, for
the B, til. nienls r far apart, nnd coiniim
liiciiiiou is dillii ilit ; but by every mail
come particulars thai chili the blood, and
we) cau now fairly estimate the extent of
the calamity.
Up to that fatal Tuesday, at whose men
tion many a heart shall ache, in Minnesota
fjr years lo come, there had la-en winter
weulher of th.; usual sort, clear, cold, with
occasional storms of snows, soma ofwhieh
had seriously blockaded the railroads, and
induced ponuidciaolc suffering from ttearet
ty of fuel.
Tuesday, tiik 7th,
was a lovely and mild day. The sun wns
bright and the air balmy. Kvcry pulse of
the country was nslir under the genial in
flufmsj.nnd the wild swans that claused
overhead ouce or twice from the meres
must have seen the prairie rose, alive wilh
teams. The farmers were nil out at the
nearest settlement. They were fieltiti
short of fuel ; there was but a handful of
llour at tins bottom of tlm barrel ; not a
scrap of meat was left.
Hut the snows had erased, their shany
littla horses were well auaiu, so every far
mer hitched his team for the town. In the
little cottages of wood were women nnd
children ; the school-houses weru full of lit
tle onrs. Such wns the country, thus its
dwellers, when thu snow fell. Nature
woulu teem to have, arrogated to herself nil
the savage attributes which had marked
her first children, there, their careful aud
patient watch for an easy opportunity, nnd
their sudden and relentless onslaught.
Ho utterly unprepared were the people for
llie change in thu weather, and so suddenly
did it come upon them, that one man ut
Winnebago City describes it ns "if a man
had clitped his hands so, and the snow
came in our faces. " ivnowim; what the
h ir.icane boded, men leaped into their
sleighs, and Willi voice und lat-h uracil
their cowering horses out into the storm.
Then the work of death began. For more
than fifty hours, lill late ou Thursday, the
frceziug wind aud falling snow continued.
It was not a steady fall of snow, but a
howling hurricane, the wind sometimes at
tainitiK' a speed oft wenty-eit'ht, thirty, or
thirty-two miles. The snow came iu lilful
flurries, willi a wild screech und a stingint;
whiz. The thermometer fell sleadily, tiil
at C'hamplaiu it registered fifty-four de
grees below zero. At other places the mer
cury or iiril marked fiouieutii to forty
two decrees below. Some of the farmers
who set out Boon toun) that if they valued
life they must turn l ack. - They were en
veloped in ahoets tf suow tl t blinded
them. The wind cauie so liercely that they
were fain to stop aud luru round lill a mo
mentary lull came.
The road why, the level prairie was all
ruid now, without one track of wheel or
runner to indicate the path of safely.
Wherever there was a slight knoll or a
tres the dri vim: snow-sleet curied round it
and broke n.er it like yeasty billows over a
wreck, und tar lo leeward izvkw up di ilisol
eeceuurio lorm. Tllrtl Uio Ktlrtiliy hurai-a
thai t.iili-tl Hlolitf, iw. bi.iuj; with ltu-ir luav-
Hit; Il llike dower U. raidi i.lUer li,r WHriiilli
a ill dumb proU ctioit uu! Mvutiittiy, ri fun
eil to go forward ; tint tlrivui foil liiiuaulf
hcciiiiini; lialli'Hs. tuaiolil liml wi-riigmw
iiiu' Harm, ami warned nf tlm aw ill eomiii
nf dfiilh, liu lui'iiiil und re I rand Ida l ps.
Hippy tliy who did Ih'Uiiii'sI Tln ie
wtie iniuv wlm ludd "U i-liil)li"i lily lill :t win
t.iuit'e rii. re wi re ninny wh,i, gmud mi
by a driiidful fiar of the laic nt'llifir wivv
and Ilia- iiiiiti, led al'iiic in tin ir la ail til.i-
I dela, torced on through the drifts that grew
cI.tiht at every ateti, and cold that grvvr
, , ,t0 j,lu.nu every in cut. And there
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w,'r,: utheis who grew weary of thu contest
aiii. n iug uu ii iii men ii'wi,
were lulled
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bv the elemental ruguiuto a slumber whu.h
knew no awakening.
Sometime the horses gave out, and the
unhappy driver, benumbed aud chilled, his
in iveluenu impeded by I. is heavy clothing
hail to abaudiiu his leaiu aad luiie to the
drift. The miHuis and shrii ks of th hor
ses themselves thus deaerted hy their mas
ters are said by some few who survived
such scenes to have beeiingouiziiig to hear.
Aud al their homes thing were uo butler.
There was perhaps a scanty supply of fuel
raruex. niyui iroq ei9m- vq iss nrciivi
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noon. Perhaps the mother was alone with
her suckling child, her husband ten mile
away in one. direction, her children two.
miles away in another. These hapless pa
rents su fie red countless deaths. The wood
en buildings creoked, nnd rocked in the
awing of the storm like ships at sea. The
limbers cracked with the frost like lilies,
llendsmf frost stood on every piece of wood
work, the tsnmll panes of glass were so thick
wilh ice that there was no chance that the
lamp set in the casement could send its
feeble light to the belated 8Uri:gleiS with
out. It was impossible to open the doors,
so high had the drift become. The fire
grew low, though it was replenished with
the scanty furniture. IMy succeeded to
darkness, but thu day wns ns the tiiht.
Only the chimney of the house appeared
above the tltifts.
The poor womnn knsw thai her children
lay dead, hand in hand, on the piaiiie.and
that her husband's corpse wns somewhere
entombed in a giant drift. The little ba
by's blue lips were laid against her empty
breast ; the soul had sped from between
thetn in a little c'oud of frozen vapor. .She
lay down and died, und the relenting winds
wafted through the apertures of the room a
decent drift of diamoud snow for her wind
ing sheet. These pictures, terrible as they
may sppenr to the readers of the lhrahl,
who sit by warm II res and lind the music
of the snow, as it tinkles against the glass,
a musical and cheerful sound, are less
than the reality.
The advance of death was like that nf
ta torturer, who comes with all his horrid
cng lies to the victim bono,! at the slake.
Only they were to lie envied who met- a
swifter fate iu the rasing storm without,
aud were spared the sight of their children
dying before their eyes of hunger us of cold.
On the railroad there wus not absolute
sulk-ring. Of course trains were snowed in
for days, nnd drifts that towered to the tel
egraph wires, ami passcus-eis had to shiver
and he scantily fed. )ut this was only a
irille.
When Friday, the ICth. camo, the sun
rose upon a land of snow ami silence,
llril'ls many feet deep, and many square
miles in extent were there. Here and there
the chimney of a house stood up liko a
tombstone iu a vast cemetery. The land
lay like a corpse under a winding-sheet
that had moulded itself into occasional
wrinkles over the dead limbs or features.
Now came ihe giant labor of clearing away
the "inn drifts, aud setting free the impri
soned liaiiis, aud the sadder task of trac
ing through the prairies the si-eps of the
dead. Everywhere they were found lying
still nod stalue-like iu the icy embrace of
death. Nimelimcs the searchers would
lind man horses and harness together, the
firmer lyitij: dead, wrapped iu his rotas,
wilh the w hip in his hand, iu tin sleigh,
one Imrse down, the other standing iu the
spot where he wns fastened by his pkrlucr's
1:4.11 till he shared his partner's fate, .Some
times Iho sleigh wus toiiud overturned, with
Ihe traces cut. Then to right or lell would
be discovered the driver, who had wander
ed iouii'1 iu a despiiirin circle lo die. Oc
cusioually tin- beasts showed iu their dilat
ed nostrils, widely spread hps, and staring
eyes, the signs ol mortal terror. Aud the
men, too, were sometimes Laocoous of ice
ntuluea of will ll 111-; Ueepaii.
l)ut, as a rule, deaih came quietly, as it
generally does in these cases, lill lobbing
the victim ol'lhe consciousness of approach
tug dentil, which begets an agotiized slnijr
gle for life, and stilling him wilh a stupor
said lo be ns delicious as it is deadly.
The death roll cannot yet bit made up
with any reasonable degree of certainty
e are only now getting detailed reports
Iroiii Ihe nearer settlements, and it will be-
fully a week ere these lire so complete as to
be trust worth v. Many of the missing will
not be found till spring, but it is sate to set
down all the missing as dead.
After carefully collating the various re
ports received thus far, und making all al
lowance for the remaining parts of tin
State, I am led to conclude that the loss of
life in Minnesota will range from two bun,
drcd aud ti fl v to three hundred. It is po6
sible, though uot probable, that the higher
liuurc may be reached. Almost all ot these
are men, iud the very large proportion of
them fathers of families in straitened cir
cumsUnces. The surviving widows aud
children will thus bo left without means of
support of any description. Tl1 charita
ble of the East will here tiud an object for
their sympathies.
Terrible Detw.ll oft lie Lute Modoc
Mavwacro
When on the 2'Jlb of November last Cap
tain Jack aud his Modoc warriors were
driven from their encampment on Lost
Kivcr, Or., a portion of the bund w ho had
for some months occupied a positioti across
ihe slream near the while settlement of
Tub Lake seized the opportunity to perpe
trate a most bloody massacre. William
lloddy, hi two stepsous, Kichaid aud
Willie C'tarigau, aud his soa-iu-law, Nich
olas hchcira, were cutting firewood in
this limber uot tar from their bourn, and
ab ut noon the team of the latter euinu
at a gallop, drivel less, dowu theroad
to the l'ui'in-houbc, aud as it drew"ueur
was seen to be covered with blood. Mis.
Scheira, thinking her husbaud had U-tu
thiowu out, ran up the roud a quarter oi a
mile, and found him lying by lue road side
shot through 'the dead, but still alive. He
expired iu a few minute, big ludiaus
dashed past her towards the house, aud
Mrs. .Scheira, at ouce susiectiu tiie truth,
hurried ou iu scuicll of the oilier men. A
little lurl her ou Kicliuru, the elder slepsou,
was discovered, killed and stripped nuked,
lying across his wagon. Horses uud
harness were gone. Mr. Bod Jy had beeu
chopping wood a quarter of a tuiie lurtin r
ou, aud a number ol Indians were seen at
that poiut. I'hu woman dared not go ou,
and luimd back lo laid Willie, who hud
beeu lending sheep near the luiuse, lying
in the held with a bullet through Ins breast
aud his throat cut, Only thu wouieu of
thu lamily escuiied. Their nexldoor neigh
bo- and ull Ins family but the witu were also
slaughtered. Toe two women, Mrs. lioUdy
aud Mrs. Scheira, traveled till dark iu thu
tw o feel of suow, aud sal down under a tree
lo wait lor morning, aud liuaily, totally es-bausU-d,
reached the Lost Kivtr bridge in
iheaitei'iioouol the uexid.iy. The Indians
had beeu threatening assault opuiily lor
mouths Until wus uot considered mat a
euard from tbe fori was uocarv. As il
i wu u,u services ol the soidwis were i-ouv
' .. . . . .
lluoU to discovering UUU lutelllug lue uu
IWtuualu victims.
A novel turkey hunt has been devised.
A turkey is lied to a stake, the hunters ar
ranged iu a circle ai.uud aud al some dis
tance fiom the slake, blindfolded uud bid
den lo "go." The fellow who lust gels
hold of the turkey has liim. The amount
of tumbling, bumping against each,
other aud sprawhug upon the, ground done
by the hunters beloro cue ol their number
weu. w
r i r
'(Now fterlesj, Vol. , So. 44.
j Oldster!, Vol. 3S, Mo.O.
:. ' codttslg Woa. ' I ' i
It isadrendfiil tblns 'for 'woma to
swear, but it's worse to be forever scald
ing I And if I were a married man. aud
must choose between 'Wearing and scbldius
habits iu my wife, I should choose an occV
sional swear to a continual scold.
IJut the play is tbe men don't est ilia
privilege of choosing, instead of this Dine
married women outoi every ten. are bain
tuul scolds.
IlUiKtthe cares of wifehood, nor Ibo
trials of ruothei hood that steel the roses
from the cheeks. Oh, no I It's the habit of
scolding and fiettiug that nine out of every
ten wives luuulge id. .
Of couise you, 11 ail say ibis is a mous
trous falsehood, and vail uie a sour old
maid, envious and jealous of tuy tuoro fortu
nate married sisters.
I'll not deuv that I'd rather be a urn rled
womnn than a siugls on, but us heaven is
my witness I'd rather live an old maid to
the eud of uiv davs than Sun manv of niv
sisters do, marry add become fruit uf, scold
ing wives.
N'o wonder the man learn to forsake their
homes and gradually grow indifferent to the
charii s that won them, w lieu so many wives
forget to lie charming, and fret auu scold
whenever they can secure a listeuer.
There's cure enough, and vexation
enough in the business lift) of any uihu to
make bim long lor rust aud quiet at
home.
But lo be met with a fretful complaint of
his Mary Ann's daily trials every time hu
steps into his comfortable home is enough
to drive suy reasonable man to distraction.
Oh 1 of course I know there's another
side to this qursliou, but it's uot my pur
pose to present it at this time.
Ami in conclusion I've ouly todcclaro it
to ho the result of careful observation that
I have discovered this truth.
The chief cause of so mauy married men
erasing to devote their spare moments to
wife nnd home, is that the wives JTrt censo
to be attractive, aud actually drive their
husbands from their sides by thuir own un
lovely behavior.
And scolding or fretting at little things is
the most common aud the tuost unlovely of
all.
Life in Arkunsas.
My Dkak Boy : The double-barrel tbat
you scut came safely to hand, and I was
ouly shot at once while I was carrying it
home. Bill Silver popped a. m from be
hind the fences as I was passing his house,
but I hud haided the two-shooter as soou as
I got it, aud lie didn't jump up from be
hind that fence but ouce.
I am glad that one of the barrels is a
rille, as I ueeded it for lonsprauge practice.
The oilier I can fill with buck shot, aud can
riddle a man nicely at close quarters. 1
i nea u lo try both barrels on those Jells
when I meet them. You sew, old man Jett
stole a mule from us iu ths war, and when
it was over pap IsiJ for bi:u aud killed
him. Tin u higher Tom Jett, as we called
him the black faced one he laid for pap
aud plugged him. Then I picked a fuss
with Tom and cut him into giblets, aud
since thai time his brother Sam has hscu
laying for me. 1 know it is his luru, but
I lliink my double-barrel will prove too
mcu-u foi trim.
If you wbut to see fun come down for n
while aud briug a rille. Il don't make any
diUi-reuce which side you belong to, and it
isn't even necessary to join the militia. It
is easy to get up a grudge against some
body, and all you have to do is to lay fur
your mau aud kuock him over. ' Behind
my pig-peu is the sweetest bidiug place I
know of, and it is so handy 1 A good many
people come within range iu the course of
a week, und a man cau pass his lime right
pl-R8antly.
1 wish you would send me a catalogue of
Sunday-school books, with the prices, if
there are any iu St. Louis. If we cau get
them ou lime, we will take a big lot of
books. lain superintendent of the Bap
tist Sunday-school now, and am running
it uuder a full head of steam. Old mau
Byers, who was turned out, is right mad
about it. and swears that he will chaw me
up; but he will chaw lead if he dou't keep
clear of me.
My wile wants to know if you cau't send
her n set of teeth without her getting meas
ured for them. Her Iweuty-llve dollar set
was busted all to flinders by a pistol shot
that went through her mouth; but it didn't
hurt her tongue.
Write soon to your frieud and pard.
P. S. That sueaking, ornery cuss, Sam
Jk'.c, crept up last night aud fired at me
through the window, but he didn't happen
to kill anybody exeept a nigger girl. I
mean to go for him, though, to-day, and
will lie glad of a chance to try the double
barrel. Dovr.rt, Ark., Oct. 3, 1972.
How Drinking Cai'sk-i Apoplexy.
Il is the essential nature of all w ines aud
spirits to send an increased amount of
blood to the brain. The first etlict of
taking a glass of w ine or stronger fruui of
alcholiol, is to send I lie, liloo.l tuxrs taster
tliuu commou, hence ihe circulation that
gives the red face. It increases the activity
of ihe brain, aud it works faster, and so
does ihe touuu. Bat as the b! J goes to
the brain faster than conmioji, it returns
faster, aud uo special harm results. But
suppose a man keeps ou driukiiijf, the
blood is sent to the brain so fast, iu such
large quantities, that iu order lo make
room for it Ihe arteries have lo enlarge
themselves ; they increase iu s'dte, and iu
doing so they press against the more yield
ing flaccid veins which carry the blood
out of the brain aud thus diuiiuish their
size, their pores, I lie result being that the
blood is not ouly curried to the arteries of
tbe brain faster I ati ts natural or health
ful, but it is prevented from leaving it us
fust as usual ; hence, a double set of causes
of death are iu operatiou. Heuce, a tuau
may drink enough uf braudy or other
spirits iu a few hours, or eveu miuiites, lo
bring ou a fatal attack of apoplexy. This
is literally being dead drunk. lr. J tall.
A Makkikd ladt who has many ad
lu'uers was in c impauy, recently, where
the marriage lie was the subject of conver
kuliou, and a pleasant sparring arose be
tween Iter husband, also pretcnt, aud her
self. "Ah, "she exelaiined al length, "you
tlo not think so Liguly ot the hy menial
knot as 1 do I" "Yes, I do," he replied,
"and il is ouly when you wish lo make it a
double beau kuot that I object lo it."
A little girl, daughter of a clergyman,
being led one day to "tend door" and
obeying a summons of Iho bull, found a
gentleiuau on the steps who wished to- see
her 'father. "Father isn't in," said she,
'but if it's anything about your soul 1 can
attend to you. I know lbs whole plan of
salvation."
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dciod sugan MixalLiaa farina kettle or, ,
a pilcljer. aud staud'itu a kettle of , cold nif 1
water ivac lha.Arw. atir occislouaUy uu-. ( ,
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a mould lu iced water, pour in the Uanu
uianje, aud aland- aside to cool. When
cool, turn it out of the mold; aud terra
with suxaraad cream'.
Boiled Haddock. Scrape clean anT
empty llie Beb, and fasten Ibo tail firmly
in the mouth. Tie it lu a weU-doured cloUr
and lav it iu a fish kettle or ordinary sauoo
pan. Cover It with col J water aud let U
heat slowly. When it simmers, pusliUw
kettla back to pswnt boiling, and eriiri--mer
gently for vweuty -.liluutea; or, if the
hsh is very larga, half au hour. 8ervu
with melted- batter, parsley aud slices of
hard boiled eggs.
Bcttir CaKb,To half a pouod of
butler add the saute quantity of brown su
gar, three eggs, tlie nliU" of tw- lemons,'
quarter of an ounce of cinnamon and a tn
blespoonful of giogur. Work into it a
niucli flour as will make It a paste, cut ii
into eliuK-9, and strew over the top some
powdered ulmonds and' cfttidicd oAilge
peel. Buke iu a slow oven.
Eva's Pcddixo. Grate three-quartern'
of a pound of bread; mix- it willi tho same
quantity of finely slired suet, the stnne of
apples and the same of currants.' Mix
with these four eggs beaten to a froth; Put
it iulo a shape and boil three hours. Serve,
with pudding sauce, iu which is a littlef'
lemon Juice.
Children's Loaf Cake. Five cupe
of dough, two of sugar, oue of butter,
giound caraway seed aud two eggs. Line
pans with buttered paper, and bake aa
soou as light. Una home made yeast:
Oiianoh 1'tE. A few good1, tender
juicy oranges, skinned, cm up and placed
under a ci ust.aa oue would do with apples,
make a really good pie.
"So, Boss." Mr. Jones, one evening in
fly-time, having been provokingty lashed
in the face, tied the tail of the cow bo wns:
milking very securely to bis hoot-strap.
Everything went on smoothly for a lime,,
and Mr. .Jones congratulated himself on'
the stratagem. Presently, however, tfio .
cow took a notion to lash a fly that was
biting her. Mr. Jones chuckled some when
he fell the pull at his boot-strap ; but the
chuckling wus cut short, for "Bossie,"
finding that she could not touch her tor
mentor, suddenly started, aud, and, as" Mr.
Jones was trot prepared for such a demon
stration, be was upset, and the contenta'
of the pail distributed over bis person. Tbe
cow stopped for a moment, aud iu that time
our hero had gained his feet ; in au instant
after he was seeu with bis baud on the hip
of the cow, makiug the tour of the fartn-.
yard with prodigious bops upon one foot.
At every hop be would ejaculate, "So, Boss!
Uo, lioss I" Uut "Boas" didu't"o" worth.
a cent. At lust the boot attachment gave
way, and Mr. Jones returned to tbe house
a wiser if uot a Bidder mau. ,
BrLLisov AcricE to' Jbtt. By aw!'
means, Joe, get hurried if you have got a
fair show. Dou't stand shivering ou thu
bank, but pitch iu aud stick your head uu
der, aud the shiver is over. There ain't
enny more trick in getting married after
you're ready than there u' in eating pea
nuts. Mauy a man has etood shivering on
the shore till nwl run out. Don't expect to'
marry an augel; them have awl been pick
ed up loug ago. Remember, Joe, you ain't
a saint yourself. Don't marry for buty
exclusively. Buly is like ice. awful slip
pery and thaws dredl'ul easy. Dou't mar-'-ry
for luv neither; luv is like a cooking
stove, good for nothing when the fuel give,
out. But marry a mixture; and let- the'
mixture be some buty becomingly dressed,
wilh about 2200 iu her pocket, a good spel
ler, handy and neat iu the house, pleuty of
good sense, a lull' constitution aud by-la w?;
small leet and a warm heart. This mix
ture w ill keep iu any climate, and not evap
orate. If the cork happens to be left ofT
for two or three miuutes Ihe streugtK'al&'f
all gone, Joe. For heaven's sake don't
mnrry for pedigree. Thar ain't much it
Mdigtee unless il is bucked by bank slock.
A family with nothiug but pedigree gener
ally hicks sense.
CONsOLATW'.-. "Which of these roftdr'.
leads to the villi. of Wilton?" inquired ay
Yankee traveler us" lie enme lo a place'
where the road hu was traveling forks I in
dillerent directions, of uu urchin who sal
upon a log iiiiar by, uud whose appearance
indicated tbat he was evidently a speci
men :
"ja.j rDe of 'sin, sirK" answered Ibo
"Which Is the beet, uiy lad?" luquired'
the traveler.
"Ain't nary one on 'em the best"
"Which is the nearest?'
'Ain't much dillereaee."
" W hich do you think I had belter take?"
"You may tovke any on 'em; aud afore,
you pet half-way thar'you'U wish you had
tuck t'other one."
When three Irishmen dug a ditch for
which they w ere lo receive four dollars.the
trouble was bow to divide four among"
three aud have it equal. Oue of them re
mained quiet aud lue other two al last de
ferred to his judguent, as he had bneoto'
scbool and knew arithmetic, to make t!V
division. He did it at ouce,saying,"Its aisy
enough! Shure there's two for you two, and
two for me, too." "Begorra," said one of
his co-laborer, "what a great thing it isto
have 1 truing." "Aud," said the otner;
us he poekcled his sicgls dollar, "to know
'rithnietic, tool It's tbe like ot us two' I
never divided them four dollar tqunlly." .
A Womas consulted the surgeon nt sv
free hospital tbe other day. swid he ordered'
her "bi-carbouate of potash." She imme
diately inquired if tt was absolutely oec s
sry to buy eurbutiale of potusl aa her
brother was a chemist aud diu-ist auu
would give bur sotue.
A exchange puts tt truly, although In a
facetious uiauner, as follows : A follow
who has actually tried it,savs that although
there are three scruples lu a dram, tbu
more drams jou take tbe less scruples you,
have.
''Six fret In tiis boots ! " exclaimed Mrs.
Beeswax. "What will the impudence of"
this world come to, 1 wonder? Why, they
might as well tell mo that a man bad six
head tu hfs bat."
The enterprising Indivinual who Is or
gauizing a brass band of twenty women
says that If they learn half aa many "airs'
as they put on, the experiment aannot fait!
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