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in length, ?10 per year.
Legal notices at established rates.
These rates are low, and no deviation
ivill bo made, or discrimination anion
patrons. The rates ollcrcd are such, t
ill make it to the advantage of men doi.
business in the limits of the circulation of
tlie paper to advertise liberally.
. Cidor Topers.
When the Massachusetts Legislature
under temperance pressure, passed a
stringent Anti-Liquor law, they, they
saved the cider of the good deacons,
and so kept their freendship. The Ger
man was deprived of his beer, but the
cider of the Deacon was sacred from
the unmannerly attack of the staute.
Already, the effect of general cider
drinking is showing itself in the rural
Forest
Me
PUBLICAN.
TERMS, 2.00 A YEAR.
To Subscriptions received for a horter
period than tliroe months.
Correspondence solicited from all part
or the country. No notice will bo taken of
aanonyinous communication.
Marriagos and Death notices lnsortcd
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Let us havo Faith that Right makes Might ; and in that Faith let us to tho end, dare do our duty as we understand it"--LINCOLN.
VOL. III. NO. 48.
TIONESTA, PA., TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1871.
$2 FER ANNUM.
TIONESTA LODGE, NO. 477.
I. O. Gh T.
II Teeta every Wednesday evonlng, at
III o'clock.
W. R. DUNN, W. C. T.
V. W. TATE. W. 8.
. ItaWTON FBTTia. MILU w. tatb.
PKTTIS & TATK,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
4h3trtt, TIOXESTA.PA.
Iiaae Ash,
ATTORHKY AT LAW, OH City. Pa.
Will practice In the varloua Courts of
Forest County. All business entrusted to
i rare will receive, prompt attention,
18 ly
W. K. Latlvy,
ATTORNEY AT T,AW AND SOLICT
TOK IN BANKUTPTCY, Tionesta,
forest Co., Pa., will practice In Clarion,
Venango and Warren Counties. Ofllce on
Elm Htreet, two doors above Lawrence's
recery store. tf.
W. W. Masor,
ATTORNEY AT T.AW. Offlce on Elm
N(reet, above Walnut, Tionesta, Pa.
C. W. Gllflllan,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Franklin, Ye
nango Co., Pa. tf.
N. B. Smiley,
ATTORNEY aT LAW, Petroleum Cen
tre, I'a. Will praatice in the several
Courta of Forest Couuty. Si-ly
Holmes House,
qnONESTA, PA., opposite the Depot.
1 C. D. Mabie, Proprietor. Good Sta
bling connected with the house. tf.
Jos. Y. Saul,
PRACTICAL Harness Maker and Sad
dler. Three doors north of Holmes
House, Tionesta, Pa. All work ia war
ranted, tf.
Syracuse House,
TIDIOUTF, r a., J. A D Maokb, Prople
tors. The house has been thoroughly
refitted and is now In the nrat-class order,
with the best of accommodations. Any
nforniation concerning Oil Torritory at
this polut will be choorfullr furnished,
-ly J. AD. MAUKE,
Exchange Hotel,
IOWKR TIDIOUTE, Ta., D.'H. Rami
J dbrl A Sox Prop's. This house having
been rented is now Mis most desirable stop
ping place in Tidioute. A good Billiard
Koom attached. e-ly
National Hotel,
TRVINETON, PA. W. A. Hallenback,
Proprietor. This hotel is N it w, and is
..9W open as a first class house, situate at
re Junction of the Oil Creek A Allegheny
.liver and Philadelphia A Erie Railroads,
pposite the Depot. Parties having to lay
ver trains will find this the most conveu
nt hotel In town, with first-class accom
modations and reasonable charges, tf.
TifTt Sons & Co.'s
"NTEW ENGINES. The undersigned have
II for sale and will receive orders for the
above Kngino. Messrs. TilVt Sons A Co.
are now sending to this market their 12
forse Power Kngine with H-Horse Power
Boiler peculiarly adapted to doep wells.
Offices at Duncan A Chalfaiit's, dealera
in Well Fixtures, Hardware, Ac, Main St.
next door to Chase House, .Plcasaiitville,
ami at Mansion House, Titusville.
tf. K. BHETT A SON, Agents.
Joln, K.. Ha Hock f
A TTORNEY AT LAW and Solicitor of
J Fatenta.No. 5ou French strcot( opposite
Heed House) Erie, Pa. Will practice in
tha several State Courts and the United
States CourU. Special attention (riven to
soliciting patents for Inventors ; Infringe
ments, re -issue and extension of patents
iMi-elullyaltenile.il to. Itol'ercnccs: Hon.
Barnes Campboll, Clarion ; Hon. John S.
McCalmont. Franklin; H. L. A A. 11.
Richmond, MeadvUlo; W. E. Lathy. Ti
onesta. 2 7
Dr. J. L. Acorrb,
PHYSICIAN AND SURO EON, who haa
had fifteen years' experience in a large
and successful practice, will attend all
Professional Calls. Olliee in his Drug and
Grocery Store, located in Tidioute, iioar
Tidioute House.
IN HIS STORE WILL BE FOUND
A full assortment of Medicines, Liquors
Tobacco, Cigars, Stationery, Glass, Paints,
Oils, Cutlery, and tine Groceries, all of the
best quality, aud will be sold at reasonable
rates.
II. It. BURGESS, an experienced Drug
gist from New York, has charge of tho
Store. All prescriptions put up accurately.
w. pj
MerciUlott,
Attorney at Jjw .
AND
HEAL ESTATE AGENT.
TIONESTA, PA
r-tf
JOHN A. DALE, PREt'T.
bHN A. PROPER, VICE PREST. A. M. STEELE, CASHR,
TIOISTZEST-A.
SAVINGS BANK,
Tionesta, Forest Co., I'a.
Thla Bank transact a General Banking,
Collecting and KicliHliL'O llusincss.
Drafts on the l'rincipal Cities of the
United Suites and Europe bought and sold.
Gold and Silver Coin and Government
Bueurities bouuht and sold. 7-30 1 loads
converted on thu niOHt favorable terms.
Interest allowed outiuio deposits.
Mar. 4, tf.
NOTICE.
TTt. J. N. UOLARD, of Tidioute, has
XJ roturiisd to his practice ullcr an ab
sence of four mouths, spent lu tho llo.-.pi-UlsofNew
York, v. hero will attend
calls in his profession.
oilice in Kurekn Drug Store, 31 door
above- the hunk, Tidioute, Pa. 4'Jtf
$10
MADE FROM
50 C1S-
Something urgently needod by everybody
t all and examine, or ban. pics sent postage
paid (or .'i0 cts Ihnt retail easilv for fin. R.
I. WoWrt, 11 CVtlhrm Sj.,V. Y. 14 ft
GREAT EXCITFMENT!
at thelStore of
D. S. KNOX, & CO.,
Elm St., ioneita Pa.
We are In dally receipt 01 the argestand
MOST COMPLETE stock
OROCERIEH
and
PROVISIONS,
EVER BROUGHT TO THIS MARKET
BOOTS & SHOES !
TOR THB
MILLIONS!
which w are determined to sell regardless
of prices.
HARDWARE
AND
Uouse Furnishing Goods, Iron, Nails,
Machine tools, Agricultural Implements,
Ac, Ac,, Ac, which we offer at greatly re
duced price.
FURNITURE I FURNITURE 1 !
of all kinds,
PARLOR SUITS,
CHAMBER SETS,
LOUNGES,
WHATNOTS,
erRINfl BEDS,
MATRESSES,
LOOKING GLASS
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In ENDLESS VARIETY. Call and see,
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and the voting and must become
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this will be the book most loved and tho
meat frequently referred to in the family.
Every page has pnssod under tho critical
eye of the great poet.
WM.l'UhLiSS Jilt YAM .
Bare chance for best agents. The only
book of its kind ever sold bv subscription.
Send at once for circulars, Ac, to
GKO. MACLEAN, Publisher,
86-tt 710 Sansom St., Philadelphia, Pa.
SEASON OF 1870-71.
MASON & HAMLIN CABINET
ORGANS.
Important Improvemens.
ratent Juno 21st and August 2;id, 1S70.
REDUCTION OF PRICES.
The Mason A Hamlin Organ Co., have
the pleasure of announcing Important im
provements in their Cabinet Organs, forr
which Patents wore granted them in June
and August last. Thoso are not merely
meretricious attachments, but enhance the
substantial excellence of the instruments.
They are also enabled by increased facil
ities a largo new manufactory, they hopo
hereafter to supply all orders promptly.
The Cabinot organs inuiln by tins Com
pany are of such universal reputation, not
only throughout America, but also in Ku-
rope, that few will need assurance of their
superiority
They now offer Four Octavo Cabinet Or
gans, in quite plain eases, but equal accord
ing to their capacity to anything they make
for (00 each.
The samo, Doub'e Reed, PVi, Five Oc
tave Double Reed Organs, Five Stops, Willi
Knee swell and Tremulant, lu elegant case
with several of thu Mason and Hamlin
improvements, $15. The same Extra
with new Vox Humana, Automatic Swell
etc., 8150. Five Octaves, throe sets Heeds,
seven stops with Euphoue; a splendid in
struments, tJ.2A.
A now illustrated catalogue with full
information, and repuced prices, is now
ready, and wil be sent free, w.th a testi
monial circular, presenting a great mass of
evidence as to the superiority of these in
struments, to anv one sending his address
to MASON A llAMUN ORGAN CO., 151
Tremont Street, Boston, oa jWJ Broadway,
N. Y. ao-t
4.00 P. M. Freight aud Accommodation
daily. -
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Mark Twain, and no trouble, to sell. Big
1'iolits. Send tor terms ami illustrated 1J
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ihhers, No. 7W ;inom St., Philadelphia.
Love and a Farm.
Quito a number of odd and amus
ing scenes frequently occur with par
ties who visit the Clerk's office for the
purpose of securing the necessary doc
ument to legalize their marriage. But
the other day, a young man, about
twenty -one, accompanied by one of
the opposite sex, equally as young, as
cended the main steps of the court
house, and then, on being directed to
tho Clerk's office, took up the line of
march for its hallowed precincts.
Reaching, he refused to enter.
The rustic maiden, who was ex
tremely anxious to see the marriage
prog, am me carried to a successful is
sue, looked upon him with pleading
eyes, and then taking him by the hand,
in the most tender manner, besecched
him to go to the court and obtain the
license.
"Oh ! came along. Jake ; what's the
use backin out?" lull in dulcet tones
up Jacob's ear.
"Melindy, I can't. The old man will
give mo fits if I marry you."
"Ilave'nt you told mo a thousand
time that you would marry me in
spite of the old man?"
"Yesi yes! but there is
"Is what?"
"Why, tho farm."
"Plague take the farm."
"Yes, but, Melindy," reasoned her
lover, "hadn't we better wait till the
old man dies, aud then I'll have the
farm, sure?"
"Dod rot his old soul, he'll live fif
teen years yet; there's no die in him.
Come along now and git that ere li
cense; I ain't a-going to bo put Off
any more."
"I'll tell you what I'll do, Melindy,
dear."
"Well, spit her out."
"If the old man holds out agin my
having you till Christmas I'll marry
you then, farm or no farm."
"Sure?"
"As sure as my name is Jacob."
"Well, let her go then till Christ
mas, but if you back out then, Jake,
look sharp.
"I'll toe the scratch then, by jingo,
if the old man turns me olf the iunn
with a double-barrel shotgun.eertaiu,"
and Jake looked as if he would.
"Well, let's bind the bargain with a
kiss or two and go homo; but look
it if yon nut it ff any lontrer than
Christmas.
"I won't back out any more', darned
if I Jo."
Thus re-assured on being married by
Christmas, Meliudydrew off" with her
Jako.
Detecting Counterfeit Notes.
Many of the women engaged in the
redemption bureau, at Washington,
become exceedingly expert in detect
ing counterfeits, matching fragments
of notes, aud counting currency. The
ends of their fingers are educated to
such a degree of sensitiveness that they
discover counterfeits by simply feeling.
A gentleman who, I think, must have
been slightly jealous of this competi
tion in the labor market, said : "No
wonder they count money rapidly.they
are so light-fingered." But their super
ior officers bear witness to the fact, nut
only that lightness of fingers enables
them to count money rapidly, but that
they possess a quickness of preceptiou
by which they count with lewer mis
takes than men. It seems hard, though
no doubt necessary, that if, in spite of
their carefulness, a counterfeit docs es
cape their facile fingers, or an error
occur iu their reckoning, they are
obliged to make up tho loss from their
own pockets. New clerks often lose
considerable sums in couscquenco of
such mistakes.
A Rockingham Girl.
The man who gets one of our best
Rockingham girls for a wife, snvs the
Register of that place, does a splendid
business for himself. No portion of tho
country that we have ever seen or
heard of can furnish more enterprising
w(lme lhim ours widower ill Clark
Ar . . ., ...
county, a., had the good fortune to
get one oi our iocKinguuiu gins, v. no,
from her poultry alone, t'te past sea
son, made almost euough to support a
small family. This lady raised, from
five turkey hens, seveuty-live turkeys.
In addition to these she raised between
300 and 400 chickens. Hhe sent forty.
niuo of her turkeys to Washington
the week before Christmas, aud ob
tained for them tvveuty cents per
pound, the lot bringing 91.10. She
has sold Sill. 10 worth of poultry this
fall and winter. In one month she
gathered and sold fifty-two dozen of
eggs. This lady is a young housekeep
er, too, and has tho care of a growing
family upon her hands.
The Eliuira Gazette is responsible
for the truth of tho following :
Young men who go to see girls have
adopted a new way of obtaining- k.sses.
They assert, on authority of scientific
writers that tho concussion produced
by a kiss will cause the flame f a gas
. . II I 1 !1 1 I
jet to uiCKer, ana easily luwuuu tuts gin
to experiment iu tho interest of science.
The first kis or two tho parties watch
the (lame to sec it llickcr if it wants to.
A Solemn Old Joke.
Judge Winans, who is ordinarily as
grave as a grave-stone, kept the House
laughing, the other day, while attempt
ing to get the Speaker's eye, and so ob
tain the floor. "Mr. Speaker," cried
tho Judge to Mr. Dawes, who was in
the chair.
Speaker The gentleman is not in
order.
Winans I'd like to be told, Mr.
Speaker, how you know that before I
say what I want. Laughter.
Speaker Tho gentleman wilT take
his neat.
Winans Is there anything in the
rules that requires me to be seated be
fore I have said a word ?
Speaker The gentleman is not in
order, and the Speaker cannot proceed
with the business until order is restored.
Winans Would it be straining a
point of order for me to address the
Chair? Loud laughter. Voices from
over the House, "Mr. Speaker!" "Mr.
Speaker."
Speaker Gentlemen will resume
their seats.
Cox Does that include the gentle
man from Ohio?
Speaker The Speaker has not yet
recognized the gentleman from Ohio.
Winans I thought ns much. I have
here, Mr. Speaker, a pair of spectacles
of great magnifying power. Shall I
show them to the Chair, so that I may
be seen? Roars of laughter all over
the House.
Speaker Tho gentleman is out of
order.
Winans I rise to a point of order.
Speaker The gentleman from Ohio
will state his point.
Winans That a motion to adjourn
is always in order. Great laughter.
Speaker Does the gentleman from
Ohio move to adjourn?
Winans That was my wish when
the Speaker invited me to be seated.
Laughter.
Speaker Does the gentleman from
Ohio move to adjourn ?
Winans No ; got over my hurry.
And so the Judge sat down with im
mense gravity, and the House fairly
convulsed.
What a Traveler Thinks of the Erie
Road.
to tne eatior vfinc aun .- -
Sir : The simple justice which ever
characterizes your straightforward pa
per is not more opparcnt iu anything
than in its references to matters con
cerning the Erie Road. Having passed
over a portion of its length recently,
I took particular care to notico the
manner iu which officials aud em
ployees discharged their duty, the con
dition of track and rolling stock, sys
tem of night signals, running regula
tions, itc, aud I can ouly say, that all
that human foresight can accomplish
to attain absolute safety, is done.
I had no predilections for the rond
or any of its officers ; but I was charm
ed, aud cannot now wonder that, with
its broad gauge, quick time, smooth
track, aud elegant coaches, it is rapid
ly becoming the favorite' line, as the
increased facilities required for passen
ger traffic plainly show. It is time
that lalsehood aud misrepresentation
should he rebuked, ami the truth
known. Let the people know where
their wishes are consulted, and they
will not be long in showing their tip
pteciatiou of it. Lever.
It is well known that, in different
parts of the world, there are people
who eat earth ; among them are some
of the natives of Java, who eat a red
kind of earth as a luxury. This earth,
which is mil and smooth to the touch,
has been analyzed by a German chem
ist, who finds it very rich in iron, with
a small quantity of potassa and soda.
Some tribes cat earth to stay the pangs
of hunger by filling their stomachs,
and because at times they can get
nothing better ; but the people in Java
eat their earth baked iu thin cakes, as
ati agreeable variety in their general
diet. Tho cakes, when slightly mois
tened, are rich and unctuous, and the
enjoyment in eating is supposed to
consist in the sensation produced by a
fatty substance. It is a curious fact
iu the history of human habits.
It is singular how the seemingly
most important things will slip a man's
mind unless he is constantly reminded
of them. A Minnesota man, after
living there a year or two and enjoying
himself, had got all ready to get mar
ried; when one day he received a let
ter from Maine, and on opening it
found it was from wife, asking for
money to support the children. All
that time the fact of his having a wife
aud childreu had slipped his mind.
A team of reindeer is driven this
winter through tho streets of Copen
hagen by t'ne Danish King. These
reindeer wero presented to Christian
IV., of Denmark, by his bruther-in-law,
Charles XV., of Sweden.
A Philadelphia paper maliciously
accuses a coteiuporary of cutting off'
the w hiskers iu a picture w hich once
did service as a portrait of Dickens,
and publishing it as a true portrait
of Hanlon, the murderer.
A Bitter Sarcasm.
In the Golden City, a gentleman by
1 I T I ; T
iue name oi uoues recounts ins expert
ence of juries. He lived in the small
town of Bloodandthundcrville, where
he saw a man brought in "not guilty" ,
of murder because he had shot tho se-1
ducer of his wife. This gave him an 1
idea. He remembered that in by-gone j
days, one Mr. McMichael had horsc
vhipped him with impunity. Thirst-
ing for revenge, Jones went off" and
shot McMi'dinel ; he was brought to j
trial, and told the jury that ho onre j
had a wife who loved him till the
spoiler came, and that spoiler's name
was McMichael. Instantly the jury ''
roared out "not guilty." Then he shot '
a man who pulled his nose in days of.
yore. hen the twelve heard hira
sob, "I had a sister once who," they
tnndly yelled "not guilty." Then he
killed a man who had caned him.
"Ah, gentlemen." said he to the quo
decemviri, "have you mothers-in-law?
I had one once, but this viper, this asp,
this corba di cnpalla, this anaconda,
this boa-constrictor, the deceased "
"not, guilty," they yelled in rhorus.
Mr. Jones had another enemy who had
cowhided him. He murdered him also,
but by this time all his dssolute rela
tives had been used up, and when he
sobbed, "Ah, gentlemen, I had a cat,"
the jury absurdly refused to render a
verdict of "not guilty," and so his
lawyer had to get a uew trial for him,
which he did, and thus cleared him.
He is now afraid to do bloody deeds.
Formation of Character.
If you ever watched an icicle as it
formed, you would have noticed how
it froze, or.e single drop at a time, un
til it was foot long or more. If the
water was clean, the icicle remained,
and sparkled iu the sun ; but if the
water was slightly muddy, the icicle
looked foul, aud its rare beauty was
spoiled.
Just so our characters are formed.
One little thought or feeling at a time
adds its influence. If every thought
be pure and right, the soul will be
bright and lovely, and will sparkle
with happiness; but if there be many
thoughts or feelings impure and wrong,
the mind will be soiled, the character
depraved and darkened, and there will
be final deformity and wretchedness.
How important, tueu, unit, we annum
be on our guard against every evil im
pulse aud desire, and hear not to the
voice of the wicked."
The Dandy. The effeminate man
is a weak poultice. lie is a cross be
tween root beer and ginger-pop, with
the cork left out; a fresh-water mer
maid found in a cow pasture with hands
filled with dandelions. He is a teacup
full of syllabub; a kitten iu panta
lettes; a sick monkey with a blonde
mustache. He is a vine without any
tendril ; a fly drowned in oil ; a paper
kite in a dead calm, lie lives like a
butterfly nobody cau tell why. He
is as harmless as a cent's worth of
spruce gum, and as a shirt button with
out a hole. He is as lazy as a bread
pill, and has no more hope than a last
year's grasshopper. He goes through
Hfo on tiptoes, and dies like cologne
water spilt over tho ground.
Ohio is bragging over a man with a
wonderful memory. Ho is fif'ty-threo
vearsofage. illiterate and nearly blind,
but he remembers the occurrences of
every day since January 1, 1828, when
he was nine years old. Mention any
date to him iu the last forly-four years
and he tells instantly what day of the
week it was, what sort of weather pre
vailed, and what he was working at
and conversed about. A gentleman
who proposed a test provided himself
with a journal for forty-five years, and
after several severe cross-examinations,
proved the Ohio to bo correct inva
riably. An exchange gives the statistics of
the Good Templars. Their lodges
number 5,480, withs membership very
nearly of 335,250. The IJritish Amer
ican provinces have 4G7 lodges with
20,703 members, and Scotland haa "'2
lodges and 3,400 members. New York
lends the list with 914 lodges and 7"v
000 members. The principles of ihe
Order are rigid, total abstinence for
life, and no compromise in any respect
with liquor selling or liquor using as a
beverage.
On the occasion of the assumption
of the imperial dignity by the King,
the Crown Prince wore the Order of
the Garter, which was not, however,
verv r-nnsnieunus. licit!' liurtinllv hid-
j . .
den by tho high boots forming part of
the military costume. Ho wore it not
merely for display, but (he said) in the
hope that the insignia' of the highest
order of chivalry iu England would
bring luck, peace and prosperity to
the future empire and tho Fatherland.
A young lady explained to a prin
ter the other day thu distinction be
tween printing and publishing, and at
tho conclusion of her remarks, by way
of illustration, she said: "You. may
print a kiss on my checks, but you
must not publish it." He took her at
her word, and then went immediately
and ordered a suit of clothing for his
wedding.
Bliss of Ignorance.
Mr. Charles Laplace is old be is
verging on three score and ten; hut
he sometimes looks buck along the
aisle of time and sees dimly outlined
in the distance some beautiful flower
that he loved when passing that way,
and recalls the pleasure that it gave
him. Sitting by his lonely fireside, he
often indulges in these reflections, and
odo night recently they came trooping
around him like old friends, aud the
old man shut his eyes that his mental
vision might become more clear. Just
then soft warm lips were pressed lov
ingly on his hrow. It sent a thrill
through him like fire. If it was a de
lusion, he throught it the sweetest be
had ever known. For fear that the
sensation would vanish if ho opened
his eyes, he persistently closed them,
and ever and anon the soft warmth of
thoso fresh, sweet lips would caress his
face, brow and neck. It was electrical.
Surely, he had a fairy visitant, for he
heard no footstep, not even the rustle
of a tiress. But the tuspense at last
became intolerable, and he opened his
eyes to see the fair floffef that memo
ry and love had conjured up. It was
his Maltese cat ! JV. O. Pic.
A man has just been dismissed out
of the workhouse of Gratz, Austria,
who prides himself on having received
more lashes and blows with a cane
than any man living. He has publicly
been whipped 26 times, both by civ
il and military authorties. Ihe exact
number of blows that have come into
contact with the rear part of his body
cau not be accurately given, but the
man himself states that he knows for
certain that he received, for deserting
from the army fivo times, twelve thous
and six hundred and twenty-one
stripes. As this number has been ap
plied to him at five difleret.t punish
ments, we can guess at the hugo num
ber he must have received at the other
twenty-ono occasions.
"It is said," reports the Boston llct
alii, "that some four or five years ago
the clerks employed iu one of the
banks that has recently suffered from
defalcation, applied to the directors
for an increase of salaries. The re
quest was not granted, but the cleiks
were told if they needed more money
they must earn it outside.
r ili tf utnhtna nr. gutnont rt ehar-
acter in Denver, read in the columns
of a paper he detested that he could
not live, aud, though expected to die
every hour, he determined to recover
to spite the scoundrel of au editor.and
to prove him an infernal liar. And he
did. Anger iu many cases is better
than medicine.
A citizen of New Orleans writes to
the papers au inquiry whether strych
nine given by tho police, to dogs is
"pizen," and if so whether "it won't
pizen the human being after sassengers
is made." This pprtinent inquiry has
begun an interesting scientific discus
sion iu the Crescent city.
A jeweller of Saest, in Prussia, 95 a
New lear s present, sent to the Crown
Prince of Prussia a gold watch-chain.
in which portraits of the leaders of
the German armies and of the most
prominent battle-fields are worked iu
a most ingenious manner.
In the election campaign now going
on iu Burlington, Vt., one candidate
charges another aspirant with buying
soup bones at the market and sticking
a pair of turkeys' legs through the
top of the basket to "make a show in
the street."
A lady in London got the idea into
her heal that the devil was iu her, and
hung herself. If women go hanging
themselves for a little thing like that,
they are going to be mighty scarce,
that is all.
"Why," asks an enthusiastic gush
er, "why, oh, why is love like a can
al boat? aud knowing that conundrums
are not intended to be guessed, he replies
to his owu question, "because it is au
internal transport."
A San Francisco wife applied for a
divorce from her husband on the ground
that he was a "confounded fool." As
the husband contested the suit, it is
generally believed tho chargo she
makes against him is well-founded.
If a citizen of Boston wants a glass
of lager beer he cau go right down
stairs and get one, the wliolo city
being undermined by a continuous
succtssiou of lager beer saloons.
A German in Richmond, Ind., spoke
iu Germati to a French lady who,
not utii'.erslanding.thought his remarks
insulting aud went for him with a club.
He buys his arnica, by tho barrel.
Mrs. Field, of Fenton, Mich., lost
her power of speech, and after remain
ing a mute fuur years, has suddeuly
recovered it. The best short hand re
porter can't keep up with her now.
Chicago enterprise is almost equal
to that of New York in every particu
lar. It has even its rows of buildings
fulling and crushing peoplo to death
with metropolitan, regularity.
Boston dunces more than any other
city in tho country. It is also liimuus
for its rih balls.
districts, and the Boston Traveler, the
organ of the Temperance crusader?,
after confessing that the faces and the
manners of the cider drinkers exhibit
the effect of their free potations, quotes
a medical pamphlet, published nearly
a century ago ia England, in which
sickness in Devonshire was charged to
the use of cider. Such persons, it is
said, have the colic,and upon this gout
supervenes. Ihcy take m "such a
quantity of crude gross tartar, that
the blood beeomc9 acrid ; the bile is
rendered acid, and produces much mis
chief, bringing on pains, anxieties and
spasms." Soeh is the retribution
the .Massachusetts deacons bring on
themselves for their unjust discrimina
tion). As the Traveller very justly re
marks, "Peoplo who have iived in
places where cider is freely drank,
need not be told that the 'cider topers'
are tho most unfortunato class of
drukards."
There is a wav to reach tho heait.
even of the most hardened. . A youri;;
widow in Berlin, returning home after
a short absence, found this note lay
ing on her table:
"Madam: 1 came here with the inten
tion of robbing you.but the sight of tho
little room decorated with religous
pictures and two sweet little children
quietly sleeping in their bed.touched my
heart. Tho small amount of money J v-
ing in your drawer 1 leave untouched.
and take the liberty of leaving fifty
dollars besides.
A correspondent informs us that
Abington. Illinois, has a woman
kickist who could discount a mule.
The merchants in that town have a
fashion of filling the sidewalks with
their goods. The lady in question,
funding a barrel of salt in her way in'
frout of a grocery Btore.promptly lifted
her No. 3 boot and kicked the bar
rel into the streets. It took two men to
put it back.
" At a gfltrn'iiuu in naispyaw
necticut, a few days ago, a request was
made that the four front seats be va
cated by ladies over twenty, to make
room for those under that tender age.
A malignant reporter says: "It is
unnecessary to add that there was some
rattling among the false teeth after
the service was over."
A good old lady in Maine who once'
commissioned her grocer to buy for
her, among other things, a nutmeg iu
Boston, paid him the money before he
started. As it happened he forgot tho
nutmeg, and when he returned home
tho old lady demanded interest on her
money, a demand which tho trader
satisfied by giving her a needle.
A Boston lady, 'who has been there,
says that, iu view of tho awkwardness
vhich men aid a lady iu rising from
the sidewalk, ehe would rather remain
in that position than have such assis
tance. The gallants must not be so
gingerly, but take hold with both arms
lift neatly and firmly, and not disen."
gage themselves too soon.
A St. Taul girl got a pistol in
a hotel and went up stairs and drove
everybody outiuto the snow, and then'
went to an upper window and opened
it and asked the crowd, "How ia this
for high ?" They set a dog on her and
treed her up the chimney. Those
Western girrs are full of humor.
A Bridegroom in Monroe, Wis., dis
charged a gun into a crowd of boys who
had come to sereuado him aud his bride,
and learned the next morning that lid
instantly killed one of his new brothers-iii-law,
besides seriously wounding two
other persons.
An Irishman brought the following
ad vert isemmt into k jWWfliit, iilliMMluiimi
other day : "Lost, betwecu this and I
don't know where, an empty sack w ith
a cheese in it ; the letters G. P.were on
tho outside, but so completely worn off
as not to bo readable. '
It is said that the height of ambition
with a Piuto Indian is to marry a wo
man who has laid in a good supply of
dried grasshoppers fur tho winter.
A postmaster in Wieonsiu docs not
know what to do with a letter addressed
to "the most honest wheat buyer ill Ber
lin." A paper has this advertisement:-
"Two sisters want washing." We fear
that millions of brothers aro iu tho
same predicament.
About six thousand women so far
signed the memorials toCongress, asking
that suffrage should not be exteuded
to their sex.
A Western editor represents money
as"close," but uot close enough for him
to reach.
Soft soap, iu some shapo.pleases all ;
generally speaking, the more ly you'
put in the better