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TIDIOUTF.rA., J. A D Maok. Prople
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Love and Nitro-Glycerine.
Ever since Adam in J til get in love'
young dream amid the vernal bowers
of Eden, and wandored with Eve be
neath the happy shades of early crea
tion, the human heart has at certain
periods of its existence palpitated with
acellerated motion in the presence of
women, and there has never existed a
full-fledged man from that prem;eval
period to the present, who has not at
some time in the ccstacy of genuine
affection said to himself, "let her palp."
Love laughs at locksmiths, says the
old saw, and that love laughs at black
smiths is equally certain, as our brief
story will show, though the sequel
porves that blacksmiths may at times
turn tho cauhinatory tide upon Cupid,
and for a brief season at least triumph
over the boy with the bow and arrow.
The following facts were related to us
by one of tho principals in the a (lair,
and may be relied upon as correct.
In Clarion county, near the cele
brated oil producting district known as
Parker's Landing, and not a great dis
tance from where the Clarion river
mingles its pellucid waters with the
swifter rolling tide of the Allegheny,
has lived for years a man named
llowilt, who, coming to the country
in its early history, erected a cabiu
aud ruaiutuiucd an humble existence
by following his profession of horse
shoeing. The years glided along and
nothing occurred to vary the monoto
ny of his humble and happy life gave
an occasional fracas with an unrly
horse, or now and then being confined
to his bed for a few weeks, from the ef
fects of a mule-kick on the crauium,or
a dig in the ribs from the hind foot of
a rebellious ox, for Howitt used to
pursue his trade in all its branches,
and furnished shoes to everything that
came along, whereby an honest penny
could he made. Meanwhile a dattgli.
ter was born to him, who grew up in
her mountain home like the pines that
surrounded his dwelling, and was as
graceful and beautiful as the a-ild
flowers amid which she played. Laura,
for that was her name, obtained a fair
education at the district school, aided
by her mother, who was an accomplish
ed graduate from an eastern academy,
and her natural beauty and brightness
was increased by an occasional visit
to Pittsburgh aud eastern cities, where,
amid higher social scenes than those
which surrounded her birth-place, she
rapidly acquired the numerous little
graces and coquetries of fashion which
go to make up the "girl of the period."
It is no wonder, then, that to the old
man she was the apple of his eye as
a bushel of apples in fact, of the old
lkohioued, rosy cheeked "uono such"
kind and that as she attained wo
man's ago and 6tature, the father look
with a jealous eye upon the uative ad
mirers who surrounded her, and stern
ly frowned upon the forward young
cultivator of buckwheat who, by the
slightest action, sought to win her
yoiiug heart's atiections and transplant
his wild flower , to another soil and
, home.
About this time the oil excitement,
which for several years previously.had
raged upon Oil Creek and its tributa
ries, broke out in the vicinity of Par
ker's ; an influx of strangers, opera
tors and speculators began, and short
ly after a portion of Mr. Howitt'sfarm
was discovered to be on the belt, and
leased for a round sum to wealthy op
erators. .Though now comparatively
wealthy, Howitt still followed his orig
trade, though with a light heart as he
thought of tho bank account which
would enable him to bring up and ed
ucate his family in a superior style,
aud place his daughter in position so
cially to which her attractions and at
tainments entitled her.
liut at this junction a cloud appear
ed upon the old blacksmith's horizon ,
at first it was about the size of a man's
hand, but it speedily grew to the full
size and shape of a man himself, who
proved to be a workman upon a well a
short distance from the Howitt cottage,
and who full head over heels into that
delicious pool of affection, iu which
most of maukind have paddled blind
ly during their young lives. At first
Laura resisted her suitor's advances,
but as weeks passed and there wa9 a
lack of society which at other times
might have served as an antidote to
the growing admiration she began to
feel for the young driller, who was
comely, young and strong, aud pos
ed the not unpleasing name of Henry
Ilichardson. She gradually sought
his society (her father had long since
forbidden his coming to the house,)
and hardly a day passed but that she
was seen in tho derrick, watching the
pulsations of the walking beam and
her heart at the same time, and listen
ing to his stories of adventure by flood
and (oil) field. "She loved for the
danger he had passed," and he loved
her because she lielievtd his yarns, that
no one el-e would; and, finally, one
bright day, as he had jut finished a
terrible recital of escape from death
by a lulling sand pump pully, she
"wished that heaven had made her
iifi a man," when he abandoned the
temper-screw rope ami all, aud, jump
ing lrom his drilling stow!, said, "Let
tho old thing work herself," caught
the fair Laura to his petrolcum-stuiued
b-ieem, wiped the bemine from his
brow and lips, kiesed her, and said, "I
am the man." While enjoying the few
moments succeeding their bethrothal
blissful moments that only come
twice in a man's lifetime, once when
he finds his mother's preserves, and
the other as mentioned, the lovers
were startled by the sudden entrance
of the "village blacksmith," who jump
ed over the bull-head, seized his daugh
ter and without a word to the abash
ed Henry carried Laura home and
locked her up. Days passed without
communication between the lovers,
and while Laura grew thin, Henry al
so experienced bad luck; his tools eol
fast, the sand pump bursted, and bis
heart promised soon the follow suit.
But just here a happy thought struck
him. Outside of the derrick was sev
eral hundred feet of gas pipe ; he could
not lay a telegraph wire, but he might
lay a pipe lino to his Laura's house,
through which, perchance, two hearts
could "beat as one," and hold commu
nication sweet in spite of the defeated
free-pipe bill. No sooner suggested
than acted upon ; that night he laid
six hundred and eighty-one feet of
half-inch gas-pipe under ground, be
tween his derrick and the prison of his
bethrothed. A happy junction with
the cave-spout was cuected during the
next night, and shortly after, messages
were sent and received between the
lovers, Laura having brought tho end
of the water-pipe close to her window,
and Henry had his end of the line di
rectly beneath his pillow, where, after
he was "off tour," ho would whisper
words of undying affection that only
ended when he fell asleep and the pipe
slipped out of his mouth. But while
"love giggled at the locksmith," the
blacksmith was preparing to snort
right out at love ; for on day, while
Laura was at dinner, her father '-had,
while looking around her room, dis
covered the misplaced pipe, and while
gazing with a critic's eye at the Btrangc
spectacle, was more startled by the
soft words coming apparently from
the cistern, "Laura, dear, is the old
man around?" Mr. Howitt smelt a
mouse; he did more than thut; he in
haled the oder of a genuine wharf rat;
but, saying nothing, he merely de
scended the stairs, and returned with
a pint of oily-looking liquid, which he
handled with extreme care. Making
a cartridge of paper that would hold
nearly all of the moisture, he inserted
it in the pipe several feet, and then
placing a long bar of iron upon that,
called loudly enough to be heard
through cartridge, pipe and all, "Hen
ry, my dear, are you there?" Quick
ly came tho faint reply, "Yes, Laura."
"Place your ear at the hole, Henry."
Here the parent raised a sledge ham
mer and struck the iron rod : an earth
quake followed, before the echoes of
which had rolled away could be seen
the disappearance of an engine house,
in mid-air, follcved by the gable end
of the Howitt mansion.
And now for the sequel. Ia bis
anxiety to see "how it was himself,"
old Howitt remained too near the pipe,
and when the glycerine wont off he
did also, and was picked up in Arm
strong county a few days later. But
where was Henry ? Instead of apply
ing his ear to tho bole he had stepped
to the derrick for a moment, during
which tho explosion occurred. He
was only stunned, and a few moments
later met his bethrothed running to
see if he was hurt. They fled at once
to a-neighhoring justice of the peace,
and were married. They have patched
up the old house and are happy, though
the mysterious disappearance of the
their father was a subject of conversa
tion for months after. This is the
story as told us by an old mau who
lives near Henry and Laura, who
heard t'te noise, and also saw where
the ground had been torn up by the
father's vengeful experiment. If any
one doubts the story, the derrick is
still to be seen. Tilutville llerald.
Don't be too Sensitive. Ther
are some people, yes, many people, al
way looking out for slights. They
cannot carry on the daily intercourse
of the family without some offense is
designed. They are a touchy as hair
triggers. If they meet an acquaintance
in the street who happen to be pre
occupied with business, they attribute
his abstraction in some mode pcrsoual
to themselves, and take umbrage ac
cordingly. They lay, on others the
fault of their irritability. A fit of in
digestion makes them see impertinence
in everybody they come in contact
with. Innocent persons, who never
dreamed of'giving cfl'eiise, are astonish
ed to find some unfortunate word, or
some momentary taciturnity, mistaken
for an ineult. To say the least, the
habit is unfortunate. It i far wiser
to take the mora charitable view of
our fellow beings, and.iot suppose a
slight is intended unless the neglect is
open and direct. After all, too, life
takes its use in a great degree from
the color of our own mind. If we are
frank and generous the world treats
us kindly. If. on the century, we are
suspicious, men learn to be cold and
cautious to us. Ixt a jrson get the
rAtkn hi t ii.n ot'loomr touehv. and every
body is uudcr more or lost restraint!'
and in this way the chances oi an nil
aginary oflinne are Tttlr increased.
A Party of Grumblers.
The Democratic party was once a 1 Borne clever observer of social rela-
partyofideas-ofpriociplcs-ofthought tions, having looked about among his
i . T. ..... . married acquaintances, ventures to
ana of action. Its ideas ana pnnct- . f n r .
, . , ,. , . ... give the following list, with an attempt
pics it embodied m measures, and with 10 indicate the real reasons which in-
these measures it went before the coun- fluence too mauy to marry .
try prepared to maintain it policy Number one has married for a home,
against all assaults. Such is not the She got tired working in a factory or
case now. If it has any distinctive teaching school she thought married
character, separate and aside from its lfe on ea,rth wa9 ut moonlight walks,
ancient fame, it is that which makes ""KW r',tes,',new bLonnets. "d nothmg
the inveterate grumbler in the every , VVe11' shf h?s he! home:
day affairs of life a ocial nuisance; whether or not she is tired of the in-
hence, as the Democratic party has no cumbrancta this deponent docs not
distinctive characteristic in these lat- P"HT knw
tor days but that of a persistent grunt-', ber tw married becouse she
bier, it follows, as a matter of cturse, haJ, scven "ten and a papa
that it is a political uuisance-a nec- "uh. a ""row income, fehe consulted
,,,., dm; i;v- the interests of her family. Perhaps
common scold, er the always irate
viraro in social life. The recent Con-
gressional address, the latest and most
authoritative exponent of the position
of the party, is an illustration of this,
That document is one continued scold
from the opening to the closing. And
what is remarkable, the tone and tem
per of this scolding pronunciamento is
but a counterpart of almost every res
olution, speech or manifesto, put forth
by tho party for the past teu yean.
And yet with a platform based solely
on the ideas ot the common scoia
to us that political effrontery could go
no further. Ihe Kepublican party j
may have made mistakes ; in fact there '
is no doubt about it, for they are seen
of all men ; but there is this to say iu .
palliation they have all been made
iu the interest of the Union, of the free
dom of the people, and in the mainte
nance of the country's integrity invio
late. It has not scolded but acted ; it
has not grumbled, and paltered, and
i. .. w.i ...4 ),;.. ,
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u -Aa
adapted to political discussions, the i mu"S t leisure,
leaders and organs of the party taik Number five married because Fanny
oolI of the possibility of the people 1 V hlte bal! "1Ce ewulll,fhan1J.1 d
trusting them with power. It seems !e w.aP9",t oln?, h lclt b.ell",tL
to ,,, that nolitieal eHrnnterv ro.llrl an 7 ,f lie Coukln Eet married OS
some fossilized notion that the cousti-: W beU9e her
tution contained no provision whereby j toe h,If ?.U 8ecomi 1 1 "s .
iu perpetuity could be maintained. I retaliation might have done her
The Kepublican party believed that 8ood .a' th.e t.me but , the run num
this government was made for all time l e.ght found that it did not pay.
ii;r t Xsuuiber nine married because Bhe
UUU II US OL. LCl U1U1I bllia UCtlCh All
maintaiui.g this belief it has some -
acted as wiselv a. it mio-ht-hut in all
ly a it might
cases, it is a satisfaction to knew the
"end has justified the mean." The
same may be said of Gen. Grant's ad
ministration ; but with all its faults,
and mistakes, and shortcomings, the
people to-day would, ratner perpetuate
it for another four rears than trust a
party which has no better platform to
oiler than a string of complaints, set
forth in the language aud teaiper of a
tpmmon scold. If the Democratic
party can come before the country
with no better platform than this, (to
use the language of the New York Ev
ening Post) the American people will
not, whether Gen. Grant is a candidate
for re-election or not, put into power a
party which has been an unmitigated
nuisance, a breeder of disorder, a cor
rupter of public virtue, a debaucherof
politics, the friend of every wrong and
oppression, the fomcnter of violence
and rebellion, for more than a dozen
years. To succeed, that party must
cease to be a party of grumblers, and
show by its acts that it ha a firmer
purpose than Falstatf had, to "purge
aud live cleauly." The Democratic
party supported slavery and was
- - - r
beaten.
it countenanced rebellion
and was beaten. It set up a peace-at-any-price
platform and was beaten.
It advocated repudiation and was
bea(eu. It opposed equal laws and
geueral sunrage
and was beaten. Aud
now it is marching on to the next Pres-
idential election at the head of nume-
rnnn h tidal i if Ivu Klui northern and
southern gangs whe set both law and
decency at defiance; who rob where
they do not kill; who cheat where
they cannot rob ; men whose acts
threaten the whole land with anarchy;
and they have amoDgst them scarcely
a leader witn Drains or conscience
enouch to rebuke violence and law-!
lessness, or condemn public plunder.
Ail said above, those Democratic lead
ers who hope to carry the next Presi
dential election, and imagine them
selves fit to rule the country, do nut
even comprehend the duty ot a minor
ity. They seem to be mere partisans,
not politicians in any higher sense thau
that iu which a sutler might call him
self a defender of his country. It is
the duty of a minority, which hopes to
become the majority, to show an ex
ample of obedience to the laws and
respect for the righu of others ; to
make manifest, wherever it has the
opportunity, that it possesses states
tniiulike ideas ; That it comprehends
the principles -if freo government J that
it knows how to rule, and how to keep
in subordination its bummers. If the
country is now afflicted with unconsti
tutional and dangerous legislation, it
is the fault of tho Democratic leaders,
It they chose they could in two weeks around, seeking to sco un-fer tho coyer
restore order all over tho South, and a roll of tho boat sent him head first
the much-condemned Ku-Klux bill, into tho Imsket with a loud crash,
clothing the President with dictatorial Drawing his head out, the fellow ex
powers, ns is claimed by tho party claimed: "Why, hang it, them's nigs,
organs, would fall btillborn, and be- them is !" And so they wire, and ho
come a dead letter upon the statuto paid two cents apiece for the thirteen
books. Krpulh'm. I which were ernshod under hi head."
. Why Women Wed.
?e would Ict.cr have consulted her
,n ere8t' b7 ta,BK ln hgUt ?a8,"uS or
S"i "t bT, tlie riay V ,wuork
Number three married because Mrs.
sounded so much better than Miss. She
was twenty-nine years and eleven
months old, and another month would
have transformed her into a regular
old maid, lliiuk how awful that would
. have been.
Number four married because she
I wanted somebody to pay her bills.
Her husband mnrried her for precisely
the same reason ; so they are both la
well as other folks.
Number six married because she
was puor and wanted riches. Bhe nev
er counted on all other things that
: were inseparable from those coveted
i riches.
j Number seven married becauso she
. thought she would like to travel. But
Mr. number seven changed his mind
afterward, and all the traveling she
hr.s dune has been between the well
! ai tne back kitchen door.
dumber eight had married out of
I a a l a
' ad re"'' ?vels and wanted aym
Bympathy is a fine thing, but it cool 9
down at a ra.P,(1 rat.e lt tua domes ic
kettle is not kept boiling, and the do
mestic turkey is undone. Novels and
house-kecpiug don't run very well to
gcther in harness, to use a sporting
phrase, and number nine's supply of
sympathy don t hold out very long.
Number ten married becauso she
loved her husband with all her heart
aud all her soul. And she loves him
still, and will probably continue to
love him, and is the happiest wife in
the world so she says.
We have all the right motive at
last one which, when sanctified by a
desire and resolution to prove and ele
vate each othor, and to live true and
holy livei befjre God, cannot fail to
call down the blessings of heaven.
But sad is the fate of those who marry
from wrong motives to escape their
share of life's work or to get some
thing for which they have uothiug to
give in return.
The "Fat Contributor," Gri, of the
Cincinnati Times, has the following in
regard to an old conductor promoted
to train-dispatcher: "Habit waa very
strong with the ex-conductor. Aa he
i t the office he would atart every
time he heard a bell ring, and yell
All aboard.' Then he would go
about the office at intervals aud try to
collect fare of the assistants. We
dropped in causually one afternoon,
and U'I'y wanted to know it we had a
)? He couldn't get accustomed to
his new position at all. He pined to
b Ea" on the road. One day he
; begged the boys to put him through a
! collision, which they did to his entire
gratification. They tore bis clothe
nearly off, blackened hi eyes, broke a
kerosene lamp ever his head, and piled
"P" r" V'
was in an ecstacy of delight, and de-
clared he hadn't enjoyed himself o
much siuce he had a bile."
Beccher says : I believe in novels.
I think that if they are good they are
useful. I believe that they are no
more to be disallowed than any other
part of )iteralure. They can be made
to berve the very best euds of economy
of virtue and morality, to say nothing
of religion; but a man who feeds on
nothing else but these, how miserable
and how wretched he is! These are
the whips and syllabubs of life. They
are not the bread nor the meat. They
are the confections of life. But ought
a man to sit dowu and cat sugar-plums
for his dinner, aud nothing but sugar
plums ?
The Detroit FreeTresi says; "Yes
terday, on one of the ferry boats, a pas-
scngcr saw a man
bushel bn.ket, and
bring aboard a
while looking
The Story of a Well Known Oil Mart.
On Monday lust Mr. Henry Fisher, 4
of Tidioute, one of the wealthiest i"i-l
most respectable citizens of this rcg; 'i.
visited the Milton Farm, on the Alle
gheny Valley Railroad. Mr. Fisher
visited that locality on biisinesi.wlrch
is a way Mr. Fisher has, and after trans
acting his business Mr. Fisher proceed
ed to return that is he toek pas-'ago
on the train bound for Oil City. As
is usual on passenger trains, a conduc
tor was aboard, aud on his internett
ing Mr. Fisher for his ticket or equiv
alent, could obtain neither. Mr. Fill
er was "strapped." He had lost, his
pocket-book and contents; when or
where was a conundrum which remain
ed unsolved. The loss of the pocket
book did not bother Mr. Fisher in tiirt
least, but the loss of its contents van
rather embarrasing for the time bein.
In fact, such a loss would tickle tltc
ribs of an umbrella. The pocket-book
contained $175 in greenbacks; orm
$50 5-20 bond with all the ceup'i?!
attached, which was preserved a.i a
curiosity, a solitaire diamond pin val
ued at $150; three railroad passes;
several busiucss cards, etc. Mr. Fish
er quietly kept his own counsel a t
his loss, and also kept one eve open fur
"developments."
Last evening, Mr. Fisher took ra-
sage at Oil City on the up train for
Titusville, and was a little surprised
nt observing his diamond pin adorniu
the shirt bosom of a young man whose
visible means of support nre limited.
and whose front, name is L. C CooU.
It is unnecessary to sav that vounsr
Cook was "captured," but s'ich was
the case. Mr. Fisher asked him if he
was not sporting property that belong
ed to other parties, when Cook replied
that "he'd give 'er up" the property,
uot the conundrum and accordingly
handed Mr. i lslier his pin, pocket
book, passes, ami ten dollars in money.
Cook stoted that he had found t!a
pocket book, but did not tell when or
where, and that he sold the bond in Ti
tusville, and had squandered the pro
ceeds and the balance of the mousy ;
that he had been offered $100 for the
pin, but thought it worth more and to
held it for a "rise." He also stated
that he did not know to whom th-i
property belonged, which was undoubt
edly true, as Mr. Fisher'a name doco
rated the different passes, cards, etc.
Not wishing to create a disturbance.
Mr. Fisher allowed the young man t.
depart in peace, though, had jut lice
been done, he would undoubtedly have
departed in pieces.
Anecdote of Webster.
A correspondent of Harper's Month
ly says :
In looking over an .old note-bosk" cl
my fathor'a, written mauy years ago, I
came across an anecdote which, if it
has never appeared in print before, ia
too good to be lost. While John
Branch, of Nortli Carolina, was Gen
eral Jackson' Secretary of tho Navy,
he, Tazewell, and Daniel Webster were,
walking on the north side of tho Poto
mac, at Washington, Tazewell, williDg
to amuBe himself with Branch's sim
plicity, said : "Branch, I'll bet you a
ten-dollar hat that you are on the other
side of the river."
"Done," said Branch.
"Well," said Tazewell, pointing to
the opoosite shore, "isn't that one side
of the river?"
"Yes."
"Then, as you are here, ore you not
on the other side :"
"Why, I declare," laid poor Branch,
"so it is ! But here comes Webster,
I'll win back the hat from him."
Webster had lagged behind.but now
came up, and Branch accosted him :
"Webster, I'll bet yeu a ten-dollar
hat that I can prove that you are on
the other side of the river.
"Douel"
"Well, isn't this one side!"
"Yes."
"Well, isn't that the other aide!"
"Yes, but I am not on that aide ."
Branch hung his head aud submit
ted to the loss of the two hats as quiet
ly as he could.
o
When they petition in England,
they do it in earnest. At a late meet
of Parliament, two distinguished mem
bers were to be seen hauling into tho
House and up to the table in front of
the speaker what appeared to be a bale
of merchandise. It was a patitiou
against the Contagious Dit'eaca Act,
signed by two hundred ond fiAy thou
sand two hundred and eighty-three
women residing in one hundred and
thirty-four boroughs, villages, and
other places in the United Kingdom.
The petition prays for the uncondition
al repeal of the act as immoral and
subversive of the personal security
hitherto enjoyed by women equally
with men. lt is needless to say that a
petition of this magnitude cannot slip
into the watte paper basket unobserved.
A young mau nays that there may
have been such a thing as real true
love iu old times, but that now the no
tion obsol- , and if you nk a lady
now-a-das to share your lot, she im
mediately wants to know how largo
that "lot" is.
Cure fcr lr;iin on fni- blow it cn: