IS rCBLiailED EVERY TUESDAY, BY
W. R. DUNN.
Drrioo in Knox's Bulldlrg, Elm, Stroet,
TERMS, 2.00 A YEAR.
No Subscriptions rocelvod for a shorter
porlod llnui throe months.
Correspondence solleltod from hit parts
of the country. No notice will be takon of
Simony molls cominunlcHUoiiH.
Mnrriagos and Death notices Inserted
gratis. ,
'BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
nONKSTA LODGE, HO. 477,
T I. O. O-. T.
. Vest every Wednosday evening, at 8
lix o'clock,
W. R. DUNX, TV. C. T.
Vt. W. TATE, W. H.
i. VaWTOM PETTIS. . MILKS W, TATB.
PETTIS A TATE,
v ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Htm Strut, TIOJS'ESTA, PA.
Isa.ic Ash,
ATTORNEY AT IjAW, Oil City, Ta.
Will practice in tho various Courts of
Forest County. All business entrusted to
hit cars will roceive prompt attention.
i iy
If W. W. Mason,
ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office on Kim
Street, above Walnut, Tionestn, Pa.
C. W. Gilflllan,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Franklin, Ve
nango Co., 1'a. tf.
N. B. Smiley,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.Teti 1 -uin Cen
tre, Fa. Will practice In the several
Courts of Forest County, y
Holmes House,
TIONESTA, FA., opposite the Depot.
C. D. Mable, Proprietor. Uood Sta
bling connected with the house. tf.
Jos. Y. Saul,
PRACTICAL Harness Mnker and Sad
Hlr. 1'hrAa iImh nnrlh Af lfnlttiA.
House. Tlonesla. Pa. All work U war
ranted, tf.
Syracuse Mouse,
TnuoUTF, Va., J. A D Maokr, Propie
ters. The house has been thoroughly
refitted and Is now in the first-class order,
With the boHt of accommodations. Any
nforniation concerning Oil Torritory at
this point will be cheerfully furniHhed.
-ly J. Si I). MAUEE,
Exchange Hotel,
LOWER TIDIOUTE, Pa., D.'S. Kams
Tiekl A Bon I'rop's. This house having
en retttod is now the most desirable sUp
fning place in Tldiouto. A good Billiard
- Room attached. 4-ly
' National Hotel,
TRVINETON, PA. W. A. ITallenbaek,
! Proprietor. This hotel i New, and is
ow open as a first clans hoiiKO, situate at
ne junction of the Oil Creek Allegheny
ktivor and Phlladulphia t Krie Kail rone Is,
nposite the Depot. Partioa having to luy
ver trains will ilnd thin the most oonvoii
ent hotel in town, with tirst-class accorn
nodationn and reasonable charges. tf.
Tim Sons & Co. '8
NEW ENGINES. The undersigned have
for sale and will receive orders for the
above Engine. M essrs. Tifft Hons Co.
are now sending to thin market their 12
Jlorse Power Kngine with 14-Horse Power
lioller peculiarly adapted to deep wells.
Okkicks at Duncan A Chalfant's, dealers
In Well Fixtures, Hardware, dec., Main St.
next door to Chase House, Ploasautville,
and at Mansion House, TituHvillo.
.tf. K. 11 RETT A SON, Agent.
John K. Hallock,
ATTORNEY AT LAW and Solicitor of
Patent,No. 505 French streetf opposite
Reed House) Erio, Pa. Will practice in
ttmsoveral State Courts and the United
States Courts. Special attention given to
olJi'iUP patents for Inventors ; infringo
oieuU, re-issue and extension of patents
.rMrefullv attended to. llul'rtrenees: Hon.
fames Campbell, Clarion Hon. John N.
VcCalmont, Franklin ; II. L. A. It.
Richmond, MoadviUc; .W. E. Lathy. Ti
onesta. 2 7
. . Dr. J. L. Acomb,
TIYSICIAN AND SURGEON, who has
had fifteen years' experience in a largo
and suocessfuf practivo, will attend all
Professional Calls. Ofllcso In his Drug and
Grocery Store, locaiod iu Tldiouto, near
Tidiout House.
IN HIS 8TOJIE WILL BE FOUND
A full assortment ef Medicines, Liquor
Tobacco, Cigars, Stationery, Glass, Paints,
Oils, Cutlery, and fine Groceries, all of tho
best quality, and will be sold at reasonable
rutes.
H. R. BURGESS, an experienced Drug
' pint from. New York, bus charge of the
Store. AH prescriptions put up accurately.
W. P. MercilUott,
Attorney at I a iv .
real estate acsext.
tionest'a, pa.
27-tf
JOHN A. DALE, PREI T.
pHNA. PROPER, VICI PRIST. A. M. STEELE, CASHR,
SAVINGS BANK,
Tioucsta, Forest Co., Pa.
This Bank transact!) a General Banking,
.'ollecting and ICgchauge Business.
Draffs on tho Principal Cities of the
United States and Europe bought and sold.
tiold and Silver Coin and Government
Securities bought and sold. 7-30 Bonds
cmvorted on the most favorable terms.
Interest allowed on time deposits.
Mar. 4, U.
AUT1CE.
DR. J. N. IK) LARD, of Tldiouto, has
returnsd to his practice alter an ab
sence of lour months, spout in the Hospi
tals of New York, w here will ulttmd
calls in his profession.
Ollico in Eureka Drug Store, 3d door
above the bank, Tidiouto, Pa, 4'Jtf
$10 MADK iUoiI 50 CiX
Something urgently needed by everybody
Call and exatniuo, or samples vent postage
Htr uu iiiai r4iail fii.t'v lor ciu, i,
s Woleott, 1SI Chatlunt S.j., X. Y. 4'i-lt
4)1
EAFN ESS, Catarrh and Scrofula. A
fc:iTn'S Cutjirpi, hiii) Scrr if'n In. wtitt clir,il
by a simple reined v. llur sympathy and
gi'utitude prompts her to scud tho receipts
free of ehtirgo tv anv one similarly ulllii t
d. Address Mrs. if. C. De'.'-'etl. .Jersey
tilr, . J.
d ORES
" Let us have Faith
VOL. IV. NO. 13.
GREAT EXCITFMENT!
at the Store of
D. S. KNOX, & CO.,
Elm St., ionesta Ta.
:o
We are In daily receipt 01 the argestand
MOST COMPLETE stock
GROCERIES
nud
PROVISIONS,
EVER DROUGHT TO THIS MARKET
BOOTS & SHOES !
' FOR THE
MILLIONS!
whieh we are determined to sell regardless
of prices.
AND
nouse Furnishing Goods, Iron, Nails,
Machine tools, Agricultural Implements,
Ac, Ac,, Ac, which we offer at greatly re
duced prices.
FURNITURE ! FURNITURE 1 1
of all kinds,
PARLOR SUITS,
CHAMBER SETS,
LOUNGES,
WHATNOTS,
BPRING BEDS,
MATRESSE8,
LOOKING GLASS
ES, Ac, 4c, Ac,
In ENDLESS VARIETY. Call and see,
7-tf
D. S. KNOX, A CO.
AGENTS WANTK1) FOR THE
LIBRARY OF POETRY AND
SONG. The handsomest and cheapest
work extent. It has so.dcthimr in i tot the
best for every ono, for tho old, the mid-dlo-apred
and tho young and must become
universally popular. Excepting the Bible
this will be the book most loved and the
most frequently roforred to in tho family.
Every page has passed under the critical
eye of the ,rrcnt poet,
WM. CULLEN BRYANT.
Bare chanco for best agents. Tho only
book of its kind ever sold bv suhscrintioii.
Sond at onco for circulars, Ac. to
GEO. MACLEAN. Publisher.
30-lt 71U Sansom St.. Philadolohia. Pa.
SEASON OF 1870-71.
MASON & HAMLIN CABINET
ORGANS.
Important Improvemens.
Patent June 21st and August ;kl, 1S70.
REDUCTION OF PRICES.
The Mason A Hamlin Orcan Co.. have
tho ploasure of announcing important im
provements in their Cabinet Organs, for
which Patents wore granted them in June
and August hist. Those are not merely
meretricious attachments, but enhance the
substantial excellence of the lustrumcnts.
lliey are also enabled by increased facil
ities a' largo now manufactory, they hope
hereafter U) supply all orders promptly.
The Cabinet Organs niado by this Com
pany are of such universal reputation, not
only throughout America, but also in Eu
rope, that few will uecd assurauco of their
superiority.
They now offer Four Octave Cabinet Or
gans, in quite plain casus,but equal accord
ing ui ineircapuciiy loanytlilngtliey make
for $.i0 each.
The same, Doub e Reed. tVi. Five Oc
tave Double Reed Organs, Five Stops.with
Knoo swell and Tremulant, in elegant cose
with several of tho Mason and Hamlin
Improvements, $1:5. Tho same Extra
with new Vox Humana, Automatic Swell
etc., $lf0. Five Octaves, threo sets Heeds,
seveu stops with Euphone; a splendid in
struments, fma.
A new illustrated catalogue with full
information, anil repuced prices, is now
ready, and wil bo sent free, With a testi
monial circular, presenting a great mass of
ovidenco as to tho superiority of these in
htruments, to anv one sending his address
to MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN CO., lot
i remoni street, Jioston, os out) Broadway,
N.Y. aiMt
By Hkv. T, Dk Witt Tai.maoi:,
Tho most Popular Preacher in America.
Agents wanted everywhere, male or fe
male, to sell this great, work, is better than
Mark Twain, ana no trouHo to sell. Big
Profits. Send for terms ami illustrated 12
!iago circular, Evans, Stoddart iV. Co.,Pub
isliers, No, T-lUSansom St., Philadelphia.
that Right makes Might and
"What".
the Matter
Nose."
with that
Snyder kept a beer saloon years ngo
over in it der Grindstone Factory on
Kensington. Bnyder wan a ponderous
Teuton of very irraacible temper
'sudden and quick in a quarrel I'
getting mad in a minute. Neverthe
less his saloon was a great resort for
the boys, partly because of the excell
ency of Ini beer, and partly because
the boys liked to chale 'old Snyder,'
as they called him ; for although his
bark was terrific, experience had
taught them that he wouldn't bite.
One day Snyder was missing, and it
was explained by his frau who 'jerk
ed' the beer that day, 'that ho hail
gone out fishing mit der boys.' The
next day one of the boys who was par
ticularly fond of 'roasting' old Snyder,
dropped in to get a glass of beer, and
discovered Snyder's no.c, which was a
big one at any time, swollen and blis
tered by the sun, until it looked like a
dead ripe tomato.
'Why, Bnydor, what's the matter
with your nose ? said the caller. . .
"1 pen out hslnng mit der boys, re-
plied Snyder, layiug his finger 'tender
ly against his proboscis, the sun it pees
hot like ash ter tifel, until I purns my
noso. JMce nose, don t it 7 And
Snyder viewed it with a look of comi
cal sadness, in the little mirror back
of the bar.
It entered at once into the mis
chievous fellow in front of the bar to
play a trick upon Snyder. lie went
out and called half a dozen of his
comrades, with whom he arranged that
they should drop in at the saloon, one
after another, and ask Snyder, 'what
is the matter with that nose? to see
how loug he wculd stand it. The
man who put up the job went in with
a companion and seating themselves
at a table called for beer. Snyder
brought it to them, and the new comer
exclaimed as soon as he saw him :
'Why Snyder, what's the matter with
your nose?
'I yust tell your friend, I peen out
fishing mit der noys, unt the sun he
punt 'em swi lager den cents all
right.'
Another of the boys came rushing
in exclaiming:
'Hallo, boys, you're ahead of mo
this time, 'spose I'm in though. Hero
Snyder, briug me a glass of larger and
a pret (he appeared to catch a sudden
glimpse of Snyder's nose looking
wouueringly a moment and then burst
out laughing:)
Ha, ha ! Why, Snyder, what ha,
ha 1 what's the matter with that nose?'
Snyder, of course, can't see at.y fun
in having a burnt nose, or having it
laughed at, and be says, in a tone
sternly emphatic:
'I've peen out fishing mit der poys,
unt de sun it yust as hot like as ter
tiful, unt I purut my nose ; dat ish all
right?'
Another tormentor comes in and
insist on setting 'em up for the whole
house. Snydor,' says he, fill up tho
boys glasses, and take a drink' your
selfho, ho I ha, ha, ha ! Suyder,
wha he, ha, ha ! what's the matter
with that nose?'
Snyder's brow darkened with wrath
by this time, and his voice grew deep
er and sterner
I peen out fishing mit ter poys on
der bcoolkill. The su pese hot like
as hail, unt I purnt my puglo. Now,
that is more vot I don't got to say.
Vot gind of pesense? Dat ish all
right; I purnt my own nose, don't it.
'Burn your nose burn all the hair
off your head for. what I care you
needn't get mad about it.
It was evident Snyder wouldn't
stand more than ono more tweak at
that nose for he was tramping around
behind the bar and growling like an
exasperated old bear in his cage.
Another of his tormentors walks in.
Some one eings out to him, 'have a
glass of beer, Lilly?'
'Don't. care about any beer,' says
Billy, 'but you may give me one of
your best segars ha, lia, ha, ha I ho,
ho, ho! he, he! ah-h-h, ha, ha, ha!
why why Suyder who wha ha'a
ha! what s the matter with your hose?'
Snyder was absolutely fearful to bo
hold by this time. Hi face was pur
ple with rage, all except his uose,
which glowed like a ball of fire Lean
ing his ponderous figure fur over the
bar, and raising his arm aloft to em
phasize his words with it, he fairly
roared :
"I've peen out fishin' mit ter poys.
The suu it pese hot like hail-taiunu-tion.
I purnt my nose. Now, you no
like dose nose, you yust take dose nose
unt wr-vr-wr-wriug your iam Ameri
can fiugers mit em 1 That's the kind
of mau vot I am 1"
The managers of the Adams Ex
press Company when they are robbed
alwaywefuse to negotiate for the re
turn of the plunder, unless it is accom
panied with the arrest of the robber.
The consequence is that they usually
succeed i: securing both man utid
money. They have been very success
ful in detecting those who have under
taken to commit depredations upon
the valuables in the care of the compa
ny, and thieves aro beginning to un
derstand that it is dangerous to incddlo
with them.
R
in that Faith lot us to the end,
TIONESTA, PA., TUESDAY,
A Gift Man in Trouble.
From the Cleveland Herald.l
Sometime ago a man whose real
name is supposed to be F. S- Macom
ber came to this city, engaged an office
in the building No. 69 I'ublic Square,
and went iuto an extensive advertise
ment of a "grand gift sale of twenty
thousand fine steel engravings." He
had posters printed in large quantities,
and caused them to . be circulated
about the city and county. He also
procured a largo quantity of tickets
with coupons attached to render them
perfect in form and the more sure to
deceive the unwary. These tickets
are prepared in the usual styles for
such purposes, and declare that $2!),
768 are to be given away in presents.
The advertising sheets contain a long
list of presents which are to'be award
ed to thoso holding tickets, including
six gifts in greenbacks, one of $2,000
and another of $1,000, denominated
"capital presents." The circulars fur
ther declare that the distribution will
positively take place at Central Rink
on . Wednesday, June 21, 1871, and
says that having on hand about 2,000
copies of tho beautiful steel engrav
ings, entitled, 'The Lord's Prayer,'
'Trapper's Lost Shot,' 'Farmers Noon
ing,' and 'Cottage Fireside,' and desir
ing to dispose of them immediately,
in order to make a change in business,
we have concluded to dispose of them
in the following manner, viz: By issu
ing 20,000 certificates, one of which
will be given to every purchaser of an
engraving, and which will entitle the
holder to one of the presents enumer
ated in the list." The firm is repre
sented under the name of Caldwell &
Co., and Macoraber,although transact
ing the business as the firm itself,
when interogated avows that he is
merely the agent, and that the business
proper is located at New York. For
the purpose of the custom of the city
he has employed a boy and a woman
as agents to sell the lottery ticket, he,
himself, turning in when times were
dull and assisting in canvassing the
different districts of the city. As a
means of extending the swindle be
yond the limits of the city, he has not
been scrupulous about involving the
iuuocent, and has resorted, to the
meaus of the enticing country postmas
ters iuto his agency. He first attracts
their atention by sending them a valid
ticket as a present, accompanying it
with a bundle of the lottery tickets,
and requests the postmasters to sell all
they can, offering them at the same
time a commission of ten or twenty
per cent as the case may be,
A gentleman who had been a sus
picious observer of all these trans
actions, gnve some information to
Superintendent Schmidt, in reference
to the matter, and on Thursday,having
gained a sufficient knowledge of the
business to wairant the step, Detec
tives Eowe and Holzworth descended
upon the headquarters at No. 60 Pub
lic Square, Room 1, where they found
Macomber iu the midst of his busi
ness. He was taken to the Station
and everything which could be found
in his office was confiscated. A large
number of his hand bills and tickets,
and some of his correspondeuce, to
gether with a few miserable engrav
ings, amounting probably in their to
tal value, to twenty dollars were also
found in his office. By this sudden
and to him unexpected . interference
with his nefarious employment Some
developments are made which, while
tending to make more certain his con
viction of being an infamous swindler,
allbrds as well a means of opening to
the public the mauner in which its
confidence is abused.
The coupons cut from a large nura
of tickets sold, have been found among
his papers, and indicate that the busi
ness has boon extended into nearly all
the small towns in Northern Ohio.
When taken to the prison Mucomber
mado no attempt to deny that his
whole business was a baso fraud, and
seems to hold the opinioii which is
common among others that "it is a
clear case" against him.
A New Haven paper says "there is
a horse chestnut tree in front of tho old
General Green place, on Water street,
which blossoms only on the rorth side
one year and the south side the next,
while every seventy year it blossoms
freely on all its branches." This year
the blossoms are on the south side.
The most learned woman in the
world is said to he Princess Dora
D'Istra. She reads and speaks fifteen
luuguugcs, has writen novels, historical
and philosophical works, is an honora
ry member of ten learned societies
and is, notwithstanding, quite good
looking. A local report of the period : "Mr.
Collins of Hartford bought a ferocious
watch-dog. Mr. Collins came home
late that uight. His wife says that his
trousers can't be mended. The dog's
skiu is for sale cheap. Mr. Collins
hopes to be able to sit down in a few
weeks."
Doubtless the reason why tho Jews
caught their fish mostly by nets wits
because Moses expressly stated to
them before they crossed the Jordan
that they could not have anv Moabites
there.
EPXJBLIOAN.
dare do our duty as we understand if-LINCOLN.
JUNE 27, 1871.
.A Socdologer,
In one of the interior counties of
Missouri lived, some eight years ago,
a man who followed preaching for
a living, lie was called Ilder IS
and was engaged ' to preach to the
Campbellities. His psculiarities soon
mado him quite noted, and large nud
lencea assembled to hear him. Of late
he has abandoned the pulpit, and is
now a justice-of-the-peace lawyer. On
one occasion, when at tho tenith of
hia fame, he preached a discourse on
the deliverance of the children of Is
rael, in which he said: "Brethren,
there are many difficult passages io the
Hible, and you are likely to be led in
to error unless made to understand
them. Now, you all have read this
chapter wherein Moses stretched out
his hand over the Ked Sea, and the
waters became a wall, aud the children
of Israel went over on dry ground
safely, and how the pursuing Egyp
tians, the chariots and horsemen, and
all the hosts of Pharaoh were drowned.
Now, my brethren, as this reads it is
hard to believe and difficult to explain;
but I will explain it. It don't nieau
what it says; for I tell you I have
read it in the original Greek, and it
is there all explained and made per
fectly plain : and in the next transla
tion of the Bible, which our Church
is getting out, it will all be explained.
Now this passge of Scripture, when
properly explained, means, simplv
this: When Moses and the children of
Israel arrived at the Red Sea they
camped all night, and it turned cold,
and the 'strong east wind' caused it to
freeze over : and the truth of the whole
matter is plain, as you can see, that
the children of Israel passed over,
'dryshod,' on the ice. There were no
such things as great walls. The origi
nal Greek will not permit any such
unjust and difficult translations. &nd
again, when the Egyptians, with their
immense armies, heavy chariots, and
great weights, pursued the children on
the ice, they broke through it, and
were all ingulfed, drowned, and lost.
This, my brethren and sisters, is the
true and fair explanation of this cir
cumstance, and the original Greek in
the next translation will explain it to
you all, and make it plain."
At this point a brother sitting back
in the congregation arose aud said,
"Brother B , would like to ask a
question, if you have no objections."
The elder, looking trumphantly to
ward the brother, answered, "All right,
Sir;, ask just aa many questions as
you waut to."
"Well." continued the brother, "my
knowledge of geography and the loca
tion of the Red Sea shows that it is
nearly under the equator, and is there
fore in a very warm country, and nev
er known to be frozen. Will the gen
tleman please tell tho audience Where
the ice came from of which bespoke?"
The elder became excited and an
swered, with lofty disdain, "If the
brother who has asked me this ques
tion knew half as much about the
Scripture and the geography of the
country as he pretends to he woull
know that this circumstanco which I
have. explained happened thousands
and thousands of years ago ; yes, Sir,
thousands oi years beiore the ace ot
geographies, and 6eore there was any
equator I think, brethren and sisters,
I have answered the gentleman, com
pletely I" Harper't Magazine.
Crrr Gib tii. The girls in the prin
cipal cities in this country are noted as
follows:
Baltimore, the handsomest.
Boston, the most intellectual.
Pittsburgh, the best.
New York, the gayest and roost ex
pensive in dress.
, Washington, the airy and superfi
cial in dress.
Philadelphia, the most refined and
lady like.
Chicago, the fastest and most dissi
pated, i
Toledo, the biggest feet.
St. Louis, the most reckless.
New Orleans, the most traveled.
Ciucinuatti, the greatest flirts.
Louisville, the proudest.
Detroit, the wildest.
Cleveland, the most graceful and en
tertaining in conversation.
San Francisco, tho most indifferent.
Richmond, the most anxious to be
loved.
Mobile, the most liberal entertainers,
llurtt'ofd, the best musicians.
Buffalo, the dullest.
Rochester, the longest hair.
John Graves, who has recently been
sent to the Indiana State Prison for
life for tho murder of a stage driver,
has riiscovored that his lninintous not I
was after all a means of grace. "I
stand this day," he says, "a rodeemed
Christian from sin. 1 believe if I had
not killed that old stage (Wiver I would
be in hell this day. I was drinking
myself to death just as fast as I could,
ami I was so druuk when I killed him
1 liked to died afterwards." It is to
be hoped that an epidemic of stugo
driver murders will net follow thi
confession.
Miss Minnio Jones, a Geneseo
schuohnarm, whaled her uncle during
school hours the other dav. The un
cle was unrulv.
CO "DT7T7 A ATTVTTIVT
When tho emancipation of four
millions of slaves was first mooted,
the Democrats sent up a fearful wail
of despair. They alleged that the ne
groes, as soon as . they would receive
their freedom, would ull come North,
and the Southern plantations would lie
turned into a barren wilderness. They
predicted that white men would be
turned out of rolling mills, foundries
and workshops, and that no place
would be found for them in which to
ply their honest toil, except at starva
tion wages. The results do not verify
the prediction. The cotton- product
of the South bids fair to be much
' greater than ever it was before the
liberation and enfranchisement of the
slaves. The price of labor has not
been reduced in consequenco of their
emancipation, nor have they shown
any disposition to work for lower
wages than white men. A few days
ago the negroes of Washington struck
for higher wages, which were refused,
and, wonderful to relate, white men
were easily obtained who willingly
took their places at figjres which they
would not accept. This journal labor
ed with all its ability to show that the
feared consequences would never take
place, and that emancipation would
not result in disaster to the interests of
the white laborer. The recent events
in Washington have demonstrated
that we were not mistaken in our
judgment. The whites have been the
first to show a disposition to work at
low wages. The black men are apt
scholars. They seem to be making
great progress in all the arts and
tricks in trade of the whites. There is
not much danger of their "cutting un
der," if the Washington case may be
received as a test sample.
The Democratic journals are en
deavoring to make a political handle
out of the Washington strike. But
surely they will not claim that the
colored laborers have done more in
this case than white ones 4have fre
quently done in others. We ore not,
by any means, the apologists of any
violence in word or action that may
nave been committed by the colored
laborers. In all cases we are opposed
to strikes. They never result in any
crood to the strikers. Tht demand for
labor will regulate its price, and if
employees do not wish to work at the
wages ottered, they should qmetlv
withdraw, create no disturbance and
sees, lor wore remuurHiivcsem
ment somewhere else. Our fh
ject in referring to the matter,
!r,Jc
show that the predictions of the DetnV
cracy have not proved true, and that
the fear that the emancipated slaves
would work for less wages than white
men was utterly groundless. We. do
not think there are more colored men
in our workshops and factories now
thau there were before the war. They
generally prefer the South, and are
likely to remain there. Pitts. Gazette.
The following passage presents a
picture as comic, perhaps, as that of
JUr. .Dickons, where two southerners
are represented as sitting opposite each
other at dinner, with weapons by the
sides oi tnoir plates :
"Arch," sez he, "do all the people
round hero carry weapons about um
like them you cot on ?" "Oh. no." sez
I, "exceptin that they tote a pair of
navy revolvers and a kuite to pop a
nigger with occasionally, they all go
uuarroed. But I've just bin to church
with my family, an' Deacon Ballbust
er, who sets iu the next pew. to me, guv
me some soss at the lust vestry meetin.
and I weut prepared for him. Sure
enuff, thar he was, with his wife aud
four darters. W hen tho preacher got
up, and the congregation was bout
half through eiiigin oue of the finest
sums I ever heern, I sort a throwed my
leu peeper over to whar Hallbuster
sot, and blast my hide if I didu't see
bira with a pistol in his hand, and hit
cocked, ready to let fly if I made the
least sign of tacklin him. What does
I da but sneaks out my barker too, aud
thar we sot with our fiugers on tho
triggers, like two torn eats, till tho
nicetiu was over. Durn them Sunday
night meeting ; thar's been five of the
brethering killed at um last year, and
a young preacher had all his front
teeth kuocked out lust Love Feast."
Two young lovers attempted suicide
in Lawrence, Mass., on Friday night.
William R. Scott had for some time
been paving his addresses to Miss
Emma C. Thoru. The old folks of the
lady looked with disfavor on their
love for each other, which opposition
sadly disheartened tho pair and they
resolved to dio together. They pro
cured two ounces of arsenic, repaired
to prospect hill and took the fatal
dose. The girl died, but Scott will re
cover. The fact that Peoria, Illinois, is to
be honored by tho presence of Mile.
Nilsson there us a resident is now no
longer questionable. Her acnt writes
that sho has decided to spend the sum
mer in America, and aUo that she de
signs having erected, on the building
site in Peoria, purchased by her during
her first visit there, a beautiful resi-
deuco.
After reading Darwin, monkeys
should always bo spoken of us mem
bers of tho "oldest families"
Hates of Advertising.
One Square (1 Inch,) one Insertion tl M
OneMiuaro " oue month 3 00
One Square " three months... A on
One8'tiaro " ono year 10 00
Two Squares, ono year 15 00
Quarter Col. " 30 OO
Half " " SO Off
Ono " " 100 00
Business Cards, not exceeding one Inch
In length, $10 per year,
Legal notices at established ratos.
These rates are low, and no doviation
ivill lio made, or discrimination among
patrons. The rates otP-red are such, sa
will make it to the advantage of mendol. f
business in the limits of the circulation of
too raper to advertise liberally.
L. I
A commander in the Royal mail
service found his steamer some thirty
miles out of her course. He was
sorely troubled, and could not account
for the local attraction that had sent
him so far out of the way. Instru
ments and calculations appeared
equally faultless. Sorely troubled,
from having passed a sleepless night
the captain went on deck after breok
fast Seeing a lady sitting (as was her
custom) and working near the binna
cle, it occurred to him that probably
her scissors were resting on the ledgo
of it. Detecting nothing of the sort,
and bent on closer investigation, he
discovered that her chair had an iron
frame. It also, quite reasonably,
flashed across him that the lady's am
ple criuoline was extended by steel
hoops. So, mustering all his faculties,
he exclaimed, with as much forgivc
uess and as little reproach in his tone
as possible, "Madam, you have, by
your local attraction, drawn my ship
some forty miles from her course 1"
On a certain occasion tho counsel
took some exception to the ruling of
the court to some point, and a dispute
arose.
'If the court please,' said the coun
sel, "I wish to refer to this book for a
moment,' and at the same time picked
up a volume.
'There is no rcfering to any book,'
exclaimed the court angrily. 'I have
decided the p'int.'
'But, your Honor ' persisted the
attorney.
'Now, I don't want to hear anything
on the subject,' yelled the court. 'I
tell you again that I have decided the
p'hM.'
'I know that 'was the rejoinder.'I am
satisfied of that ; but this is a volume
of Black stone. 1 am ceitain he differs
with your Honor, and I only wanted
to show you what a fool Blackstono ,
was.'
'Ah, indeed,' exclaimed the court,
'now you begin to talk.'
The Emperor Nicholas evidently '
took a different view of fool -hardy ex- -posurcs
of life from what many peoplo
do nowadays. One morning in spring,
when a freshet of the ifeva had reud
ered its crossing extremely perilous,
Nicholas, on looking from the window
of his winter-palace, saw a largo crowd
watching a man leaping from one piece
of ice to another toward the opposite :
shore. He called his attendant a id-decamp.
"Look at that fool," said he. "Run
nd see what motivo he has for so ex
posing his life."
The aid-de-carap learned the partic
ulars and returned.
"Sire, he is a peasant who has bet he
would cross the Neva for twenty-five
rubles, and is trying to gain the re
ward." "Give him tweuty-five lashes," re
plied Nicholas. "A man who riskj
Lis life iu this miserable way would be,
capable of anything for money."
A St. Louts gentleman who employs
a Coolie as a domestic servant finds
that the paganism of the Chinaman is '
his greatest fault. The other morning
the family, including the Coolie, were
gathered into tho sitting-room for
prayers. When the exercises wero
over, it was ascertained that (he Coolio
had been worshipping an old-fashioned
brass and iron in the fire-place. He
mistook it fur an idol, and had offered
it two dead rats, aud he began his re
ligious exercises out of a prayer-book
in seventy-four volumes and a supple
ment. He spends four hours a day in
front of that andiron saying his cate
chism, and the impression throughout
the neighborhood is, that if anything
can bo dono with a brass andiron in
the way of securing tho Chinese idea
of a felicitous hereafter, that persistent
Coolio will do it.
The French habit of counting chick
ens before they aro hatched is strongly
illustrated by the action of a ireneh
prisoner of war, at Hamburg. Ho
was an olhcer who had been very
kindly treated by the family with
whom ho was quartered, and on leav-
ing for his own country, wishing to ex
press his gratitude to his hosts, ho left
with them a sealed envelope, to bo
opened after his departure. It was
found to contain a letter to tho luture
French Commander of Hamburg
(when it should have been couquered
by the French,) begging him to treat
the aforesaid family as considerately as
they had treated the writer.
There is considerable discussion and
excitement iu Chicago concerning tho
Sunday liquor trade. The City Coun
cil, a Jay or two after the great peace
celebration, repealed tho ordinance
making it illegal (o keep saloons open
on Sunday, but the indignutiou ex
pressed at this acticn was so great that
it was reconsiikred and the ordinauco
rc-cnaeted. Following this meetings,
were held by citizens of Gorman birth
and resolutions adopted protesting
agaiust the ordinance aud denying the
right of tlio Council, under tho State
Constitution, to make the sale of beer
on Sunday illegal. The political
aspect of tho question renders it tho
more interesting.
When does a son uot take alter his
father? When his father leaves hitit
liolhin.' to Uk'.',