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VOL. V. NO. 13.
TIONESTA, PA., TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1872.
$2 PER ANNUM.
ICAN
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
HE WTO I'ETTIS.
MILKS W, TATE.
PETTIS & TATE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Aim Strict, TIONESTA , PA.
Isaac Ash,
ATTORNEY AT T,AW, Oil City, Pa.
Will practice In tint various Courts of
Forest County, All business entrusted to
his cure will roeclvo prompt attention.
10 ly
W. W. Maiwn, Goorip A. Jnnk,
Tioa.au, r. nnwkTllle, P..
Mason & Jork3,
ATTOUXKYS AT LAW. OffiVo on Klin
Ktreot, above Walnut, Tionesta, Ih.
C. W. Gilfillan.
, A TTOItXKY AT I,AV, Pianlilin, Ve-
IlUIltfO VO., k II. II.
J. R. HAHUIS, 1). I. 1WSSKTT,
IT A II I! IS if FA SS i: TV,
Attorneys at Law, TltusvUla Penn'a.
PRACTICF. In all tho Courts of Warren,
Crawford, Forest and Venango Coun
ties. 4H-tf
W. P. Mercilliott,
ATTOItXEY A COUNSKLOU AT LAW
Tionosta, l'a. Ollleo on Kim Street.
Tho professional services of tho Hon. H.
P. Johnson can bo secured throuirh mo If
desired in any business entrusted to me in
r'orent Co, Collections promptly attended
to. Also Heal ICstato Atrcnt.
Tionesta House.
MITTKL, Proprietor, Kim St., Tio-
.,, 1 ,l,n I, i.PllinAMinlr
Mr. Iltlo has thoroughly renovnted tho
Tionesta House, and ro-l'iirnished it com
pletely. All who patronize him will bo
vim entertained ut reasonable rates, bi ty
FCIEST HOUSE,
DI1LACK PKOPHIKTOU. Opposite
Court House, Tionesta, Pa. Just
opened. Kvervtliincr new and clean and
fresh. The best of liquors kept constantly
on Hand. A portion ol inn imbue patron
no is respoctl'uliy solicited. 4-17-1 V
Holmes House,
nnOTs'F.STA, PA., opposite tho rvpot,
I C. 1). Mabie, Proprietor, (iood Sta
bling connected witli the house. tf.
Syracuso House,
T1PIOUTK, Pa., J. A n M aoef, Propio
tors. The houso lias been thoroughly
relltted and is now in tho first-class order,
with the best of accommodations. Anv
lil'ormation onecruimr Od Territory ut
Mil point, will 00 elicoriilliv Iiirmsiieii.
-ly J. Silt. MAtiKK,
Excbango Hotel,
T 0WF.it timoctr. Pa., rvs. tums
XJ dkki. So Prop's. This house having
neen rented Is now tup most desirable stop
ping place in Tidiouto. A good Billiard
iuoiu aiiucncu. -''
National Hotel,
TTtYIXETOX, PA. W. A. llallenbnd;,
Proprietor. This hotel is Nkw, and is
,iw opc.n as a lirst class house, situate at
ne Junction of the Oil Creek it Allegheny
liver and Philadelphia A Krio Railroads,
pposite tho Depot. Parties having to lay
ver trains will tind this the most convcii
ont hotel In town, with first-class aeeom-
nodntjons and reasonable charges. tf.
Dr. J. L. Acoirb,
PIIYSICTAX AND Sl'RP. I'.OX, who has
had lifteen years' experience in a hirjro
nun ucccfiui jjracnce, win nucud nil
Professional Calls. Oltlce in his ln-mr ami
grocery Storo, located in Tidlouto, near
luuouta uouso.
IX HIS STORK WILL UE FOUXD
A full assortment of Medicine. I.iouors
Tobacco, Ciuars. Stationerv. tilass. Paints.
Oils, Cutlery, and tino (Jrocories, all of tho
best quality, and will be sold at reasonable
rates.
II. R. BURGESS, an experienced Drnif-
pint from New York, has clmro of the
Ture. All prescriptions put up accurately.
JOHN A. DALE, PRtt'T.
HN A. PROPER, VICE PRE8T. A. H. STEELE, CA8HR,
SAVINGS BANK,
Tionesta, Forest Co., Pa.
This Rank transact)! a General Ranking,
Collecting ami K.xchanjje Business.
llrarts on tho Principal Cities of the
Vnited States and Europe bought and sold.
tiold and Silver Coin and lioverninent
Securities bought and sold. 7-:)0 Uonds
converted on the most favorable terms.
Interest allowed on time deposits.
Mar. 4, tf.
SLOAN & VAN GIESEN.
BLACKSMITHS
AXD
WAGON-MAKERS.
Corner of Church and Kim Streets,
TIONESTA lV.
una nun in iiiiaioi tw UU (111 Vt III K J II I
Hh lino, niul will warrant evorvthinir done J
tiuulur atttiiiiiou given to
iioitsi:.snoi:i.,
Rive them atrial, and you will not re
gret it. 13-ly.
Lloyd & Son,
TCATKIt STHEET, TIOXtSTA, PA.
HAVE JUST OPKXED an exteiibivo
Stock of
FLOUR AND FEED,
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS,
WhL'li lltAV nlK.f In llin iml.liA nl i-nln.
low as can he ottered by any oilier oMab-sJ
iiKiimcni in town, lino us a cull belmo
liurcliiiaing elsew here.
U-;iiu. IXOVDASON,
Tlo Republican Office
KEEPS constanlly on hand a l.iro as
bortment of lllaiik Deeds, Morti'.urcs,
HubHtuus, Warrants, Siinimous, Ac. to
liBBold chip (or ca-.li. tf.
D. W. CLARK,
(COMMISSIONKU'B CI.KHK, FORKST CO., T.)
REAL ESTATE AG EXT.
II
OUHRS nnd Tots for Rale and RKXrp
Wild Ijtnds for Kale. x
I have sunerior facilities for ascertaining
the condition of taxes and tax deeds, Ac,
ami am thereforo qualified to act intelli
gently as airont of those living at a dis
tance', owning lands In tho Countv.
Ollice in Commissioners Room. Court
House, Tionesta. Pa.
4-41-ly. P. W. CLARIC.
riiir. niTMRieoK. Pw.t.
K U. linillllllUK, Tn-M.
T. A. VRIOIIT, Pvt.
ui:o. w. iiiiiiiuiiuR,
THE SUPERIOR LUMBER CO.,
MAXUFACTURERS OF
Pine Lumber, Lath, Shingles &c.
Mills on Tionesta Creek, Forest To., Pa.
Yards k Office cor. lh k Rail Road Sis.,
riTTSIiURGH, PA.
Jos. Y. Saul,
PRACTICAL Harness Maker and Sad
1 dler. Threo doors north of Holmes
House, Tionesta, Pa. All work is war
ranted, tf.
KIIWAI1D D1TI1RIIMIE.
K. p. DITHKIDGE
FORT PITT GLASS WORKS.
Kstablished A. D. 187.
PITHEHDQE &
MANVFACTURF.ItS OF
Ditliridge's xx Flint Glas3
PATENT OVAL
LAMP CHIMNEYS.
AXD
Silvered Glass Reflectors.
Thoso chimneys do not break by heat.
Ask for Ditiiiitdoks. Take no other.
I)ITHRID(iRv SOX,
25-ly. rittsbui-Kli.ra.
yiow I5arJIti"; House.
MRS. S. S. HULIXGS has built a lame
addition to her houso, and is now pre
pared to accommodate a number of perma
nent boarders, and all transient ones who
may favor her with their patronage. A
pood Htahto has recently been built to ac
commodate tho horses of quests. Charires
reasonable. Resideneo on Kim St., oppo
site S. Haslet's store. J-ly
JONES HOUSE,
CLArjON, PENN'A.;
S.S. JONES - - -Proprietor.
GROCERY AND PROVISION STORE
IN TIO NFS TA .
KLINORDLINGER & GO.
nAVEjusthroinrliton a complete and
carefully selected stock of
FLOUR,
GROCERIES.
PROVISIONS,
and everything necessary to tho coniploto
stock ofa tlrst-class Urocery House, which
they have opened out at their esUiblish
meut on Elm .St., first door north of M. K.
Church.
TKAS,
COFFEES, SUGARS,
SYRUPS, FRUITS,
SPICES,
HAMS, LARD,
A XD ritO VISIOXS OF ALL KIXD.
at tho lowest cash prices. Cioods warrant
ed to be of the best quality. Call and ex
amine, and we believe we can suit vou.
N. KLIXOROLINUER Jt CO.
Jan. 9. '72.
A. M I It A CIK!
Mr. Samuel Roll, of W. K. Schmert d:
Co., Wholesale Root nnd Shoo Manufaciur
ers, 31 Filth avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa., has
been alllicted wiih chronic rheumnlish for
thiity years, from his rijrlit hip to his foot,
having to uso a crutch and a cane, at times
so painful as to utterly incapacitate him
from attending lo his business. Having
tried every remedy known, without eil'ect,
except Uillihmd'H Pain Killer, ho was
finally induced to try it. A second applica
tion enabled him to lay aside his crutch,
nnd a third ell'ected a permanent cure. Mr.
Hell is a popular and well-known citizen,
is a living monument of tho rtt'aeacv of
that great medicul discovery, Oillila'niVs
Pain Killer. The atllictod should ask their
procor or druirgist for it, and try its won
derful power. Mr. tailliland, 'we under
stand, wants a respectable agent in every
town ami county for it. The principal of
lico is at 11 Third Avenue, Pittsburgh Pa.
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THE
BOOT AND SHOE
STOBE.
TP YOU WANT a perfect fit and a pood
I- article of Hoots and Shoes, of tho thiunt
workmanship, go U
If. I,. JlrCAXC'K'S,
S'J CENTRE STREET, OIL CITY, PA.
.-r'rSutistactiou guaranteed. tf.
Jerusalem Present Condition of the
City.
A private letter from an American
in Jerusalem, under date of March 22,
gives this account of the present con
dition of tho Holy City:
Jerusalem, once "the toy of the
wholo world," has fallen low; it is
Jerusalem, but not "the City of the
Great King." It is a poor place, with
narrow crooked lanes or streets, badly
paved damp and filthy. The people
are poor, and thero is no trade or com
merce, as it is in the rnidt-t of a barren
land, and remote from the line of the
world's business. How the people
live here is a mystery. Tho city is
walled entirely around, and as the
walls are in good condition, from its
external appearance from all points,
one would expect a rich Hnd beautiful
town within. Beggars in rags meet
one on all sides, clamoring for "buck
shecsh," and lepers sit by the wayside
exhibiting a picture only to bo real
ized. Frequently, during my sojourn here
of seven weeks, have I ascended the
Mount of Olives, and, sitting under an
olivo tree, contemplated tho great
event in the past history ot Jerusalem,
and endeavoring to realize that when
tho Saviour was upon earth, and when
he also walked the same roads that I
now walk, and gazed upon the same
natural scenes, and as 1 look down up
on the city, I think of tho words of
Christ while also looking from the
same mount, "iNot one stone shall re
main upon another;" and how true!
now nothing remains of that Jerusa
lem but the site, now tho modern Jeru
salem. Often have I entered tho
Church of the Holy Bepulcher, on Cal
vary, and there silently mused. The
painful miuuteness of detail in which
holy places aro marked out and shown
ns identical, detracts creatly from
one's enjoyment. I believe the church,
or buildings on Calvary, occupy tho
very rock, but 1 do not believe in the
identity of spot to the fraction. While
standing by tho rock which is marked
as the very place where stood the cross,
I bclievo one is within a few feet of
tho place, which is quite sufficient.
Anil as to the bepuleher, in a small
building in tho center of a rotunda,
above the floor, I do not believe iu it,
and yet am of faith it is over the tomb
hewu in tho rock. Tho tomb now
shown is a plain marble sarcophagus,
much like a bath-tub.
There is nothing to bo seen of the
rock of Culvary, being all covered
with buildings and marble floors, ex
cent that portion where the cross was
elevated (.which is some fifteen feet
higher than the tomb), and this is on
ly seen through a small openiner, and
also tho rent, caused, as said, by tho
earthquake at the crucilixion. Pil
grims aro now gathering here for Eas
ter Russians, Persians, Armenians,
Greeks, etc., etc. and they present a
unique picture in their curious cos
tumes. They daily enter tho Church
of the Holy Sepucher and kiss every
old stone from the entrance through
out, firm in their belief of every place
lueniiueu. it is an interesting scene
long to be remembered.
1 have been around tho citv with
out the walls many times, as also upon
them, and either has its interest. Threo
times havo I been within the Mosquo
of Omar, on Mount Moriah, the site
of Soloman's Temple. The mosque,
bciner the second halv nlncn of Hn.
hammedanism, is much out of repair
and greatly neglected, as also the sur
rounding grounds, nn interesting com
ment upon the religion of that people
as to sacred places. The vaults or ex
tensive arches under the platform on
the south side are exceedingly interost
ing, nud supposed to bo of the time of
bulomon.
I have twice explored the extensive
quarries under Jerusalem, which bear
marks of quarryiiig ns distinct as
though ot yesterday. Thev extend
probably to the temple, and no doubt
weie used for the great temple, of 1.-
000 years B. C. Thev are diflicult of
exploring, as one has in many places
to crawl on hands and feet. I have
been to Jericho, and bathed in the
Jordan, as well as tho Dead Sea, in
whieli 1 was borne up like, a cork.
Have visited Bethany. Bethlehem, and
Hebron, where Abraham was buried,
also the pools of Solomon, etc., etc.,
and iu fact every place of interest
hereabouts, and next week start over
land for tho Sea of Galilee, Nazareth,
etc etc., to JJeyrut, and acaiu to Dam
ascus, where I am in hopes of joining
a party lor Palmyra, and on my re
turn will go to Smyrna, Constanutino
pie, etc., etc., and thence to Greece,
Albania, juontengro, etc., etc.
The weather is beatiful iu Palestine;
flower8are in bloom, and all nature is
in its most gorgeous array, where thero
is an opportunity of being so. Under
Turkish Government everything is left
to decay, and nothing is repaired or
renewed, consequently lias a neglected
appearance.
.
A newsboy having been garroted
and robbed in Jacksonville, Illinois,
tho Chicago Times sajs that highway
men will bo attacking repoiteis soon,
ns those gentlemen stand next below
newsboys in tho scale of journalistic
opulence.
Tho following we extract from a
little book on chronic disenscs, by R.
V. Pierce, M. D., of Buffalo, N. Y.
Our readers can receive this interest
ing aud useful little book, post-paid,
by enclosing one postage stamp to
tho doctor.
The great prevalence of this di
sease, and its latal results, are well
calculated to enlist our best efforts
for its cure. What is Consumption?
It is a diseaso of the lungs, produced
by an acrid and impure condition of
the blood, which, circulating through
theso most delicate organs, poisons
and irritates their tissues and invites
scrofulous humors of the blood, caus
ing the deposition of tubercles and es
tablishing local scrofula. Another
prolific exciting cause of the develop
ment of scrofulous disease of the
lungs, or tubercular consumption, is
chronic nasal catarrh, which, extend
ing along tho mucous lining mem
brane of the throat, trachea aud bron
chial tubes, finally attacks the sub
stance of tho lungs, and here estab
lishes such an irritation as to invite
the blood to deposit its burden of
impurities in these organs. Con
sumption itself is not so often heredi
tary as is generally supposed. That
a condition of low vitality may be
transmitted from parents to children
is unquestionably true. . It is this de
ficiency of vitality which is inherited
a weakness which makes nutrition
imperfect, and leads to the deposit of
tuuercies. jjut thousands of persons
who inherit feeble vitality would
never suffer from consumption if the
functions of the system were kept
correct and tho blood pure. When
tho liver becomes torpid, and but
very imperfectly pours off tho effete,
poisonous materials of the blood, the
lungs, as has before been shown,, be
come irritated. The general health
becomes broken down, and tlio person
feels languid, weak, faint, drowsy and
confused. Pain in the right side, in
tho region of the liver, and sympa
thetic pain in the shoulders and 3piue
and through the lungs, is generally
complained of. Tho patient soon
has a dry, hacking cough that liver
cough. Small minute tubercles are
developed in tho lungs, and perhaps
exist for mouths nil unknown to their
victim. Nothing is done to remove
tubercles by the ordinary treatment.
There is no rational way to cure con
sumption except to purify the blood.
Those poisonous materials in the
blood which cause the tubercles must
bo thrown ofl'by exciting tho liver to
action. Vitality must bo supported,
the system nourished nnd built up,
and the development of tubercles thus
prevented. Remove tho blood poison
by restoring the action of the liver,
nud the cough, which is only a symp
tom of tho real disease, is relieved.
You thereby strike at tho root of in
cipient consumption and euro the pa
tient. From the properties and remedial
effects of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery, which I have in the pre
ceding pages fully explained, the
reader will readily understand why it
has been so successful in curing the
fatal malady.
With it I havo arrested tho hack
ing and harassing cough, tho night
sweats and hectic fever of tho con
sumptive invalid ; snatched fiom the
jaws of death and restored to health
and happiness many who, but for my
Discovery, must soon have fallen vic
tims to that relentless foe. God, I
believe, has installed into the roots
and plants from which this wonderful
medicino is extracted, the healing
properties, by the use of which, Con
sumption, tho scourge of tho human
family, may, in its early stages, be
promptly arrested aud permanently
cured. I do not wish to delude, flat
ter, and then disappoint tho afflicted
by asserting that this can be accom
plished when the lungs are half con
sumed, as many do who, being devoid
of all conscience, aim to humbug tho
afflicted, that they may sell their of
ten worse than worthless compounds.
But if my Alt. Ext., or Golden
Medical Discovery, is employed in
the first or early stages of the disease,
I know from ample observation and
actual test in hundreds of cases, that
it will positively arrest the disease anil
restore health nnd strength. From
its wonderful power over this terrible
diseaso I thought of calling it my
Consumptive Cure; but from the fact
that it is a perfect specific for the sore
throat aud hoarseness to which minis
ters and other public sneakers and
singers are subject, and also for Bron
chitis, and all severe coughs, and is
an invaluable remedy for diseases of
tho Liver, and also as a blood purifier
I decided not to apply to it a name
which might mislead aud prevent its
use in other diseases for which it is so
admirably adapted.
It w ill cure a cough iu one-half the
time necessary to cure it with any
other medicine, and it does it not by
drying it up, but by removing the
cause, subduing tho irritation and
healing tho affected parts.
Dr. Pierce's Gulden Medical Dis
covery is sold by Druggists every
where. I
Winnie's Mistake.
by i. o. u.
In an arbor formed by two giant
oaks, and canopied by their interlac
ing branches, sat beautiful Winnie
Geoffrey, and by her side was Maurice
West, his dark eyes fixed on the vel
vet turf, nnd scemiugly intent only on
the utter destruction of the rosetree
beside him.
An exclamation froniWinnie roused
him from his reverie.
"Maurice. What are you thinking
of? You have not uttered a word for
the last half-hour. If the demolition
of rosetrees is more agreeable than
my society, I will go back to the
house."
"Do not go, Winnie," he said, "I
have something to tell you." And
there was a pause, during which the
rosetrees was nearly denuded.
'I received a letter from the senior
partner this morning. Ho says it is
necessary for one of us to go to Brazil
immediately, to look after our inter
ests there. He wishes me to make
the voyage. Winnie, shall I go?"
"Dear me!" she exclaimed, "What
a question. You must consult your
own pleasure. I am not the one to
decide."
"You are, Winnie, you are," he said
engerly, searching the fair face of the
little coquette with his dark eyes, as
if to find there the comfort which her
words denied him. "Upon your de
cisiou rests mine. Tell me, shall I
go or stay,"
"You will do as you please," was
tho calm reply.
"Then it -makes no difference to
you."
"Indeed it does not."
He turned away, very quietly for a
rejected lover, Winnie thought, but
she did not sco his face, and could
not know tho bitter disappointment
written there.
"Winnie," she looked up in sur
prise at the cool, firm tones. "It is
getting damp. It is not safe for you
to be out longer. Let mo take you to
the house."
She took his proffered arm, and ns
they passed up the avenue of stately
elms, she wondered at his manner, so
quiet and self possessed, so different
from the eager, ardent lover of an
hour ago, and alone in her room she
regretted her hasty words, words that
her heart denied, even while they
wero being spoken.
"But ho will forgive me," sho
told herself. "lie will come to mo
again."
Tho morrow came but brought no
pleading lover. Instead thero came
the tidings that Maurice West bud
started for tho city the evening of
their interview, bull she could not
believe that he was lost to her, for in
tho depths of her coquettish heart,
Winnie loved Maurice West with all
tho strength of a flirt's affection.
Sho watched and waited for some tok
en of forgiven remembrance, but the
days and weeks camo and went, bring
ing no messago from the absent one
till over a year had flown. A year
passed by; Winnie Geoffrey in alter
nate hope nnd disappointment.
"Well Winnie, I havo some news
for you," said Mr. Geoffrey, on enter
ing the breakfast room one morning.
Winnie glanced up from her paper
and asked, "What is it, pnpa?"
"Maurice West has returned. Why!
What ails you girl?" for Winnie had
turned white as marble, aud tho paper
rattled to tho floor.
"Nothing papa, only I am not well
this morning. Did you say that Mau
rice West had returned ?"
"Yes, Squire Willis was telling me.
His uncle you know; Squire says he's
njarricd to a very beautiful woman,
too. Met her off there at Para-Pura,
what is the name of that place where
he's been? She is not of South Amer
ican birth, however. Squire's seen
her and says she is intelligent, highly
educated, and all that. I used to
thinlr, before Maurice went away,
that you and he liked each other pret
ty well. But I was mistaken it seems.
Hey, Winnie?"
"It was a mistake," faltered Win
nie, as she hastily left tho breakfast
room, for her father's talk ef Maurice
aud his bride was more than she
could bear.
"It was a mistake, my mistake,"
she told herself in after years of her
secluded life, when sho saw tho happi
ness of Maurice aud his gentle wife.
"Tommy, my son, what are you go
ing to do with that club?"
"Send it to the editor, of course."
"But what aro vou going to send it
to the editor for?"
"Cause he says if anybody will send
him a club ho will send them a copy
of his paper."
The mother came pretty near faint
ing, but retained couseiousucss to ask,
"But, Tommy, dear, what do you sup
pose ho wants with a club ?"
"Well, I don't know," replied the
hopeful urchin, "unless it is to knock
down subscribers as don't pay for
their paper.
Never run down your opponent's
goods in public. Let him do his owi;
advertising.
A Philosophical Darkey.
An elderly darkey with a very phil
osophical and retrospective cast of
countenance, was squatting upon his
bundle on the hurricano deck of one
of tho Western river steamers, toast
ing his shins against the chimney, and
apparently plunged in a state of pro
found meditation. His dress aud ap
pearance indicated familiarity with
camp life, and it being soon after the
siegb and capture of Fort Donelson, I
was inclined to disturb his reveries,
and on interrogating found that he
had been with the Union forces nt
that place, when I questioned him
further. His philosophy was so much
in the Falstaffin vein that I will give
his views in his own words as near as
my memory will serve me.
ere you in the fight?
I had a little taste of it, sa.
Stood your ground, did you?
No, sa, I runs.
Run at the first fire, did you?
Yes, sa, an' would hab run soonn
had I know d it was comin .
Why, that wasn't very creditable to
vour courage.
Dat isn't iu my line, sa cookiu's
my protession.
Well, have you no regard for your
reputation r
Reputation! miffin to me by the
side of life.
Do you consider your life worth
more than other people s?
It's worth more to me, sa.
Then you must value it very high
ly?
Yes, sa, I does; more dan nil this
world; more dan a million dollars, sa;
for wut would that be wuth to a man
wid the bref out of him? Self prescr
bashun am de fust law wid me, sa.
But why snould you act upon a dif
ferent rule from other men?
Cause, sa, different men sets differ
ent value" upon tier selves; my lifo is
not in ue market.
But if you lost it you would have
tho satisfaction of knowing that you
died for your country.
Whnt satisfuc'n would dat be to me,
when the power of leelin was gone?
Then patriotism and honor are noth
ing to you?
Nuffiu', whatever, a I regard dem
as among do varieties.
If our soldiers were liko you trait
ors might have broken up tho Gov
ernment without resistance.
Yes, sa ; der would hab been no
help for it. I wouldn tput my life in
do scales gainst any gubenucnt dat
eber existed tor no guberment could
replace de loss to me. Spec, dough,
dat de guberment safe if da is all like
me.
Do yon think any of your company
would havo missed vou if you had
been killed?
May bo not.sa. A dead .white man
ain't much to deso sogers, let alone a
dead nigga: but I'd a missed myself,
and dat was de pint wid me.
It is safo to say that tho dusky
eornse ol that African will never
darken the field of carnage.
" Scratch That Man Off."
In one of the United Stales Courts
a short timo ago, tho Marshal was
calling the list for tho purpose of im
panuellinga jury, and tho work was
going bravely on, when, in answer lo
a name, a somewhat shabby genteel
individual put in nn nppenranee, nnd
in a very mild nnd self-depreciating
manner feebly asked to be excused.
The judge, a very pompous nnd dig
nified gentleman, first looked aston
ished, nnd then in a deep, rebuking
voice, sternly said : "Excused, sir !
excused, sir ! excused ; on what
ground !"
The juror, that was not to be, cast
ing a helpless look around with a faint
attempt at a smile, replied :
"I I I have tho itch, sir."
"The itch, sir; tho itch? The deuce
you have," said his honor, at the same
time rising in his magisterial dignity.
"The itch, sir! Mr. Marshal," tumiug
to thnt functionary, "Mr. Marshal,
scratch that man off."
Tho Marshal fainted, the court
went into convulsions, nnd the juror
left. J
Washington Pastry.
A sojourner in Washington sends
the following : I am particularly fond
of lemon pie and ice cream for des
sert. At I went on peaceably for
a couple of weeks, but always eating
lemon pie under a silent protest, for I
was a stranger, nnd did not like to
raise objections. Finally I called a
waiter and said :
"John, I have nothiug to f ay about
this ice cream, but what kind of pie
is this?"
"What kind did you order, Fall?"
"I ordered lemon pie, but this ap
pears to be dried apple."
"Dat's lemon pie, siih. You know
dey has a way ofniixin' dried apple
iu do lemou pie here, sail, to dat ex
tent it requires a man of ability to
'stinguiah 'em apart, sab. Do lemons
are scarce, you know, ami dey has to
conoiniso nn so ns to mako one lem
on do or sixteen pt.s.
A full purse never lacks irieiiils.
What He Used to Think.
Upon General Grant's accession to
the Presidency a great number of
those who hnd" supported his election,
with some who had not, sought office
at his hands, or expected him to be
stow it unasked. He was unable to
gratify their nspirntions. Their la
mentations, mingled with the howls of
the disappointed, made up a very dole
ful dissonance, whereof the only mean
ing deducible runs thus: "Gen. Grant
is found wanting his Administration
is a failure."
"Failure?" how? in what? Havo
we not peace and plenty in the land ?
Is not our flag displayed and re
spected on every sea ? What foreign
foe molests or threatens us? Who
fears insurrection at home, or invasion
from abroad ?
Yes. Gen. Grant has failed to
gratify somo eager aspirations, and
has thereby incurcd some intense ha
treds. These do not and will not
fail ; and his Administration will
prove at least equally vital. We
shall hear lamentation after lamenta
tion over his failures from those whoso
wish is father to tho thought; but
the American people let them pass
unheeded. Their strong arm boro
him triumphant through the war nnd
into the White House, and they still
uphold nnd sustain him; they never
failed and they never will.
The above very sensible remarks
are from tho pen of Horace Greeley,
and were published not so very long
ago in the Tribune. They nro not a
whit less true to-day than when they
were written, although Greeley him
self now ranks ns au "office-seeker"
backed up by those staunch patriots,
Waldo Hutching nud Reuben E. Fen-ton.
A wnggish journalist who is often
merry over his personal plainness,
tells this story of himself: "I went
onco to a drug store for a dose of
morphine for a sick friend. The night
clerk objected to give it to mo without
a prescription, fearing I was going to
kill myself.
"Pshaw," said I, "do I look liko a
man who would destroy himself?"
Gazing steadily nt mo, ho replied :
"I don't know. Seems to me if I
looked liko you I should bo greatly
tempted to kill myself."
Brighara Ycungs's quiet little fami
ly circle consists of thirty-two wives
and sixty-eight children, and when
they all gather around tho hearth on
a winter evening, the effect is said to
be indescribably cosy.
A wedding that wns to. have takeu
placo in St. Paul, a day or two since,
was indefinitely postponed by tho dis
appearance of the brido that wns to
bo on tho wedding morning. Sho
eloped with a former lover.
An English law compels a married
woman, if she has money or the means
of making it and her lord has none, to
support him, bo ho ever so worthless,
that tho expense of his keeping may
not come upon tho parish.
A lady in Clinton, Iowa, gave a
burglar a very severe flogging with a
dustingbrush tho other night. She
said sho wouldn't havo done it if she
hadn't been under tho impression that
it was her husband just getting home.
Somo of tho Indian clergymen in
tho civilized tribes ol the West havo
queer names. Among them nro Rev.
Mr. Black Fox, Rev. Mr. Muskrat,
Rev. Mr. Walking Stick, and Rev. Mr.
Johnny Juniper.
A skull 20 inches iu circumferenco
above tho ears has been dug up at Du
buque, Iowa. This seems to indicate
that "in those days" there were men
with a mighty deal of intellect above
their ears.
The Dululh Herald says that Dan
Shumway, a notorious rough, killed at
Moorhead two weeks ago, was buried
face downward with a pack of cards
iu his hand.
An aged gentleman, at Chariton,
Iowa, attempted suicide by hanging,
but his family cut him down ; where
upon ho took tho ropo and administer
ed a general flagellation.
Tho editor of tho Rcedsbtirg Press
refers to the occurrence of a "little fe
nialo incident" at his houso which
prevented his attention to business.
Elderly Chicago women held a muss
meeting to complain that tho pretty
receive prompt nid from tho commit
tees, while plainer are left to sutler.
Thousands of acres of sugar beets
aro being planted iu the vicinity of
- ill . i. : .
1'ict'jiui i, in., tins year.
A man at Bloomington, III., scalped
another tho other day merely to show
how it was done.
One man and his sou in Wiuuecoune,
Wis., have slaughtered oVXIl niuskruts
in two months.
Tho llanisljurg car works, recently
destroyed by fire, aro being rapidly
rebuilt.
A Western editor called Alexis tho
noble "Russ." The printer made it
"Ku-s."
Extensive had mines are leiug
i pencil in I'tnh.
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