II FUBLIBITGD BVEPY WEDNESDAY, BT W. R. DUNN. Office in Kryox's Bulldlig, Klrt Street TERMS, $2.00 A YEAR. No Subscriptions received for a Bliorter period thnn throe monti's. Correspondence solicited from nil nnrts t the country. No notice will be taken of annonymous communications. Marriages and Dor.th notice Inserted jrrntis. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. , WBWTON PETTIS. MILKS W. TATE. PETTIS & TATE, Attorneys at law, Im Wrtet, TIOXKSTA, PA. Isaac Ash, ATTORNEY AT T.AW, Oil Citr, Pa. X111 practice In the various Courts of tForeat County. All business entrusted to all rare will receive prompt nttenti n. 18 ly Tf i W. Xuon, 0org A. Jen TKmiu. r- jn 111,, r. Mason jenKs- TTORNKYS AT LAW . omoo on F.lm " .,ui, TionoxiA, i'a. C- ""-V. Gilflllan, ATTORNfY AT LAW, Franklin, Ve nango Co., Pa. tf. . R. AIlllIS, D. I. FASSKTT, HAIlitlS C FASSETT, Attorneys at Law, Tltuavllle Penn'a. PRACTICE In nil the Courts of Warren, Crawford, Forest and Vonana;o Coun ties. 40-tf W. P. MerclUiott, ATTORNEY A COUNSKLOlt AT LAW Tlonesta, Pa. Oflice on F.lm St oct. The professional services of the Hon. S. Y. Johnson can ho secured through mo if desired in any business entrusted to me in Forest Co. Oolleetioim promptly attendod to. Also Heal Kstato A gout. Tlonesta House. MITTEL, Proprietor, Elm St. Tio- iiesta, l'a., at the mouth of the creek, Mr. Iltlo has thoroughly renovated tho Tlonesta House, and ro-lWnished it com pletely. All who patronize him will ho well cntnrtuined at reasonable rates. I'D ly FOREST HOUSE, DULACK PROPRIETOR. Opposito Court House, Tionesla, Pa. Just opened. Everything now and clunn and frash. The best of liiiiors kept constantly on hand. A portion of the public patron age in respectfully solicited. 4-17-1 v Holmes House, TMONESTA, TA., opposite tho Depot. C. 1. Mubic, Proprietor. Wood Sta bling connected with the house. tf. Scott House, FAOCNPUS, PA., E. A. Roberts, Pro prietor. This ho' el has been recently re-furnished and now otlors aupeiior ac commodations to pues's. iS-ly. Syracuse House, TlDIOUTf.PA., J. A 1) Maokk, Prople tors. The house hnsleeii thornuithlv refitted and Is now in the tirst-eloss order, with tho best of accommodations. Any nformalion concerning Oil Territory at this point will be cheerfully furnished, ly J. Al). MAOER, Exchange Hotel, LOWER TIDIOUTE, Ta., D. S. Rams DkkIi A Hon Prop's. This house having been retited is now the most desirable stop ping place in Tidiouto. A good Milliard ltooiii attached. 4 ly National Hotel, TRVINETON, PA. W. A. Uallenback, "Proprietor. This hotel Is Nkw, Btid is iOW open as a first class house, situate nt ne junction of the Oil Creek A Alleglieny tiTcrand Philadelphia A Erie Kail mails, pposite the Depot. Parties having to lay . ver trains will find this the most conveni ent hotel in town, with llrst-class accom uodaions and reasonable, charges. tf. Dr. J. L. Acorrib, PHYSICIAN AN D tUR(i EON, who has had fifteen years' experience in a large and successful practice, will attend oil Professional Calls. Ollice in his Drug anil Grocery Store, located in Tidioute, near Tidiouto Houso. IN UIS STORE WILL BE FOUN D A full assortment of Medicines, Liquors Tobacco, Cigars, Stationery, (J lass, I'aintH, Oils, Cutlery, and tine Groceries, all of the ' ltesl quality, and will be sold at reasonable rates. .11. R. BURGESS, an experienced Drug (list from Kew York, has charge of tho Store. All prescriptions put up accurately. jjio. r. nut. A. B. KELLY. MA f, PAIIK C CO.. BA 1TKERS, Corner of Elm A Walnut Sts. Tionesta. Bank of Disoount and Deposit. Jnterest allowed on Time Deposits. (Collections made on all the Principal points of the U. S, Collections solicited. 18-1 y. , " A. PALS, hu J. T. DAI.I, Cubtor. TIOITESTA .SAVINGS BANK, Tionesta, Forest Co., Pa. This Rank transact., a General Ranking, Collecting and Exchange Business. Drafts on the Principal Cities of the , United States and Europe bought and sold. Gold and Silver Coin and Government Securities bought and sold. 7-.H0 Bonds converted on the most favorable- terms. interest allowed on time deposits. War. 4, tf. SLOAN I VAN GIESEN. . BLACKSMITHS AND WAGON-MAKERS. Corner of Church and HI in StrovU, TIONESTA. ?A.. Tills Arm Is prepared to do all work in (U lino, and will warrant everything done at their hh m to give salif,jl-hii, par ticular suvultot) given to iioitsr-Niionxj. TIe thwra trial, and you will not re- rtn. ji iy. T7 ? UKJtfST " Let us have Faith VOL. V. NO. 32. D. W. CLARK. (COMMISSIONER'S CLKRK, FOREST C'J., r.V.) It HAL ESTATE AGJcSNT. HOUSES and Lots for SiOo nnd KEN rp Wihl IaiiiI. r,.rt'.i. I ... .... . . I have siinerlor fuel I If I-. r .... " " r7 n fi Birri nil ill Mir the p'lllillMnn nrinn....i ... .i , n , :, " iei "x iioens, ore., and am thorefore qualMod to act intolli- . ..Mi. oi. tiioso living Bt a tlis IVrn owPn lF-" n tho County, olllce In 'commissioners Room, Court House, Tl onesta, Pa. 4-41-ly. r v r'T.AT'tr w. mTHHinns, rtiu T. A. W.K1HT tWr. OfO. . III1HKIIMIK, K l DITIIHIUUK. Tnu THE SUPERIOR LUMBER CO., MANUFACTURERS OF Pine Lumber, Lath, Shingles &c. Mills on Tinnrsta Crrrk, Forest Co., To. Yards k Office cor. Hi 1 Rail Rond Sts., PITTSRURGII, PA. Jos. Y. Saul, PRACTICAL Hnrnoss Maker and Sad dler. Three doors nortli of Holmes House, Tionostn, I'a. All work is war ranted, tf. Wm.. F-llers, LICKNCFI) AUCTIONIF.lt, will ntumil to all business in that, line promptly, at reasonable rales. Address WM. i'liLUSRS, Newman villa, . f-3m. Clarion Co. l'a. RPWARD DITIIRIDOK. S. ll" DITIIKIIXII FORT PITT GLASS WORKS. Kstablished A. P. 1S27. BlTHEllDGE & SON, MANUFAOTURKBS OF Dithridge's xx Flint Glass PATENT OVAL LAMP CHIMNEYS. AND Silvered Glass Reflectors. These chimneys do not break by heat. Ask for DiTiiRiDOKs. Tuke no other. DITIIRIDOK A SON, Pittsburgh. Pa. 24-ly. Acu Itourdlii"; IIoiimo. MRS. S. S. HUI.IXOS has built a lamo addition to her house, and is now pro pared to accommodate h number of pernm nont boarders, and all transient ones who may favor her with their patronage. A K-mhI stablo has recently liwn built to a commotlate the horses of quests. Charu'os reasonable. Residence on Kim St., oppo site S. Haslet's store. Sl-ly JONES HOUSE CLARION, TENN'A. S. S. JONES Proprietor. GROCERY A"D PROVISION STORE IN TIONESTA . GEO. W.BOVARD&GO. HAVR nst lirntiKht nn a complete and carelully selected stock of FLOUR, GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, and everything necessary to the complete stock ofatlrst-oiassiirocory House, which they have opened out at their establish ment on lilm St., first door north of M. fc. Church. TEAS, COFFERS, RITOARS. aiivbxo, rrtu I ITS, KPICES, HAMS, lard, A nd rito VISIOXS OF all kisds, at the lowest cash prices. Ooods warrant ed to Ihs of the best qualil v. Call and ex amine, and we believe we can suit von. OICO. W. IIOVARU k CO. Jan. 9. '72. uvnirna ... . ' Lloyd & Sow, WATER STREET, TIONESTA, PA. 1T WE JUST OPENED an extensive Stock of FLOUR AND FEED, GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS, Which they offer to the public at rates as low as can be ottered by anv other estab lishment in town. Give us a call before purchasing elsewhere, '-am. LLOYD SON. A MIIIA C L IS I Mr. Samuel Red, of W. E. Schinerts t Co , Wholesale Hoot and Shoe Manulac)ur ers, 31 Filtli avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa,, has been alllictcd with chronic rheumattidi for thi.ty years, from his riMt hip to his Unit, having to uno a crutch and a cune, at times so painrul as to utterly incapucitalo him from attending to his business. Having tried every remedy known, without effect, except Uilliland s Pain Killer, ho was finally induced to try it. A second applica tion enabled him to lay aside his crutch, and a third effected a permanent cure. Mr. Uell is a popular and well-known cilizen, is a living monument of the etfacacv of thai MTeat medical discoverv, tiillihuul's l'uin Killer. 'Hie alHii-tcd should ask their (rrm'er or dru gist lor it, and trv its won iUrt'ul power. Mr. Uillilund, "we under stand, wants a respectable anient in every town and county for it. The principal of fice U at 72 U'Uird Avenue, Pittsburgh Pa, 81-4t I that Right makes Might ; and TIONESTA, PA., WEDESDAY. NOVEMBER 13, 1872. A Long Story Briefly Told. There was a certain king, WM0, like many Li stern kings, , ng very fond of hearing nories t'!u. To this amuse ment he gave up all his time; but yet was never HRtislied. The exertions of all his coc.riiers were in vain. He, at last, muJe a proclamation, that if any man should tell him a story that should last forever he would make him his heir, and give him the princess, his daughter, in marriage; but if any one should pretend he had such astorv I but should liiil that is, if the story I did come to an end ho was to have his head chopped off. For such a prico as a beautiful princess and a kingdom many candi dates appeared ; and dreadfully long stories some of them told. Some last ed a week, some a month, some six moths. Poor fellows I they all spun them out as long as they possibly could; hut in vain. Sooner or later they all canio to an en-1, and, ono af ter another, the unlucky story teller had their heads chopped olf. At last came a man who said he had a story that would hut forever, if his majesty would be ploaxud t0 give him a trial. He was warned of his danger; they told how many others had tried, and lost their heads ; but he aid he was not afraid, unu so he was brought be fore the king. He was a man of a very composed and deliberate way of speaking, and alter making all requis ite stipulation lor time for bis eating, drinking and sleeping, he thus began his story : "Oh, king 1 there was once a king who was a great tyrant. And desir ing to increase his riches, he seized upon all the corn and grain in his kingdom, ai.d put it in an immense granary, which was built on purpose, as high as a momitiun. 'This he did for several years, till the granary was quite full up to the top. He then stopped up doors and closed it up on all sides. "But the bricklayers-had, by acci deut, left a very Small hole near the top of the granary. And there came a flight of Jouuslsj and tried to get at the corn; but the hole was so small that only m-e locust could pass through at a time. So one locust went in aud carried olf one grain of corn, and then another locust went in aud .car ried olT another grain of corn, and then another locust went in and car ried oil' another grain of corn, and then another locust went in and car ried off another grain of corn, and then anothei locutt went iu and carried olf another grain of coru, and then an other locust went in and cairied oil' another grain of coru," He had gone on thus from morning till night (except when he was engaged at his meals, for about a month, when the king, though a very patient king, began to be rather tired of the locusts. and interrupted his story with "Well, well, we have heard enough nf the locusts; we will appose that they helped themselves to all the corn they wented. Tell us what happeud afterwards." To which the story-teller answered very deliberately : "If it please your majesty, it is im possible to tell what happened after ward before I have told you what hap pened first." And then he went on again "And then a locust went in and car ried off another grain of corn, and then another locu6t went in and car ried off another grain of corn, and then another locust went in and car ried olf another graia of corn." The king listened with unconquera ble patience six months more, when he ugaiu interrupted him with "Oli, friend ! I am weary of your locusts 1 How soon do you thing you will have done f" To which the storj -teller made an swer "Oh, ling, who can tell! At the time to which my story has come, the locusts have cleared away a small place, it may be a cubit, "each way round the inside of the hole, and the air is still dark with locusts on all sides. But let the king have patience, and no doubt, we shall come to the end of them in time." Thus encourap-ud, the kini listened for auother full year, the story teller going on still as before. "And then another locust went iu and carried off auother grain of corn, and thcuanoth er locust went in and carried off an other graiu of corn, and then auother locust went in and carried off another grain of corn," tii) at last the poor king could bear it uu longer, and cried out "Oh, man, that is enough! Take mj daughter! take my kingdom! tukeuiy anything everything; only let us hear no more of your abomnable lo custs ?" And so the story-teller whs married to the king's daughter, nnd was dc clured heir to the lliroue ; and nobody ever expressed a with to hear the res't of his story, for fie said it was impos sible to enme to the other part of it till he hail dune with the locusts. The unreasonable, caprice of the foolish king was over matched by the ingi-ui-ous device of this wise man. , 13 KEPU in that Faith let us to the end, A Letter f em NVrk Twain. To the Editor of the London Spectator : biR: I only veil turn to intrude upon y'.H became I come, iuoneseiise, in the interest of public morality, and this makes my mission respeetiibic. Mr. John Camden Hotten,of London, has, vf his own individual notion, re published several of my books in England. I do uot protest sgainst this, for there is no law that could give effect to the protest ; and, besides, pub lishers are not accountable to the laws of heaven or earth in any country, as I understand it. But my little griev ance is this : My books are bad enough just as they are written ; then what must they be after Mr John (Jaindeu Ilotten hns composed half a doz. ii chapter aud added the same to them If 1 feel that all true hearts will bleed for an author whose volumes have liill- : en under such a dispensation as this. 1 If a friend of yours, or if even your J self, were to write a book and set it ( adrift among tho people, with the ! gravest apprehensions that it was not up to what it ought to be intellectual ly, how would you like to have John , Camden Ilotten sitdowu and stimulate I his powers, and tlrool two or three ! original chuptcrs ou to tho end of that book?. Would not the world seem old ami hollow to you? Would you not feel that you wantd I to die and be at rest? Little the world knows of true suffering. Au.l suppose he should entitle tliee chapters : "Holiday Lit erature," "True Story of Chicago,"',On Children," 'Train up a Child, and Aay he Goes," and "Vengeance," aud then, ou tho strength of having evolved these marvels from bis own consciousness, go on and "copyright" the entire book, and put in the title page a picture of a man with his bands iu another man's pocket, and tho legend "All Rights Reserved." (I only suppose the picture; still it would be a rather neat thing.) And, further, suppose that, in the kindness I of his heart and tho exuberance of his untaught fancy, this thoroughly well meaning innoacnt should expunge the modest title which you had jjiveu your book, and replace it with so foul an invention as this, "Screamers aud Kye openers," and went and got that copy righted, too. And suppose that on the top of all this he continually- and persiotently forgot to offer you a'single , penny, or even send you a copy of your mutilated book to burn. Let j one suppose all this. Let him sup I pose it with stnngth enough, and then ho will know something about woe. Sometimes when I ri ad one of those ad diiional chapters constructed by John , Camden Ilotten, 1 fuel us if I wanted to take a broom straw and go and I knock that man's brains out. Not in j anger, for I feel none. Oh ! not iu .anger; but only to Bee, that is all. I Mere idle curiosity. And Mr. Hotten says that 0110 nom tie plume of mine is "Carl Byng." 1 hold that there is no affliction in this world that makes a man feel so down trodden and abused as the giving him a name that does not bt loiitr to him. How would this sinful aborigine feel if I were to call him John Camden Hot tentot, and come out ill the papers and say he was entitled to it by divine right? 1 do honestly believe it would throw him into a brain fever, if there were not an inoUperahle obstacle iu the way. Yes to come back to the original subject, which is the sorrow that is slowly but surely undermining my health Mr. Hotten prints unreviseJ, uncorrected, and. In some respects, spurious books, with my name to them as author, aud thus embitters his cus tomers against ono of the most inno cent of men. Messrs. George Rout ledge & Hons are the only English pulishers who pay iim auy copyright, aud, therefore, if my books are to dis simulate either suffering or crime among readers of our language, I would ever so much rather they did it through that bouse, and then I could contemplate the spectacle Calmly as the dividends came iu, I am, sir etc., Sami ei. L. Ci.EMK.H,(Mark Twain). London, Sept. '20, 1872. A precocious youth of Altoona, Pa., having birreptitiously obtained u package of powder and a cigar stump, the other evening, soon realized the fact that tho way of the transgressor is hard. While smoking the cigt'r stump, he saw his mother coming to ward hiai, and at once slid the cigar into the pocket containing the powder. Hi baud, the cigar uud the powder got out of that pocket "quicker'u blazes," aud the youthful hero is now securely "hottlled up" for a few days' rest at home. This Alloona boy was 'thoughtful beyond his years. Realiz ing thut he had no right to be smok ing, he provided the means to blow himself up, aud thus saved his mother that trouble. How few children are thus careful to keep unncce.-sury care from their parents. Aud when we re member how much anxiety iu tho len der years of infancy, Ac, iSc. Wearo rom of thesolcmii appcaance of our cierks. We don't believe one of them would laugh if bo saw auy. body fall down mid break his leg. BLICAN dare do our duty as we understand it."LIIJCOLN. Perkins has the Toothache When I went to bed Inst night I ap prehended trouble. Along one-sido the left one occasionally capered a grumbling sensation. It kept me awake an hour or 10, trying to deter mine whether that was all of it, or W hether there was something to come after that which would need my wake ful presence, to contend against. Thus pondering I fell asleep and forgot all abodt the trouble. I don't know how 1 slept, but I fell to determining that I had made a match for $58 a side, to fight a cross-cut saw in a steam saw mill, and was well to work nn the job when the saw got my head between its teeth. I thought it was a favorable time to wake up, and so I did. It im mediately transpired that 1 might better have stayed where I was and taken the chances with the saw. I found myself sitting straight up in bed, with one hand spasmodically grasping my jaw, and the other sway to and fro w ithout any a parent cause. It wan an awful pain. It bored like lightning through the baseme.-t of my jaw, darted across the roof of my mouth and then ran lengthwise of my teeth. If every pang had been a drunk en plow chased by a demon across a stump lot, I think the observer would understand my condition. I could nu more get hold of the fearful agony that was cavorting around in roe than I could pick up a piece of wet boup when in a hurry. Suddenly it stopped. It went, giving me a parting kick that fairly mude me howl. I llioug'it I was rid of the toothache, but a grumbling set in in the morning. It was just like the feeling of the night before, and a still small voice said to me, "Look out, Perkins." I did. I went right away to the dentist who has pulled the teeth of oi:r family and knew our peculiarities. There was an unusual smell about his oflice; it was very suggestive of trouble and as I snuffed it in I experienced a sinking liel.ng iu the pit of my stom ach. I looked at him and sickly smiled. He was never, even on a hoi May, the handsomest of men, bui now his appmraiice was very, very .icpre.s ing. He looked likp a corspo with a lighted candle inside of it. I told him what the matter was with me how I had been up all night with a four-story pain ; how my wife had been thrown out of bed by tho violence of my sutli-ring , bow " He asked nie if I wouldn't sit down. I sat down on what was once a hogs-, head, but now was cut down and new ley carpeted. IIo held back my head, opened my mouth, and went to fishing around inside with a piece of watch spring. And while he angled he conversed. Said he : "You have caught a terrible hard cold." "I have." "It seems the trouble is with ono of the bicuspids." ut rnnrso 1 (lulu t know what a bicuspid was, but I thought i- wouldn't look well in the head of the family being stuck with so short a word as that ; so I asked him with some vigor ; "Which one?" "The timorous one," said he. "I'm glad it ain't worse." I replied with a sigh of relief. "The frontal bono is not seriously affected, the submaxillary gland is somewhat enlarged, but it docs not necessarily follow that parotitus will ciijue." "I am proud to hear that," said I, w hich I ci rtainly was, olihough if the pitri titus bad ensued, it is not likely that I should have minded it much, unless it was something that would spoil, as I was dressed up iu my best. He kept on falsing and angling. "The oesophagus ain't loose," he re marked. "Mi?" said I, winking at him. "Oh, no, ligaments are linn. I might say " "Did it hurt you?" he asked, as cool and calm as the lid of an ice cream freezer. "Hurt me! Great Heavens! Did yon expect to split nie open iviih a watch spring and not hurt me? What was the matter did you slip?" "Certainly not," he said, "I was josl getting hold of the tooth. Just hold your bead buck an instant, and I will have it out at once." "I guess I won't try it again," said I, with a thiver. "The toothache is bad enough, but it is a heaven along side of that watch spring. You may come up some time w hen 1 am t at home, i think I could endure the operation if I was about eight blocks off Come up when you can." 'Now, John, suppose there's a load of hay on one side of a river and a jackass on the other side, and no bridge, and the river is too wide to swim, how can the jackass get to the hav!' Til give it up,' 'Well, that's just what tlie other jackass did.' "Who wus tho meekest man, my son?" asked the supct iutendeut of a boy's Bible class iu this State. "Mo ses, sir," "Very well, my boy ; and who was the meekest woman ?" "Please sir, thero never was uo meekest woman." $2 PER ANNUM. The Humo-s of Frontier Lite An Arkansas Letter. Dover, October 3, 1872. My Dear Boy The double-barrel that you sent came safely to hand, and I was only shot at otn-e while I was carrying it home. Bill Slivers popped at me from behind the fence as 1 was passing his house, but I had loaded the two shooter as soon as I got it, and he didn't jump from behind that fence but once. I am glad that one of the barrels is a rifle, as I needed it for long range practice. The other I can fill with buckshot, and can riddle a man nicely at close quarters. I mean to try both barrels on those Jetts when I meet them. Yon src, oid man Jett stole a mule from us in the war, and when it was over, pap laid fir hi in and killed him. Then Nigger Tom Jett, as we called him the black-faced oue ho laid for pap and jilugged him. Then I picked a lii is with Tom and cut him iuto giblets, and since that time his britherSuin has been laying for me. I know- it is his torn, but I think my do .ble-barrel will prove too much for him. If you want to see fun, come down for a while and bring a rifle. It don't make any di Mere nee which side you belong to, and it isn't eveu necessary t.i join the militia. It is easy to get up a grudge against somebody, aud ull you have to do is to lay for your man and knock him over. Belli nd my pig pen is ono of the sweetest hid ing places I know of, and it is so han dy ! A good many people come within range iu the course of a week, aud a man can pass his time right plcasunt- I wish you would send me a cata logue of Suuduy school books, with the iiriccs, if there ara any in St. Louis, f we can get them ou time, we will take a big lot of books. I am Super intendent of the Baptist Sunday School now, and am running it under a full head of steam. Old man Byers, who was turned out, is right 'mad about it, and swears that he will chaw me up; but he will chaw lead if he don't keep clear of nie. My w:tb wntits to kuow if yu can't send her a set of teeth without Jier getting measured lor them. Her $2.r) set was busted all to flinders by a pis tol shot that went through her mouth; but didu't hurt her tongue. Write soon to your friend and pard. I. S. That sneaking, ornery cuss, Sam Jett, crept op lust night and fired at me through the window, but he didn't hiipp'-u to kill any one except a nigger girl. I mean to go for him, though, to-dny, and will bo glad of a chance to trv the iloubie barrel. A Gifted Memphis Lawyor, who Ed ittd Two Pkipers, Beth Daily. An antiquated writer in the Mem phis Appeal has dog up out of his memory the following rich story. Tho young lawyer referred to is still flour lshinir iu Memphis: "There whs nev- er gealer local excitement than that which grew out of this infernal navy I . : i : ii .ir ,i . i .. . . juiu oiiMiice. iillil him people were iu favor of accepting the property, and half or more opposed it, tho latter thinking thut tho government might bo induced even yet to inako liberal appropriations and perfect the navy yiud, and build 8hips and steamers here. Thero were two newspapers published here one a morning publi cation, edited by a gentleman of no ordidary ability, named B.tnkhead, who was tragically and mysteriously assassinated some six years ago. There was another, an afternoon paper, call ed the AVic.i, (I believe that was its name,) edited by n man named Yan cey. These editors opposed one anoth er on the navy yard question, and their discussion had begotten a good deal of excitement, when both went away for the summer, and each with out the other's knowledge employed the same ir.au, this young lawyer, to conduct hi-J paper in his absence. The young I. ml) of the law naturally enough took to both sides of the ques tion. He made the controversy be tween the two papers holler at'il hot ter on each successive day. Crowds gathered each afternoon about the Ne ii'ii ollice, and somebody ei pet ted that the two furious editors ivo'ild sheil blood. 1 he coming duel iu Ar kansas was confidently anticipated, and the feiocity of the two papers was marvelous. Popular excitement was i nl disc when Jiaukbead came hurry ing homo from Virginia and Yancey from Alabama, each thinking the oth er was about to murder his own sub stitute. Such was the fervor of popu lar feeling and exasperation thut tile story was necessarily kept quiet. If flic mischievous fraud upon the pub lic passion hud beeii exposed at the time, tho deceiving editor would have been hanged to a lump-post. To the auxoiis inquiry "How shall we kcip our b. ys iu nights?" we would respectfully suggest a total ab stinence from unripe fruit. They must have had the mumps iu a virulent f.nn up in Sherman. Eve ry other person one meets ou the street luoks as if ho had been guessing at the weight of a mule. Rates of Advertising. One Square (1 Inch,) one Inertions - fl ."ht OneK. mam " one month - - ;t mi due N'i'mie " three months - Olio ma fmiiwe 4 " ono year - - , 10 ou Two-y,Uiircs, one year - " l.'i 00 (iuntirCol. - - - - :to 00 ' Half -! . . . . en on One " " - - - - 100 00 lliislm'ss Cari.1 not exceeding ono Inch in lonjith, $10 per year. I.enl notices at established rates. These rates are low, and no deviation ill be made, or discrimiiialionnmoni; I strons. The rates otfered are ueh, s.s .Mil make it to the advantage of meudol. business in the limits of the circulation of' ti.e i'Hiier to advertise liberally. A notable personage has just diet Mr. Augustus Smith, King of tho Scilly Islandj, of which there are 140, although only six are inhabited. Mr Smith was a wealthy and crotchety Euglisman, who iu regard to govern ment had notions of his own which he wished to carry into practice, and so he became lessee of Scilly Islands, un der the County of Cornwall. He thus became King of about two thousand subjects, most of whom were a wretch ed lot of peasants, fur the islands are poor aud unfruitful. With a court of twelve men he ruled the land, re-adjusting the relations of land and peo ple, and attended generally to their moral, and religious status, although IP Ine i'Utcr item he was not very strict. He made the children go to school, and in every particular the in habitants hud to obey him almost as if thev were slaves. Once he packed off all the residents of one of the is lands, aud turned it into a deer-park, but in recompense be gave the poor inhabitants better accommodations than they had ever had before. At first he was greatly disliked, but when the islanders came to see that his rule was w ise and beneficient, and that they greatly improved under it, thev learn ed to like and respect him, and at his death he was much regretted. This is probably the first king who has borno tho name of Smith, at least iu modern times, and it is not likely that he will have a successor to his title. The following paragraphs are taken from verious numbers of the Danbury, Connecticut News, a paper whose lo cals aro often quoted and generally admired for their quaint and good uaturcd wit and lively insight into hu man nature : As two country lads were pa-sing a druggist's establishment, where a sign was exhibited which had on it tho words "Congreis water," one asked tho other what sort of water that was? "Why, you fool," replied his compan ion, "that's what they fpout in Con gress." A Greenwich man has invented something that goes iuto a cow of horse and briugs out anything like a potato that may be misplaced. A good tleal of enjoyment in an animal's eat ing is mnrred by the apprehension of accidents in swallowing. The Green wich man's invention will be apt to give the animal more confidence. A Balmforth avenuo mau was ob served going up home this morniug with a gun that will carry at least an once ball. As ho lives next door to a man who is learning to play Rory O'Mooro on a pair of cymbals, we have thought it best to print au extra number of copies of our next issue. Orders left at the uews stands of this oflice will be promptly attended to. The few lines received on the death of several individuals, iu tho past week, aro respectfully declined. We don't like this kind of poetry. We receive a great deal of it, but we don't seem to harden under it. Now if tho authors of these affecting stanzas would only try to control their feelings and not give way so to the bitterness of their grief it would be much bet ter for them and for those depending upon them. They would hud the world to be brighter; they would grow purer and nobler themselves, aud might iu time and we don't think it too much to expect might learn to spell. Numerous boys with worms are oft" fishing 'bis week. Partridges in Beaver Brook are tame enough to eat from the hand when properly cooked. The Michigan newspapers are full of items the price of shot-gun, hav ing been reduced to ?7. "Man proposes woman opposes," says a cynical bachelor, who probably never proposed iu his life. Tracts designed to meet the special requirements of the people who aro putting up stoves would have a good run just uow. The boy that crocs in swimming at tho railroad bridge with nothing to conceal his nakeduess but a mole on his back is respectfully re quested to either give up that habit or change that mole to tho front. A South Street boy can make one hundred aud sixty-five "faces" with out sitting down. The feelings of his brokeu-hcarted father, when reaching fur him with a strup, cau better bo im agined thau decribed. A choral association forming here wants sonicbady to lead them. Tho people who live next door to whero they rehearse are equally auxious for somebody to lend them; and th-j further he leads them the better thcto outraged people will feel. Little Lulu was most philosophical. Two or three hours after caliug a hearty dinner of succotash she com plaint d of stomach-ache. 'Perhaps," suggested her mother, "tho succotash you uto is troubling i, you. "Oh, no, muiiima," she replitJ, "it isn't that it's ever so far below the fcUcoti'..-h." I ll ft 'I t I. ti .1 ft; i' 1.. f. -1 . - 1 I ' y. ! h i hi i to '
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