. Ratca of Advertising..
One Square (I Inert,) one lncrtions - f I Wl
One Sipinro " one month - - It Oil
OneMiiuire " .throe months H 00
film Sipiare " ono year - 10 (Ml
Two Kimres, one year 1 oi
junrterCol. " - :m Ml
lliul " " - - - f.O Oi
Ono " 100 00
llusinoss t'nrds, not eisceediog ono Inch
In length, $W per year
l.citl notices nt ftrtljlislied rates.
'1 1 1 cue rates are low, and no deviation
ill be n i in I e, or discrimination among
I atrons. The' rates ollcrcd are such, s
will iiiake it to the advnut!u;nof men doi f
business in tin- limits of tho circulation of
t. o i'uper to advertise liberally.
IS PUBLISHED BVEItY WKDXESDAY, DT
w. n. DUNN.
idle Ln Ktox' Building, Elm, St roe t.
H ORES
EPUBLICAN.
TI2RM9, $1.00 A YKAR.
No Subscriptions received fur a shorter
(xrlod than three month.
Correspondence solicited from nil parts
of the country. No notice will betaknn of
anonymous' coiiimuiiw-ations.
Marriages and Duuth notleos Inserted
gratis.
"Lot us havo Faith tbat Rl?ht rakea Might; and in that Faith let us to tha end, dare do our duty as we understand it."--LINCOLN.
VOL. V. NO. 31
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1872.
$2 PER ANNUM.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
4, WBWTOX PBITIS.
MIL KM W. TATE.
PETTIS & TATE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
k lm Strtrt, T 10 S EST A , PA .
Isaac Ash,
ATTORNEY AT T.MV, Oil Citv, Pa.
Will practice In the various Courts of
iToreat CoOnty. All business entrusted to
alt core will recoire prompt attonti n.
18 ly
W. W. Huoa, Qeergt A. Jenki,
TInhh, Fft. Brnhvlll. Pk.
Mason A Jenks,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW. OITlce on Elm
Street, above Walnut, Tionesta, I'a.
C. W. Gilflllan,
A TTORNEY AT LAW, Franklin, Ve
V nango Co., I'a. tf.
I. R. HAriHIS, I). D. FAITT,
HARMS FASSETT,
Attorney at Law, TltusvUle Penn'a.
PRACTICE In all the Courts of Warren,
Crawford, Korest and Vcnanio Cnun
Mm. -tf
" - W. P. Mercllllott,
ATTORNEY ACUNsr.l.OU AT LAW
-Tionesta, Pa. Ofilce on Klin Sleet.
' Tho professional Mervlces of tho Hon. 8.
P. Johnson can be secured through tne It'
duired in any business on!rti-tcd to me in
Forest Co. Cil lections promptly attended
to. Also Ileal Kstnto Atfcnt.
Tionesta House.
ITTEL. Proprietor, Klin St, Tio
nesta. I'a.. at the mouth ni thn creek.
Mr. Title has tlinrouuhlv renovated the
'Tionesta t'ousn, and ro-furiiished it com
t pletely. All who patronize him will bo
'"well entertained at reasonable1 ratos. 20 ly
FCIES7 HOUSE,
D nLACK PROPRIETOR. Opposite
'Court House, Tionesta, Va. Just
upenrfd. Everything new and clean and
frntu The beiit of liquors kept comtmitly
va hand, A portion of the public patron
age is reapectfully solicited. 4-17-1 v
Holmes House,
nnOKfESTA, PA., opposite tho Papot.
X V. W. Mabie, Proprietor. Ooofl. Hta
blink connected with the house. tf.
Scott House,
FA-GCNDUS, PA.. E. A. Roberts, Pro
.prtotnr. This hr el has been recently
re-furnished ami now offers superior ac
commodations to gucs's. Un-ly.
Syracuse House,
T1DIOUTI ', Pa., J. A 1 Maukk, Prople
tors. The house has been thoroughly
relltted and Is now In the llrst -class order,
with the best of accommodations. Any
nformaiion eoiicnrnlnir oil Territory at
hi point will bo choorfullv furnished,
-ly J. i U. MAUKE,
. Exchange Hotel,
IOWER Tiniot'TE, Pa., I. B. Rams
J iikki, A Son Crop's. Thi house liavinur
been rertted Is now tho most desir-bl stop
ping place In Tidiouto. A good Milliard
Kooiii attached. 4 ly
National Hotel,
TRVINETON. PA. W. A.
ITnllenhaeV,
Proprietor. This hotel is
I'roprictor. This hotel is M:w, and is
,lw open as a Qrst clnss linnse, situate at
re.lunctlnn of the Oil Creek it Allegheny
direr mid Philndelphin A Erie Railroads,
pposlte the IeVt. Parties having to lay
' er trains will find this tho most conveni
ent hotel in town, with urst-elusn aeeom
oodationa and reasonable charges, tf.
Dr. J. L. Acortb,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, who has
had fifteen years' experience in s laro
and successful practice, will attend all
Professional Calls. Olllce ln his Driiir anil
fJrocory Store, lultod iu Tidiouto, near
, nciiouio jiouscr
, IN UIS STOltE WILL BE FOUX V
A full assortment of Modlciues, Liquors
Tobacco, Ciirar.s. Stationorv. tilass. Pniiits.
Oil. Cutlery, and Hue Oroceries, all of the
lies! quality, and will be sold at reasonable
raies.
II. R. BURGESS, an experienced Drua
a 1st from New York, has charge of the
tore. All prescriptions put up accurately.
io. r. risi.
A. B. KELLT.
-v MAY, TABIC JC CO.,
33 .A. NKEBS
Corner of Elm A Walnut SIb. Tionesta.
Bank of Discount and Deposit.
Interest allowed on Time Deposits.
ColleeUont madeonall tbc Principal points
Of tho V. S.
Collectlona solicited. 18-ly.
-we. a- Bin. mil.
1. T. DALK. CmIiIm.
J
- TIONESTA
.SAVINGS BANK,
- , Tioneata, Forest Co., Pa.
This Bank transact.! a General Ranking,
1 VillectinK and Excliane Business,
Drafts on the rrincipal Cities of the
United States and Europe bought and sojd.
Gold and Silver Coin wild Government
Securities bought and sold. 7-30 Bonds
.eonverted on tho most tavorablo terms.
Interest allowed on time deposits.
Mar. 4, tf.
SLOAN & VAN GIESEN.
, W AGON-MAKERS.
Corner of Church and Kim Streets,
This firm is prepared to do all work in
iU line, ami n tll warrvut everything dono
, at their sli"s to give wttisluetion. Par
ticular attention given to
ii0itsiNiiu:i.c.,
)!Te (-hunj a fi :il, and yqa will riot re
gret It. 11-ly.
D. W. CLARK,
(COMMISSIONKU'S CI.KItK, rO II KIT CO., PA.)
REAL ESTATE AGENT.
HOUSES and Lots for Sale and RKN'rp
Wild Lands Tor Sale. 1 .
I have superior facilities for ascertaining
the condition of taxes ami tax deeds, Ac,
and am therefore fpiallled to net intctli
Rently as a-rent of those livlnur at a dis
tance owning lands in tho Cmnty.
Otllce in Commissioners Room, Court
House, Tionesta, Pa.
4-41-ly. D. W. CLARK.
inw. niTHiuDnt. m.
K- U. UITI1HIUUK. Trm.
T. A. WRIOHT. Sprr.
GKU. W. IHlHRIIMOt.
THE SUPERIOR LUMBER CO.,
MANUFACTURERS OF
Pine Lumber, Lath, Shingles &c.
Mills on Tiuiirsla Trrrk, Forest Co., Ta.
Yardi I Office tor. 22d k Rail Road Sts.,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
Jos. Y. Saul,
IDRACTICAL Harness Maker and Sad
dler. Three doors north of Holmes
House, Tionesta, Pa, All work Is war
ranted, tf.
Wnv F Hers,
T ICENCKD AUCTIONIER, will ationu
lJ to all business In that lino promptly,
at reasonable r.ces. Address
W.M. FELLERS, Newmanville,
n-8m. Clarion Co. I'a.
F.DWAIO DITIIRIImS.
E. D- D1TIIH1UQK
FORT PITT GLASS WORKS.
Established A. I. 18J7.
BITHFIIUGE & SOU,
MANVr Aim'KKIUl OK
Dithi'idgo's xx Flint Glass
PATENT OVAL
LAMP CHIMNEYS.
AND
Silvers! Glass Reflectors.
Thee chimneys do not break bv heat.
Ask for DrrHKinoKs. Take no other.
DITIIKIDGE fc SON,
35-ly. P.tiMliiii'Ki. Pa.
At'iv BSoarillii IIiiiso.
MR-. S. S. llTLINiiS ha- built a larw
addition to her house, and is now pro
pared to accommodate a number of perma
nent b'-iirders, and all transient ones who
may favor her wish tlicir pstronaire. A
inod sinble has rceoiit'y lieen built to nc
conimod.iio the horsos of uuesu. Charges
reasmmble. Kesidouce on lUm St., oppo
site S. Hamlet's store. at-lv
JOMES HOUSE,
CLARION, PENN'A.
S. S. JONES
- Proprietor.
GROCERY AitD PROVISION STORE
IN TI ON ES TA .
GEO.W.BOVARD&CO. .
II
WE. nst brousht on a complete and
carefully selected stock of
FLOUR,
GROCERIES,
PROVISIONS,
imd everything necessary to the complete
stock ofa tirst-class irocery i louse, which
they have opened out at their establish
ment on Elm St., first door north of M. L.
Church.
TEAS,
COFFEES, SUOARS,
bYRUPS, FRUITS,
SPICES,
HAMS, LARD,
A tt'D PJIO rSIOXS OF A LL KIXDS,
at tho lowest cash prices. Ooods warrant
ed to be of the be.-t quality, fall 'iiid ex
amine, and we lielievo wecnu suit von.
UKO. XV. UOVARDi CO.
.lan.B. '72.
Lloyd & Son,
XVATER 6TREEl,TIO.Ni:STA, TA.
IT iVI! JUST OPENED an extensive
Stock of
FLOUR AND FEED,
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS,
XVhlch thev offer to the public at rates as
low as can bcoll'ere l by anv other estab
lishment in town, liive us a call before
purchasing elsewhere.
4(l-;tin LLOYn.VSON.
A ,11 1 It A V 1. 1: !
Mr. Samuel Bed, of XV. E. Selunertz if
Co , Wholcwle ltiot and Shoo .MauiiliUur
ers, 31 l-'il'tli avenue, Pittslnirh, I'a., has
been alllictcii with chronic i licuinatish for
tlii. ty years, Iroin his rir!it hip to his foot,
liaviuii to use a crutch and a cune, at times
so painful ns to utterly incapacitato loin
from attending to his biiHiuess. Having
tried every remedy known, without ell'eet,
except tjiillilund'H I'ain Killer, lie wits
tinali.v iudueed to try it. A hkcoihI upplii ii
tion cnaliled liim to lay asidi, liln ei u'eli,
and it tlui'il ell'eeted a periii.tucnt euro. Mr.
Hell is a popular and wi'll-km n eiilcn,
is a living monument of tho iliea.y of
Hint meat inedieiil dlM-overy, Hillilund's
i'a n Killer, 'l'lic alllmtud khoiild uk tlieir
Xroeer or di-.i Nt lor il, and try its won
derful power. Mr, t.jililaiid, wo under
kt.intl, wants a reepm-tuble ny lit in every
town nicl cunty for it. The prineipal oi'
tice is at Ti ih.rd Avenue, Pittoburu Pa.
IIOXV ItKT. Mil. SIIOI I.K (iOT UK It.
"When I first cnlereil upon tny (In-
tics as President," said Mr. Lincoln, ,
grasping our arm in his peculiar way,,1
with one of his I, ng, bony hands, while
be ran his fingers through and brush-
ed baCK his shaggy Mack hair, "I ful-
ly mane up my niiuri to appoint to oi- ,
lice those mi ly whom 1 knew to be
honest and who bud suitable ability.
In tiny event honesty should bo the
prerequisite, as the luck i!" a litllo
ability might be easily mark !ip by
an honest iiniii endeavoring to rin his
whole duty conscientiously While tiii1'
resolve was Iresh upon me there came
to visit me a very old friend a Baptist
minister, who hud traveled so fust that
he had not yet shaken the Illinois real
estate off his capacious bonis.
"'Why, what brings you hern, Mr.
Shoflo?' which was not his name, but
will do just as sell. 'Well.' be re
plied, 'I came down bi n, firstly, to
see yon and get an old-fashioned shake
if the hand ; ami secondly, to suy
that the folks nf my congregation are
so poor that they can hardly afford me
a decent living, and I thought maybe
yon con 1.1 give inc s une sort of office
that would pay me better.'
" Certainly,' I answered quickly, for
I knew he xvas an honest man, and I
was looking for stock of ihat kino.
'Have urn in view any particular
office"?'
"No, said the Rev. Mr. Shofle,
complacently; 'I would imt know
what to select if you were to hand nio
a list to clioo.'e from.'
"'Nor 1 what to give you; but I
will tell ymi who will "help vou. You
know Colonel Chooysler, of your
county. He is now on duty in the
Treamry Department. Go and see
him; he is a man of resources, and
xvill help you out of you difficulty.
Come back in morrow und report.'
"Next day, according to promise,
Simile 'put in an appeuiance, ami said
that the Colonel had recommended
him to apply for a certain position in
the revenue department.'
"'What is thy salary?' said I, sign-
nig in a mechanical way a pile of
commissions.
"Two thousand dollars a year.'
"Well, doymi think tli.it enotijji?
I may be able to do better lor yuu.fnr
1 kifcw ho was an honest man, and
thought he might as neil as not get u
place v litre hecould earn more money.
"'O, plenty, Uncle Abe, tor that is
more than doublo the amount I've
been turning lor ycais past.'
"Now 1 began to think," said our
maityr-Prcsiiletit, "that I would have
to force him into u place paying a lar
ger salary, and where the Unvcnimeiit
would have a corrcspou ling return for
his valuable services, for I xvas more
than ever (if that xvere possible) con
vinced tiiat be was uu honest man ;
but 1 tiuaily conchiil. d to give him his
own way, and he was appointed accor
dingly. Oil' he wont rejoicing, but I
I'clt rather mean at my one-lu rse gift
to my honest revei'etid friend.
"'lhree years elapsed, and the anx
lettes attending the war bad complete- ' vr f i,i gentleman, who, while plav
y driven, from my mind for the time ing at cards, noticed that a shilling
being the incident just related, when
my messenger brought me a card bear
ing the familiar name, 'Itev. Adam
Shofle," Bud immediately there flashed
across my mind till the circumstances
attending my appointing him to office.
1 directed him to be idiown in, and iu
he walked, with creaky boots, one of
the best und finest dressed men I had
seen in many a day. I recognized his
countenance at a glance, but it xvas
his marvelous clothes that troubled me
They sat easily enough upon his body,
but somehow or other they did not sit
so easily on my .ind ; hut wherefore
I could not for the life of me tell if I
tried, which I didn't.
" '(jiood morning, Mr. President no
longer Uncle Abe. as before' said he,
in a grandiloquent manner; '1 hope
ynti are well and getting on nicely.'
" 'Oh, yes.' Btiid I; 'we poor folks
eke out a living uf'ter a liiihioii;' in
tending ti give him the bit iu his
mouth, for 1 knew what an honest
man he was, i nil huw much I could
lint tell then exactly how much, for 1
had lost the run of him xve were in
debted to him.
'"Mr. President, I havo come to re
sign mj office."
''Feeling somewhat as though I had
been struck by lightning, I managed
to exclaim, 'Indeed?' "
" '1 es, I feel that there are many
others deserving of the place, and that, Blake's echo, that answered the ques
it is o.y duly to make a way for them.' tiuii, "How do you do, Bandy Blake,"
"'Whs there ever such an honest xvilh Words, "Pretty weil, 1 IhuiiK x uu,
man us ihat ?' said I to myself, chuck ' Sir," was loislaiied by the echo oi
ling over mv stupidity mi the clothes 1 Chaietiloii mentioned by Lord B.ic--ii,
surpris e. 'But,' said I, alntid, 'I'm ! xvhich on llie mention of i.!:e devil's
afraid you are not c iisidcriug your- ! uame answered " V'u-t eti," The eell
st If, friend Shofle, and then when you ' convicted Inshtimu xviio was looking
go buck to preaching you will be as over u gtnlleinuii writing some uu
hard up as when ynti came here three complimentary remarks and called
years ago. Hadn't ymi better hold lout, "You lie, you scoundrel," is lo be
on a little longer, say a year more, found in (.ialiatiii's "Puioles rem.ii iiu
aud let us both go out of oiliee togeth- ble des Oricntaiix. ' Horace Wulpole
cr?' ! declared ihul the best bull he ever
"'No than I; yot;, I am going to l'.u- beard was the uying ol the man who
rope during that lime, but I Impe to ' declared, "I hale Una woman fir she
see you here i;s Pn sideht when I re- changed me at nurse." 'llus may be
luru," and, afier a few more kind ex- traced to Saueho Putiza. There arc
pres-ions, nfl' went the Itev. Shofle. j practical bulls as xvcll asspokeu ones,
"About, a month after one of the such as the action of thu man who
revcitnd gentleman's neighbors paid had a dislike to a certain banker, ami
$ce a vieir, and amonjr other thine, I after collecting his not" burnt tharu
remarked, cnsunlly, that I have floti
njiertty pood thing forSliofle. 'Yes,' I
i.. oU
replied, 'I gvo In in a $2,000 a yeur
i. ,B,si(1t.9 ie ifahmce: added mv
:;.... irui. .,i. ..
u wor,h .(,.1V $200.000, and I
ca e it if nec'eMary.
"What could tho idiot menu?
To
satisfy myself of the fulsity nf the
I fharde, sent detectives to where he
lived, und they brought Inu-k word
that he had nuide his 82,000 salary in
the ajrgreu'iito yield fully 8200,000;
but then I kiuw lie wits an honest
111511, nnd there nutttt be a mistake
sni.jew'here I
"By the way," added r. Lincoln,
witli tine of Ins knowing winks, "we
have pentv uf 'Sh 'Oes' left, but the
mischief of it is, it in bard finding
them, and they are riot considerate
enough to resign, as did mir .'fmest
friend Shofle." .Sati Francisci JiuHe
tin. IRISH HULLS.
The quickness of reply and richness
of wit exliibite I is unequalled by any
other nation. A native of Ireland
can always get out of a difficulty by
the sharpness nf bis wits. When the
officer told a private to go and let his
captain know lie was the idlest rascal
in the regiment, he answered. "Please,
your honor, you would not have me go
with a lie iu niy mouth ?" There is
often, too, a beautiful pathos in these
Irish tales that is closely allied to
their humor. A poor o'd ituly beit!
sympathized with on the loss of her
teeth, replied. "Time for mo lose 'em
when I've nothing tor 'em to do." An
Irishman never blunders from stupid
ity but because his head has more than
it can carry. His name is invariably
associated in our minds with bulls. A
bull bus been explained as a false ex
pression of truth, and Sydney Smith
calls it a counterpart of a witticism ;
for xv it discovers real relations that
are not apparent, while u bull admits
apparent relations that are not real.
The sum am) substance of M.iria
Edgeworth's essay on "Irish Balls"
uppers to be. that it is impossible to
define xvhat they are. They are ilis
ti net from the blunders of other coun
tries, but in xvlnil that distinction con
sists lias yet to be dnvovcrcd. Mauv
Irish bulls contain a good deal of
tni th xv rapped up iu them; thus the
observation, "where xvill you find any
moderti building that has lusted so
long as I tie nu ieut," is only a pervert
cd expression of a truth, for the old
thii.gs that have come louti to us are
Seiter than tuntit of the new ones, in
that they ate those xvhich have been
selicled, the struggle fur life having
destroyed the bad. Most of the bulls
xve know of nre so mirth-producing
that xve think we cannot do better than
siring a few toguihc. An Irish cro
uor, tn remarking on (he great mortal
ity of a certain Wn.tcr, went mi to
observe that "There are a great ninny
people lying this year who never died
beloru. It must have been a
Ill-olll
xvas deficient in the pool, titnt cried
out, "Here is a shilling short, who put
it in?" It was Sir ltichurd Steele thai
said to a certain great man whom he
xvudied to invite, "if, Sir, you eve.
come within a mile of my house, I
hope you xvill stop there." It being
remarked that a noble man's wife hud
no children, a medical man hazarded
the opinion that lie had noticed such
to be heroililary iu some famines. A
countryman, who was indicted for
stealing a goose brought a neigh or to
swear Ihitl he lelllcnbeled tout Very
goose in his posacssioii ever since it
was a gosling. An Irishman, who xvas
u prisoner lor sttal.iig u t-Uu, on hear
ing this dcleiisc, pievul.td oti a fellow
I'oiiutrx lean ol his to swear that he
leiueiiibcred the gun in his Jot.scsioii
eu'er since it xvus u pistol. The follow
iug description ot a very thin man li
ma bail : "He's grown so thin, 1 hard
ly knew It t in. 1 ,iu art thin, and 1 urn
thin, but he is thinner than both of us
put together." sir Boyle Boche wu
a living walking bull and Ins speech
xvas one continued blunder. In conse
quence a large number of bulla have
been attributed to tiiiu. Ill a speech
iu the Irish House ot Commons he re
marked. "Single misfortunes never
come clone, und the greatest ol
all possible, miblorluiies is Usually
followed by a greater." Buddy
to spite him. A quarter-master of a
regiment of light horse, xvho was both
heavy and tall, jeered an Irishman
on the proneness of bis countrymen to
make bulls. "Why, you gigantic
fool," replied the Irishman, "my coun
try never made anything like such a
bull as England did when she made
vmi a light horseman." British Review.
(JAMBLINM IN WASHINGTON.
Washington for many years bad
been a hot-bed .'"or gamblers of high
and low degree. There xvere a dozen
faro-banks or. the Avenue within a
sto'Je's-throw of Gadsby's, on the cor
ner of Sixth Street. Many of theso
establishments had clubrootns attach
ed, xvhere 'members of Congress and
others amused themselves with Jirag,
vingt-et-un, and whist. Draw-poker
came into vogue at a later day. Gam
bling, and for largo sums, was com
,:ioii, particularly among Southern and
Wcsn-ril members. Scores of them
from Ohic, Indiaua, Kentucky, Ten
nessee, and the (iulf Sla'es squan
dered their modest per diem, then
eight dollars only, at ihe gambliug
latiic, and some impaired their private
fortunes by the same indulgence. S. S.
Prentiss was reported lo have lost
thirty thousand dollars ihe first, win
ter he xxas in Congress.
The inn-1 notorious and dashing
gambler of the day was Edward Pen
dleton. He came from Virginia, where
he xvas well connected, his family be
ing of the best blood in the Stale, and
he marrie.! S most respectable and ac
complished la.ly, whose '::!her helJ n
resposible office ti.nler the goVcment.
Pendleton gave sumptuous entertain
ments at his club-house, which xvere
well attended by some of the most
eminent public men in the distiict.
Mr. Matigum, then Presiueiit of the
.-senate, John J. Crittenden, John M.
Bolts, Julio B. ThouiDsoii, of Ken
lucky, und Linn B iyd, afterward
Speaker of the House, and others of
lesser Hole, were frequently his guests.
Congress had enacted stringent penal
laws to prevent gambling, but they
were a dead letter, i.nlcss some pom
devil made u complaint uf foul play,
or some fleeced blackleg sought veil
geuce through the aid of the Grand
Jury; ami tnen the matter was usual
ly compounded by the )aymcut of
money.
Whist was a favorite game with the
foreign ministers ami the elder states
men. Mr. Clay, General Scott, Mr.
Bodisco, und Mr. Fox -nephew of
Charles James Fox who represented
William the Fourth and Queen Vic
loriu, often played together, a hun
dred dollars being the usual slake.
They gem-rally played well, us Hoyle
taught the game, but many of the
members of the fiishimiable clubs of
New York play Willi more skill than
was dreamed of- fo.iy years ago. Gov
ernor .Maivy was a great lover of
whist, but would never bet money 'on
the game. There were always invet
erate w bisters iu the Senate. A story
was current at one lime of a protract
ed sitting lit the card-lublo, at which
Governor Stokes, of JVorth Car linn,
and Mnunijny Bailey, seigeaiil-al arms
f the "ciinle, were two ol the players.
I It ran in this wise: the tx-natu ad
journed from Thursday to Monday,
The party set down to cards alter din
ner Thursday evening. They plaed
all night and all the next day, only
stopping occasionally for refreshments.
I he game was continued Friday night
and Saturday, through Saturday nigl.t
ami ull day Sunday am! Sunday night,
the players resting for a rintli ll of
sleep us nature became exlui'isted.
Monday moruiiio the game was in full
blast ; but at I- n o'clock Bailey moved
nil adjournment, alleging that his offi
cial duties required his presence iu
ihe Sciiute-cluiinber. Stokes reinon
.strulcd, but l lie sergeant at arms per
sisted, and rose from the laldu. The
Goveriioi grumbled and scolded, but
ti n lly gave it up, swearing that if he
had suspccied Bailey would break up
the game thus prematurely, lie would
have seen him any where beliire he
I would have invited him to join the
parly.
Mr. Webster played w hist, hut indif
lerenlly only. The Virginians xvere
addicted to lliulMupid game known us
shoe maker loo. President Tyler was
loud ot loo, and on a rainy l..y, when
there was ho real pressure ol public
business, he has been known to make
up a game at the White House, und
piay all day, having ili.,iicr in bi
chamber. His companion, u.-uallv
were William S-j'don, Tieasuicr of
llie 'Jt.ilcd Mates, Cry .eldon, Ins
brother, btme kcepi r at lin- naxy-xaid,
and sooieiiioc s Gnvtnior Uilniir, o.
Virginia, w ith now and then iiimthcr
luvorioie. 1 lie amount played lor
was always small, tint .Mr. lyicr xv.i
us much deiighied ul Inking u pool us
it he had ami linn iieds.
Public opinion wus not so averse to
goiiiiu iu Washington ns in most "I
l til' Northern cans. Pinbub v the
toiiu of public morals is in, iiime ele
vated lloW llulll it xvus iheti, but I lu re
wus then less pretense und ostentalion
of puriiy. At u large puny given by
the wile of a culiim t nniusler, Mis.
Clay, chaperoning a young lady from
the North, puwod through the room
where gentlemen were playing cards,
Mr. Clay among the number.
"Is this a common practice?" in
quired the young lady.
"Yes," said Mrs. "day; "they al
ways play when they get together."
"Don't it distress you to have Mr.
Clay gamble?"
"No, tny dear," said tho good old
lady, composedly : "ho 'most alxrayg
wins."
In the winter of 1841 General Scott,
Mr. Clay, Mr. Fox, and Mr. Bodisco
played whist once a week for some
time, tiie stake, us usual, being a hun
dred dollars. They played a match
gamp, Scott and Bodisco against Clay
and Fox. They were xvell matched,
and for a long time the game was pret
ty even. At length fortune favored
Me9irs. Clay and Fox, and they xvere
tenor twelve guines ahead. "Gentle
men," said the Russian minister, ris
ing from the table, "the ".ante bus
closed for the season.
1 he appropria-
tiou is exhaust." And
8u re enoiii'li
not another game would he play, much
to the disgust and vexation of Gcher
' al Scott, who, of course, xvas a cotisid
- crable loser. Harper's M'tijnzine.
Tim ;im:i:k hiik; xmsa winttx's
WTU.4TA;i:.,I A.l IT Kli.Sll.TS.
A efiry conies from Alliens about
Greek brigandage very refreshing to
honest people, and suggestive of the
question whether women might not
govern Greece better than its men.
One of the curses of modern Hellas,
us everybody knows, is the iinextripat
ed guild of brigands who inf. st the laud,
de;yitig the Government, suppressing
commerce, demoralizing the peasant
ry and robbing and murdering stran
gers of rich natives." One of these un
hanged villains I itely en'mired the
yoiithf.il son of a wido.v woman of
property, well known upon the border.
The usual message xva sent down from
the hills: The brigand chief must
have one th u-aiil drachmas by
a certain day, or the life of tho boy
he xvas only twelve years old would
pay the forfeit. As usual, ton, the
last hope xvhich a mother would cher
ish iu such u frightful position was the
chance of Government help. ihe
xvrttchpd weakness of llie administra
tions xvhich play at "in an out" iu
Alliens still allow these scoundrels to
hold the roads und pa-ses of the coun
try, mill Ibis poor woman had to trust
to her own courage and wits. Neither
xvere wanting; there was s me true
old Odysseau blood in her, and she hit
up. n a plan for saving both her child
and her drachmas She had a broth
er, a young fellow of perfect pluck,
though his cheeks were us smooth us
Delian Apollo's, and him she dressed
up cil ef ill ly as a Greek girl. Having
appoints d to meet the rooher chief iu
a certain spot, she took up two hun
dred drachmas and a present of cukes
and fruit, the "Greek girl" going with
lcr as a "guide." On reading ihe
place they found thoscoiindrcl waiting
with the captive lad bound hand mid
foot hesidj him. flie woman first as
cei tained by cunning questions that
llie man was really alone, and then
oifercd, with many supplications, her
money and tiie present of cakes and
fruit. The villau took the latter and
munched while he counted out llie
drachmas; then, with a fearful oath,
he said it was fur too little that she
must go hack und send enough to
make up the thousand, or tlu head
of the lad would bo sent down to her
without delay. While the woman
clung supplicating lo his knees, the
"Greek gill" suddenly flung a grip of
iron round the robber's arms, and, us
the lelloxv xvus thus pinioned, the out
raged mother drew a loudi d pistol and
shot him dead. Ihe pair lost no time
iu liberating lite lad, nor did she for
get to cut oil' and wrap iu a cloth the
head of the "eliiel ;" and, as a reward
of three thousand iliuchnias hail been
set upon this precious ailicie, they
niKiie quite an excellent d.-y's business
of it, on arriving sale and sound m
their ow n village. J uinlon 'J'elrynijih.
Jl i;.ii .wiii i; s in;.it nr.T.
About two weeks ago, MeK -eof .he
Nineteenth district curi wus in San
Diego on judicial business. While
I hi re a very aggravated ease ol' Ires
pass was brought to hi-al lent ion. I lie
aggrieved pariv wus Don .Inun For
slcr, u wealthy ran- hero, whose piem
ises had been rudely invaded und a
portion of Ins Iu rds di"r..uicd bv a
lawless gnzziy luur. .Judge McKee
w:.s W 'adik.l at this foul foiuy mi the
jail of ihe bear, ulid lit nine siiggi sl
ed the propiiety of sending mil ii jion-e
cumiliitnn, a lined with writs ) quo
uirrnlu and II nr rifles. I his course
was res i,id upon, and the Judge ac
compaiiicif the expedition, well heeled
with baiiin r, briiiid and now, or the
more improved modern suhsiiiutcs
llieicfor. Three null s from ihe lan
cl.o they lalllc upon the llialljli d body
of a tine young slier, with nis tongue
t ! u out, und I I'i'ivupoii Judge M. Ki e
announced to hi i-oiup inions iu-ninis
that tiie lurjitii tltl'uti having be ll du
ly pi oven, it now i. niy reuuiiiiid lor
tliciti n h net out lliu abNU--.h. i he
jiote roiiiitittua c iisistcd of the jud;i,
Don Juan F -t.-u r, Mr Pn.n.a.ol Mr.
ODoluiiy. Ala u: tif en milt s I ii in
the tauclio Ihey cai.io iu siylil ot" tlio
body of another mute sticr, and closo
beside the corpse the murderous hear
xvas discerned squatting upon his
haunches and placidly scratching his
nose xvith his paw. Mr. O'Duherty
looked inquiringly toward Judge Mc
Kee, remarked that (his xva9 a clear
case of flagrante drlictu, at the eanio
time leaving fly a leaden mandate.
The bear acknowledged service of
summons by promptly dropping oil
all-fours ami advancing toxvard his as
sailant, xvhcreiipon the court hastily
adjourned, with the bear in hot pur
suit. Such flagrant disrespect for the
judicial ermine aroused the ire of Mr.
Prior, who gent in a lucky shot, just
in tints to avenge tho outraged majes
ty of the law and prevent the rapacious
bear from topping oil' bis noon-lunch
with a raw district judge. iSiiii Fran
cisco Chronicle.
TOM NAT AT 1IO.UE.
Mr. Mitchell xvas tho bearer of a
cordial letter of thanks from the Be
publican Congressional Committee, to
his friend, Thomas Nast,"of Harper's
for effective and stirring work during
ihe recent campaign. It xvus at Mr.
Mitchell's suggestion that the commit
tee determined to introduce Nast'a
masterly cartoons into the documents
of ihe campaign, und the m;mier in
xvhich they xvere culled for was u suro
evidence of their convincing and tell
ing poxver.
Mr. Mitchell visited Nast at his
pleasant country home in Morris-toxvn,
N.J., and found him highly elated
over the great victory, and hard at
work ,n a crushing picluro for thu
next issue of Harjifr.
He is very pleasantly situated in
bis elegant home, surrounded by a
very ii.lcresting family, Laving a most
estimable Yankee girl for a helpmate,
and three bright, well-mannered chil
dren to brighten his household. His
hoime is most cosily furnished, and
displays high artistic culture in tho
selections and groupings of the vari
ous and rich works of art aud orna
mentation. In his libtary are many valuabla
works, chiifly pertaining to art or
history, g:xing evidence of the caro
exercise i in making selections, us to
the accuracy und value of tho matter
between (he covers rather than to or
namentation or glitter of binding.
His port fnl i s contain many rare ami
exceedingly line engravings and draw
ings, embracing diflcreut rules aud
mc thuds.
Mr. Nast xvas highly gratified at the
contents of the commilte's letter, nnd
with modest pride expressed himself
accordingly. There is very little ro
mance about this artist. He is n man
of practical ideas aud clear, jonvio
lions, an artist of masterly conception
and exhaustlcss resource, never ucling
withiitit a pure motive. His talent if
uiipiirchasabic, and if, xvith his uner
ring pencil, he hits people who hardly
deserve it, is is because they ure in tho
way, or iu bad company. In matters
of controversy he don't believe an ad
versary should be handled with gloves,
hut rather aggressively ; still, ulways
fairly.
The campaign has been one of se
vere (nil to Mr. Nast, but the con
sciousness of being right has given
strength and ugility to the urtisl's
seemingly exhaustlcss poxver. W'ath
inrtoii Chronicle.
Absent minded people nre funny
Sir Isaac Newton wanted his servant
to carry out a stove that xvas getting
too hot. A fellow stolo his dinner be
fore his eyes, and he aflerwarJs thought
he hud eaten because he saw the dishes
empty. A Scotch professor walked
into the middle of a horse pond while
pondering mi Final Causes. . Ben.
Franklin punched down tho tire , xvith
ihe finger of u young lady s'tting at
his side, and severely burned the lily
white poker. A gentleman in Troy
received a letter iu the dark, used the
letter to light ii lamp, and looked
about fir it to read. IVre Gratry, one
ilny iu Paris, thinking he had Kit his
wiitcli at home, took u out uf his
pocket to see if he had lime to ga
buck afier it. Ncander. (he church
hist lian, used to go to his lecture in
his molil-cii ninl iiioht-gowu, and
Kunclinies walked in the gutter. But
all those cases do hot equal that of
ihe man who lakes a paper year after
year and always forgets to pay for it.
Tin Trnvwipt notices the exporta
tion of Boston ciuriagcs and harness
to Mn.'laiul last week. It says; "Tho
I'lilflish have long studied these
brain lies of mechanical art, und are
quite perfect iii them, in some sense.
But cur seliooling has difll nd from
theirs, and our results dilfer. Dis
tances are great in this country, roads
heavy often, and A iiicricaus have been
more .miccmed with tin attainment
of speed and light weight than with
the stately, ponderous slvlo of tho
Old World. As we lead the xvorld in
that inestimable artificial product, the
trotting horse, so we do in the attain
ment of the tle.ndemt'i in the way of
eooovige xvhich go tn complete his tri
umph. An Akron (Ohio) eat Rot mixed up
xvith n l.uj saw, in ih mill, and
"now sleeps in the va!!ey,"