is Punt.tBnED f.vehy Wednesday, by "W. It. DUNN. JiTlce In Kiox'a Duildlrgi Eln Street. TKHMS, fl.no A YEAH. No Subscriptions received for shorter period uinti inroe mount. Correspondence solicited from alt parts oflliu country. n notice will ho taken ol annon vinous onmniuntcaiions. Marrlagns nnil Death notices Inserted grans. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. hewto rums. Mii.ru w. tatu. PETTIS A TATE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, jb. n Strtel, TIONESTA , PA Isaac Ash, A TTORNKY AT T,AW. OH City. Pa, A Will practice In tlio various Courts of r ureal iTonniv. All imsinoss enirusieu to lli rare will rcroivo prompt attention. 10 iy Vf. W. Manon, George A. Junks, Tloot.M, ft. Brook. Ill, P- Mason A Jen Us, A TTOHNRYS AT LAW. OftVe on I-'.lm il Street, above Walnut, Tionestn, l'a. C. W. Giinilan, ATTOHNKY AT LAW, Franklin, Ve naiiio Co., Fa. tf. J. R. U AR11I.1, t). P. FASSKTT, ITAlilllS C FASSETV, Attorneys at Law, Tltusvllle Penn'a. T)H ACTIO R in all die Courta of Warren, x Crawford, rorost and cnmigo l oun tte. 4i-tf 3V. P. Morcilliott, A TTOnXEY COrXSKLOH AT LAW JTV Tionostn, l'a. Ollloo on Klin Street. .The professional Hcrvicos of the Hon. S. 1 Johnson can be secured through nie I!' desired in any business entrusted tome in Forest Co. Collections promptly attended V). aiho ileal j'.Miato Agent. Tionesta House. MITT EL, Proprietor. Klin St. Tin nestu, l'a., at the lnniith of thocroek Mr. lulu 1 1 as thoroughly renovated the Tionesta House, and re-fnrnished it ram pletoly. All who patronize him will he wall entertained at reasonable rates. 'M lv FOREST HOUSE, D It LACK FROFHIETOH. Opposite Court llouMe, Tionesta, Pa. Just opened. Kvervthinu now and ejenn and frsh. Tlio best of liquors kept constantly on hand. A portion or the public patron ag is rcupoot fully solicited. 4-17-1 V Holmes House, riMOXKSTA, I'A.. oppoHito tan Tpot. X C. 1. Mnlilo, Proprietor. Uoofl Sta . tltiiK connected witli tlio house, tf. Scott House, IAOUXDIH. PA., K. A. ltoberls. Pro priotor. This lio'el has Wen recently rs-furnished and now oilers superior ac commodation to (fUos's. -5-1j Syracuse House, T1DIOUTK, Pa., J. .t 1 Macikk, Propio Tl.n 1 I..... .1 ...I. I.. refitted and in now in tho tirst -class order, with tho beat of accommodations. Any nforinatioii eoneornin! Oil Territory lit till, point will bo cheerfully fiirnisheil. -lyf J.&D. MAUKR, Exchange Hotel, IOWKIt TIDIOUTK, Pa., D.'S. TUms J URKI. A Son Prop's. Thin house liuviut! boen relited is now tho most desirable stop tilnn place in Tidiouto. A good Billiard Kooiu attached. 4-lv " National Hotel, 1 lo'IXKTOX, PA. W. A. Ilallenbsck, Proprietor. This hotel is Nk.w, and is ow open as a first class houso, situate nt ' nejunction of the Oil Creek .t Allegheny tiverand Philailelphia it Krio llailrouds, pposite the IoMt. Parlies having to lav ver trains will find this tho most oonvoii nt hotel In town, with first-class acconi iiodsliona and reasonable, charges. tf. Dr. J. L. Acorrl, PHYSICIAN AND SUKlilX)X, who has had -fifteen years' experience in a largo and successful practice, will attend all Professional Calls. . Otlii-o in his Orotund irocery Storo, located ill Tidiouto, near Tidiouto House. IX HIS STOItE WILL BE FOUXD A full assortment of Modicines, Liquors Tobacco, Cigars, Stationery, tllass, Paints, oils. Cutlery, and lino Uro'ceries, all of the liesl quality, and will be Bold at reasonable rates. H. It. BURGESS, an experienced !ru;r- 1st from New York, has charno of tlio "Store. All prescriptions put up accurately. a. a, kiT. jxo. r. rim. x. a. kellv. MA Y, l'A UK .C CO., .Comer of Elm A Walnut Sts. Tionesta. Bank of Discount and Deposit. Interest allowed on Timo Deposits. Collection madconall the Principal points of the U. 8. Collections solicited. 18-1 y. J 50. A. PI 1.1. rnI. J. T. 6AI.K, Culiler. TIOUESTA , SAVINGS BANK, Tionosta, Forost Co., Pa. This Bank transacts a Gonoral Banking, Collectilu; anil lxcliMit!,-f. KtiMtiwiuu Gratis on the Priucijwl Cities of the United States and Europe bought and sold. Gobi and Silver Coin and Government (Securities bought and sold. 7-30 Bonds converted on tho most favorable terms. J nterest allowed on time deposits. Mar. 4, tf. SLOAN & VAN GIESEN. ' ' . AND W AG ON-MAKSRS, Corner of Church and Kim Streets, This firm is prepared to do all work in s line, and will warrant everything dono t Uieir simps to jivo satisfaction, Jur. cular sttontion given to JIOItSI'.SIKMIXJ, filvethow atrial, and you will not re Wct n- 13-ly. F0RESr "Lctu3 llavo Faith VOL. V. NO. 35. D. W. CLARK, (:OMMISSIONKIl's n.KllK, FOREST CO., r.V.) JtEAL EXT AT K AGENT. HOUSES and Lots for Sale and UKNrp Wild Inds for Sale. J. . I have superior facilities for ascertaining the condition of taxes ami tax deeds, A c., and am therefore qualified to act intclli nontlyas aiient of those livinit at a dis tance, ownimr lands in tho County. Ollleo in Commissioners Kooiu, Court House, Tionesta, Pa. 4-41-ly. D. W. CLAHIC. KCVr. niTFttllWIK Pr.l. K' L. UlTIIHim.K. Tivm. T. A. WtUflMT. Ror. UKO. W. 1.11 II IM Hi; K, llii.lnv.t Miiiinnor. THE SUPERIOR LUMBER CO., MAXCFACTUKEBS OF Pine Lumber, Lath, Shingles &c, Wills on TionrsU Creek, Forest To., Ta. Ynrds It Offire cor. Hi k Rnil Roml Sts., riTTSnURGII, PA. Jos. Y. Saul, PRACTICAL Harness Maker and Sad A iler. 'Ihree doors north of Holmes Mouse, lioncsta, l'a. All work is war ranted, tf. Wrr, Fellers, TCEXCEI) Al'CTIOXI EI, will aliend J to all business In that lino nronm'.lv. at reasonable rates. Address WM. FELLKP.S. Newmanville. 1-Sm. Clarion Co. l'a. KIIWAKII DITIIIIIIIIir. K. R. UlTlilllUCC FORT PITT GLASS WORKS. Established A. II. 1SJ7. QITHFUDGE; & SQ-M, MASi-fArri:iii:ns ov Ditliridge's xx Flint Glass PATENT OVAL LAMP CHIMNEYS. AND Silverad Glas3 Reflectors. These clilmneys do not break by heat. Ask for DiTiiKiixiKs. Tuko no other. DITIIUIlKiE A SOX, Pittsburgh, 35-1 v. Pit. Xew lS:ir3iias House. MPS. S. S. II CLINGS has built a lamo addition to her house, and Is now pre pared to a iminodateanumlierof perma nent boarders, and all transient ones who mav favor her with tNdr i,,itr,,i,i.r,. i paid stable has recently been built to ac commodate tho horses of quests. Clmriies reasonable. Hcsidonce on Elm St., oniio site S. HaNlet's store. 'Zl'-lv JOfJES HOUSE, ' CLARION, PENN'A. S. S. JONES - - - Pronrifitnr. GROCERY AND PROVISION STORE IN TIONESTA. GEO. W.BOVARD&GO. H AVK(fiiHt lironht on a complete ami rurviuuy Buiucieu viot'K oi FLOUR, GROCKKIES. PROVISIONS, and everything necessary to tho complete stock oralirst-classi;roceiv I louse, which they have opened out. at their establish ment on Elm St., first door north ol'M. L. Church. TEAS. COFFEES, SUGARS, FRUITS, KYKUPS. SPICES HAMS, LAItn A ND MO VISIONS OK A LL KINDS, at tho lowest cash prices. Goods warrant ed to bo of tho hc.it quality. Call and ex amine, and wo believe we can suit vou. ui;o. w. liovAiiu ,t co. Jan. 0, '72. QONFECTIONARIEg AS. McKAY, at the Post Oftice, has oicnuii oui a cnoice 101 or CONFECTIOXMUKS, CANNED FRUITS, 10BACC0S, CIGARS, AND NOTIONS OF ALL KINDS. A portion of tho patronage of tho public. Is rchspccii'uliy solicited. "-tf JAS. M. McKAY. A 31 1 It A I K I Mr. Samuel Poll, of W. E. Schmertz if Co , Wholesale Hoot and Shoe Manufactur ers, 31 Filth avenue, PittsliurK'h, Pa., has been alllicted with chronic rheuiuatisli for thiity years, from his rilit liip to his loot, having tifubea crutch and a cune, at times so painful as to utterly incapacitate liim from attending to bis business. Having tried every remedy known, without cll'ect, except (iillihind'a Pain Killer, ho was finally induced to try it. A sccoml applica tion enabled him to' lay aside his crutch, and a third cHocU.hI a permanent cure. Mr. Hell is a popular and Well known citirn, is a living monument of the cp'acacy of that (rrcat medical discovery, iilliland's Pain killer. The utllii tcd should ask their jrroccr or druggist for it, and try Us won derful power. Mr. Oilliland, 'wo under stand, wants a respectable agent in every town and county for it. Th., principal of fice is at TJ. Third Avonue, Pittsburgh Pa. 3 Ml that mht mak03 Might; and TIONESTA, PA., THIf ADVIiMTHK ' YANKICI Mill' H AN. .1111). A finrrpspondent of tli New York Herald is responsible for the following. Tho scene, is laid on bonnl the royal yacht Victoria-Albert nt tho timo (ienernl Sherman, Colonel Audonrieil Ministers Kc-hrnck and Curt in were dining- with tho Prince of Witlcs. An hour before n live Yankee mid shipman, from the interior of Vermont, was sent alongside the royal yacht in rhnrgo of one of tho boats of the Americans. Heating the exhilarat ing mid suggestive sound of iionbiniz I champagne corks, ho proposed to nil- I ... 1 ... : l . 1 . . i . 1 . . . s oiucr minsiiipiuan mm nicy (ilioitld toss up who should go on board and join in tho fun, the other remaining in charge of the boats, Vermont won, ond immediately jumped up the side of the yacht and sauntered after near the saloon and deck where tho party was scattered about, smoking, talking and drinking champagne. The first ouo to address our friend was a cap tain in tho English navy, who asked him if he found tho climatq unpleas autly moist. Vermont replied that on tlio contrary it seemed to hint tlry very dry iudced. "Is it possible?" said tho captain, and then a light breaking upon him, he added, "Ah! ah! You will champagne with me?" Nerinont said he wouldn't mind if he did, so they tossed a glass, which tho captain assured him wait lino dry Luc u'Or. Middy smacked his lips. and the captain smiling, branched oil" to entertain otluri. ll;s pl;i20 was immediately eupplied by another geti tlemai., who noticed the midshipman's isolated position. Ho asked him if he had had any champagne. Mid re plied that he had, but they told him it was very dry, and ho reckoned it was, as his mouth was quite parched, he didn't care if he drauk sumething wet. The geiitlemau at onco called for another bottle, aud as they raised their glasses ho said "Mumnt." Ver mont, said he wouldn't say nuything about it, -and drauk it off in" navy style. He asked tlio gentleman the mimes of different personages in that room, and finally said: "Who are you, anyway ?" The gentleman said lio was not much better there; ho was only a duke (the Duke of St. Albans,) Mid said, "Well, I'm not a duke, but we're tvll sovereigns in tho State., so we're not much out." Mr. Moran the Secretary of Legation, then joining them. Mid asked, "Who is that young fellow with light hair talking to Gen eral Sherman?" "That," said Mr. Moran, "is tho Marquis of Lome; I have known him hinee ho was a bov." "Won't you introduce me?" said Mid. "I'll go speak to him." replied Mr. Moran, and he soon returned with the Marquis, presented tho midshipman, and left them together. "Well, Manpiw, how do you feel?"' said Vermont. The Marquis laughed heartily and said he felt well if hp felt at all. He then asked the Mid if he had been offered any champagne, Mid said "Yes, he had, but quite a while ago," so they tipped glasses together. ermoui negan a cunt by Snylit-", : Marquis, I suppose you've traveled pretty much all over "Europe?" Yes ho had. "een to Monaco?" Yes Tho Marquis then entertained ths Mid with anecdotes of travel and society ; he had spoken of Duchesses and Lords aad then said: "I he king of Belgium was saying to roe the other day" when Vermont interrupted hint with "Hold up, Marquis, that is getting be yond me, when it comes to Kings and Princes I'm let out, I don't know those follows." The Marquis laughed and offered him a cigar. Mid said, "You Dukes smoke real Havamts, I suppose; but dou't let mo keep you all tlio time, Marquis, as there are lots of big guns around." Tho Marouis said ho was satisfied if Midshipman was, who re plied that he could stand any amount of it. "What's that fellow's name?" said Mid. "Leiniugcn." "What is he r" "A Prince." "Oh ! I say Mar quis," said Vermont, "suppose you in troduce mo to the Prince of Wales." "All right." So off they went arm iu arm to look for him, to tho surprise of the "big guus" who frowned aud nod ded at him, but Mid looked uncon sciously into distance. Tho Prince had gone below and they could not find him, sj tho Marquis bade the Middy good evening and said he nev er would forget him. It is probable he will not. The last exploit of our friend was to bump into the Prince as ho was going out of tho saloon door. "I5cg your pardon, Prince," said he. i'TI.i'. .11 .:!. .. i. , .. o n i ijjui,, youngster, sum the Priuce. Vermont now goes by the namo of "Wet Muinin, or the Cham pagne Duke." o Hero is a good business like epitaph: "Hero lies the body of Jauo Smith, wife of Thomas Smith, marble-cutter. This monument was elected by her husband, us a tribute to her memory and a specimen of his work. Monu ments of tho same style, $200. Mr. J. E. Howard, of Gallatin, Tennessee, was shot the other iiiiiht bv some uukuuwu persons, while leaning over his counter. Of courso it w.is wrong to shoot him, but what businc.-s had he to leuu over the counter? i Republican. in that Faith lot.ua to tho end, WEDNESDAY;. DECEMBER 4, 1872. ;i:M:ttAt. I.AF.l VT.TTK'H WATCH. It is doubtless within the recollec tion of many that in the year 1824 General Lafayette made a tour of this country, attended by such an ovation as offered, pes haps, the grandest fpec taclo of n Nation's- tribute to a hero the World hits ever seen. During his tour, while on a visit to some town in tho State of Tennessee, the General was mysteriously robbed of Jiis watch, a valuable souvenir, which 'had been presented to hint in 1781, by General George Washington, to commemorate nt once the iiflectionate relations which had long existed between them, and his gallant services at the seigc of Yorktown, the crowning event in the struggle for American independence. Directly upon the robbery becoming known, most, strenuous efforts were made for its recovery, but, despite the fact that the Governor of Tennessee offered n reward of SI 0,000 for its return, not the slightest trace of it was thereafter obtained, and General Lafayette was eventually compelled to return to France, resigned to the thought that the precious gift of his dear friend was lost to hint forever. The years passed on, and with their lapse men's recollection of the circum stance faded away. Lafayette died in 1834, and fur a space of forty-eight years the stolen watch bore an un known history. At the end of that time, but a few days ago, a gentleman residing in this city, while visiting Louisville, attended an auction sale at a junk shop, where, strange to re- late, he found among tho articles offer- ed a watch which, upon examination, ho discovered to be the long lost watch of Lafayette. Suffice it to s.-.y thnt he eagerly pur cnaeeu it, anu na quickly lormed Hie resolution to trausmit it to the family of General Lafayette, now residing in Paris ; pending which transmission, however, tho gentleman has brought it to his home, and has consented to lis exhibition for a few days at E. A. Ty- ler's jewelry storo, on Canal street. Tho watch is open-faced, of gold, with a double fas'", and may bo re marked as of i peculiar appearance, being of only ordinary size, but near- 1 who was very sickly, uud only made a ly" as thick as it is wide. Tho outer ; few cents occasionally peddling tin case bears upon its entire surface carv ! ware. This fact accounts for the cog ed figures, iu bag relief,, representing ; nomen "Tinsey," by which the boy the picture of Mars offering a crown : was known. Considerably improved to the goddess of Po ce, who is stir- j in appearance, we dismissed the bov, roundel by her emblems, while over ; saying that we should call and seo his all appear the stem implements of j mother, and make inquiry regarding war. hung high out of reach. On the ! him at his loilei nir house, and if re inner case appears the yet clearly It bio inscription : "G. Washington To Gilbert Mat tiers do Lafayette. Lord Cornwallis's Capitulation. Yorktown, Decb'r 17, 1781." On tho covering of the seen the maker's name E. London, 175!). works is i II.ili;'ax, : Oi;e can believe that the sight of this relic, will: its host .of histotical rcc!,ectioi!3 clustering about it, is j well fitted to awaken u host of reflcc- j Hons, and carry cue's imagination over I the bridge of nearly a century, to tho time when tho two dead and gone hero friends stood side by side, carving out their glorious names and fame, which to-day shine through the long vista of years with lustro that can never lade. New Orleans 'lima. 3ewaro of man or woman with a fixed smile. Trust tho most hideous scowler before the being who goes about wish it it angelic grin carefully exhibited to all eyes under any and every circumstance. It is not natural to smile perpetually, aud no ono ever assumes a mask without beinir con. scions of a necessity for concealment TV...'. 1 ....... 1 mt fun v uisiiiiucMnmi me. lucre are young women, and a few old men, who break out into a smile whenever they speaK. l.'teso are not tho people I mean. The smile of which I warned you is a motionless, hypocritical, fixed expression, which I iiavo seen worn during a silent threo hours journey by rail, without the slightest alteration that sort of smile which most misguid ed lady artists present upon their can vass when they delineate martyrs, saints and nngels. Tho portrait of a different smile tho fashion-plate sim per which, though semi-idiotic, is not dangerous. Any one capable of hold ing tho muscles of tho face under con trol, is generally able to squeal sweet ly, to move quietly, and to uso quiet language, measured tones, in moments of tho greatest excitement, and so c.in always placo a better man or woman at great disadvantage, and appear in noceut when actually most guilty. A wag went to the station of one of tho railroads one evening, and lindin tho best cur full, said, in a low tone "w hy, this car isn't going." Of course this caused a general stampede, and wag took tho best seat. In the midst of l!,d indignation he was asked, "Why did you say this car wasn't going ?'" "Well, it wasn't then, but it is now," replied tho wug. , T I . c... ,, . , . . uucoo L-uy, uio ne west mining town in Utah, a few weeks old, was dedicated the other day. A Hug was presented, speeches made, mail killed, etc. dare do our duty as wo understand it."--LINCOLN, AI,l;ssON I'ORIIOTS. ' i- "Comwrciat, Mail ami German Nor," d a ragged little fellow one r .ioon lately, as ho rushed througu a street car in which we had taken a seat. "Commercial, sir?" said he, turning toward us and planting a horrible-muddy bare foot flat upon our nevly-polishcd boot. We felt provoked, and raised a hand to push the boy off, but he was too quick for us. Starting back lie bowed profoundly, and iu tho blandest possible manner said: "PlfRso exeitase me, sir! I'm really very sorry; I couldn't help it that big gent shoved inn. Tell us where your office is, boss. I blacken mornings call and shine 'cm for nothin'.sir." Wo were so much pleaied and struck wih this display of ready politeness, and, despite his dirt, his pleasant, honest face, that we Kave him a card, and told him to call next morning as he wished. On the follow ing morning a s( range boy entered our oflice with a bluckiug-box slung over his shoulder and our card iu his baud. Said he, eyeing our boots, "lie you the gent 113 givo 'Tinsey' this ere card ?" "Who is Tinsey ?'' we asked. "Tlio fellow that sloshed yer boots iu the csir last night. His mother's aw ful sick, aud he's got to stay and mind his little sister. He says he's sorry he couldn't come and give ye'o a shine hisself, but 'Tinsey' aud mo often go whacks, and I'll shine 'em for vou just tho same, fiee gratis for-nothin." This bellied to confirm the cond or.in j ion wo had foimed of tlio newsboy, j and so we asked the boot-black to tell "Tinsey," as he called him. that when it was convenient for him, wo should bo pleased to have htm call, lwoor three days afterward, "Tinsey" called, ragged raid barefooted as before. He j told us that his father had bceu dead : two years; that his mother and two j sisters were very poor, living iu a rear . basement, in Goerck street, and he ; lived ut the Uov's Loibrimr House in j liivincton street, navinir five cents I o each for his supper, bed and break last. His earnings averaged from fif ty to seventy-five cents a day, and most of it went to support his mother, ports were iuvuraine we might give him work in our oflice. The poor boy was overjoyed at this; said ho would like so much to get regular work, be cause the conductors kicked him off the curs, and big boys diovo him from the best blacking stands. The Superintendent of tho I'iving ton Street Lodging liouso knew "Tin sey" well, and spoke very highly of lnu. lie said lis was one of ho, rtrert boys who did not Use tobacco. I ! swear, or stay out late nt night. He always attended night school and Sun day meetings, ami generally had a book front the library. His affection for his mother and sisters was very great, and w hen he was hard pushed he would sell his shoes and best gar ments in order to purchase trilling de licacies for his sick parent. His moth er said Charley for that is "Tinsey V rigni name, was tho best ot boys, and the mainstay of the family. He slept at the Kivingtou Street Lodging House, she said, where ho had receiv ed most of his education and much good udviec. These inquiries satis fied us that "Tinsey" deserved a help ing hand. He is now in our employ ment, nn active, intelligent, trustwor thy boy. He is neither barefooted I now, nor wears ragged clothes, but earns a competent salary and lives with his mother iu a comfortable home. He is now on tho primary steps of a ladder that leads to influence and inde pendence, with a fair prospect of on-.' day standing on the topmost round. A merchant who was noted for his stuttering, as well as for his shrewd- ness iu making a bargain, stopped at a grocery and inquired: "How m-m-mauy t-t t-turkeys have you g-g-got?" "Eight, sir" replied the grocer. T-t-toiigh or t t-tender?" "Some tire tender and some tough," was the reply. "I k-k-kcep b-b-bourders," said the new customer. "P-pick out the f-foi.r t t-totighest turkeys, if you please." The delighted grocer "very willingly complied with the unusual request, and saiil in his politest tones: "These are the tough oues, sir." Vpoii which the nierchuiit cooly put i.:. i i .... ... . . .. ' ' . ma muni on mo remaining lour, ami said : "I'll t-t lake th-lh-th these!" "If there is anybody under tho can ister of hcuveu that I have iu utter exercscen.se," says Mrs. Partington, "it is tho slanderer going iibout, like a boy constructor, circi;lati.,g hi.i calo mel upon honest folks." A good instance of ubsciice of mind was an editor quoting from u rival buper ono of his own articles, and heading it "A Wretched Attempt at Wit." 1 S2 PER ANNUM. A MCE CO.M.tll MTV. The following is s.i extract from a private letter detailing the way they do things at Pioehe. Nevada : Pint he is the county seat of Lincoln cotinly, a mining camp a year old. It is on the Great American de"ft, and situ ated between the In'rc Mountains look ing over a bare pkin. Water has to be brought eight miles by wagons, and is sold ct six cents per gallon. There are about 1,200 people here, the half of whom have been iu slute prison (stage and highway robbers, etc.,) and tho rest ought to lie. Our graveyard has forty-one graves, of which two are filled with dead from natural causes. The rest nil died with their boots on shot, mostly ; some cut. One shoot ing scrape took place in the bank, in which Mike Casey killed Tom Gcssin, after receiving Gossin's fire. There is no law. Any one feeling aggrieved seeks redress chiefly with the pistol. It's been a close game for mo several times; I got cut iu the ieg once, but I am hero yet. I sleep with a big bull dog, a Henry riflo and n six-shooter. Tho minis (silver) employ about six hundred men ; nbotit one hundred are in arrest, and tho rct are blackguards of the worst description cattle thieves, renegade Mormons and men b.tuished from Bociety by their crimes, aud are ready for anything. It is threo hundred miles to a raiiroad or telegraph; we have three stages and one mail a week. I've done very well hero, and would have saved some money, but two of my partners in the claim were killed, and I can't go on alone. My life lias been attempted twice by the pnrtv that killed my partners. I don't allow any limn to scare me if I can have any show ; but when it gets down to cases where you dure not sit by an open door or win dow after dark, it is lime to jump the claim. If ever I get back to Califor nia I think I will stay there ;,any way, 1 have got ci ::h of this kind o'f liv ing; I am ti f packing a six-shooter around ali (:.iv. !, ; it isn't ns hopeless as it scorn's th future of this placid littlo village; U,r in a few weeks nil the natives will be disponed of "shot, mostly; somo cut" and virluous new settlers can begin u new settlement again. .g i;o:;i:ybv thijton. It) Los Angeloi County, t n the east ern slope of the Sun Francisco range of mountains, and in the immediate vicinity of the Learning Petroloinu Company's oil region, Hiiro is the most wonderful collection of wild honey iu existence The hive is locat ed in a rift, which penetrates the rock to the depth, probably, of 100 feet. The orilice is thirty feet long and sev- .it.l.n t. I'.,.,, .. I T.. . , .... ... ,i v....... t, i, wi.ic; imir p:tssacs. 1 lie nn was discovered to l; the iriinn place of a swarm of ucos that is rep ;scnted as coming out in a neai v solid column one foot in diameter. Certain parties have endeavored to de scend to the immense store of honey collected by these hues, but were in variably driven back, mid one man lost his life in the effort. O.liers have, ut the expense of much labor and money, built a ecuflhld a 12-j feel high in the hone of reaching a place whence they could run a drift into th,. ruck and extract i's well hoarded sweets, but finally cease;! their work. With in four years the bees have added not less than fifteen feet of depth to their treasure, as ascertained by actual measurement, and it is thought that ut the present timo there cannot ho less Hutu eight or ten tons of honey in the rock. A man mimed D. Htophy lives in a cabin not far from tho mot u"'' "'dinne I from Hi melting of the honey by the sun s heat, more than enough for his family requirements. All through that region immense stores of wild honey uro found in lreest in tho rocks, in nearly every place where its industrious iiiatiuliicttr.crs think of for bees seem tj think that it is secure. They consuni.'. a. very small proportion, us the climate en ables them to keep up operations near ly every day in tlio yiar, and flowers of some sort are always in bloom. It must bo a very severe season indeed when the lilUo f. .,vs uru not seen abroad in vast numbers, busily ingag ed iu their mellifluous work. ' in ingem lib-US Miudler l.as just been New York. His lilt Iii iias indicted in beui to approach the lir.-t bank p.vi deiit who fell in his way, cud demand a few hundred dollar.;" iu Jeiu of an exposure of his private sins. Thus fur nearly every man uppr.mched, feel ing conscious of his peccadillos, has at once tuken it for granted that the young man whs entirely ported iu whutever he knew himself, and so has at onco come down with the nioiiev. The misery of being called upon suddenly to make a speech was got over by a mathematician, w ho deliv ered himself in this fashion: "Gentle men, a morbid desire for originality prevents me from saying, 'this is the proudest moment of my life,' and it does not occur to mu to say anvthiii" else." 3 j Over 100,(100 American books ate deemed worthy of u place in thu Jibr.i- , ry of tho L'ritish Museum. , I , Rate3 of Advertising. One Siuarn (l inch,) one Inertions - ?l if) One H'ltiui-o ". oiicmonih . on Onc!SiiiRie three months One .Sipi'iro " ono year -Two fci'iMariM, one year -Quarter O il. " -Half " "... One " - " . . - li (in in no 13 (Ml an CO '0 no oo llusiness Cards, not oTcecdinj; one inch in lenutli, Sin per year. l.eil notices nt established rates. These rales are low, and no deviation ivill be made, or discrimination amonjr ( ntrons. The rates offered are such, s w ill ma ke it to the advaniic;"of men doi f business i ti the limits ot the circulation of the jn;'cr to advertise libcrull v. Till: I.OCAI, i:!'Tlt. What an unfortunate fellow the local editor is, to be euro, and how much is expected of him. If a man buys a new hor.-e or buggy, or if his cow can bawl threo times without winking, the 'local' is expected to pro- claim that fact with a great Uourish. If he starts a two-penny business, his first thought is to bribe the 'local' w ith a live cent cigar to write a fivo dollar puff. Indeed, he thinks it the mission of the 'local' to make his fortune for him by 'free blowing.' Ho will take the 'Joer.r to ono side and point out the supfiiior qualities of a rat-t?rier dog, and coolly as!: him to "give tho pup a hoist.' He don't care anything about it only Spnggius has a dog that he thinks is a buster and some of 'cm wanted his dog 'put in' just to take the conceit out of Spriggins. Oh, yps, 'put it in' by all means. Everybody wants us to 'put it in' that they aro the 'Great I Am,' but nobedy says, 'Here, 'local' put yourself inside this new suit of clothes, or throw yourself outside this oyster stew, or stuff this watch in your pocket.' Oh, no, of course not ; that would cost something. The shoo is on the other foot, you see. The 'local' is supposed to know every thing about other people's business, and is supposed to 's.'iow pp' all tho actors of every family broil in town. If the vile tonguo of scandal fiuds a victim people wonder that ho don't run about with his note book and gather up tho vituperative hits of slander for tho paper. Ex. l.llll'Olt KJtlNKIMi. Rev. Dr. John Hall closes a strong article in tho Independent, against liquor drinking, with this paragraph: The moderate drinker is giving the sanction of his nets aud the weight of his example, perhaps, to strengthen tendencies he has alrcudy communicat ed to the physical system of his child. Any one may loosen the stone from the hillside; hut, once let go, he can not call it back to his hand ; And a thoughtless parent may give the earli est impulse to the appetite of a child, and bo powerless, even with tears and grouiis und piuyers, to check it when the child is mature r.ud an inebriate. Oh! parents, stop mid think! And meantime God speed the men and tho societies that are trying to form opin ion, cheek vice, reclaim tho fallen and save endangered ; aud who aro doing this under cold coutempt, sometimes, of the very persons who should have the deepest interest in their success. It is iriuall comfort to know that drinkers are tho victims of a great sys tem of fraud und deception t no thirds of tho Madei in, champagne and port being fraudulent, half that which, is called wi:ic a brushing lie, and a prcat portion of tho so called spirits the cheapest substitutes for alco hol. Tho mischief in the end is none tho less dreadful. "The devil's meal," according to I he strong English pro vci b, "is all bran ;" or, iu the sober denuneialioii of Scripture, there is "woo to the drunkards of Ephraim," 44 . A Connecticut man the other day thought to put his philosophy to prac tical te.-t by slightly burning the fin gers of his two littlo children in or der that he might leave them alone iu a room with a hot stove. His wife, who doesn't go much on science, caught him at it. and went for the philosopher, sitting him down on tho stove and holding him there untU to roared for mercy! In casus of accidental poisoning, it is well to have a simple remedy at baud. Poisons of any decsriptioti which have been intentionally or ac cidentally swallowed, moy bo render ed, almost intuutly harmless by swah lowing two gills of sweet oil. An in dividual with a strong constitution might take more. Tho oil will neu tralise every form of vegetable, ani mal, or mineral poisons. A pair of horses ran away in Iow:i the other day, dragging tho linos on tho road. Aftergoingasho: t distance they met a cow and wcro stopped bv tho lines becoming entangled in tho cow's lums. The cow sat down aud waited until the driver came up and recovered his property. Tho Chinese of tho Pacific slope have just now had their annual "devil driving." They keep up an infernal religious uproar for eight days, and tho evil one is thou sunnosed to h ..f. fectutilly eliminated, and tho vineyard of the soul safe front these incursions for another twelve months. Circtiinstn:!al evidence is not always correct, but when you see uu old far mer who owns a fine water nudon patch buying jalap or ipecac, it is safe ii wanner inyojnt ins plantation select your melons ullcr dark. iti A colored gentleman went to con sult ouo of tlie ni.i.t coii-ciontious . hi. cr stating in "Now, Mr. -., 1 know yu V but I wish you would please s case, iwver, ir, loll mo do trtilf'bout d.it m.i:u.r A Vermont undertaker who was not used to conducting funerals, ruse, und said ut the i oinln.-ioii ofu funeial address that tho corpse would now "o round uud take :. hist luk ut tho mourners. "TT-J-- Kl - XJI.-W-l