II.FLDI.IHIIUII EVl'.KY WUDXESDAY, It Y
W. 1C. DUJNTN.
OFriCE IB ROBINSON & BOHTOB'B BuTLDiiia,
ELM (STREET, HONEST A, Pi.
,
T Kit MM, JiOO A. YEAH.
No Subscriptions received for a shorter
period tlmn three months.
f'orroiKndonco solicited from all purls
of the count rv. No notice will betaken of
annon vinous eominniilciitlnns.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
TI0NE3TA LODGE
V
I.O.of O. 3?.
mv.ETsi nvnrv Frldav evoninir. nt
iM o'clock, lii the Hull lornioily occupied
lv tlio Good J 'iiiltii-Jt.
M. ITT EL. N. O.
W. 11. nUSX. SiMi v. 27-tf.
Samuel D. Irwin,
ATTORNEY, COUNSELLOR AT I. AW
and HEAL ESTATE AGENT. Legal
business promptly attended to. Tlonestn,
pa. -iy
V. WBWTOX FETT1S. Ml I. KM W. TATR
PETTIS A TATE,
attorneys at law,
rrf, 2T0.VA-.STX, PA
W. W. Kuoa,
OoorM A. Jenki,
Brwk'IIM, Fa.
Mason. A Jerks,
a. TTORNEYS AT LAW. Office on Elm
A Street, above Wnlnut, Tionesta, Pa.
V. P. MerciUiott,
A TTORNKY COUNSELOR AT LAW
X. Tioneat.'i. I'll, umce on I'.itn nn mi.
The professional services of tlio Hon. H
ft .lAiinmn in lie HAfii red tliriuirli me 1
AlTm in miv business entrusted to me in
Korest Co. "'olletinii promptly attended
to. Alto Real l-.nl ate Agonl.
F.W.Hays,
TTORNKY AT LAW. and Notary
fx. Public, l!vnold Hnkill & Co.'
Block, Seneca St.', 01! City, Pa. 3U-1
George F. Davenport,
A TTOTtNEY AT LAW. Special atten
J tion Kiven to tlio In ventilation of Land
, Titles, Conveyancing and Colloetioiia in
' Venango, Ciawl'ord and adjacent, eountio.
All business promptly attended to. No. 8
Mercantile Block, Oil City, Pa, SM-ly
F. KINRBAR. K. R. SMILEY.
K1NXKJ11 A S 311 LEY,
Attorneys at Law, - - - Franklin, Pa.
PRACTICE In the several Courts of Ve
nango, Crnwford, Eorest, and adjoin
ing counties. 3it-ly.
t. R.HAEKIS, I. II. FASSITT,
HA 11 K IS it FA SSi: TV,
Attorneys at Law, Titusvlllo Penn'a.
PRACTrCI! In all the Courts or Warren,
Crawford, Forest and Venango Coun
ties. s-tf
" rursiciAysn uj; a i:oxs.
I, WISAH3, M. D and J. E BLA1HE, K. D.
ITavlns entered lnto-Ji eo-partnershlp, all
nails, nicht or dav. w ill reciiivo immediate
attention. OIUYe at residfnee of Dr. Wl
nans. Elm St.. Tionosta. Pa. SO ly
Chnrles B. Arsart,
DF.NTI
In Si
F.NTIST, Centre Street, Oil City, Pa.
mons' Block.
I.awren.c House,
WM. LAWRENCE, PnopniETon. This
house has lust been opened to the
public and tho furniture and tlttinurs are
all new. Uuests will bo well entertained
at reasonable, rates. Is situated on Em St
opposite Superior Lumber Co. Store. 3'J-ly
Tlonesta House.
Hf TTTEL. Proprietor, Elm St. Tlo-
1L. nosta. Pa., at the mouth nf theereok.
Mr. Iltle has thorouciilv renovated tho
Tionla House, and re-furnished It com
letelr. All who patronize him will be
well onterlained at reasonable rate. 20 ly
FOREST HOUSE,
T BLACK PROPRIETOR. Opposite
JLJt Court lloiiso, Tlonesta, Pa. Just
nnsned. Evervthina now and olean and
freoh. The best of liquors kept constantly
on hand. A portion of the public, patron
air is respectfully solicited. 4-17-lv
Scott House.
PJlfirNDUS. PA.. E. A. Robert. Pro
A? nrietor. This ho' el lias been recently
re-furnished and. now offers superior ac
commodation to gues's. is-iy.
Dr. J. L. Aconb,
nilYSICIAN AND SURGEON, who'
I had fifteen years' experience in a larjre
and successful practice, .will attend all
Professional Culls. Otlico in his Drug and
4rocrv Store, located iu Tidioute, nsar
Tldioute House.
IN HIS STORE WILL BK FOUND
A full assortment of Medioinos, Liquors
Tobacco, Cigars, Stationery, Ulats, Paints,
Oi i.Cut oi v. anrt tine urocenes, an oi in
beat nmUty, and wiU be sold at reasonable
I'HIOI.
II. R. BURGESS, an experienced Prim
jjUtfrom New York, has charge of the
latere. All prescriptions put up accurately.
w.
u. u. mat. Jiio. r. rise a. uui.
MA Y, PARK . CO.,
B A-UKBBS,
Corner of JClm A Walnut Sts. Tionosta.
Bank of Discount and Deposit.
Interest allowod on Tims Deposits.
Cllootions madeon all thePrinelpal points
of the U. S.
Collections solicited. 18-ly.
:t
. SS PALI. rrH. J. T. OALS, Cukiar.
TIOUESTA
SAVINGS BANK,
Tionesta, Forest Co., Pa.
Tliis Bank transact:) a General Banking,
Collecting and Exchange Business.
Drafts on the Principal t'iluiM of the
United States and Europe bought and sold.
Gold ami Silver Cuiu and Government
ftncurltieit lHnght anil sold. T-.tO Itoivls
(om en ted on tlio ni't tavoralile terms,
lotorf.-it hIIom oil on time deposits.
Alar. I. It.
VOL, V. NO. 48.
TEN EYCK & VANDEHSA AL
WHOLESALE A RETAIL
COXEECTIONEItS.
STORE: No. 3 South Seneca Street,
NEXT DOOR TO rOST OFFICE.
MANUFACTORY! No. 58 Jiorth Seneca Rtrret,
3My OIL CITY. PENN'A.
D. W. CLARK,
(COMMIMSIONKR'S Cl.KKK, FOREST CO., FA.)
JIEAL ESTATE AGENT.
II
OUSES and Lot for Sale and REN
T.
Wild Landa for Sals.
I havo superior facilities for ascertaining
the condition of taxes and tax deeds, .to.,
and am therefore qualified to act intolli-
Rontly a agent or inose living at a ins
tance, owning lands In the County.
Olnce in Commissioners Kooni, Court
House, Tionesta, Pa.
4-41-ly. P.W.CLARK.
IVew Hoarding House.
MRS. S. S. HULINGS has liullt a largo
addition to her house, and la now pre
pared to accommodate a number of perma
nent boarders, and all transient onos who
mav favor her with their patronage. A
Rood stable has recently been built to ac
commodate the horses of quests. Charges
reasonable. Residonce on Elm St., oppo
site H. Haslet's store. 23-ly
A. H. PARTRIDGE,
DRALF.R IN
F TJ HZ IN" ITU 12 IB,
CHAM HER SUITS, SOFAS, TABLES,
CHAIRS, ItF.PSTEAPS. MAT
TRESSES, IOUNOES,
SPRING BEDS,
AC. AC,
FRAJkllXG l'lCTVRKS,
A arKCIAI.TY,
Has a Inrno variety of Moulding of all
kinds, and will frame to order all pictures
broiiKhtto him in any style to suit custo
mer.
Rooms in second story or Homier it- Mc
Kay's new building, Elm St., Tionosta,
J'a, u0-3m
CENTRE STREET, OIL CITY, TA.
BOOKS,
BTATIOSKRY,
rAXCYOOOPS,
TWIKKS,
TOYS, INKS,
trHOLKEAI.C AD RETAIL.
Books, Newspapers and Magazines
MAILED TO ANY ADDRESS
At publishers rates.
39-ly
NEW
GROCERY AND PROVISION STORE
IN TIONES TA .
GEO. W. BOVARD & CO.
HAVE lust brought en a complete and
carefully soleoted stock of
FLOUR,
GROCERIEP.
PROVISIONS,
and everything necessary to the complete
stock ofaflrst-classGrocery House, which
they have opened out at thoir establish
ment on Elm St., first door north of M. E.
Church.
TEAS,
COFFEES.
SUGARS,
SYRUPS,
FRUITS,
SPICES.
HAMS, LARD,
ASDritQ VJS'IOXS Of ALL KIXDS,
at the lowest cash prices. Goods warrant
ed to be of the bet quality. Call and ex
amine, and we believe we can unit you.
GEO. W. BOVARD A CO.
Jan.. 72.
iONFECTION ARIE
S.
L.
opened out a choice lot of
GROCERIES,
CONFECTION ARIES,
CANNED FRUITS,
10BACC0S,
CIGARS, ANI
NOTIONS OF ALL KINDS.
A portion of tlio p.UrotaOof the putiJUt
4t-f ' L. AO NEW
T10NESTA, PA.,
A I.OYE-FEAHT HCENK.
IIarribduro, March 1, 1873.
Strolling iuto ouo of llie elegant
churches of an orthodox denomina
tion on Hnturday exening last, I wit
nessed a scene which was at once "
impressive and so unusual, that I
make it the topic of this letter. The
pew opener, iu answer to my inquiry,
stated that there was te be no sermon,
but that evening service was to con
sist alone of a Love Feast, preceding
I the quarterly celebration oftheLord'f
Runner on the morrow.
n 1-, is. n infn n nauf trWltin llfllf
. doxen slips of the altar, and watch
ert with some interest the filline up of
the news around me. I hud made
not a few acquaintances within the city,
but as my Sundays had not been spent
at tho capital, had not found out at
what churches my friends worshipped,
and now leoked curiously about to
catch sitrht of sonio familiar lace.
was erntified sooner than I anticipated,
for in a few moments I recognized iu
nearlv the front new the psrtly prca
enca of a wealthy gentleman whom I
had often met in tho office of an itistir
ance agent, and from the latter I had
learned that stir portly friend owned
a hundred tenement houses on Elm
street, and was one of the richest men
in the eitY. As he turned by chance
and sceinlr me, gave me a little nod
and smile, tho pew iust in front
of me was opened by the usher, and
Mr. C , a private banker of Market
street, and his elegaut dressed family,
grand and stately in seal Bkins, velvet
and laces, humbly bowed in. To bit
surprise, also, my landlord, keeper of
the finest hotel in the city, came in
with the .air of one who fe!s his right
to a nlace. and my eyes lighted in rap
id succession upon a urugist, a grcusi,
a baker ana a numuer si ocuw"
. . , , p - . i
whose faces were familiar, and I won
dered that so many of my friends
should worship in the church into
which I had struggled by accident.
My curiosity was also areused, for
I knew of no church rite denominated
a "love IVast," and I was nuxious for
the services t begin.
In looking over the assembled mul
titude my heart was pained to note the
plain gradation of the people accord
ing to the evident richness of their
dress. There was no mistaking this,
and the usher's keen ye made no
mistakes. A scantly, but not meanly
clad old lady and a tall, elegant dress
ed lady whom I recognized a the
wife of Colonel A a, a large whole
sale liquor nierchnt entering by
chance at the same instant, did not
for a moment puzzle him. He bade
the old lady wait, and conveyed the
other iu all dignity up very near to
the llirone like pulpit and seating her,
returned and gave the poor old wo
man a seat near tne uoor ana ten tier,
with no notice of the agony of pain
which swept like a cloud over the pale,
sweet face. I afterwards knew she
was partially dsaf, and might as well
have stayed at home as to have becu
seated so far from the pulpit.
lhe service soon began, epening
with a hvmn by the choir, sung in
hichly operatic style, as soprano, solo
and chorus, and in which any attempt
at jaintng by any of the congregation
was greeted by Mich significant etares
as to frighten the intruder into silence
and a prayer bv the occupant of the
pulpit the love-feaet was soon in full
height. The metting was simple, one
in which anyone could speak, but
which liberty was ouly embraced by
those who were in no doubt as to their
condition in the life after death. I can
not, of course, detail the language of
all, for probably a hundred spoke, but
the universal conclusion was that et a
perfect certainty of getting to Heaven
at lust. I was full of happiness to Bee
to many followers of the meek and
lowly One ; and thought what happi
ness all these must shsd about them,
fur He has said, "By thsir fruits ye
shall knsw them."
Mr. C , whom I had first recsg-
nizsd, with a heavenly light ou his
countenance, had said that "he was
almost home, lhe banker, that lie
felt he was saved by grace.
"Jcsns paid it all,
All the debt I owe."
Mrs. Colonel II. responded :
"Sin hath left no crimson stain ;
He MuKliud me white as snow."
The others whom I knew spoke elo
quently, glowing with happiness aud
a consciousness of a spotless life hertj
aud a sure rest hereafter, aud my
heart warmed and tkrobbed with res
ponsive joy, and I determined to go to
them and follow in their footsteps,
thut I, to, might be as full of faith
aud peace as they.
At this stage of the exercises, a tall,
massive form slowly arose iu the
midrit of the congregation, and with
firm steps made his way out to tho
aisle, thence up to the altar aud
threugh the massive door in the black
walnut railing, and stood within the
altar aud facing thccongreatiou. A
strange feeling of attraction, like a
gubtile nitv-'iictiini bound me to him,
if rl
turn
V
MARCH 12, 1873.
and indeed all in the house from the
moment he arose had been held as it
seemed in like manner. He stood be
fore us all calmly surveying the sea
of faces turned in wonder upon him.
He was tall and massive as I have
said, but when his face was onco fairly
turned toward us, no further thought
ssemod pnssible of aught save the sad
blue eyes, the broad nooie ioreneaa
. I ..All,. 1
from which on each side leu ins long
snowy hair, and the perfect repose of
a face smooth and soft a a child's and
with that beauty which gooducss
alone can give. For a full minute a
dead silence reigned. It was brsken
by his voice which smote the ear as
full of such a siidnesB as must have
filled the tones of Brutus while pro
nouncing sentence of death upon his
sen. It pealed forth if its depth and
its music could be called a peal
these words :
"Though I speak with the tongues
of men and of angles, and have net
charity, I am become as sounding
brass or a tinkling symbal.
"Brethcru I write no new command
tnents unto you but an old cominaud
metifwhich ye had from the beginning.
He that loveth Ins orothcr uuiuetli iu
the light and there is none occasion
for his stumbling in him."
"Whosoever doeth not righteous.
tie 89 is not of God, neither he that
loveth not his brother."
"If a man say, 'I love God' aud
hateth his brother whom he hath seen,
how can he love God whom he hath
not seen ?"
Never, never, cau I forget the thrill
ing eloquence, tho grandeur and the
power of words or the lightuing
Hashes of the buinan eye as I saw and
heard them there. Rising as the ma
jesty of supermanhood in the presence
of arrant hypocrisy lie towereu men
and flung upon the yielding cowering
heads of those who ieu meir gum
burning its way through t'ie:r faces to
us awtul traze, those words too ou tor
gotten by those whose voices are ofiec
heard chanting their wn righteous
ness then speaking comfort to the sor
rowing. In the grandest msruents o.
Fsrrcst or Booth they never reached
that point so successfully where the
enunciation of pathos in rebuke 'hat
most dihicult achievemeut iu oratory
could produce both trembling and
tears as did this unknown Aeschylus.
When tho storm of commotion and
confusion had subsided he fixed bis
mournful piercing eyes on my frieud,
the owner of houses, and again begau;
but not until all that congregation
knew where his look was fixed, for it
seemed within his power to direct their
very thoughts by his pewerful magnet
ism. "Yesterday, on Elm street, a
widow, sick aud with two helpless
babes, was turned eut by a heartless
landlord, to die if must be, because
the week's rent ef three dollars was
not, could not be paid. 'Inasmuch as
yt have doiio unto cno of the least
of these, my brstheru, ye have done
unto me.' "
Ripidly confronting the banker, ho
continued : To-day an officer of the
law pumiced upon and sold the last
bed, the last chair, and the last stove
of a poor carpenter whose wife lay dy
ing ot consumption, and to nurse
whom ho had left his daily labor aud
ts procure comfort for whom he had
given a chattel mortgage upon his
poor furniture'' adding slowly, "And
at the suit of a private banker of this
city," aud as if ui solemn mockery,
"JcMispnid It all.
All the debt 1 owe."
Again facing a man I di l nst know
he continued, "A poor, dying woman
of the town sent for a Christian to
pray for hor. The messenger found a
professor of religion instead, and was
told that his character would be jeop
ardized by such a visit. 'Let him that
is without sin cast the first stone.' "
"A poor, penniless traveler applied
to-day for food and rest at a hotel of
this city, and was rudely repelled aud
narrowly escaped injury. 'I was an
hungered and ye gave me no meat, I
was thirsty and ye gave me no drink,
I was a stranger and ye took me not
in.'" I saw his eazo fixed upon mv
landlord and remembered the sceue
he disciibed.
I had no time for pity fur his ashen
face, for again the voice pealed out.
"A little starving boy asked a baker
for a bun which tempted his hungry
gaze, and when refused aud kicked
out he crept back and took tne when
he thought no one saw him. He was
watched and his hurrying little foot
steps were followed home, and the offi
cer found his little sister eagerly de
vouring one-half while a sick mother
was moistening a part for her babe
which fuund no nourishment at its
natural fouutaiu."
It was terrible, that calm, fearful
review of sins, which, God knows, are
all too frequent. Where or when it
would have ended I cannot guess, had
not a long-faced, villainous-looking
recksnitr, whose turu had not vet
conic, commenced singing iu the voice
of a bull,"Shall we Gather at the Riv
er?" which was taken up by tho'iO
mumt
$2 PER ANNUM.
who were glad to escape an exposure
of their sins, and amid the confusion
the congregation brsko Up aud passed
out.
I lingered and saw the good ronn
fall on his knees and with his stream
ing eves turned to heaven murmur,
"Father forgive them for they know
not what they do." ne was roughly
collared by two ushers and hurried
away. I followed but lost sight of
him aud all my questions failed to
elicit anv information concerning him;
uo one knew who he was or whence he
came. Cor. Oil City Derrick.
Rev. Dr. Cayler talks in this wise:
If the father generally talks money,
money, at home, he generally rears i
family in worship of the almighty dol
lar. If he talks mainly horses, games
aud races, he breeds a batch ot sports
men. If fashion is the family altar,
then the children are offered up as
victims upon the allar. If a man
makes his own fireside attractive, he
may reasonably hopo to anchor his
own children around it. My neigh
bor Q makes himself the constant
evening cempanion of his boys. The
result is that lfis boys are never found
in bad places. But if the father hears
the clock strike eleven in his club
house or the playhouse, ho need not be
surprised if his boys hear it strike
twelve in the gaming room or the
drinking saloon. If he puts the bot
tle on his own table, he need not won
der if a drunken sou staggers in, by-and-by,
at his front door. When the
best friend that childhood and youth
ought to have becomes their foe, the
homes become the starting post for
moral ruin.
A neighboring exchange relates this
of a girl in its locality who knowing
her rights dare maintain them. The
fair damsel iu question had been re
ceiving attention from a young man
for some time. The leap year had
I almost expired and she began to grow
desperate. lhe other evening ne visit
ed her. 'Twas the evening of the last
day of '72-: After the usual saluta
tion she said to him : "You know what
this is, Henry?'' "Oh yes," was the
flioDtint ren!v. "its 1872." "That's
so," was her further' remark, "and in
less than four hours it'll bo gone." He
smiled a sickly smile and murmured,
"Yes." "Well, I want to know when
you are going to marry me?" was her
startling question. "I marry why,
vou don't mean it?" "Oh yes I do.
W hen's it going to be?" "I never in
tended anything of the kind," was his
trembling response. She didn't say
another word, but taking up the coal
scuttle kuocked him flat, and then set
on his head, and wouldn't let him up
until the day for the wedding was ap
pointed. The presence of miud of some men
is most remarkable. Now there is
that mau who dined at the Atlantic
hotel recently. lie mistook the horse
redish for some other toothsome dish,
and plunged into it with an avidity
cheerful to behold. After having ap
propriated a spoonful to his own use,
lie suddenly paused, and seemed to be
deliberating profoundly upon some
subject or other. Then he gave a
snort and remarked, in a sort ot in
tense manner : "Blaze, d n you."
Few men would have had the pres
ence of mind to make that speech.
It is no uncommon thing for birds
to teach themselves new notes quite
different from their own. A tame
crow, owned by a gentleman, hud
been brought up with tho rhickcDS,
and as his little adopted brothers be
gan to try their powers of crowing, ho
concluded to du tho same. Tho result
was the crow outcrowed them all.
He was so proud of his accomplish
ment that he was given to practicing
it nil hours of the day, to the great
surprise and amusement of strangers
who passed that way.
A few years since thero resided in
ono of tho counties of South Carolina
two resectublo citizens. They were of
the same surname; they also were
cousins. They were members of the
same religious denomination; their
wives wero sisters. They were both
nullifiers when South California took
the lead in this political adventure.
Each one was the father of thirteen
children ; each of these men had three
sons and ten daughters. Where cau
a parallel to this bo found?
Seveuty-five car loads of bones,
gathered from the plaius of Western
Kausas, tlis 11 a Dies sf dtluuct butU
loes and Texas cattle, have been ship
ped Last during the past season.
The best are selected for combr, kuifo
handles, Ac. ; the next best are ground
into dust and used for refiuing sugar;
tho refuse is ground into meal lor ier
tiliziug purposes.
A Canadian editor auueunced that
"ho had a keen rapier to pick all
fools and knaves." llis coteinporary
over the way said he hoped hisfriendi
would tako it from him, fur be might
commit suicius.
Rates of Advertising.
One Square (1 inch,) one Incrtion - 11 90
Oite Sqiniro " one month - IW
OneKqiinre " tliroe months - " tJ
Ono Squaro " one year - - 10 0
Two Squares, ono year - - 1J OS
Quarter Col. - - - 8 '
Hair " " - -
One " " - - . . 100
Logal not ices at established rates.
Marriage and death notices, gratia. , . ...
All hills tor vcarlv advertisements sol-
lectcd quarterly. Temporary advartlss- .
menta must uo paia lor in auvanoe.
Job work, Caah on Delivei'y.
L ,
TALI. TALKING.
The Greeks were great inventors of
these sayings. On Lheneces, the Spar
tan, being told the number . of
Xerxcs's army was so great that when
they shot forth their arrows the sou
would bo darkened by their multitude;
he answered : "If the Mcdes darken'
the sun we shall have our fight in the" '
shade." The American humor par
takes slightly of the same character
and extravagance: but it is, nercrtbe-
less' the growth of the soil. The tast
noss of the country, which is bounded
on the cast by the Atlantic Ocean, Crt1
tho north by the Aurora Boreal id, on
the west by the setting sun, and on
the south by the day of judgment,'
and jhe peculiar circumstances in
which the people are placed, can be
traced in most of these stories. The
hyperbolical or tall species of Ameri
can humor was much in vogue torn
years ago, and such stories as the fol
lowing were once very commou : "A
man was so tall that he hnd to go up
a ladder to shave himself" ; "another
was so strong that his sneeze would!
kill a buffalo acroes the Mississippi
River"; "a Massacusctts pig was so
lean that it was necessary to tie a
knot in his tail to prevent its getting '
through the chinks of tho paling",
"an American artist painted a snotf
storm so naturally that he caught n
bad cold by sitting near it with his
coat off"; "some land was so rich that
a squash vine, iu its rapid growth;
overtook a drove of pigs"; "lhe reason
why cream is dear is that milk has
risen so high that the cream enn't
reach the top."
There is a capital story in which it
is related that "a coach drove through
the country so fast that the milestones
passed so quickly that the passengers
thought they were in a churchyard."
This coach, however, was beaten by
the "skipper which went so fearfully .
fast that, in sailing round Long Island,
she left her shadow three and a half '
miles behind her." Major N., when
asked if he was seriously injured by
the explosion of a boiler of the "St.
Leonard" steamer, replied "that he
was so used to being blown up by his
wife that a mere steamer had no effect
upon him." The evidence of n wit
ness in a life insurance caso' involved f
in the blowing up of a steamboat on
the Ohio is droll, just because it is
characteristic. The witness kuew tho
man, aud saw him on the deck of the
steamboat before the explosion. When
asked by the lawyer, "what was the
last time you saw him?" he answered:
"The very last time I set my eyes on
him was when the biler burst.and I was
guing up. I met him and the smoke
pipe coming down." We all know
that the American oysters are large ; :
but that one must have been of extra
ordinary size which required three
men te swallow it whole.
It is not fair that the foreigaers
should have all the lies to themselves;
so we will let the Englishmen put in
an appearance. A coiutuerciul travel
er, boasting that his firm spent 300 a
year for writing-ink alone, was an
swered: "During the last twelro
months we have saved in that article
alono 2,000 by merely omitting the
dots to our i s and the crosses to our
t's." Ouo of the best specimens of
rhodomoulade is the following story:
Two men, who were famous for their
vuporin-', laid a wager as to who
could tell the biggest lie. One said
that lio was in mid ocean, iur away
from land, when he espied a man
swimming, me snip wnsstoppeu.ana
preparations were made for taking the
man in, when ho cried out: "1 am ail
right, and snly want to know the lati
tude and luugitude, for I am swim
ming to England." This seemed suffi
ciently improbable; but the other
capped it by asking "whether his.
Irieud had seen the man again, una
being answered iu the negative, said:
"Then I am he." Rritiok Quarterly.
The following story is told of Rev.
Mr. Hammond, who approached a
man nt Burlington, the other day,
asking him if lie was a Curislaiu.
'No,' replied the oilier party, 'I am a
railroad man.' 'Well,' said Mr.
Hammond, 'I know of several conduc
tors iu New Euglaud that are Chris
tians.' 'Thut may work down East
all right, but a muu can't be both in
Iowa,' responded the employe.
He that wants good sense is uuhap.
py in having learning, for he has
thereby only ways of expssiug him
self: and ho that bus sense, knows
that leuruiug is not knowledge, but
rather the urt of uauiug it. Sleek.
A ;
pert chap at figures has ciphered
that tne Niagara Full is of 11,-
out that
363.300 horse power. This includes
tho Horse Shoe fall, but not the 'Bri
dal Veil,' which is twtlve male power.
A Georgia negro was ever paid $10l
ou a check by a bunk, and liu relurutxi
the money. The local paper says
this is another evidence that tho cuce
can never be civilised.