Rates of Advertising.
One Square (1 inch,) one inertion - 1 1 SO
One Square " one month - ..ion
One Square " three months - aim
One Square. " one year 10 l
Two Squares, cue year - - t li Ct
WuartorCol. - - - .Tl On
Half . " . . . M 00
Ono " ' " - - - . ley rq
- Iifiral noHcciBt rtnhllshed rates.
Mitrrlnire and dehtli notiera, gratia.
All lilla for vearl.r ailvertiaenienta vj.
leeted quarterly. Temporary advertise
ment must he paid for in advance. '
Job work, Ciu-h on Delivery.
a rt:ci.isiiEn itreur wkdstdav, by
Mr. 1M)l!NN.'
mere r robik8o & bonnee'H buildiho,
ELM BTKTTnT, TI0JTE3TA, PA.
' TKRMK, fJ.OO A YEAR.
NA Bnbuuriptlone received for a ahorler
porloj than three months.
PnrrMporiduiice aollclte4 from nil parfi
tt the ecrmtry.- No nuttne will bo taken of
nnnonymona uommuniciilioua.
DUSINE88 DIRECTORY.
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VOL. VII. NO. 15.
T10NESTA, PA.
fljLYlS, 1871.
S2 PER ANNUM.
-i
TIONESTA LODGE
SftJ.O.ofO.ir.
H CERTS every Friday evening, nt 8
ill o'
iVIock, In the Mull formerly oocutiiod
lr UieUood lempinrs.
W. R. DUXX.N. O.
1. W. SAWYF.U, Sco 'y. ' 87-tf.
i' - Dr. J. K. Btaliv",
"VFFICE mid residence, ripnoaite
the
V Urn rpiut House. Ulllre days Wed nei'
iliiVH anil Saturdays. ' 30-tf.
W. P. Mercltliott,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, cor. Kim and
Walnut Sta., Tionesta, i'u. I livo
associated niyaolf with Hon. A. B. Rich
mond, of Mend v Mo, l'u., Ill the pruollco of
Jaw In Forcat County. 10-ly
. Wl'.WTOX I'HTTia.
MILKS W. TATli.
PETTIS & TATS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Ml" Stret,
TIOXKMTA, PA,
F. V. Hays,
ATTORNEY AT I.AW, and NoTAtiv
Pum.io, Remold I tikill t Co.'s
JJloak, Seneca St., ttil City, Fa. SW-ly
r. KIKXI'.AR.
V. B. SMILKY.
" KtXXfiJ R P SMILEY, '
Attc.ueya at Low, ... Franklin, Pa.
PRACT-KK In llio several Courtu of Ve
unniro, Crawford, l'orost, anil adjoin-
lXJ POUIltic. T.HVj
II. U ttla, U. O. rAMSKTT,
HARRIS P FASSETT,
. ctortioye at Tltuavllle Penn'a.
1")R ACTlt'K in all the Courta of Warren,
Crawford, Toryst and Venango Cni
tH. 4tt-tf
CENTRAL HOUSE,
Box n kr . aoxew block, w. A.
Hilanps. Leasee. ' Thla ia. n new
house, anil has 1u.it boon fitted up for the
motion of the mihlle. A portion
of the patronage of the public U solicited.
o-iy
Lawrervco House,
T" IONKSTA, PA.. WILLIAM I.AW
HKXCI', Pnoeiiir.Toii. TUU tioiisn
Ih etiiti'Hll v loented. ICverylhina; new and
well furniahed Kuperiiir ncomniol
Muni and uli ict attention niven to jwti.
Yetfutnhlea and Fruit" of all kliuN nerved
in their neat'in. buuf!o riwui for Coni-
meruitd A(enti.
" " rOIEST HOUSK,
D-BLAC K PltOPrtlKTOIl. Oppoiiite
Court HoiiHe, Tionesta. Pa. JiiKt
fipened. Kvorvlh)ni new and clan and
freih. The heit of liquors kept eoiixtuntly
mii hand. A portion of the public patron
age in renpeotlnuy witioiieu.
4-17-lv
Tionesta House.
T. LATIMER Lewee, Kim St. Tio
T. netu. I'a.. at the inoutliof theercek,
Mr. 1 ha thorouirhlv renovntod tlie
TlonentA Home, uud ro-fiirnixhed it eoni
tletelv. All n'h'i patronize him will be
well entertained at reasonable rate. 87 ly
Weber House.
.n-tYLF.itsnrutiir.r.v. c. n. weiikr,
I lMiopiiiKTon. Mr. Weber lia. airaln
taken iiosMpuslon oft Ilia well-known house
uud will bo lmppv to eiitertiiiu all hla old
-utnier, and anv number of new one
i lood aivoinmodiUioim for guets and ex
cellent Hlnb'.ina. lH-Uni.
., .... Dr. J. L. Acorrb, . ..
PHYSICIAN AND KUROKOX, whha
I had n!Wn years' exierienee hi larae
and auooeaaful praetiee, will attend all
Prufeasional Call. . Oillop in hla Omar and
iroeerr Storu, located ill Tidioute, Jinr
Tlcllonte House. .
IX 1113 STORK WILL UK FOIIXP
A full aaortment of Medlelnes, Llquora
Tobaeeo, Cisrara, Stationery, lilufca, 1'ahiU.
Oil, Cutlery, all or the beat quality, unj
wilt h. Hold at rensonnbla raU:".
OH. CIIAS. O. DAY, an experienced
Phyaioiau and Drhmlat from New. York,
ha ehargo of the S;re. All piesoriptpn
put up accurately.
h. u. nr.
jxo. r. nun.
a. a KHi.Lir.
v MAY, 1 A R K C CO'
s .- 'jr 's: e k s
Corner of Klni A Walaut St.' Tionesta.
Hank of Ilseoont and Oeposif. -
' Intovcoi uMowod (in T!mo Deposits.
Cuiluotiou luadoonall tbarrlueipulpujiitf
- of tlioU. S.
' Collections aollolted. ' l-t y.
D. W. CXARKr
(COSIUtSSIONiai'S CLKHK, FOBESI CO., PA)
JZBAL ESTATE AG EXT.
HOUSES and Lots for Pale and REXP
"Wild iJtiifls Tor Salo. A
4 have aupei ior fnciliticK for ascertaining
(ie condition of Uixoa and tax deeds, tte.,
and om therel'oro ijiiitliliod to act intelli
gently aa ajjnit of tlioao living at a Uis
Atince, ownian IumiIs in the Comity.
' OIHco in Commiaaioners Room, Court
Jlouae,, Tionesta, l'a.
' l- V. CLARK.
4f
v
NEW DILLJARD ROOMS!
ADJOINlXO the Tionesta House, ut thu
mouth ol Tionesta Ci euk. 'l lm tables
nd room aro now, mid eMJiything kept in
order. To lovers of tho aiuu a cordial
invitation is extended lu come and play
in the uuw room.
US7 tf i. T. LATl-MEK, Lessee.
Tta Republican Oftlca
T-'EEl'S constantly on hand a larn a1-
I V Koitiiiim rt lilank
lieeils, siortgage',
Suiiiineiis, Ac. to
Siiliiio'nas, W.inants.
be SoliJ ''Uoap ior rash
WMI. F. BLUM,
BLACKSMITH
AND
WAG ON-MAKER.
Corner of Cburoh and Elm Street,
TIOISTESTA. lV.
Thin Arm In prepared to do all work In
H line, and, will warrant everything rione
t their kh'a to Rive alislactioii. l'nr
ticulnr attention given to
IIOKSE-HlIOI'.IXCt,
fllve thorn
gret It. t
trial, and you
will not re-l-ly.
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY.
E L M T K K B T ,
B(3UTI1 OK JIOBTNSOX
& BOXIfER'S
Pa,,
- Proprietor.
Tionestaj
CARPENTER, - .
M.
PlcUireK taken in oil tho latest lvlo
the ai t. ao-tr
. , y--
TiniouTE, Va.
Dealer In ' '
Fist WitthM,
Clooki, .
Jewelry,
Bpwtaolea, eto,
All repairing in
thiH line neatlv dne
and warranted. I'ar
tieular attention paid
to the repairing ef
vVaUhe.
APA
IS A II WIS
lias opened a
SEWIHG. MACHINE DEPOT
In lila
BOOT and 110 STORK,
And In onnnection w ith hia other business
hi) lias constantly lu atoro tho
GROVKR A HAKF.R,
DOMESTIC,
i VICTOR,
WILSON SHUTTLE,
' WHITXHY,
HOWE,
BLEES,
WHEELER it WILSOX,
HOME SHUTTLE,
and will
FURNISH TO ORDER
'i
any Sowing Muidjino In tho market, at list
1 prices, with all tho
G-TXA-IRlsrT EES
vtiili.h5lho Conipanies givp, and will
DELIVER THE MACHINES
r - '
In any part of Foreat County, and give all
nwe.rv instruetlona to learnora.
Ner.lli n fur all .Mitrlilnra, Kllk uud Thrrail
nlways In fctoru.
TIDIOUTE, T.S., Juno, 1874.
11-tf
NEW JEWELRY STORE
it
t
Tioueattti.
M.
H M I T II,
WATCHMAKER & JEWELER,
At SUPERIOR STORE.
ALL WORK WARRANTED.
A Large and Superior Stock of
Wati'How, , ,
Cloelt, , v
i J nud Jewelry,
CONSTANTLY ON HAND.
T R. SMITH has line mucliinerv far
111 making all parts of a watch or clock
that uiav bo missiug or broken. Ho war
rants all his work. Tho patronage of the
rillens of r oresl 1 uuiy Is most respeiri
fullv solicited. All lie asks is a lair trial
411
Oil
WORK neatly executed at thu RE
far) ,,tS'l
I'l.lCAN Ollice.
A WESTKItX I'OI.H'U I'OfUT.
"Ko, sir; I never cot drunk, sir
all a lio, eirl" exclaimed tntHan Wilt.,
as alio was walked out.
"Gently, Susan, dear," replied His
Honor; "the foul breath of aaperaion
is afloat on tho morning atmosphere,
and if you have any evidence to kill
the demon slander I . shall cheerfully
hear it. Now, then, pro on." i
"Well, sir, I wasn't drunk," she
said, ''I was going out in the hot nun
and 1 took a drop of blackberry cor-
lial, with white sugar in it, lor lear ot
sunstroke."
"SifSan," said tho Court, as he loan
ed back and opened hit jack-knife,
"Susan, I am an aged man and very
tender-hearted, but 1 have had my
eye-teeth cut, and I don t believe
you." - , , rr-'V-')
"Please, sir, I'm forty three years
old and the mother jtt seven children,"
she whispered." -!;.'''
"Ah I Uint make3 a ditierence, lie
replied. "Now you come down fram
blackberry cordial to the mother ot
seven children, and you etrike a ten
der cord. I think I'll let you-go. You
are pretty old to be sent to the Work
house, and 1 don t want your seven
children hanging over my front gate
and crying for their mother. u
don't do so any more. Susan, smash
that bottle ot cordial and lot the chil
dren eat up the white sugar. Gouow,
and remember, os long as you live,
that water boils out of potatoes just
twice as fast whenever there's going
to he a spell .of damn weather.
Joseph Lubelle said he was march
ing on when a policeman took htm lor
vagraut. lie marched, but be came
around to the same corner again and
again, and finally he was brought in
and questioned. He hadn't a cent, uo
friends, uo home, and they had ' made
a charge ol vagrancy.
"Can 1 see you privately lor a lew
tnomcuts?" he inquired, hs the charge
was rear' over to him.
"No, ir!" answered his Honor; "if
jou have anything to say speak nut
boldly aud let your clarion tones bo
heard all over the room."
''Did you say the charge was steal
ing hens?" inquired the prisoner, his
iuce expressing grout auxieiy.
"No, sir vagrancy."
"Ah! Vusrnncyf Nothing said
about stealing sheep?"
"No, sir clear case ot vagrancy.
"Ah! yes. Well, I supposo I can
have three days to get out of town?"
"No, sir, not threo minutes; you
are sentenced to tho Workhouse for
three months."
"Three months?''
"Yes, sir."
"With leavo to appeal?'1
"Yes, sir, you can appeal to B:jah
to get you a seat over the front axle
tree of I'lnck Maria, where you cau
get the worth of your money as you
go over the cobblestones.
Thomas Mcllay, charged with
druukeuness, insisted that he wasn't
ready for trial. Ho said he wanted
his boots blacked, his hair cuuibed and
a new paper collar on before he would
a linear to defend his case. , Aud he
wanted Mrs. Mcllay there to swear
that he wouldn't drink a drop of whis
ky for any man's house and lot, and
one of his neighbors then to swear that
the very eight of Liger made, him go
into convulsions.
Then you wereu t drunk T inquired
the Court.
"Not within forty miles of it," an
swered the prisoner.
" Thomas, did you ever hear ct Gen
eral Washington?"
"Yea, sir.
"Well, he couldn't tell a lie. Neith
er could Thomas Jcfl'erson, John Quin-
cy Adams, tranklin Fierce or General
Taylor. They never stole the boots
oil the feet of Truth. Thomas, they
loved Truth they gloried iu expound
ing her merits they had truth served
up three times a day and then warmed
over for luncheon.'
"Did they ?" asked Thomas.
"They did."
"And theu what?"
"And then," answered the Court, as
he made some marks on a paper, "and
theu Thomas Mcllay was sent up tor
sixty days.
The Legislature of North Carolina
has passed an act which provides "that
any persou who manufactures, sells or
deals in spirituous liquors as a drink,
conuiuitig ingredients poisonous to
the system, shall bo punished with five
years' imprisonment in the penitentia
ry." If the "Tur Heils' must have
whisky the Legislature wants it pure.
Susan B. Anthony has been politely
bowed out by the Senate. She asked
Congress to set aside the action of the
Court in imposing tv pctmlty fur her
violation of the law, but the Senate
begged to be excused. If Susuu vio
luted tho laws aud was lined therefor
the Semite thought she should pay the
fins and say no more about it. If she
held the ucliuii ol tho Court wrung
she should tick the lVesideut for a par
dun.
A FKARFI'I. KITTATION.
There arrived in the city Friday
morning, over the Grand Trunk Rail
way, a man named Patrick McArthur,
who met with a thrilling adverture
about six miles east of tho Junction
Thursday night. II is a laboring
man, and having uo money and fail
ing to get a chance to work his pas
sago down from Port Huron on a boat,
he started to walk down on the rail
road track, aud had nearly completed
his journey when the adventure befel
him. He laid by during (he heat of
the day, Wednesday, and was walking
in tho evening to make it up. 'While
crossing the track where a switch leads
dowaIoiigside tho main track, he got
his foot caught in the "frog," and all
cUurls to extricate himself were of no
avail. Ho had on a stout boot, and
it fitted so closely over the instep that
lie could not draw his foot out. In
fact tbo boot was wedged iu the "frog"
so closely that tho man's toes were
sevcrily pinched. lie pulled this way
and Uut, wep.cb.eJ and twutcd ; but
the "frog" held the foot like a vice.
At length he could hardly move his
foot for the puin, and he found' he
must either be ruu over by. the next
passing train or make some one under
stand his situation. ' He shouted him
self hoarse, but no one came. The
nearest house was half a mile away,
and if the farmer heard tho wild calls
for help ho -gave them no attention.
After the mau had bceu a prisoner for
upwards of an hour, ho heard the
whistle of a down freight train. It
was yet a long way on" and he had a
little time to .think. He had a match
box in his pocket, papers in his bun
dle and the idea came to him to sig
nal the train. Tearing the paper oiF
his bundle, and getting at a number of
letters, he rolled them into a her.p,
aud for fear that the flames would die
out too sudden! v, ho added two flan
nel shirt from tlie bundle Tho bun
dle was then made fast to tho end of
his walking stick, matches produced,
aud he waited until the headlight of
the locomotive should appear up the
track. It hardly greeted his vision,
looking like a bright white star, as it
glistened afar up the track. The rum
ble of the traiu grew loudor, the star
grow larger and brighter. Ho etruck
his match. The flame blazed - up
brightly, but as he meved it toward
the hurdle a little gust of wind blew
it out. W? there time yet? Up the
track he couid hear the thunder of a
hundred heavy wheels, and the great
light of the locomotive glared at him
like the tiery eye of fcO'uu wild beast.
Another match, and instant of fear
and doubt, and then tho paper lila.ed
up and- the flames curled over and
swayed right and left with the night
wiud. He waved the signal of fire
back and forth, and just when he was
ready to believe that death under the
wheels was certain ; ho. heard the
whistle for brakes. He could hear
the wheels grinding and groaning, the
hiss of steam as the engineer threw
back his lever, and then tho heavy
train rame to a stop "with the great
light shining down upon him paling
his dying sigual. He was saved, but
the engine had only thirty ftet more
fo go to crush hira. The fireman came
forward, got a crow-bar and released
him, and he was taken back to tho
caboose. The train men were yery
kind to him, aud yesterday he found
acquaintances here who arranged for
his board until he will bo able to work.
His foot is badly swelled and very
tender, aud it will be several davs be
fore he will be able to walk. betroit
Free iVw.
The etherial blue color of the sky
is due to minute particles of matter
which float in the air. . Were these
particles removed, the appearance of
the sky would be dead black. It is a
fact in optics that exceedingly fine
proportions of matter disperse or scat
ter the blue light, coarser proportions
scatter all the rays, making white light.
The atmosphere is full of aqueous va
por, tho particles of which diffuse white
light in all directions. When these
particles ore enlarging they become vis
ible in the form of clouds. Tbe va
por particles of the white clouds are
supposed to be finer and lighter than
thosu of the dark clouds. The d illu
sion of light in our atmosphere, the
blue sky and the colors of the clouds,
are due to the presence of matter float
ing in tho air, has been conclusively
proven by Tyudall. Ou passing a
beam of sunlight through a glass tube
the beam id rendered brilliantly visi
ble by the rcflectiou of light from the
dust particles floating in the air con
tained in the tube. But ou removing
the dust particles, which is done by
filtering tho air by cotton, wool, or
causing the air to pass over a flamo,
the beam of light is not longer visible
iu the tube. Scieutijic American.
A Virginian is under arrest for
pawning his wife's corset for a pint ut
whisky. He believed that tight-lacing
wjuld kill her.
WHY MAX APfcl.KK 1 OPPOSED TO t'KE
.MATlll.N. I hardly tkink, upon the wholc.that
I am in favor of cremation. The pro
cess seems to mo to be so frightfully
wasteful. 'At the same time, I am
ready to admit that tho dead might be
used much more profitably than they
are now. If a man must be buried
let him be planted where he will make
something grow. I remember that
Casselbee)', of Vineland, N. J., once
laid his grandmother under bis grape
vine, and iiy carefully watering her
twice a day, he secured a crop of fif
teen bushels of Black Hamburg. The
subject came up in the agricultural so
ciety subsequently, and there was a
question whether a grandmother was
the only ietuale relative that could be
efficaciously '" -used, and whether it
should be a paternal or a maternal
grandmothefT Casselbcny' explained
that he had known a maiden aunt or a
second cousin to do equally as well,
and ho had his stepfather among the
loots ot his mammoth gooseberry
bush, with every prospect of a superb
crop. V ery particular inquiries were
made by several members concerning
the availability of molhers-in-larr in
improving the asparagus . bed ; ho
took the firtt 'prize for asparagus at
eighty county fairs. The meeting sud
denly adjourned, and fifteen mothers-
in-law m vineland died during the
succeeding week.
And thuu there is no skeleton. The
Esquimaux make skates out of the
collarbones of their departed friends,
and I remember that Hufnagle, of
Mauch Chunk, having lost his leg by
a railroad accident, took out the bone
and had it made into a clarionet with
which he used to go round serenading
a woman whp refused to love him. lie
always played in a minor key, and
they say up at Mauch Chunk that ho
whistled the most heartrending music
out of that bone. When old Mackin
tosh of Darby, died, his widow had
his framework taken out, and. she
worked the whole of it up into knife
handles and troifser buttons,' which
she gave to her second husband when
they were married. The hottest kind
of water never hurt those koife-hnn-dles,
and the suspenders that wouldn't
slay buttoned on those, buttons wero
admitted to be just no suspuuders at
all. But I admit that there is some
thing disagreeable about this form of
utilization, aud thereloro 1 rather n
cline to favor the plan of turning :u
animate remains into illuminating gas
by consuming them iu a retort. This,
I understand, is practicable, and it
would be, I should think, inexprcssi
bly consoling to a mau to Bit and read
the paper comfortably every evening
by the light of his deceased uncle,
and to have the satifaction of knowing
that the said' relative had not been
run through a metre at so much a
thousand feet. It would be beautiful
to illuminate the parlor with a depart
ed hired girl, or to turn off your half
brother before going to bed. And
think what splendid gas a Congress
man would make. We might have a
law appropriating dead Congressmen
to the Light House Board, for use on
the coast. ' This class of persons then
would have the consolation of know
ing that they would be much more
useful after death thau they are dur
ing life. .
MEltUY MYTIIOLOUr,'
Tho melodies played upon Tan's
pipes aro said to have been of rather
a satyrical character.
The great toe of the ancient gods
was Pluto.
Hercules was an ancient club man,
and something of a scientist too, judg;
ing from his hydra licks.
Mc-rcury was said to be in favor of
oui'cA-'Silver, hence was the god of
thieves ana ot those who believed in
the nimble sixpeuce.
lhe ladies always think or Cupid
with a bow, aud sometimes they are
all of a quiver when they refer to him.
odus was god of the winds. He
might find a good many gieat blowers
in these days that would make him
tremble for his reputation.
One of the hrst forgeries on record
was when Vulcan forged Jove's thun
derbolts. He got kicked out of Jove's
dominions, however, fur being an ug
ly forger. -'
Apollo must have had a bad repu
tation for veracity he is almost al
ways associated with a lyro.
The music of the ocean Nep-tunes.
, The gods seldom growled, but if a
rower was needed, Charon was always
ready; and then among the goddesses,
the gode-s of morning was Aurora.
"He has left a void that cannot be
easily filled," as the bank director
toucliiugly rouierkcd ui'.ilie abscond
ing cashier.
It is said that tho prettiest girl lu
Harrisburg is a newspaper currier.
She carries them in her bustle.
Why is the letter G like the sun!
It io liic center uf lifcht.
THE IIF.KO OF MILL 1IIVKK.
At the inquest held by the coroner
upon the body of one pf the victims
of the Mill River accident, in Massa
chusetts, Collins Graves appeared as a,
witness. He proved to ho a young
man probably under thirty, with a
well knit figure, of medium height, a
quiet, strong, honest face, and a de
tneanor that was even shy. He was
going his round in his buggy peddling
milk, when he noticed Cheney ride in
to Belcher's stable yard with such an
anxious look on his faco that he rode
iu after him to find what the matter
was. He said to Cheney : "George
what's the matter?" Cheney replied :
"The reservoir is giving away." "Do
yctt mean it?" said Graves. "Yes,"
replied Cheney, "I do." Theu Graves
said, "Well, if that's so, somebody's
got to let them know it. You, George,
warn the folks here, and I will drive
down the river," and with the word
he started. .
He gave the first alarm at Mr.
Junes' woolen mill, telling Tom Bra-
2ii inat me reservoir nau uroaen away
aud he must alarm the hands and hunt
up Mr. Birmingham and warn him.
Then he drove to Skinnerville, and
met Mf. Skinner, aud told him. He
cried aloud as he passed every house,
but met no person on tbe road between
Williamsburg aud Skinnerville. Met
Nash Hubkard at the door of the silk
factory, and called out: "The reser
voir has given away and is right here.
All you con do is to get away. lie
also met Geo.. F. Smith, and told him.
Thaddeus Barlett, Kaplinger and a
boy were told the same news in a
breath. All this, while he had not
seen or heard the flood. Ou he went.
At Hayden Tere's office he left tho
same word as at Skinner's. He drove
on to Hart's barber shop, and thence
to Deacon Llam Grave s store, when
he turned back. ' He first taw the
flood when he got Into the dugaway
above the brass works, bearing down
upon him; and again turning down
the river, he drove this time to the ho
tel and told Loomis, the landlord,whq
then got his horses out of the barn,
and had hardly done it when the dam
was gone. Mr. Graves was here quehr
tiotied as to his meeting any person on
the way, ana said be met uo pup all
the way to Havdenvillo, but met
Jerome Ililjraan on horseback,- com
ing from Skinnerville, just as he en
tered the dugaway to go thither'; that
he caught sight of Hillman, and the
great wave at the same time, and heard
hira call out: "Turn around thereher
voir is right here;" he escape the flood
by driving up over tbe railroad track
by the church, and saw the bouses and
shops go down. When he once more
reached Capt. Ivingley's near the dug?
away, everything had been swent away,
the time being he should think, some
six or eight minutes. He gave tho
alarm all along his way, but no could
not tell whether ail the people heard
him. The general alarm at Skinner
vill was given by ringing the factory
bell, which struck us he started away.
When the daring and ambitious
soldier, Napoleon Bonaparte, was about
to invade Russia, a persou who had
endeavored to dissuade him from his
purpose, finding he oould not prevail,
quoted to him the proverb, "Man pro
poses, but Cjd dispose?," to which he
indignantly replied, "I dispose as. well
as propose." A christian woman on
heariug the impious boast remarked,
"I set that down as tho turning point
of Bonaparte's fortunes. God will
not suffer a creature with impunity
thus to usurp his prerogative." It
happeued to Bonaparte, juBt as was
predicted. His invasion of Russia
was tho commencement of his down
fall. During the state of soige at Madrid
the captain general of police directed
that ni shooting of guns or pistols
should take place at any of the meiro
nolitan theatres. "If shooting is strict
ly necessary duriug the performance,"
lie said, "let tho actor step in front of
the stage, and in order to satisfy tho
audience, he may shout, 'Bung t bang!
or Boom ! boom !"'
The largest locomotive in the world
is the "Pennsylvania," on the Phila
delphia and Reading railroad. . The
diameter of the cyliudor is twenty
inches; the stroke tweuty-six inches;
the number of driving-wheels twelve;
the diameters of the drivers four feet ;
tho weight of tho eugine aloue jssUlj
t-ins.
A drunken Chinaman fculiug rich
and elevated at his progress iu Ameri
can civilization, went through tho
streets of San Francisco crying,
"Hoop-la, hoop la! Me all same as
Melican man. Hair cut short aud
drunk like hell!"
A Cincinnati reporter says that
there is something grand in a pair of
runuway horses, but we believe that u
good ileal depoiids ou whether u man
is on a fence or tryiflg to climb uut
tho cud board of the wagon.-