S&I forest gcpMWiican. .
18 riJItl.JSHED KVEUY WEPXE8DAY, BY
W. 11. DUNN.
rnoB iir wmwaoK A wtotieb'b BtnLDisa
ELM BTREET, TIOHEBTA, PA.
TKnS, $2.00 A YEAR.
Jfo laubscrlptions received tnr a shorter
period limn tliroo montlm.
Correspondence solicited from nil parts
of Mm country. Nn notice will bo takeu of
aniionymous communications.
Rates of Advertising.
One Sipinro (1 Inch,) one inortlon - $1 BO
Ona ,s,uaro ' one month - - 8 no
One Square " three months 0 0
Ono Square " ono year - - 10 00
Two Squares, one year - - - 15 On
(JuRrtorCol. ' - . - . so 00
Half - - - . ivi oo
One " lue t'O
I.eral notices at established rales.
Mnrrinire and death notices, gratis.
All hills for veArlv a1 vertiMpnimita eft!.
VOL. VHI. NO. 1.
TIONESTA, PA., AriUL 7, 1875.
m , .
$2 PER ANNUM.
lectcd quarterly. Temporary mlvortico
mcnts must be paid for in advance.
jou work, t'asli on Delivery.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
.TIONESTA LODGE
Va t:a
?5 I. O. of O. F1.
MEKTS cvorv Friday, evening, nt 7
u clock, In the Hull formerly occupied
by Uie Ooo4 Templar.
J. T. PALE, N. O.
O. T. LATIMER, Secy. 27-tf.
TIONESTA COUNCIL, NO. 342,
O. IT. A.. M.
MKHTS at Odd Fellows' Lodge Room,
every Tuesday evoiiini;, at 7 o'clock.
J.T. DALK, V.
V. If. CLARK, R. 8. 31.
Dr. J. E. Blilr8,
OFFICR nnd rcsldenco opposite the
ljiwrenee House. OlDuedays Wednes
day and Saturdays. SO-tf.
- K. L.' Davis,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Tlonosta, Ta.
Collections mado In this and adjoin
ing counties. 40 -y
MILUS "V. TATE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Xt mrttl, TIOSKSTA, PA,
T. W.Haya,
A TTORXBY AT LAW. and Notart
JlL Fcai.io, Reynolds Hukill t Co.'s
Klask, Senooa St., Oil City, l'a. W-ly
r. kikmab. K. B. smilkt.
K IlfKBA R SMIL E Y,
Attorneys at Law, - - - Franklin, Pa.
PRACTICB In tha several Coarta of Ve
waago, Crawford, Forest,' and adjoin
to sonulies. SW-ly.
. CKHTFAL HOUSE,
T0KKR AONEW 11I.OCK. L.
Xj Asksw, Proprietor. ' This la a new
hoase, and has Just baen flttaxl up for tbo
aaennamodation of the public. A portion
r lbs patronage or tne pumie is solicited
e-ly.
- Lawren.ce House,
TIONESTA, PA., WILLIAM LAW
RRNCK. PaopaiRTOR. This bouse
ta centrally lacatsd. Everything now and
wait feraished Kuperior sccoinmoda
tiimi and strict attention civeti to auesta.
Ytrstaliles and Fruit nf all kinds servod
tn their season. Sample rootnfur C'oin-
pssreiai jssjsnis.
FOr EST HOUSE,
S- A. VARN'KRPROPRlltTOB.'Oppoelte
Court House. Tioneata, Pa. Just
nasti. Everything now and clean, and
Crass.. The best of liquors kept constantly
n hand. A portion ofthu public patron
age is rMtiectrullv solicited. - 4-17-lV
Tioneata House.
MITT EL, Proprietor, Elm St. Tla-
aekta. Pa., at the mouth of the creek.
Mr. Ittal has thoroughly ronovated the
Tiaasata Mouse, and re-furnished It com
slctsly. Alt who patronlr.e him will bo
a ail anieriainea at reasonaoie rates. i -ly
Krrrplre Hotel.
TIIKVTJTK, PA. H. EVVALP, PnoMl
Toa. This house is centrally located,
aa been thoroughly refuted and now
WoiiiU rood a tslilo'and beds as anv Ho
tel IrTthvi oil regions. Trauslont only $2.00
per aay. -uin
C. B. Weber'a Hotol, - .
m TTT Vl.ia HIT ir 1 & f H TV IT H 5 T
A has possession or the now hrtrk botel
and will be happy to entertain all his old
oustomnrs, and any nninler of now ones.
Uood aoiyinimodations for guests, and ex
cellent stablinc. 10-3m.
'I1 Ijaiui iiuiiuit,! n. v. .
Dr. J. L. Acorrb,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, who baa
had fifteen years' exjeriencein a lara
and successful practice, win aitomi an
Profoasional Calls. OflU-e in his Drug and
Urocery Store, located In Tidloute, noar
Tidiouta Jiouso.
- IN HIS STORK WILL BE FOUND
A Ml assortment of Medlelnea, Jlquora
m.-i . : t'..l 1 u 1. i
Oils.tHitlorT, all of tha best quality, and
will be sold at reasonable rates.
DR. CHAM. O. DAY, an experienced
rhyxlclan and Druist from New York,
has charge of the Store. All prescriptions
put up accurately. ,
mo. r- rim.
A. a CBU.T.
MA Y, FAJiK C CO.,
B A Jil .Z 'B B S .
Cornpr of Eltn. Walnut Sts. Tioneata.
Rank of Discount and Deposit. .
Tntorost allowed on Tims Deposits.
eotleeaions made on all the Principal points
of Uio U. 8.
Collections solicited.
18-ly.
D. W. CLARK,
(uOVMtmiONBR'S CLRRK, FOB VST CO., PA.)
JJ I! A L EST A TE AGENT.
HOUSES and Lots for Rale and RENrp
Wild iJinda for Male. A
I have superior facilities for ascertaining
tfce conditum or taxes anil tax acoas, c.,
mil am therefore nuiilinud to act intelli-
RouUy as uzeiit nf those living at a dis
union, owuiuir lands in tlie Coanty.
OlI'ico in Couunitmloners Room, Coart
1 Ioumo, Tioneata, Pa.
4-41-ly. D. W. CLARK.
NEW BILLIARD ROOMS I
ADJ0IIN,f the Tionosta House, at the
mouth of Tionesta Creek. The tallica
nml room are now. and evervthinu kept ii
ordiT. To lovers of the iauiu a cordial
invit.irion is extoudod to couio and play
in the now room.
d Li7 M' M. ITT EL, Proprietor,
ItMtnnritnl,
. r.nt tn tlio IMivl. tlnll'Kiir. bnlwopn
Itnlil.'. hniiTC.ii'l th. Uni verw.ll.tchu! b.
Ojvt.r. Hrvol up In .11 style., or fur ml.
by thn run. Cnnr.irrtlnn., ('Iirra. TiIimo
An., D,r mln. A .li.r. of tlio pulilli. imt-
mil.II. i. IIICIIOU. VIII
BLACKSMITH HIED WAG0H SHOP.
THE undorsljined have opened a first
class Illncksinith and ajron Shop, in
tho Jtolxirts shop, opposite tho Jtural
Homo. All work in either lino promptly
attended to, nnd satisfaction guaranteed.
IIorMonliooIiiK: n Hpoolnlty
22 ly I SPEARS & IT. W, ROBERTS.
NEW HARNESSiSHOP.
JUST opsned In the Roberts rtulldlnRop
posite the Rural House. Tho under
signed Is prepared to do all kinds of work
In hia line In the best style and on abort
notioe.
NEW HABKERS
A Specialty, Keep on hand a fine assort
ment of Curry Comlts. Brushes. Harness
Oil, Whips and Saddles. Harness of all
kinds tuado to order and cheap as tho
cheapest. Remember the name and place
W. WEST, Roberts llulldin,
12-ly Opposite Rural House, Tlonosta.
II. C. HARLIN,
!M! oroliant Tailor,
IX The I-awronco Rulldinjr, over Super
ior Lumber Co. Store. The best stock
kept constantly on hand, and made up in
tho boat manner and newest styles. lU-ly
MRS. 1!. H. IIKATII,
DRESSMAKER, Tionosta, Pa.
RS. HE ATI! has recently moTert to
this place ror tho purpose or meetinir
a want which tho ladies of the town and
county have for a long time known, that
of having a dressmaker of experionoe
amont; them. I am prepared to make all
kinds or dresses in the latest styles, and
guarantee satisfaction. Stamping for braid
lug and embroidery done in the best man
ner, witn tne nswesrpattarns. AU I asa
Is a tair trial. Residence on Water Street,
In the house formerly occupied by Jacob
Biiriver. itti
TIME TRIED AND FIRE .TESTED t
TUB ORIOIKAL
ETNA INSURANCE COIYIPAHY
OF HARTFORD, CONN.
ASSETS Dec. 81, 1873,
5,r3s,s.ro.
MILES W. TATE. Sab AnnL
5 Tkmesta, Pa,
Frank Itobblnn,
PHOTOGRAPHER,
(SUOCESSOB TO DKUIKd.)
Pictures in every styloof the art Views
or tne on regiona lor sale or taken to or'
der.
CENTRE STREET, near It, R. crossing.
SYCAMORE RTR1CET. near Union De-
n- ki rH T On 1ST
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY.
ILK htuiit,
SOUTH OF RORTNSON A BONNER'S
HTOKH
-Tionosta, Pa.,
K. CARPENTER, ... Proprietor.
Plctnrea taken In all the latest stylos
the art. - W-U
NEW JEWELRV STORE
In Tloaesta.
M. SMITH,
WATCHMAKER & JEWELER,
At SUPERIOR STORE.
-1
ALL WORK WARRANTED.
A Large and Superior Stook of
Wntchoa,
Clooka,
and .Towelry,
CONSTANTLY ON HAND.
f n. SMITH baa fine machinery for
ItL mnking all parts of a watch or clock
that may he muwing or uroKen. 110 war
rants all his work. The patronage of the
citizens of Forest County is must rospoct-
fullv solicited. All he asks is a fair trial,
'4tf
OH WORK neatly executed at tbiseffloa
' ut ruaHoiiatile rsAAa.
Ht.AMI PIIK AHEM.
Key. Dr. Hall war sitting in his
study one pleasant August afternoon,
his thoughts intent upon his Sunday
sermon, and his mind withdrawn from
earthly cares, when his train of thought
was rudely interrupted, and bis atten
tion districted from his theme by the
following conversation :
' Oh, Is el he, where are you you d
ought to have been there just the
stunningist fellow."
Ihe sound of running feet, and pret
ty soon he heard his daughter ex
claim: "I9 that you, Maggie ?"
"Yes, come down quick, I've cot
something to tell y.ou.
"I'll be there in half a jiffy."
Then a door opened and shut, and
in a few minutes.
"What do you thiak, as I was just
corn'mir over here, there was just the
stunningist fellow, right in front of
me. Just as 1 got opposite the Dew
church, my touttio roll slipped, and
every paper in it fell out ou the side
11, it
11111
"Gracious I I should have been
dumb-founded."
"And so I was, but it whs ridiculeus
I almost died a laughing."
"Well, that fellow, do you thick,
stopped, turned round, and helped me
pick them up. 1 was all hanky dory
then. He walked as far as here with
me, and I thanked bim of course, etc.,
etc. - 'You know how lis yourself. "
The good doctor scratched bis head.
Could that be Nellie, whom he thought
so ladylike? He opened the door
softly, a little crack,, thinking, no
doubt, that he bad a right to play the
part of a listener to so strangely mixed
a conversation, and in bis own bouse.
Very soou it was continued, this time
his daughter commencing the conver
sation.
"There, how is that for Ugh?"
"Oh, isn't that sweet, how isvuch was
it?"
"Only five dollars, cheap enough."
"Yes, indeed ; but you said you
were going to have pink, this is blue I"
"Never wind, it's all the same in
Dutch."
The doctor peeped to see what they
were talking about and Miss Nellie
was exhibiting her new bonnet to the
admiring gaze of her friend.
"It's raring: hot here."
"Well, I don't know as I can make
it any cooler," said Nellie, looking
around, "I suppose father'd kill me if
1 opened the door.
iier father had requested hnr the
day before to keep the doors closed.
"I guess it's time for me to adsquat
ulate, said Maggie, rising.
"Don't tear yourself away. Are
wsou &mi to the lecture to-nieht?"
"les, l bad a staving old time lost
Tuesday nieht."
.... V . . . . . .
"George Saunders said he should go
home with you to-night."
"Did he 7 He'd .letter spell able,
first."
"That's so. If there's anything I
hate, 'tis the boys bothering 'round ;
they ought to be put in a barrel and
fed through the bung-hole until' they
are old enough to behave."
"I must bid you a fond adieu now,
1 ve cot thousands of errauds to do.
"Well, good-bye."
"Oh, the dickens. I've left my para
sol."
"Here it is."
"Now, good-bye, be suro and come
to-night.
"Yes. trood-bve."
Then the door closed, and Nellie
went up stairs.
The doctor gently shut the door,
with a sly twinkle in bis eyes. He
sat buried in thought some little time.
Now and then a good humored smile
broke over his face. And once he
shook with silent laughter. Then
again his face lengthened and hie brow
grew dark, until at last with a pro
found shake of the head he sat down
te resume his sermon; but in vain, he
could not concentrate his thoughts, not
aa idea would enter his brain; so he
sat idly scratching his pen on the pa
per. till at last with a gesture of ira
patience, he pushed back his chair,
got, up, shook himself, took his hat
and went out for a walk. He got as
far as the gate, when an idea seemed
to strike him. He came back, hung
up bis hat, and went in search of his
wife. For a long while they were
closeted, together, until time for tea.
When tea was ready, Miss Nellie came
down, equipped for the lecture. After
.t A:i ..1 - i.LI.
iney were utiriy sea ion at iue inuio,
Mrs. Hall said, "My dear sir, will you
have some tea 7
"In half a iiflV. Madame."
Nellie looked up, but her father took
no netice.
"Really, this cake is quite stunuingj
went on the doctor, as solemn as i
judge. Just then his napkin fell to
the floor. "Gracious, 1 m con-dumb-
founded, ejaculated the doctor, get
tiog it a little wroDg. Nellie gazed
at her father in perfect amazement
"My dear, this sauce is staving.
Where did you buy it T
"I made it," said the wife cooly.
"Oh, well, It's all the same in Ger
man.
"Nellie dropped her knife and fork.
"You must aive me some monev for
the butcher, to-morrow." said Mrs.
Hall. '
"You'll have to spell 'ability first"
growlod tho doctor, savagely.
Then suddenly taking out his hand
kerchief he gave his nose a tremen
dous blow. "There, said ho, "how is
that for high?"
"I know how 'tis myself," meekly
replied his wife. This capped the
climax. Tho knowledge that her fa
ther must have heard the afternoon
conversation was too much for Nellie.
She burst into tears and left the room.
The sage doctor nodded wisely to his
wife, and when she had guoo out of
hearing, exclaimed. "There, wife, I
guess we shall her no more slang
phrases from her.
The next day the good doctor call
ed his daughter into his study, and
said to her, "My dear girl, don't you
soe how very foolish all these phrases
arer Xbey mean nothing, but are ex
ceedingly injurious to those who use
them. By ever so sparing a use, one's
speech gels so corrupted, that a person
often makes use of these expressions,
at times, which afterward he would be
sorry to remember. They sounl very
silly to a listener, and often the usage
of them leads to something worse. It
is had enough to hear boys use them
sometimes, but a girl is expected to
be too refined and lady-like to sully
her lips by such expressions. The use
of them is simply a bad habit, but bad
habits, like cuts on a bark of a tree,
grow and widen with age, and if they
once get a firm hold, are hard to - get
rid of. Then there is a great deal in
companionship. If we keep compa
ny and are intimate with those who
use bad language, we are apt to make
bad use of it ourselves. '.Persons are
known by the company they keep.'
When you se a person using these
slang phrases, you may be sure that
such a person knows not what is call
ed 'good society.' Such expressions
as 'By Gorry,' or 'By Darn,' are not
only foolish, but wicked. For does
not the Scripture say, 'Swear not at
all, neither by heaven, nor the earth ;
but let your communications be yea,
yea, ana nay, nay, for whatsoever is
more than these cometh of evil.'
There, my daughter," said the doctor,
"we have made quite a sermon of it,
so let us have no more of slang
phrases.
A VERY BAD Til U.ONE.
The boy Alfonso has, if reliance
may be placed upon advices from
Spain, grown weary of his task of
governing and it is said that groat di"
acuity exists in keeping him from a'
dicating in favor of Antoine Mario
Philippe Louis d'Orleans, Duke do
Montpensier, the fifth son of the late
Loins Philippe, King of the" French.
He was born on the 31st of July, in
the year 1824, and entered the French
army on the 29th of April, 1842. He
served during the campaign in Africa,
in 1843-'44. On the 10th of October,
184G, he was married to the Princoss
Maria Louisa, stster of Isabella the
Second (Alfonso's mother) Queen of
Spain. The husband and wife Wero
expelled from the Spanish territory on
the 6th of July, 18G8. The Duke de
Montpensier has had a party of politi
cal adherents in Spain ever since. He
was proposed aa k:ng of the Spaniards
by Admiral Topete and other lovers
of governmental change. The pro
position was finally opposed by Prim
and the members of his party in the
year 1869 and has ever since remained
distasteful to all "blue blood" Span
iards. Should King Alfonso alailicate tho
throne of Spain he will merely follow
illustrious precedent in the voluntary
relinquishment ot kingly power in
Madrid. He will be the sixth mon
arch who laid down the Spanish scep
ter. They count in the following or
der : Charles I, abdicated in the year
1555, Philip V. in 1724, Charles IV.
in 1801, Isabella II. in 1870, Amadeus
of Savoy in 1873, Alfonso XII.
(should our report be verified) in
1875.
Early pasturing is a mistake. The
stock is made dissatisfied, and lose
their appetite for dry food. Tramp
ling is very injurious to the soft soil,
which does not recover from it for sev
eral years. The injury to the grass is
serious. "Wait until the ground is
dry. and there is a full bite upon the
pastures. Never pasture a meadow in
the spring. All farmers understand
the above, but there are many who
neglect to act upon it.
There is but one proper way to part
your hair in the middle, young man.
Purchase a crowbar and hire some
to do it for you.
Nebraska's population has doubled
within two years.
A (THIOL' OLD CITY.
To a granger first visiting this old,
new oeuntry, says a Santa Fe (New
Mexico) correspondent, the sights arc
novel and interesting. Our first view
of this city was obtained in the early
dawn of morning, just as a few of tho
more industrious citizens were creep
ing from their holes. We drove tip to
one of the many curious blocks of
which this city is composed, and after
unloading our living freight, entered
through an arched doorway into a
square courtyard, which we crossed,
finding quarters lor our Indians in one
of the rooms which opened therefrom.
Una city, as your readers are aware,
is upward of 300 years old, and con
tains 5,000 people. Situated, as it is,
6,500 feet above the level of the sea,
it enjoys a most exhilarating climate.
The only signs of any improvement
whatever were observed in a very few
modern brick houses upon the out
skirts, and in a marble slab placed in
the center of the grand plaza or square
to commemorate the dead who full in
the battles around Santa Fe in the war.
Savethcse few sigtis, everything de
noteaTag and .a Spanish origin. The
conversation, the customs, and the
looks of the people are strange. All
of the buildings are adobe, and f 11
are built alike. The walls are very
thick, which, with the large open
fire-places, make tho warmest houses
in winter and the coolest in summer.
About the only religion observed
here is tho Roman Catholic. The
priests have a great influence with and
control over these people, who are very
devout in their observances. There is
a small society under the auspices of
the Presbyterian church, of which a
Mr. Smith, of Pittsburgh, is the pas
tor. He is devoting himself with a
great deal of assiduity to his duties,
and takes a great interest in his work.
The society, though small, is composed
of tho leading government officials.
The gamblers form a very numerous
class of the people, caring nothing for
the future and only living in the pres
ent. Gaming is conducted as openly
as any ordinary business. Tho night
of my arrival I attended a dance, the
guests being composed almost entirely
of Mexicans, with a very little epriok
ling of Americans. It was conducted
something after the manner of some
of the Bowery balls.
The most interesting sight I have
seen has been the patient, plodding
burras. They are very small donkeys,
some ot them no larger than a good
sized dog, and pcrtectly gentle, lhese
beasts are about the only support of
many of the Alexcans; they carry in
nearly all the wood that is consumed
in the city, it being tied on their backs
in piles three and four feet high. Hay
is carried in the same way ; and some
times, when the Tittle animals have a
very large load, nothing can be seen
but a great bundle of hay moving
along. 1 hose auimals, though exceed
ingly small, are verv stroncr. I think
they will carry anything that can be
put on their backs. No bridle is used,
but they are driven loose like a drove
of cattle, whether loaded or not. ihey
aro outlandish looking beasts, somo of
their heads being nearly as large as
their bodies. Their fodder consists of
almost anything, bo that it costs very
little to keep them.
It is quite laughable to watch some
of the Mexicans who are in "business."
Their stock in trado often consists on
ly of a fow pints of pinonus (a nut
which grows in this country, and
which is very rich), and over these
they will sit on their haunches all day,
with their sera pes wound around their
heads, waiting for customers.
The only inviting, home-like look
ing places in Santa Fe are the govern
ment quarters, or houses for United
States officers and their families. These
present a very inviting appearance,
with their neatly fenced yards and
cultivated gardens.
The small number of Caribs who set
tled on the island of Cuba the Span
iards found more difficult to destroy
than they did the native Indians, who
have been nearly extripatcd. A peo
ple tough enough to feast on their own
progeny, a letter writer says, or to en
gage in a swimming contest with a
shark, or to play hide and seek with
it, must be quite a formidable piece do
resistance.
This shark story is tuld by Father
Labet. A C'arib mado a vow to slay
the shark that had swallowed a child.
He took two bayonets, drank two
glasses of brandy, and jumped into
the sea right before the jaws of the
monster. The moment the shark snap
ped for bim tho Carib dived, aiid en
passant pricked the animal's belly with
his two bayonets. The movements of
the shark hereupon became somewhat
animated, but the Carib liked the ex
citement, and gave the fii.ishingllmiHt
only after haviDg tormented the shark
by going through the same maneuver
seven or eight times, and turning the
sea red with its blood. The shark
was found to measure twenty feet.
A ori. IN ADVEUfOITV.
How poor aro they that have pa
tience! A few davs aero a hearse ar
rived from Rochester, N. Y., consigned
to Easterday & Morgan of this city.
The hearse was transported from the
the shop in Koch ester, without chang
ing cars from the flat on which it was
originally placed. Before shipment
the manufacturers placed a large box
over it to protect it from the weather.
Ihe box rested on the axles, inside the
wheels, being long enough to extend
from the rear over the dashboard - in
front. Owing to the construction of
the driver's seat on the hearse, the
corners of the hearse extended far
enough to allow room for the body of
a man to pnss between the box at that
point and the hearse. .The front and
rear of the vehicle is so consturcted as
to swing open, and thereby hangs tho
tale. This was noticed by some one
who, without the fear of the railroad
companies, silently contemplated how
ea?y it, would be to save a few scads
and see the country where strawberries
grow large as, hen's eggs all the your
round.-This unknown one devoured
with eager eyes the , place where be
might recline undisturbed and thou
pounced oiT to lay in a stock of pro
visions. These he procured, and with
calm and unruffled composure of soul
and a uong of gratitude in his heart,
he silently poked them through the
cavity between the hearse and the'
box ; alter which ho followed with due
deliberation. Once within the wood
ed sepulcher, it is thought he wafted a
song of praise, for there reposed a
large box (such as are used to incase
coffins) filled with silver plated casket
ornaments, etc., which had been pack
ed in straw and shavings as also tho
seat cushions. After arranging his
corned-beef, bread, sardines, hermeti
cally sealed cabbage, and tobacco, he
arranged the ornaments in the box so
as to leave a nice place in thai centre
for him to reposo in. And then, after
taking a drink and a chew of tobac
co, he reclined amid the straw and
fine shavings and quietly snickered.
The appearance of this suffering soul
as he laid back and ejected tho nico
tine from between bis ruby lips against
the plate-glass sides of that hoarse
must have boeu eminently satisfactory.
With a degree of cautieq that is com
mendable, he used to get out at night
occasionally when tho train stopped at
a station, and having secured fresh
fodder to line his gajtrio vacuum, re
turn to his combination boudoir, din
ing and sleeping apartment, with an
abiding fuith in the absolute goodness
of railroads as a means of quiet trav
el. As was seen by the remnants of
hams, skins and bread left in his lodg
ings, bis appetite remained substantial
throughout the journey ; but his amia
ble weakness seems to have becu in
lining the glass walls of his saDctum
with tobacco-juice. A highly-colored,
short-stemmed clay pipe, 1'ouud in ono
corner, gavo proof that it was not al
lowed to rust with inactivity and told
how vacation between meals was some
times passed. To ' wind up, the un
known is supposed to have managed
his case philosophically. Ho made no,
unnecessary trouble, and if he had
cleaned out bis crib before vacating
few would have been the wiser. It
was certainly a novel stow-away, and
reflects credit upon the genius that
planned and executed it. WhoBoovsr
the Lord catcheth getting ahead of a
railroad company, him will He pros
per. It is more blessod iu some "uses
to receive than to give. Oakland
(Cu.) IVioune.
Iu the mountains of Teru, when tho
Spauiarda ruled the country, says an
ancient and dubious chronicle, there
was once a small but famous city
named Sau Cuban. Thither the Ind
aus, compelled to pay tribute to the
Spanish monarch, annually brought
little clay pots filled with gold dust,
which came from some far-away mines,
to which no savage could ever be in
duced to guide the soldiery. As ffio
years went by, San Gttban became one
of the most remarkable treasures of
tho world. Every year tha Spauisli
authorities issued decrees command
ing the Indian to bring larger quali
ties of gold dust, until one day, when
the measure of tyranny was full, the
slaves foil on San Gaban, and left not
a Spaniard alive, not one stone above
another. For a whole lifetime there
after no Spanibh troops ventured into
these mountains, and San Gaban whs
at last considered a half-forgotten
myth. But to-day some adventurous
Spaniards are equipping an expedition
to find tho ruins of the city and tho
pots of gold which, perhaps, never ex
isted, save in tho fertile imagination
of some monkish chronicler. And
they, like most of their kindred, will
doubtless expend all their ready mon
ey, and perhaps lose their lives, ore
tiity will allow themselves to be con
viced that they nro pursuing a witl-o'-tht'-wi.-p.