it
I rv&i.isBGo KtrrtY wetnedat, by
men is Ropri80N bonitcti'S botldiko
tdiU trraKCT, TWIE3TA, PA,
TERMS, 2.io A YEAH.
ro wusersptlon received for a shoitor
Vponiianr- solicited from all pari
.....
" . ,iu notice win ue taken of
jibou communication.
Trnr"'""" m i
BUSINESS. DIRECTORY.
TIONESTA LODGE
Ae. SGU,
I. O. of O.I
A1 o'clock, In trio Halt iormorjy occupied
... . - - O. W. SAWYER. N. O,
B. H. HARLF.T, Neo y. 27-tC.
TIONESTA COUNCIL, NO. S i
o. u. im:.
MEETS nt Odd Fellow' Lodne Room
vory Tuesday evening, at 7 o'clock
P. M. CLARK, C.
W. A. VARNKK, K. H. 31
DJl. WM. VOUEL,
OFFICEo prote Lawrenoe House, Tio
nceta, Fa., whoro ho can be found at
, all tiuios when not
professionally iiburut
M ly
V z. j. in. j. ise.
OFFICE and resldnnee'in bnuan former
l.T occupied rr. Winan. Office day.
J. B. AONIW, W. C. LATHY,
jim,ra Eri,ra,
AGN13W L.ATII V,
.Attorneys at Law, - Tloneits, Pa
' Offio on Kim Street.
Kay 14, ims.-tt
K. L. Da via,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Tlonesta,
Pa.
i a.
Collection male in thia and a.lloin-
M ILEM T. TATK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
-, ro TA.rA.
. F, W.Haya,
ATTORNEY AT LAW. and
roBLia, Reynold HukiU
i-k, Heaeen St., Oil City, Pa.
NOTART
A Co
t-ly
out.
k. . axiuar.
XIlfXMAM 4 SMILE T,
.H-jrra at Law, ; . . . FrnjtkJJn, Fa.
TR ACTICH In ilia aeveral Coarta of Ye
A
aanjae, urawfurd, forest, ana a JJoln-
89-ly.
XATIOXAL lIOTftX,
TIIDIOTTT-E.., 3? .A..
W. D. BUCKLIJT, - Paorniarou. '
aVIet-Olaaa Licensed Houae. Ueod eta
U auaaMiad. l-ly
Tloneata House,
AWDRIW WKLLER, Proprietor. Thia
koaaa haa beau nawly UUod up and la
o opn ftr the aocniiiinodatinu of tin
)ab)l. Cbarea reasonable. M ly
CKNTIAL HOUSE,
BONNER A AONEW HI.OCK. I
A5iw, Proprietor. Thia ia a new
aeaae, and liaajnat )in fitted up for the
raiaodatioD of the public A portion
f tka patronage of the publie la lolluHed.
4-ly ,
Law rvr.ee House,
TIONK8TA, PA., WILLIAM LAW
RK.XOIt. Pbopbihtor. Thia honee
la aentrallr located. Krerythlnf now and
wall farniahod Sujrlor aooommoda
tloaa and atriot attention given to gunets.
Yeveiablaa and Krnita of all kind aerved
fat their aeaaon. Hauiple room for C'om
Mereial Agent.
. rOrEST HOUSH,
s.
A. VAItNER Proprirtor. OnDnaita
Court House. Tionvata. Pa.- Just
epeaed. Kverylhini; new aud clean and
fi eyh. TUe btwt or liquor kept constantly
a Wand. A portion of tho public patrou
a j 1 raapeotnillyaoliKitod. . 4-17-lv
: ' ' hi i
Dr. J. L. Aeonri,
pUYSICIAN AND SURG ICON, who haa
I had ftftaon yeara' ejcperitnr in a larpe
and auix-Nfiil practice, will attend all
I'rofeaaional Call. OTice in hia Iruj and
' Mrenery Store, locatod la Tldioute, near
TldionU liouae.
IN HIS STOUK WILL BK FOUND
A full aiaartment of Medicine, Liquors
Tobao-o Cigars, tK.tionery. Olasa. Painta,
Oil. Cutlery, all of the tw tulity and
will ba mid at reasonable raten.
PR. CHAH. ). PAY, an exporlencod
: Phyaioiau and Prumtiit from Now York,
haa change of the btore. All proacriptiou
IalupMuratoly. ,
av a- it. Jto r. ri. a. a aattr.
MJ. Y, rJLEK A CO.,
BACKERS
Coraer of Elm .t Walnut Via. Tionaata,
' Bank of Disooant and Deposit.
.., latorMt allowed ou Time DcpoiM.
PvHWoninaUiiouftll the Principal point
of Uie U. S.
' ColluoUon aolloited. . lS-lv.
W. C. COBURN, M. D.,
PIIY8ICIAN SUROEON offt-ra hia
aervioua to the poople of I'oruht Co.
llavinat hai an experleneo of Twelve
Year in coiiNtmit pradtii'O, Pr. Coburn
BiiaranteMi to pivo Hatisfm-tion. Dr. Co
burn make a apeclnliy tf tlie treatniont
. nt Nal, Tliroul, Lun and all otlwr
C'hmaio or liiiRHrini; disease. Having
1ntiatoil kll Miontiiio method of Dur
ing doan and aelri'.Unl the ijood from all
. avaiem. he will Kuaranttw rcliuf or aome
tn all oanee where a ouro ia possible. No
jfharae for tlouniiliation. All loea will be
, eau!iablo. 1'rotawioual viaiia uiado at
all home. Partioa at a dialauoo cau fon
ault him by letlor.
, Olttoo and Keaidoufte lt door et of
PartriilK"' New m'k, foot of Puteh
Jl ill JtoaJ, Tioneata, Pa.
IMCIr CARlM'TIVUrl, 8!Jrta. per yard.
H FELT CUI LI St for rooms in plaoo of
riatU'r. Kri.T K'JOl-IN.i U1,d sfiUXU
Fnr samples, mlrlres C. J. 1- AY, Camden,
ye- Jir--y.
A .TEETH itmr
VOL. VIII.'NO. 00.
Painting, Paper-Hanging &c.
rn lunt n i . rw
hia
aervcotothoe in noed of
PAISTINO,
GRALVINO,
(!ii.r'iunnvn
PAPFJR HANQ1NCJ,
AND OARRiAtiK WOlUt,
Work promptly altondod to and
Hn(lrtifilon
Otiarnntced
Mr. Chaw) will
work In tho country
wlx n dnaired.
JS-tf.
MILS. !. M. IIILiTII,
DIIESSSIAKER, Tionesta, Pa,
MRS. HEATH hat recently moved to
thia place for the purpoao of meeting
a want which tho ladiea of the town and
county have for loim timo known, that
or Having a dreaamaker of experience
among thenw,p,in prepared to make all
klnde of dreaao in the la'.oet etyles, and
Rtiarnntee aatialkc.tion. StainplngYor brnld
iiiR and embroidery done in the lnwt man
ner, wnn tne iwwot patterna. All I ask
i a Inir trial. Realdeuca on Wilnr ntj-t
in the houao former v ooau tiled hv
uxiivvi, i4tr
ajl.i.. " r". "J ."7""
Fnnk It ebb ins,
PHOTOGRAPHER
(Bl'OTESOR TO DBMIKO.)
Picture In averv atvlaof tliort
View
of the oil resiona for aala or tabm
to or-
der.
CKNTRK STRKJtT, near R, R. crowing
iYCA MORE STREET, near
pat, Oil City, Pa. .
Union Pe-
iM-tf
PHOTOGHAPa GALLERY.
BLM ITBVBTi
SOUTH OF ROHINSOX A BOKNKrt B
HTuRE.
' . Tionesta,
CASPEKTER, . .
Pa.,
Proprieter,
&
Pictaraa taken In all tha Intuit ti
the art t 26-tf
L. KLEIN,
(in BOVA RD CO.'S Stor, Tionesta, Pa.)
PRACTICAL
WATCHMAKER & JEWELER,
DEALER IN
WaMte; Clock $, Solid atul riated
Jewelry, Black Jewelry.
Eye Classen, Spec
tacles, Violin Strings, ,f c, .Ce.
Will examine and renuir Finn Krn.1ii.li
Swia or American Watohea, such a Ho-
ealera. Independent Kocnnda. Strm
JMndora, Duplex, Lever, Anchor and
Lupine, aud will make any new piecs
for the me, such aa (Stalls, Fork, l'el
letta, Wheels, Pinione, Cylinders, Bar
rels, Arbor, and In fact any part apper
taining to fine watches.
"Woi-lc Warrauted,
thnt any work undertaken by me will bo
dono ill such a manner and at xuch prices
for
W O It I
that will j;lve aatiNfactiou to all
who
tavor m with their order.
I. K LEI V,
U-ly Author of "Tho Watch."
KEBRASKAJjRIST MILL
rpjlK ORIST MILL at Nebraska (Ij y--L
town,) Forest county, has been thwr
oiirThly overhauled and related in flrt
elaB order.and is now running and doing
all kinds of
CUSTOM It I N 1 I X .
FLOUlt, ,
FEED,- AND OATS.
Constvntly on hand, and sold at tl) very
IowomI liguros.
ii-ton 11. W. LEDEUUK.
'A Wuiaa fair to lauk aaaa."
SARA, THE PRINCESS.
Facxiniileof aCclobratcd Oil I 1 1 1 it i 1 1 or by
IUtoCHA KT, in lil oil-colnra alxu 17xi
inches. The royul beauty of ftuw and
form, rich Oriental costiiine, roiiiiini io
KuMturn landscajie bick-ground, with ii
well, palm tree, flocks, tents, and lmii;
at retch of desert and distant boundary of
inoiintninM, oonibine to form a rule arid
lovely picture, It would grace tho walls
of any public or private gallery. Can
vassfi aro wild over It, and are compel
liiK for the Cash Premium. Honu, for our
splendid otl'er. Adilre-s,
W U J. It. FtrUD A CO., X. Y. City.
TIONESTA, PA., MARCH 29, 1870.
"Auntie, tell ine a story ," I said, ns
i nat wun my maiden relative in (
huge tnpentrieil appartmcnt in a ram
blicg old-fashioned bouse in tho conn
try.
"What kind of a atory do you want,
Harry?"' she asked, "grave or pay,
ture or nntiue, pleasant or sad? For
my Die has been lone and my etper
leoccs many," she added, as aha gaged
dreamily and thoughtfully into the
lire that blazed on the hearth before
us.
"Oh, something harrowing and
thrilling, fearful and shocking, aud
above all, true there's a dear aunt I"
I xcla'uned as I drew, near her side
and gazed sbudderingly around tho
lrg gloomy room.
A little pause ensued, whilo aunty
gazed meditatively into the fire, and I
watched her face in eager hope of the
exciting tale that was coming.
I was about sixteen (Aunt Betsy be
gan at last) when I was invited to go
and stay with some relatives in Sussex,
whom I had never seen. My life in
this old house whore I was born and
have lived all my days was some
what monotonous. I was a lively girl
then and, with delight at tho prospect
of a chnngo of scene, I looked anx
iously for my parents' permission to
accept the invitation. After some de
liberation the desired permission was
given ; so, early one moruing, accom
panied by my "father, I set put in high
spirits for my destination, arriving
there in the pleasant twilicht of an
autumn ereniug. Our friends gave us
a cordial reoeption, 'Squi;e and Mrs.
Oldham were staid, good-tempered,
rather elderly nnonla. and thu;
daughters girls of eighteeu or twen
tyas merry and ai wild as I could
desire. Their names were Mildred
and Janet. The house, standing on
its i own giounds, aud surrounded by
lolly trees, was old and spacious with
mauy long corridors and papsages.and
pieoty oi rooms or all sizes and de
scriptions, i can recall so well the
great entrance hall. It was of im
mense size and elontny. and from if
ascended a wide staircase which led
t n -,n u 1 -w-.
u bu vwou aaiicrv auore. linrino.
ut moi wiiu my cusbcx Iiienrlri Mr
and Mrs. Oldham 'went to snend a fi
days at a eeutlenian 'e ho n np. a fiv
miles diitaut from their own, aud it
was while they were abseut that the
alarming occurrence I am ab-iut to m.
late to you took place. The hnn.
bold consisted of the butler and four
maid servants. The coachman, who
lived in a cottace on the o-rnunrlfl
about a quarter of a mile distant, was
now absent with his master and mis
tress. Tha duller
stately, middle-aged man, given some
what to patronizing, though always
respectful in his manners to us young
people. He evidently considered the
safety of the houseas his peculiar
charge, and was very particular in the
extinguishing of fires, and lo looking
after the fastening of doors and win
dows. We had heard of one or two
robberies being committed in the
neighborhood; but we did not feel
nervous, aud my cousin placed great
dependence on a' huge black dog
uicu niways slept at night in the
hall. One evening I bolieve it was
the third after Mr. and Mrs. Oldham
departed my cousins and I were sit
ting chatting merrily around the fire
in a large room which opened from
the hall. I think it was about seven
o'clock, when there came a pull at
the front door bell, and, after a short
delay, the butler answered it. Pres
ently hearing a somewhat prolonged
parley outside, we opened our room
'iAmvLAmi is
lower end of the hall, while on the
floir at their feet lay a large, long
package. Opposite to them stood the
butler and one of the maid servants,
and a stormy discussion seemed to he
going on between them. Mildred, my
elder cousin, after a few moments'
pause, walked forward and requested
an explanation. One of them, rather
a respectable luokitig individual, I
thought, advanced toward her, and
muking a low bow, began to speak:
"Madame," said he, "we have
brought this bale of goods to your
house my mistake; we were to take it
to Mrs. Needham's," mentioning a
house about five mile distant, "but
have carried it here instead. We are
much exhausted, for we have walked
far; the night is tempestuous, and we
feel that we can take it no farther.
Will you kindly allow us to leave it
here till morning?"
Mildred looked at the but'er inquir
ingly before 6he answered. The old
servant shook his head with a doubt
ful and suspicious air, whereupon the
man jlio had just spoken observed
hastily :
"We do not ask for a lodging for
oursulves, madams, we shall make bur
way to tho nearest puhlio hovse. It
is only the pack we wish to leave. It
is very heavy and we will call for it
in good timo to-morrow. We throw
ourselves upon your compassion."
"Let tho poor men leave thoir large
package, Mildred," said Janet, my
younger cousin, "and have it put in
tho ante-room until to-morrow."
Mildred consented, and in disregard
of the frown and ominous looks of tfm
butler, ordered the pack to bo carried
to a little room near the eutrance.
This was done, and glad and thankful
I was to see the door bolted and bar
red behind the formidable strangers.
It seemed to me a danseroua risk in
our thinly peopled houeehohf, to admit
two strangers nt that timo of the eve.
ntng. I had noticed, too, that they
giancea nrouna tho hall in a surrepti
nous manner, and especially at the
aog, wnicn stood with us in the hall
uuu at iirei Dcgnn io bark, but had
ueeu quickly silenced by a low com
mana irora Mildred. I saw that the
maid servant, who still stood by.
r. .1 r .11 ,. - .
cumuli m j uucouuoriaoie teoiings, and
sno Bfsisieu, very readily, alter the de
parture oi the men, in barring tho
door and seeing to the safety of the
window fastenings. Later in the eve
ning I met her on tLe stairs and she
stopped me.
"I don't like the lonlta of H,t
die nt all, Miss," she said ; "it looks
to ma aiive, and twice I have fancied
I saw it move once when lying on
the hall floor, and again now, for I
nave been in to look at it."
T I , .
i smiiea. and tellinc Snrah 'n,
to ue whimsical,' passed on, and re
joining my cousins, I told thera what
fcarah had said to me, aud uronosed
6" "" laao a jooh at the myster
ious package. Taking a lumri with
us, we proceeded to tha little apart
ment where it was placed. It lay on
. nuuucu oenee. WHICH eloo:I on one
side of the room. It ,as enveloped
in a brown wrapper, was very long,
and thicker at the middle than at the
two extremities. Somehow I did not
like the looks of it; but my fears
were of Rucb a Tague nature that I
did not like to expresa them. As we
crossed the hall on our return to the
sitting-room we encountered Sarah,
who was hovering about with very
uneasy and mysterious expression on
her face.
"What is the matter, Sarah?" ask
ed Mildred.
"Oh, Miss, I am so frighteiied about
that pack. I cannot rest, and I a.n
sure that I cannot go to bod while it
is in the bouse."
"You are very ridiculous, Sarah,"
remarked Janet. "I am sure the men
were very respectable-looking individ
uals, only two shopmen. We have
just been looking at the pack, and it
uia not move, though 1 gave it a good
squeeze I am sure th-re is nothing
in it to alarm you."
Sarah looked very pale, and shook
her head warninjly, Ten o'clock
came.nnd my cousins and I wore think
ing of betaking ourselves to our sleep
ing appartmenta, when we heard a
door in the hall violently shut and
locked. Immediately after Sarah
rushed in on us, on the nearest chair
in violent hysterics. She was speedily
followed by the butler looking as pom
pous and still as ever, but with a cer
tain expression of unquiet on bis fat.
grave face.
"What is the matter. Jones?" asked
Mildred, slarting to her feet, "tell us
quickly. Do try to bo quiet, Sarah."
"Vh that pack is ahvo? shrieked
Miss Sarah. .
"Hush Sarah." said M'ldred. calm-
ly; "let Jones tell us. I heard you
lock the door. It wa. tkat of 'the
ante-room in which this unfortunate
pack is placed, I suppose?"
"It was. Miss." renlied Jones. p.n,.
-vcuiiwuai ; uuu' luu is iu mo nun.
ho added.
"So fur so good," said Mildred, com
posedly. "And how, pray, do you
know that the pack is alive?"
"You see, miss," replied Jones, "ev
er since that pack has been left Surah
has been in a distractej state of mind
frightened out of her senses, in
fact."
"I saw the thing move when it was
laid in that hall," sobbed Sarah.
"Go on, Jones, interposed Janet.
Jones continued :
"So before we went to bed Miss
Sarah persuaded me so co.ne aud take
another look at the package. You
know I did not approve of its being
left miss," he added.
"Nevermind that," said Mildred;
"tell us what you have seen."
"Well, miss, I thought it great non
sense, but I went. We took hold of
the bundle and turned it about a lit
tle, but could make nothing of it.
Presently Sarah found a small hole in
tho wrapper. She pulled the rent
rather more, open and looked in. I
saw her face change. She turned and
iiew ine out of the room, pulkd the
door to and locked it. This is all I
know at present, ladies," and here
Jones bowed politely. Sarah had be
come quieter, so Mildred inquired:
"What did you see, Sarah?"
$2 PEK ANNUM.
tho girl shivered and coverod her
mco wun her bandd.
"Come, Sarah, speak," said Mildred
oecoruing a little pale.
"Yes, tell us, and instantly I" criod
J (l U C b
Sarah took her Land from ber
and looked tin,
face
"li i
.i..ii.c, miss, sue said in
horror-stricken tonus, "such an awful
looking eye, aud it glared at me!" she
milieu nn a repressed shriek
ve looked at each other
consternation.
in mute
c "V,3, a liv!n2 one. Jo you tlin
Stirnh?" I asked.
"Yes it was all alive, raisa, I nm
sure," she sobbed. "Oh, what shall we
do? It looked so malignant aud ter
rible 1"
We looked at each other for a few
moments, and then Mildred spoke:
"I can scarcely believe that you are
right, Sarah," sho said : "I fancy that
your imagination must have been
making a goose of you."
"Still, Mildred," I ventured to nav,
barah nTay be right, and it would be
well to do something at once; This
may be a plun to rob the house when
we are all in bed."
"Aud murder us all," shrieked Har
riet. Janet began te cry; and meanwhile
the butler had left the room.
"Where is Jones?" inquired Mil
dred, suddenly observing his absence.
I'Lct tis go and find him, and see what
is to bo done."
She passed into the hall, and wefol-
ioweo. Jones was ruma-'ino- in
large c oset, me door of which stood
open ; ne Had a lamp in his hand
-w uiiii.1 Ki tools bijou oy, and we
togetner waited lor hnn to emerge,
118 was a I'Jiig tirjo, so Mildred
went close to the door aud whioB,.t .
"What are you doing there, Jones
Jones made nn renlv. but
nrmeu wun an old rusty looking dag
ger and two pieces of strong rope.
"You are not going to kill him? in
quired Janet.
JNever Jeur. miss." rcnlicd
"a little prick, however, will do no
hurt. 1 must take care of mv m.
ter s nouse. '
"We will come with vnn " u-l.:..,...
ed Mildred. ' '
Very srood. miax." he on.-.,o.i
ni. t . r "v 1
piease ormg me dog to the door, aud
keej, iiiui mere till i want biiu."
fco oil went Jones with hia lumri
"t-'i;er uuu ins rones, we and the
servants following cloaely with the
dog, who seemed to possess a strong
wuuwiuuiiuca oi cotueuiing being
amiss.
Jones opened the door of the little
room quietly, aud went in and placed
the lamp on a sido-lable which stood
near. Thea at onco. da "free and rnn.
u uauu, ue waiaeu toward tho pack,
which lay on tho settee j but I now
observed that there were one or two
openings iu the wrapper.
There was a deep silenco among us
for a momont or two, interrupted on
ly by the low growling of -the dog,
who became manifestly more and more
uneasy, and was with great difficulty
restrained from rushing into the room.
Then there came a scene of noise aud
confusion. Jones reached the pack,
and throwing the rope over his arm,
and still clutching the dagger, stooped
to iuspect the slit in the (trapper
where Sarah had asserted she had seen
an eye. At that moment one of the
most fsarful and terrible yells I ever
heard broke from between t tie folds
of the wrapper. Tho pact ..irnffleJ .
violently, uuu rolled over and fell
heavily to the ground, while a choked
voice begged fur mercy ; at this same
time a knife was seen endeavor'tnp
. upriiiug. - nm oi.i cams or the
servants, the hysterical sobs of Janet,
the loud howling and whinnings of
the dpg, who was still restrained by
Mildred from rushing frantically into
the room, made a din that I never cau
forget. I remember that Jones alone
looked very composed and uumoved
throughout. Before the man in the
pack had timo to free himself from the
wrapper, Jones had mannped, despite
his oppeneut's struggles, to pais tho
ropes several times round him,
and to secure them. By the time he
had accomplished this, we had all be
come pretty quiet. Tho dog was si
lenced and niaile to lie down in the
hall, while Mildred and I and two of
the servants, the terrified Sarah uot
being one, went into the room.
The pack presented a very ludicrous
appearance. The wrapper had been
slit open from the centre upwurd and
displayed the figure of a man appar
ently about thirty years of age, lying
in it, the ropes wound about him. i Io
had a long, pale faco, a drown, grizzly
beard, and eyes that glanced doubt
fully from Jones and hi dagger, who
knelt beside him, to us, as we ap
proached him. lie was perfectly
mute and refused to answer any ques
tions. "See, he has got a whixtle," cried
one of tho ef-rvant".
Johm intiinily seized it and after a
Rates of AdvertifiiDg.
OneBuarod Inch,) ono Inor'.lon -One.Souare
" one month - .
Ono Sonar three month .
OnoKquiiro " ono year - -J
h o .Sriiaros, ono roar ...
Quarter Col. .
fl ft
. S (a
. 8 00
10 X
IS Co
ftfl 09
00 oe
leo 09
Half " . .
One '
I-Ctrnl notlcoateela1ill.t, ..
a nr,rn,p,V,ml de,Mh noticwi, (trail.
1 i iU f?r yparlr "'crti.emeriu. eoj.
oeted quarterly. Temporary adTertlae.
men must be paid for in advance.
Job work, Cash on Delivery.
few moments consideration beckoned
Mildred out of the room. I followed
"Young ladies, he said, the man is
now quito secure and his accomplices
willcertanly not attempt to enter
much before daylight. I e,pect tJl4
whistle was to have been the signal.
VVOUlJyoube afraid if T ,.1.t
- - - - " JUHl fllU
down to tho coachman' house
and got his wife to sond one of the
boys into the village for nth
ance? Wo could then probably se
cure all tho villians."
But yo may be attacked r, n,.w.
on the way," said Mildred.
, . ,"r' mlS9' 1 can 8liP unMu
behind tho shrubs in tho darkness."
"Go then, and quickly "
dred.
"lou are Bure that
the
quite safely bound ?"
man is
Unite so, miss: but nerh una vnn
tvould like to ask f !ia
household before I 0 ?"
Mildred soon obtained our
to the plan, and Jonea was cautiously
lot out of a sinall-sized .w. t
about twenty minutes, which seemod
two hours to us, he returued, and hia
low tap was instantly answered
"It is all right." he said. T I,...
seen and heard nothina- of the men
The boy is sharp enough, and he baa
his diieetions.and is to brinw r..ri
from the village to this door by tha
way that 1 took."
More than an hour n.uo .....
then a low tap was again heard, and"
sis men appeared. icnnmnn;,l k
ine boy who had been sent to bring
them. About midnight Jones opened
tho shutters of a casement window in
the hall, and blew loud whistle; the
whistle was responded to by another,
and two men presently appeared at
the opon casement. Jones drew back
into the darkness of the hall and si
lently allowed them to enter. The
moment their feet touched tha ball
floor they were secured.
"And where were you, aunty ?" I
said, "during thia scone ?"
"We stood in the gallery above.
The boy who had received hia in
struotions, soon brought forward a
lantern, and we also had lights at
hand in the gallery."
"Were the men tried, aunty, and
what was their punishment?"
"Yes, they were conveyed to the
county prison, and on thoir convic
tion were sentenced to transportation.
The butler, as you may imagine, waa
handsomely rewarded."
A GBL'AT NKVt'tf PAFBU.
The New York Time had a pecu
liar start. Six men met in the Direc
tors' room of a lauk. Inka contract
written ou one side of a sheet of letter
paper an agreement was made to start
a duily paper, to be called the Times.
P-aymoud was to be editor-in-chief.
and was not to be interfered with.
George Jones was to be the publisher,
anu an autocrat in that department.
1'hat contract still exists, and no other
basis huS tha 'Pim,'. tn l.nl i,nnn
The origiual subscription was eateu up
in a month. The first year the stock
holders did little else but DUt their
hantis in their pockets, from week to
week, fur the deficit. Then the tida
began to tnru. Tho value of the pa
per now is seen in the lone contest
over the few shares connected with an
estate that gave the coutrollintr inter
est to whoever held them.
Dr. A. W. Washington, irrandnenh-
ew of Gen. Geo. Washiugton, the near-
' l; relntivo to the father of hi
country, and a resiueut oi X.cu,.,
Texas, ships a box containing the fol
lowing articles for exhibition at thu
'Vntennial : Gen. Washing-ton's court
jvory seal set iu gold, prescuteu ,
ushiiirton by General Lafayetta:
sword, presented to Washington by
Gen. Darks, the famous Indian CgUt
er before the Revolution ; knee and
shoe buckles, and, most valuable of
all, twelve autograph letters from
Washington to his brother Samuel,
dated between 1772 and 1783, some
from Mount Vernon and aome from
tho field, and all giving Washington's
private views of the war then waging.
.A litilo schoolgirl asked her teach
er what was meant by "Mrs. Grundy."
The teacher replied that it meant "th
world." Some days afterward U.o
teacher asked tho geography class, to
which this little "bud of promise'' be
longed, "What is a zone?" Aftur
some hesitation, this little girl bright
cued up and replied: "I know; its a
belt arouud Mis. Grundy' waist."
A traveller was onco telling it
Scotchman about a wonderful bashaw
whom he had seen iu Turkey, "wi.li
three tails that cntuo out of his hut,'
when the Caledonian, with a shrug of
contempt, interrupted him with tha
exclamation; "Hoot, moil, aud ha' wo
no' Sir Walter Scott) right litre,
ntuiing tu wi' forty tales all direct,
frae his hua 1 ?" The traveller was i
Iflticed.