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lected quarterly; Temporary advertise
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overv Friday evening, at "
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y tho'"od Templars.
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every Tuesday evening, nt 7 o clock.
P.
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ATTENTION ROMHKKS!
T baro been admitted to practice as an
Attorney in tho Pension Olilco t Wattli
inpton. ' I). U. All oincei-H. Moldlcrs, or
Hailnrn who were iniured in tho late, war.
oun obtain pensions' to winch they may bo
ntltlod, bv calling on or addressing mo at
Honesta, ta. Also, claims for arrearages
of pay and bounty will receive prompt at
tcntiou.
llavinir boon over four years a soldier in
tho Into war, and having for a number of
years engaged In tlio prosecution oi moi
diem' claims, mr experience will assure
the oolloction of claims in tho shortest pos
ibloUme. J. B. AUNEW.
41 tf. .
W. K. Lathy,
K TTOUNKY AT LAW, Tionosta,
Pa,
tx. Offlee next door to
Lawrence llouso.
K. L. Davis,
A TTORNEY AT LAW. Tionosta, Ta,
XV Collections made in this and adjoin
ing oountioa. 4U-iy
MILKW AV. T A. T E ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
fen Strent, TT0XK8TA, PA
F.W.Hays,
ATTOKXEY AT LAW, and
Pcruo, Koynolds Hukill
JSIouk, Seneca HI., Oil City, l'a.
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it Co
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r. mtxEAi. y.n.s milky
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itornsya at Law. - - - Franklin, Pa
XSRACTICIS' in the several Courts of Vo
X Hanaro, Crawford, Forest, and
adjoin
Htf counties.
ii'.i-ly
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1 rit.VY. Piioi-niKTou. This houso
in contrail v loratcd. Everything newnm
wkII furnished Superior accommoda
lions and strict attention given to guests
Veucblo and Fruits of all kinds ntrvei
in tlio! r peasou. Samplo room lor Com'
unx i-iui Agents.
CENTRAL HOUSE,
naNNKU t ANEW BLOCK. L.
I) adsew, Proprietor. This is a now
iifMikO, and has jut lieon fitted up for tho
nerainmn.latiou of tho publie. A portiou
r l.o patronage of the public is solicited
i-iy
FOREST HOUSE,
A. VARNKFl PnorRTVTOK. unposuo
Court House, Tionosw, t'a. juhi.
-v,nii, l TCvorvtlilnc new ami clean am
fi t Tho Ijoit of liquors kept constantly
Unii.l. A rort on oftho puljlic patron
. r.i In vfsno.'tfull .-soli.'ita i. 4-17-lV
W. C COBUHN, M. D.,
itrr YKrrTAV SURGEON olTers his
I .i vli.os to tho people" of Forest I'o,
Hafing had an experienco of Twclv
Yryii in fonstant nnietieo. Dr. Cobur
i.fini Hit Uxih to trive aatihfaetion. Dr. Co
burn makes a (specialty of tho treatment
i 'n "hi'imt. ijunir anu an
liivjTtfrimr diseases. Havin
All Rclpiititia methods -f cuV
in.r flisHii.so and 8el"otol tho good from all
systems, he will guarantee relief ov acmo
In all casus whevo a euro is poss'ildo. No
"h:,i e for Consultation. All foes will bo
rtasonablc. Professional visits mado at
all hours. Parties at a distance can con
sult him by letter.
(KUee ami Residence necond building
below the Court House, Tionosta, Pa. Ot
tioa days Wednesdays and Saturdays. 2;tf
u. ii. ail,
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Collection made on all the Principal points
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Collections solicited.
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MKADVILLE, - - TEXN'A.
TAXIDERMISTS.
BIRDS and Animals stuffed and mount
ed to order. Artificial Eye kept n
ptock. W
HEBRASKAGRIST MILL.
TnE GRIST MILL at Nobraska (Iacy
town,) Forest county, ban been thcr
..rri,ir wrli!iiileil ninl rolittcd in lirst-
ultis order, and ii now running and doing
all kin(s of
CUSTOM a II I X 1 I X cs.
FLOUR.
FEED, AND OATS.
OonnUinUy onhand, and bold atjio very
-tim A II. W. LEDEBUR.
rM P LOYMEXT, Male and female, sala
u ry or eomiiilHMion. We pay aent us
hHlnr'v- rf i'lll n unnk Klld OX l)llKe. Eure-
M;inul.i.iurinir Co., Ilarlt'ord. Conn
i'aniciliu-i fioc. 41 1
MISS. ,'. MT. HEATH,
DRESSMAKER, Tioncsta, Pa.
TV Til!5'. HEATH lias recently moved
lo
1VI. this place for tlio purpose of meeting
a want which the, ladies of the town onil
county havo for a lonir tirno known, that
of liaviiiLf a dreaxniakor of experience
anions Ihtfin, I nm prepared to make all
kind. of dresses in tlio latest styles, and
guarantee sat isliu 'lion. Stamping for braid-
iii(r and embroidery dono in tlio best man
ner, with llio newest patterns. All T ask
in a fair trial. Kesidonco on Elm Street.
in the Aoomb lluilding. tf.
IME TRIED AND FIRE TESTED !
T1I15 OltlUIXAt.
ETNA INSURANCE COMPANY
OF HARTFORD, CONN.
ASSETS Dec. 31, 1873,
MILES W. TATE,, Sub Agent,
45 T'onehta, Ta.
IVnuk llobbius,
PHOTOGRAPHER
(BUCCE3H0R to PKMIKQ.)
Pictures In every styleof tho ark.
Views
of the oil reurious for Halo or takou
to or
dor.
CENTRE STREET, near Jl, It. crossing,
rtYCA MORE STREET, neat Union Do
pot, 'it city, ra. zu-u
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY.
KI,M NIHKET,
SOUTH OF ROBINSON A BONNER'S
STORE.
Tiouosta,
Pa.,
M. CARPENTER, - -
- Proprietor.
tSSciHSM.:
Pictnroa taken lit
all the latest styles
tlio ai t.
II. TINKER & CO.
WIOLESALK & RfiTAIL
Deal era in ' .
Hardware, Iron ami IVnils,
Utoves and Tinvaro.
BELTING OF ALL SIZES
Constantly on hand, at low price.
Also Mamufaotnroisof
Smoko Stacks,T5rcccli
inpf, Sheet Iron,
AVoll Casing,
FOR SALE One Seeond-liand ten b'orso
powor Woodberry Stationary,-Boiler and
Engine.
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OIL CITY, PA.
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FURNITURE ESTABLISHMENT
IN THE OIL REdlONS!
DMCIIj-EIS smith,
Dealer in
CABINET AND UPHOLSTERED
FURNITURE!
FRANKLIN, - - - . FENN'A.
Consisting ot
Parlor, Office and Common Furnuuro,
Mattresses, nnows, inaow
Khades, Fixturoa, Look
ing Ulaasos, Ac.
Also- asent for Venango county lor the
Celebrated Manhattan Spring Bod and
Combination Mattresses, manufactured
and for kuIo at my Furniture Warorooms,
13th street, near Liberty. Call and nee
samplo Red. 0 ly
Dr. J. L. Acorryb,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, whohaa
liad fifteen years' experience in a larfio
and Buccesnful practice, will attend all
ProfoNHional Calls. Olllce in bi Drug and
Grocery Store, located in Tidioute, near
Tldiouto House.
IN HIS STORE WILL BE FOUND
A full asHortmcnt of Medicines, Liquor
Tobsieeo. Citrars. Stationery. Glass, l'ainta
Oil.CutUrv. all of the best quality, and
will I m wold nt reasonable rates.
DR. CllAS. O. DAY, an experienced
Phvsieian and Druggist from New York,
has ehargo of tho Store. All proscriptions
put up accurately.
in Religious and Agricultuml weeklies
bal f-i nice. Send for ctitaloiruo on tho
Libt Plan. For information,' address
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'1 4 41 Park Row. N. Y.
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J P. liuH-cll d- Co.. 11 Park Row, N. Y.,
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Enriching a Tramp.
Two wealthy ecnilemen of Kew
York city have lately been making aa
experiment upon ft very vile body and
havo worthily solved a , very ; interest
ing if not important problem. What
wuulJ become of a tramp if he were
taken lrnm his wandermga and excel
lently vell provided for? was a ques
tion they discussed one evening, and
so many more or less curious thought!)
came to the suri'ace that they conclu
ded to try th experiment just for a
lark. They fouud tha man they were
in search of and then employed a de
tective to watch him. All being ar
ranged, tho tramp, who was apparently
about thirty years of age and very
seedy, was drugged -one night by the
detective, placed in a carriage and
driven to a hotel, the proprietor of
which, after some demur, had agreed
to tho plan. Tho tramp was shaved
and trimmed as to'his hair, bathed
and placed in bed in one of the most
luxurious rooms in tho house; his old
clothes were taken away and a. bran
new and elegant suit was substituted
for them. Everything was there, from
the silk hat and boots to the watch
and chain, the cane end the silk umbrella.-
In llis bronst pocket of the
coat was a wallet containing $250 iu
notes of large and email denomina
tions. The tramp's naino as ho had
given U wbea he was first treated by
the detective to a drink it may have
been Lis and it may not, but at all
events he would recognize it was
written in tho hotel register, and the
day clerk was put "fly" to the whole
matter", and instructed to address him
courteously in tho morning when he
came down stairs, to ask after his
health, and to depart so far from the
ordinary graudeur.of Iho" hotel clerk
84 to be even deferential in his deport
ment to the gueBt. lne tramp was
then left to himself, and woke not, it
may bo supposed, till the late morning,
for he did ifoFcome down till after
noon. What his thougiits were on
waking, in a condition analogous to
that which set poor Abou Hassan era
zy and nade him believe himself com
mander of the faithful, must, of course
bo matters of conjecture.
He euiered the ofllco in gorgaous
array but with a bewildered look, and
would have bolted into the street with
out delay had he net bean addressed
by name by tho clerk, who most cour
teously gave him the compliments of
the day, and asked if he had any mes
sage to leave for .two gentlemen who
had called to see him an hour before,
but hearing he had not yet coma from
his room, merely left their cards, say
ing that they would return at 7 o'clock.
To the clerk's surprise the whilom
tramp took their cards, examined
them, and told the clerk in very good
Euglish. though with the tramp's char
acteristic husky voice, that pressing
business rendered it uecegsary for him
to leavo immediately for Chicago. lie
was very eorry, but would be obliged
to leave a note for his f'ritndi, which
he thereupon ,vroto with a fluent pen,
sealed it, and directed tho clerk to
give it to either gentleman who might
call for it. Upon being opened, it was
found to ba merely a collection of
words put together hap-hazard, but all
correctly spelled and written in a
beautilul hand. It was evident that
the tramp they bad undertaken to
examine was at least fairly well edu
cated. Followed tv the detective, the nou-
veau riche went down Dr sad way n far
as Tenth street, looking furtively to
the right and left occasionally, and
turning at Tenth, crossed over to tbe
east side, and so onwaid dowDavenuo
A, till he came to a low restaurant,
into which, notwithstanding his fine
appearance and the deference which
he must have known it would win for
him, be slouched and shuffled in the
true tramp tuanoer. Addressing the
bartender, he began with, "Vouldn t
you give a poor" hut there he caught
himself In time, and asked for a "little
gin." When he Lad poured the glass
full to the brim, turning bis back to
the bar as ho did so and enveloping
the tumbler completely with hi hand,
he swallowed the whole at a draught,
turned to the lunch of ragged ausage,
and grabbing a handful of it, was
about to leave the place, wen he was
reminded that he hadn't paid. Then
he felt iu all his pockets and said he
hadn't a cent about him, but finally
made shift to get at a $1 bill, and hav
in; recsived the change, he walked
out, and at the corner stood for a loug
time in a brown study, multerug to
himself. Then he drew out the pocket
book aud emptied it, putting the roll
of bills into his tromsers pocket. With
tho wallet in his hand, he walked on
till he came to an ash-barrel mto
which be dropped it and then hastened
away
About every fourth block he stopped
at a restaurant, drinking and taking
a Lita at each, but his liquor Bcemed
as vet to have no eflect on him. Tj
however, he bocanie-
not, indeed, top-heavy, but generally
dissolved and soaked. Appearing to
see the necessity of getting under cov
er, h entered a hotel in the I3owery
for thus far. on his journey had he
come i-boozily registered his namo,
and then was shown to his room. He
did not go to bed, but snoozed in his
chair all night. In the morning ho
went at once to drinking the vor?t
gin ho co vi 11 get, and presently entered
n pawnbroker's chop, where ho put p
(iiis watch and cverooat ; so out again,
and in a scceml-hand clothing store ho
bought tho . cheapest of all possible
cheap suit?, rolled his good clothes in
to a bundlo, pawned them at another
chop, and so, fully at ease, ho went on
his way.
Tho story told bv the detective of
his subsequent career speaks of how
the tramp endad up iu 1'uxler street,
and was robbed while dead drunk. It
was noticeable that at about thattiraa
the detective wore a swell watch aud
chain, and came out brightly with a
diamond cluster, for which he long had
yearned. As for the two extravagant
truth-seekers, they had tueir expeuse
for their pains.
Lawyer and Thief.
borne time ago, while a lawyer was
attending court in au interior county,
he was applied to by a singular speci
men of humanity, charged with grand
larceny, to defend him. The lawyer
very naturally inquired what crime he
was accused of. iho accused replied
that somebody had been mean enough
to charge him with stealing $150 in
bills and got him indicted.
"Are you guilty ?" asked tbe law
yer.
"That's none of your business," re
plied the accused. "They say thot
makes uo difference with you, wheth
er a man is guilty or not, you wil
contrive to dig him out some way. So
don't talk any more about guilt til
you hear what the jury says.
"Well, what about tho pay?", said
the lawyer.
"ion just hold on till the trial is
over: give K (the complainant)
fits on the cross examination aud that
other fellow he has got to back him
un. and you'll have no tnoro trouble
amut tho pay."
The trial commenced, and proved
to be "a somewhat protracted one. Tho
District Attorney, proved that the
moDev in Question wos composed of
two fifty dollar bills on a cerUin bank
and the remainder all in tea dollar
bills, all of which wera wrapped up in
a peice of oiled silk. The jury after
listenincr to the counsel in the case
and receiving the charge of tho judge
retired, and soon rcturued with a ver
diet of not guilty. Tho accused, who
was ureatlv elated over the result of
the trial and the effort of his counsel
invited tho latter into one of tho va
cant jury-rooms. As soon as they
were alouc he slapped his counsel on
the choulder and exclaimed :
"Free as water, aintl? What's the
use of trviiig a niau for stealing when
you are around? Now I suppose you
want your pay.
'Yes, have you got anythiug to pay
with? said the lawyer.
'Lend mo your knife and we'll see
about that."
The lawyer, slightly starlled at such
a proposition, rather reluctautly com
plied. 1 he accused immediately com
menced ripping and cutting away at
the waistbaud of his pantaloons, and
soon produced tha roll of bills for the
stealing of which he had just been
tried, wrapped up in the identical
piece of oiled silk described by the
wituess for the prosecution, aud throw
ing it down on the table before the
astonished lawyer, exclaimed :
'lhere take your pay out ot that; 1
guess there is enough there to pay you
tolerably well.
. "What, you villain ! you stole that
noney after all," Baid the lawyer.
"Do you expect me to take any of
that stolen money 7
"Stole that nioBey! Why, what
re you talking about! Didn't them
twelve men up stairs just say I didn't
Steal it? What's the use of your try
ing to raise a question of conscience,
after twelve respectable men have giv
en their epinion on the subject? Take
your pay eut of that and ask no ques
tions. Don't bo modest iu taking;. I
got it easy enough, and you've work
id hard enough for it."
The chap didn't have much change
left after the lawyer had satisfied his
couscience in the premises.
"What's going on in the uext room,
waiter?" asked a staid committeeman
at a leading hotel, tho other night.
"They're having a little game there,
sir," responded tha attendant, and jnst
then somebody in the apartment re
furred to bawled, "pass tho buck,"
at which tho good mini's face cleared
and he said, "Oh, I see; a venison
iunner." and the committee business
a
went on.
Stranso Sea Monsters.
The sea-serpent has been " long re
garded by most persons as a gigantic
fraud. Either the object which ap-
:enred like a sen-ssrpent. was some
thing altogether different a floating
tree entangled iu sea-weed, the serpen
tine outline of distant lulls half lost
under a scudding haze, a row of leap
ing porpoises, or, if a single living
creature at all, then one of a known
species scon under unusual and de
ceptive condition or else tho circum
stantial accounts which could not be
thus explained nway were corcoc
tious of falsehood. Yet, as the natur
alist Gosse long since pointed out, in
his curious essay en "Iho Great Lu-!
known, it is altogether unlikely that
men know all the forms of animals
which exist in the ocean, and the an
tecedent probability against theory of
the existence of creatures such as tho
great sea-Bcrpent lias been described
to he its not sufficient to outweigh tho
evidence which has been given re
specting such creatures. No ono who
has read the account given by the of
ficers and men of the Dudalm, for in
stance, can for a moment suppose that
they were deceived in any one of the
ways ingeniously imagined; wo must
assume that they all told untruths be
fore we can reject the belief that same
as yet unknown eca creature was seen
by them. That creature may quite
possibly not have been a serpent so
called, the picture drawn by one of
the midshipmen may have been in
correct in details (as 1 rofessor Owen
insisted it must have been); but unless
the whole affair was a fraud, a sea an
imal was seen which had all the ap
pearance of a gigantic serpent.
And the idea of fraud in such njat
ters is not nearly so reasonable as
many seem to imagine. Travellers
are sometimes said to tell marvelous
stories ;btit it is a noteworthy fact that
in nine cases out often the marvelous
stories of travellers have been con
firmed. Men ridiculed the tale brought
back by those who had sailed far to
tlio south, ttat the sun tliero moves
from right to left, iastead of from left
to right, as you face his midday place ;
but we know that those travellers told
the truth. Tho first accouut of the gi
raO'e was laughed to scorn, and it was
satisfactorily proved that uo such
creature could possibly exist. The
gorilla would havo been geered out of
exi8teuc but tor the fortunate arrival
of a skeleton of his at an early stago
of our acquaintance with that pre
possessing cousin of ours. Monstrous
cuttlo fish were thought to be roon
strous lies, till the Alcdon, in 1861,
came upon one and captured its tail,
whoso weight of forty pounds led nat
uraiists to estimate the entire weight
of the creature at four thousand pounds,
or nearly a couple of tons. In 1873,
again, two fishermen encountered
gigantic cuttle in Conception l?ay,
Newfoundland, whose arms were about
thirty-five feet in length (the fisher
men cut on a piece lroru one arm
twenty-five feet long), while its body
was estimated at sixty feet in length
and five feet in diameter so that tho
devil-fioh of Victor Hugo's famous
story was a mere oaoy cuttle by com
parison with tho Newfoundland mon
ster. The mermaid, has been satisfac
torily identified with the manatte, or
"wonian-fiah," as the Portuguese call
it, which assumes, savs Captain Seer-
esly, "such positions that the human
appearance is very closely imitated.
As for stories of sea-serpents, uatur
alists have been far les3 disposed to be
incredulous than the general public.
Dr. Andrew Wilson, for instance, af
ter speakiug of the recorded ubserva
Hons in much such terms us 1 have
used above, says: "We map then,
affirm safoly that there are many ven
fied pieces of evidence on record of
strange marine forms having been met
with, which evidences judged accord
ing to ordinary and common-sense
rules, go to provo that certain hither
to undescribed marine organisms do
certainly exist in the sea-depths." As
to tho support which natural history
can give to the above proposition
zoologists can but admit, he pro
ceeds, "the correctness of tho observa
tion. Certain organisms, aud especi
ally those ot marine kind (c. n., ccr
tain whaUs), are known to be of cx
ceedingly rare accurence. Our knowl
edsra of mariuo reptilia is confessedly
very small ; aud, best of all, there
is
no counter-objaction or feasible argu
meut which the naturaliit can offer
by way of denying tho above proposi
tiou. He would bo forced to admit
the existence of purely mariuo geoer
ul of snakes which posses) compressed
tails, adapted for swimming, and oth
er points of organization admittedly
suited for a purely aquatic ixistence,
If, therefore, we admit tho possibility
Day, even the reasonable probabili
tv that crijrantic member of these
water-snakes mav occasionly bo devel
oped, fliould ttate a powerful caso for
the assumed and probable existence of
a natural sea-serpent. We conleis w
do not well see bow such a chain of
probabilities can be readily set aside,
supported as they arc in the possibili
ty of their occbrrence by zoological
science, and in the actual details of
the case by evidence as trustworthy in
many cases as that received in our
courts of law."
When we remember how few fish or
other inhabitants of tho sea are ever
seen compared with the countless
millions which exist, that not one
specimen of some tribes will be seen
for many yeirs in succession, and that,
home tribes are only known to exist
because a single specimen or even a
Eingle skeleton has been obtained, wo
may well believe that in the sea, as
in luavo:i and earth, there are moro
thin-rs thxn are known iu our philoso
phy. -Harder Weekly.
ai
How a Minister Outwitted a Street
Car Pickpocket.
In Now York the other day Key.
Chus. A. Stoddard, onu of tho editors
of the New York Cbserrer, anil his
wife, Mis. Mary P. Stoddard, who re
side at One-lIundredaud-Fifty-fifih
street and Tenth avenue, were riding
down town ia a stage of the Thirty-
third Street line from the Thirtieth
Btr9t depot of the lludsou River rail
road. Wlule turning tho corner et
Ninth avenue and Twenty-third etreet,
man who bad been seated ocsida
Mrs. Stoddard got up suddenly and
lurriedlv left the staec. When ha
most eut of sight a man sitting
opposite winked at Mrs. Stoddard,
and, pointed at the man who had left
the stage, said, "Madam, that man hat
got your pocket-book. Mrs. Stod
dard then found that her pocket-book,
containing 810 and an unset nmethys
haa disappeared. Mr. Stoddard who
was seated opposite to his wife, did
not make any movement to pursue tho
supposed theif, but closely watched
the man who had given the informa-
1T...1 i . L -
hum. uuuer uio kiuiiuv iot iiieu
became very unea3y, and at Eighth
avenue left the stage. Mr. Stoddard
followed him. Ho walked leisurely at
first, but finding that ho was being
followed he quickened his pace into a
run. Mr. Stoddard ran after him,
and the fugitive, discovering that he
was closely- pressed, threw away ,.a
pocket book, w hich subsequently prov
ed to be the pocket-book of Mrs. Stod
dard, with its contents intact. Patrol
man Madden, of tho Sixteenth pre
cinct, joined in the pursuit and suc
ceeded in arresting the fugitive. Oa
being taken to the station-houso .he
rrnvA hiQ immA n Vrnller Rrnwn on-
was recognized as an adroit pick-pock
et, whose portrait is in the Rogues'
Gallery ftt police headquarters. Brown
was subsequently arraigned at the
Washington riace police cfcurt, and
com twitted for trial iu default of 82,
000 bail. It wos apparent that the
man who sat besido Mrs. Stoddard
was a confederate of Brown and stole
the pocket-book. In leaving the stage
he passed it to lirown, who, when Jus
confederate had preceded far enough
to make his capture doubtful, inform
ed Mrs. Stoddard that she had been
robbed, hoping that the lady would
leave the stage and pursue the thief,
and thus give him.un opportunity t-
escape with tho booty. This udroit
schemo was frustrated by the pre
sence of mind and 3elf-possession of
Mr. Stoddard and wife.
A Smart Young Man.
Adolpli Z. is young, not unt)re!i.?-
essitig and a clerk in a wealthy hank
er s ofiice in Paris, on a salary of six
hundred dollars a year. The banker
hii3 a pretty daughter of eighteen.
Adolph has not a ceut, but that doe?
nDt deter him from wailing upon bis
employer one morning and saying:
'Sir, I.have the honor of asking yoiu
daughter's hand in marriage.' Tin
banker, astonished, rang the bell, an.1
told the waiter to throw Adolph ou.
of tho window. 'As you please,' calm
ly said the youug clerk, 'but befor
that is dono learn that I am about t
become a partner in the Lor don hous
of Batburst & Co.' At this the bank
er softons. 'The proof, sir, tho proc
of what you say.' 'Give nie forty
eight hours in which to go to Eu,
laud, and I will bripg you the prooi
Adolpli hurries to London, preser
himself at the office of Batburst & C
andsaj-s: I have come to propr
that you take me as partner,' and,
Mr. Batburst looks us though i
thought Adolph demented, he ad I
'I am about to marry tho daughter
M. P. of Paris.' Adolph is thereup
asked to be eeated, they converse ai
come to terms. The brihk you
man returned to Paris carrying to !
future father-in-lsw tha proof of
statement, and iJ.e young people ;
wedded.
A youug lad, whoso teacher is r
er free with tho rod, remarked
other day, "that they had too i
holler-davj at their school."