J 1 lu &mt $cpMmvit. ii ruBueiiRO Evr.uv wrcixt--.'iAY, r.v W. R. DUN Nr. ' OfFiCE iN'nor.rnMW t. roHxrrn EuiLD7.ua ,U, LK ffTLCET, TtQNEoTi, FA. -- j TKIlMH, $J.(K) A V KAU. "i No ub(Ti jilions received for a shorter J forlod Minn three months. CnrrpNpondcncp solicited from nil parts of Dip country. No police- will betaken of oion yinoits eotnmunieatintvt. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. J-'USi MEKTK cvcrv Vrldiy rvcntnjr, nt H o'clock, in tlw Hal) formerly occupied hy Uirt Uood Templars. S. .1. SKTLKV, X. fi. H.AV. OLaI'IC, Ne, 'y. t 7-tr. ' TIONESTA COUNCIL, NO. 32. MKKTN nt Odd Follow'. L'U-U Konm, corv Tuesdnv ' n i titr. 1 7 o'clock. . " 1'. M. CLAUK,. U: A. VAltNKIt, H. S. Kl W. IS. I.A'l I1Y. J. It; AUNKW. L'ATIIY. AOMOAV, A T T O 11 X 1-1 V S AT LJtf, TioyjcsTAi .r.v. 1 ATTENTION M(I.I)II.S! i 1 fcavc liron admitted to practice its nil i AUonicviiitliolViisic.il Olllco nt Wash- J lnitton.'P. C. All nlnccr, KoldioiH, or ' Bailors w ho were Injtuv d in llm lain war, 1-S8M1 ol)t:dll pensions' to wlncli thf.v tuny li(! t witillod, liv railing on or nddi'ps:!ni mo st 5 1 loncstn, 1'n. Al-o, claims for arreai iiKe.s of my mid bounty will receive prompt at- '4 tention. I ' Ituvhitx been over four yearn :i soldier in Urn Ule wnr, and having i'or n number of 4 yttari miffiRf d in tlic pro petition of sol- "J diciV claim, my experience wdl assure i the collection of cluimiiin tlio shortest, pos- J MbleMiiiP. J. 11. AUN KV. j 41. i: K. J, Davis, A TTOKXKY AT LAW . T.onp.'d. Ta. I IX. OllcctiuitN i.indis ill tliw hikI u Ijoin t lnRcountiM. -JO-ly 1 i i w . rr v rr j.i , I ATTORNEY AT LAW, j ugirK, rrnxwr.i, pa. . " ' - F.W. Hays, ' A rroUNKT AT liAt. hikJ Notauy I'ji. l'uiu.io, Uoynoltu HttkilL (V. (.'O. H S:-ly i J HI - 2Uok, Honeca Kt., o.l City, I'k. V. IMtlXKAK, r. h. nmu.ky. a , Mrn?y ftl Law, - - Fmnkliii, Pa. ;! KAUTICIC lu tin? hovotid CouiU of ;X niiago, Crawford, FuiVht, hi id ndi V- )in- f ln counties. t!-ly. . 5 Lawrenci) Hou.v, IKIOKK.TA, I'KN'N'A, . t'. K. Hp- . J 1 4! ft A Y. lMu'iriULToK. Il.iH Irm' Vf etvikr:Ulv lociitoJ. Kvi-rytliiiiji now :inl vhII fiirnwliod HilDPrior nc-K.imin da- . Maui iin.1 Mtrii't ntlfntion iven t' j.il.'st, . V..fWhliw nml Kriiitx of killU K'TVCd ,'iiiiir no:won. Sample room for (m nwal Acnt-. , o:ntpval house, "nOXNKK A A1NKW Jil.OClC. 1.. i) acinbw. ProDiiilor. T!in Jm new uAHjin tint I ha iii.L bci-rt fitted uo fr tlu- 4MMintiuod.itioii of Uo i.ub.ie. A portion of Ui piitronao of tin) public l.-i noIicitiHl - w-iy i FOI:S7 HOUSE, CO -A. VARNUU riv-n'mwrou. Oppfwitu YJ, Court llmirtii, Tionchin, 1";.. J ut 'ipiMed. Kvorvthim? now rvid i-bvui mid &-ob. 1 Tbo bPt of ljijnors kpt coM-tantly an hwd. A portion of llio pubuu . V rpi!;tfully fiiillwti'd. l r.on- 1-17-lV ' - W. C. COHURN, M. D., ( PHYSICIAN t Sl'i!(ii:nN oIV.mk his ' I rvicet( to tlu i(oi;Kt of Forest Co. llnTinor had an r x nciicnco of Txviilxe ,Yi in couwtant practice, Jir. C.ibnrn i.iaulaiia tn .'I I'll Sll ! I r.!l- lot! . IT.' I O- hu rn noiket a hpoc NanhI. Tinoat. ;:iltV Of tlK treatnent l.uni a. 1. 1 all oilier liri.iv;i or liiii-iini.' li-casvs. Iluvii.jr invotliLrnLod all Koient ilic mct!lod ol our In llseiO And Mel'eto.l t!io trood from all ifnln'iift, he will KUnranteo r'lief oi-icuic iu nil i-uku wlmrn a euro la possible. No L'lmrrnTnr Coiisul'.atioM. All fee will b(i rtn.ii.ilile. rrofes.ional visits made, nt aJI hourn. PartiPH a ft dUt.meo can eon i!t him bv letter. Ofttce and He-ddenep spcond l'ldldinti' ItiUow the Court I lonao, Tioncsla, Pa. I' ll m dAVi WedneMlavH and tiaUmko k. 2"tf it. a. nr. jmi. r. cakk. A- II. kH.LY 31 A Y, VA1SK P CO., B A IT K E B S Corner of Kim .V Walnut Sis.TiouoHia, Bank of PiKiH-mnt and Deposit. Int-ercmt allowed on Time Deposits. hdloeticMViinadponnlUhoiViii'-ipal poinU j of tho U. S. Col'.cotio.iH soiicited. 13-ly. WILTAA3IS CO., TT.ADVlLLK. - FFN'A. AXJDEnfvllSTS !"IR1XS And Aniiii.i! Hiuffcil and inount II ..l ..rilcr. Artificial kvi-s Kdpt HI inlmmlimi kill rJJK GRIST MIKIi nt Nebraska (La. 4.wh 1 J'orext i-ountv. ha ) been tb. m iti-hi !f4fi t,f 4ler.. u4 i now nuinin;; i XI kind of. ud lois h Wt m T ft ? tl 11 S ' S 1i H fKEP, AM) OATS onstMiitly onhuud, and : 1:1 uttho VC'I'V hwwt ligures. -ftm i . v. u:iM:m.'H. " Vn'I'O'i'M FNT, Male and femule, sa!a- rv or ponuiiission. We pay itciit as Llnry of 50 a week and cj p' uses, l.ure- M:imilaoturiiiir Co.. llaitKvu. ui.m. uiiiiMtlars free. 41 1 t this EI Jl t. f VOL.X NO. 8. DRE3SLIAKEH, Tioncsta, Pa. IM'tliin 1IKATH h:w rnccnlly moved to us pinco lor tiie purpoHH 01 mceung a want which tlio ladies of the town nnd ount v h.ivii for a lonjc timo known, lhnt of having n .divsstnaker of p.xpcnenco aiiioinf I lietii. Inm prepared to make nil ilnd.s of drowns in the latest Klylow, nnd irnaraiilee snt islacl ion. Stauipinv; ior brnid ir.'T and ciiibroidery dono in I ho best man ner, with (lie nnwci.t patterns. All I nhk in a lair trial. Ilesidcnco on Klin Stroet, in tho iVconih ltuildine;. lf PHOTOGRAPHER , " ' (KU0(.'KSSOH TO JIHMSfl,) I'icturivs in cvcrv Mtrhhif the art. Viowa of the oil ro;i')iiM for siiio or hi ken to or- er. i C1CNTUK STPJCKT, near R, II. cJ-)ssinff. SVtJAMOIlK TKKKT,' near Union Do- p;t, Oil City, 1'a. : so-tt PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY. si, :.i s t u u k T : SOUTH Ol' llOIU NSON A. UONXKU'S 8T0H1C. Ti ono st a; 3. CARPENTER, . 71 n - Proprietor. Pictures taken in all tho latest Atvlv uii-ir the nrt. . , OIL CITY, PA. WHOLESALE & RETAIL r f. ' r ' y O J ! ii . .L J)!crg iiv , ..; .J ' ' HABD'WA.BE, Oil AV11 SuppHoH, . e. h ii 'tint, Citchi,. SucLci; Jiort.-, . J','or ii Barrels, Ytilvcsj tie, UfitsH tt' Steam 1 ititiirjs, Ttvlt- hcj, Lure Tsiuiiur, Vtsiiiff, tc, .Iron, Tfttf Ik, Wlevl,"" Rope, 0Iium, tie, ' , , 4 W'l : iii:il;c n'SPlCCIAl.TY of onn-and-a- ipiarter-inch Tubinn and Steel lloil:; lor Mnull Wvli.-i. II. G. TINIIER & CO., Oil City, l'a. THC LARGEST FUSXirURS ESTARLISIujENT lNXHFOlI IUO'ilONS! MILES SMITH, lcnlr in . CABINET AND UPHOLSTERED rUILITITUriE! FUAN1CI.IN, - - - rENN'A. Consisting ot Palor, Office and Coiiiuiyn . Furniture, Mattresses, Piilows, , Wjiulgw Mi. ides, Fixture, .jnok,. inv; (JUnstA, tic. " '. Abo, ai;ont for VcnHUr( county lor tho Ocleluated Maiiliattan Spring H-l and Combination Mattresses, inanufaef tlfed aiid iursalont my I'liinitoio Warorooiiis, Wih hi;-.!.!, near I;lHiny.-Cnll ind-tc samph) h U. . Jy Tcu Can flaw JIoEtoy P.y liuyin your PIANOS and OP.OANS frlim tho undni-.sii-iicd : Manufacturers Awnt. I'm tlia be.st brands in tlio market. Iii.trumeiits Khinpcd direct from tho Fao torv. CIIAsr A. SUUI.TZ, Tur.er, y" i k lex 17Hi. Oil ( 'V, fa Dr. J. L. PHYSICIAN AND AcoTrh,' - , - j SUftCiJ-'ON. w ho has 1 li.'.d tiltoon vcai-.V c xpei'Icncj in A larjo :nn sii.v, ssli.l uraiiuco. will alic.na ail Piofe.islojial Culls. Oilico iu his Iru and Orocerv .Store, located in TidioutO, noar fidioute House. IN HIS STOUU WILL 1UC FOUND A lull aMHortnicnt of Medicines, Liquors T..li. o. Ci 'ais. K.'ationerv. Ola.sM, Paint nils Cutiorv. all of the beat iiuality, find . iii iwit.-ilil :it reasonable rates. ('MAX. t). 1)A. an experienced Pbysieian aul Uriuist frotn New York, has charge of tiie Store. All prescriptions put u p accurately. DYKUTISP.l'.S seixl 'i" cents to Oo, A I. Kowell d Co.. 41 l'ark liow, N. Y., I lornieii j-.iiii.y-"K "'i'"'-i "t 1 ...,.( Ill UllVI flMl.'i. i OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE. ., R B EflTEN'L EXHSBSTlOiM II sells faster than any oter book. Cue A vent sold "A copies in one day. This is th'f onl v authentic and complete history pu Misbed. Send (or our extra nrni- 10 n i 1 1 1 . ' M'LI.NAL I'lTlil ISIilNU t o., 1 iiU- '.-i'-a-.. . ; f T10NESTA, PA., What Became or Her. In rt litlliJ village church in a small American country place, a small con gregation gathered together one Sun day to hear the oM minister preach one of his old fcrmons. . Uvery pew he'd peopU well known to each ether, and who well kucy each other's busi ness. Nobody there but had heard that Thomas Jkuton had courted Au nio Kcdwood, ahd how all rwa going on well, w licit tho two grandfather quarrelled about an acre of ground in a stony unproductive spot, ami A fam ily feud commenced, " and Ihey were eepa rated.' Aunie was six-and-twenty now, and had never had another, suit or and Thomas had left home for good. And jhere tho obstinate old grandfathers, sat, not caring a whit for all the trouble thoy had caused, and never forgivinj each otiicr'i tics paeee.", despite tho fact that they re poatc.i the Lord's prayer together ev ery SiUuky. . Sometimes in aunimcr there would be strange boarders from the city in church: but now it was -winter, and every one wondered to sec a tall old woman In a gruat plaid, old-worM-looking cloak, and a fur hood and a deep cap border, come into church, and scat herself in a bn.ck pew. Who sho irras. tio one could gtiess, and why she fca mo to' church with Suc.li'' a cold a the seemed to have, was a wonder to nil.5' She k'oartd.ed'loud" and long interrupting, thwy .M'tipni Hnd the pray ers, and at laU was nuizeii with such a fit "of choking, 'that 'every head Svas turned. Sho ttcemed to try tyii.se, but found hctsclf unable to do bo. Then Anuia llcdwood, loaning toward her mother, whispered: "It's a hamo. Topple onght to bo more Christian-like in their ' conduct. I'll go and help her out." Then flhe arose and wcutsofily down the .aisle, and bent, over tho old .lady and whispered something,' on which the poor old soul arose and : took 1 her arm, and thoy went out of church to gether. Tho coughing was heard out side for a moment or two, but the ser vices went on as before, and no one .wondnrod that Annio Hud wood did not return. ': ' Tha family expeotfd to find her when they leached homo, of couree; but she was not there. Sho did not come in to dinner, nor did she como (o tea. I3y evening much alarm was felt, and in quiries were made, but without avail. lio one had seen Ihe girl since $bc loft the churclVdoors. , . There was a Sunday train to a large cityV and a man kept watch at thesta tiwii all the day. lie, seeing fowr pas sengers on Sunday than at any other lime, had noticed them all. The old woman iu tho plaid cloak had ccoie to the statiou; but Miss Rod wood was not with her. A young man &poke to the old lady nay, sne hau nts arm nut ne migni have been stranger who was assist ing her. Ko one could tell. ..... t Ihe old lady could not be traced after that, aiiii nothing more was heard of Aunie Redwood.' Many thought tho old woman tvas some dreadful person in disguise, who had murdered the handsome Autm lor the watch and ring she woro. Then, too. she had quite a littlo sum in her pocket ; lor sho had money left nor by her auut, aud was' not dependent on her father's gifUf of pocket money as tho ether girls were. I he woods were searched, the ponds dragged, but in vain ; and the poor girl was at last given up for lost. The old people had been very cruel to her about Thomas; now they shed bitter aud unavailing tears. How much better would it have been to let Annio marry and have her still with them ! The old grandfathers- shook hands for the first time for years. The fami lies wero reconciled ; but Anaio was goue, aud Thomas was gouo, and what was tho use ? "If only I knew what became of my eirl," sij;hod Mrs. Redwood,. "Ah, yes, and if I kuew my boy was alive, said Mrs. ISenton. They were all very sad, but good country people never stuy away irom church for that. Sunday after Sunday they met with their sad faces, and tho black garments tiiov had nut on. And a vear passed : aud it was the day Annie had disappeared ; and they had all gone as usual, ami wero going homeward. Mrs. Redwood was iu tears. "I think of Aunio all day lo-?ay, she said. "U!i ! it is moro than 1 can bear. Who was that ld woman? What did she do with my eirl ?" "Oh ! mother, there sho is!" cried one of the daughters. All looked. Reforo them on tho road tottered a largo figure iu a plaid e oak. couL'liiDi' violently. 1 no same old woman, no doubt. Rut who sup ported her? Who Good Ikavfus! is it a trbM.1?' MAY 23, 1877.. it? Oh! what is it?-' ."Annie 1" screamed the girls togeth er; nnd screaming, gobbing, regardless of what any might think of them, they surrounded tho pair. It was Annie, alive, and holding last to the arm of tlio old woman she had helped out of the church just a year before. ' "Don't question me on the road," she said. "Let ua go homo." And glad and angry, nnd a little terrified, the Rentons and the Red woods cnlcrftd the Redwood homestead and closed the door on intruders. "Wo thought yon dead, Annio?" sobbed tho mother. ."Oli, you have been cruel 1' "Rut 1 see my death has re-united yon all," said Annie,' returning the embrace. "All am here but Tom." "Oh, poor.Toru 1" said. hi, mother. "If lie woro only here tool" "Rut I must have an explanation," cried Mr. Redwood, turning upon the old woman. "Whoaroyou, madam? And what life has my daughter led with you ?" , "A happy one, I hope, sir," .said tho woman, tossing oil' her bonnet nnd thhrowitig away her cloak f nnd bo fore them stood a' tall young man Thomas Benton, and no other, who said :,' ; ' ' ; . . , i "In this disguise I ran away with Annie a year ago. We changed cos tumes in the church porch," and so got safely off. Now we arc" here again ready for your blessing, if you will give it to us. Are we forgiven ?" It was Ann id's wwllier who said "Ye," first, but the others followed in chorus. 11 " ' . a A Waiter lurru out to be a Nobleman. .For the past two years there has dwelt in Eureka, Nov., a young man who, nlthough following the occupa tion of a restaurant vaiter, attracted attention on account of Jus superior learning and intelligence. IIo spoke five -different languages with fluency, was well posted iu all matters 'of a scentific character, possessed, an inti mate acquaintance with current liter ature, and was at no lo.is in reference to the entanglements and mysteries of the Europeau war question. -Whenever he could get hold of a sympa thetic listener .he would dwell learn edly on the Russian policy, and ex plain in detail the probable moves on tha political chehs-board. The jaw- rcaking words that almost give the ockiaw to English spcakiug people rolled glibly from his tongue. As for foreign dispatches, he fairly reveled in them. When qunr.tieiiod as to his past histoiv, ho would answe. tuiy, sir, have none to tell." . .riealmcnt, however, camo to an end, and the Eureka Sentinel furnishes its readers with the following neooiint of the learned waiter: lie was borti in Mos cow, tn liussia, ot noble pa renin ire, and his title is Count Alexander Iluhn.' lie wu3 educated at tho Uni versity of Kharkov, and -after com pleting his studies entered tho "army, where, by family standing and intiu- ence. he rapidly rose to tha rank of colonel.' His prospects wore very bright until one unfortunate day when j he became embroiled in a quarrel with a brother officer. A duel was the re sult, and tho count killed his' antago nist. As tha code was prohibited, and infractions of tin law in , that respect are rigidly punished, Colonel lluhn fled the couutry, and for tho past three years has been u wanderer in foreign lands. His family, exasper ated at his conluct, disowued. him, uid he finally brought up in Eureka and engaged in the humble occupation of a waiter Whuu tho European complication aroso ho opened a cor respondence with the Russian govern- nient and his family. I lie latter re called their displeasure, raud secured his paiuuii by the gavernniout. Jle has not only been pardoned, but ro- stored to his rank of colonel in the Chasseurs of tho Grenadiers. A few days ago he rsccived ollicial I'.otico of tho fact, and also a letter from the consul atS.in Francisco, who had re ceived orders to provide ti e count with funds and transportation home. IIo will join his corps in tha field, and ihe next that we hear of hitu may bo through dispatches received from the scat of war iu the East. "Never niurry for wealth," say a contemporary, "hut remember that it is just as easy to love a girl who has a brick house with a mansard roof nnd a silver-plated door bell as one who hasn't any thing but an auburn head aud au amiable disposition." When a boy was asked, "What was the text this morning?" ho replied : "It was something iu hatchets." "In hatchets? No it was in acts." "Well, I knew it was something that would cut," said tiie boy very triumphantly. to- . . " a I 11 I liatles Kean s.i.d a bid horso was 1 iUa a poor play ; it tuu't lun, am won't draw. $2 PER ANNUM. At tho Throttle. Have you ever thought as you en tered a railroad car, how absolutely and completely your life was iu the hands of one man? Has itever occur red lo you a3 you reclined in a soft cushioned sent in apparent security, with hundreds of others on tho train, how every one of you might be sent lo instant death by the slightest blunder or neglect on the part of one weak hu man being? And did you ever ..find yourself wondering if tho man at the throttle understood his duties and was able to do them promptly and proper-' ly, appreciating tho enormous respon- j sibilitics resting upon his fallible hu man nature, and knowing what aw ful consequences might result from a single mistake on his part? Your correspondent had a brief con versation Tu tho cab of a locomotive, in which au unusually iutelligent and trustworthy member of tho guild of engineers recounted a little of the true inwardness of hia calling. "It is as well," said he, smiling thoughtfully, 'that the traveling pub lic don't know how the majority of railroads aro managed and what risks the passengers often run. Why, to save a little money thoy often fail to cm ploy moro thau half tho number of en gineers absolutely needed for safety. Many a time havo I come iu from n long trip so tired and sleepy as to be scarcely able tostaud, amrhe.cn order ed immediately out again without an hour's rest. I have been worked twenty-four hours at a stretch when I have been so worn out that no power on earth could keep me awake, and, stand ing with my hand on the lever, have goue sound -asleep. If you had fired oil' a cannon at my ears I could not have helped it. I have many a time brought my engino into some town at thirty miles an hour while asleep, un til the fireman cr somcbodj would wake toe up. , ' "Dangerous? Well, lather so; for if there is any post in the world where a man should be excessively wide awake, vigilaut, iucessaully watching ahead of him with an unfaltering steadiness aud"vith good eyes, too, with I113 hand trlways on the lever, prepared to check tho flying speed with which he is dashing ulong, it is when he is in tho cab of a locomotive en gine. I don't know any work that re quires a man to know what ho is about and to see what he i3 about so much as running the engine of an express train. Tlio engineer not only must watch his engino and keep her up to her work, but he must watch the steam gauge, watch the time, watch the sig nals, watch the track, watch the cros sings and watch his surroundings. To sum up in one word, an engineer must bo alertu&ss personified. Dangerous ? You might as well ask if it would bo dangerous for a man to fall asleep sit ting on a k?g of powder with alighted slow match attached to it. "It is a cmmon thing for an en gineer, after having come in from a long trfp, to be ordered out agaia im mediately, although he kuowa and tho company knows that ho is not fit for further work without a rest, and that to fall asleep at his post is to endan ger the lives of hundreds of persons. Yet he dare not refuse or he will lose his place. Suppose, under such cir cumstances, an accide:;t occurs. Isn't the company immediately relieved from all responsibility in the eyes of the newspapers and tho public if they show that the engineer failed to see a Big ual? Who is to know that tho reason the e.igine driver failed to see the sig nal or tho switch was because he fell asleep from overwork, and that ho was compelled to run while physically u- Able to do so in safety C "This is the cause of a good many railroad accidents, but I can tell you of a still more frequent one. It is the employment by certain railroad mana gers ot halt taught botches as engi neers, or men who are not of sober habits and cannot get itito the Rrolh crhood of Engineers (our trade socio ty), and who will, therefore, work ve ry cheaply "Why is this permitted ?" "I will tell you. In every Stato in t'ac Union, r.o far as I know, there is a law compelling tho cngiueeid uo at tend to stationary boilers to pass au examination, af. which thoy must show themselves qualihcd and receive a li cecsu before they are permitted to work. You would be liable to sevcro punishment if you employ aa unlicens ed eiu'ineer to run the boiler ot your printing office. This law is of course an eminently proper one, and iu New York city, for instance, there is n bu- ie.iu of the police department whose exclusive duties aro to see to it 3 en forcemcut. A simular United States statute compels tho engineers of ina rina or steamboat engines to pass i still stricter examination. Rut no such law is on the statute- books ol any State in the Union us rec;aids locomo tive engineers, who.o duties are even more delicate aui dab-orouH than Rates of Advertising. One Squaro (l Inch,) ono insertion - fi ,V Ono. Square " ono month - . J no Ono S'jnare . " throe months c 00 OnoNquaro " ono yonr - - 10 00 Two .Square, one year ... is ( n Quarter Col. ' - ao CO naif .. . no to One " " - - - - 100 (0 I.pal notices nt established rato. Marriatro and death notices, frratis. All bills for ycarlv ivlvcrtiMPincnta col lected quarterly. Temporary advertise ments; roimt bo paid for in advance. Job work, Cash on Peliveiy. nf-rmnr-nrr rmm I iiimmihiiii iiiimiiiiii.inin w their brethren who run factory or oth er stationary engines. Whenever any bill requiring the railroad companies to employ only competent men has bceu likely to pass a Lcgislaturo the railroad lobbyists have defeated it. You will find no statute in this coun try to prevent tho railroads from put ting in charge of the train you intrust your life to tho veriest botch or drunk ard that can bo found. If tho news papers want to do a fjood work, let them demand and sccuro Vc passago of such a statute as will oblige the companies to employ at least this sim ile requisito to safety. "Do not tho best managed roads now find it pays best to employ good competent men ?" "Some of the companies aro begin ning to find it out, but the majority of them take on all the men they can pick up who will work cheaper than a ukill-' ed engineer." "Is not traveling at night always more dangerous than by daylight?" Not always. .Under some circum stances I supposn it might be. But I would rather take my engine over the road at night. I have ruu a night ex press for years and prefer it to any thing else. An engine always works better at night, for some reason. They sr.y it is 30 with all machinery. I know it is always so with a locomotive. An engineer who is familiar with his road knows just as well where- he is at night A3 when he can see. I cau tell by thy sound of the wheel? on tha track about where I am on the read. I can see a danger sigual further off at night than in daylight. 1 tell you, sir, there is always danger in our business, and there ought to be a law forbidding tho companies employing any man to run a engine who has not passed an ex amination and received a license. The newspapers can make 'cm nod they ought to do it." A Gambler's RerVtarkcble Escape. i i A well known correspondent, being- detained at Milan, Tennessee, recent ly, made the acquaintance of Geo. II. Devol, the gambler, lie u a gentle manly looking person of forty-seven, dark sandy hair, light sandy whiskers, beginning to show the silver; a quick, pierciug gray eye, ruddy complexion, i.s of good address, and a sweet talker. He was born in Ohio, but fur thirty years has been a gambler. Y hue operating ou the bliortlina road, near Lagrange, lie won about $1,800 and five gold watches, and end ed the game just as the train was leav ing Lagrange on its way to Cincinnati. The victims squealed terribly, and proposed to have their treasure or bIod. Ihey marshaled their forces and drew their revolvers. Devol skip- ped into tho rear coach, loc in tho door as ho went. lie then went to the rear platform, and, although the train was running at tho rate of thirty fivo miles an hour, selected a clear spot and jumped. He rolled overtta lively rate, but picked hini.-'el: up un hurt, though his lati friends fired ft volley at him from their revolvers. He cut across the country and struck tho railroad at Lexington junction, and weut back to Louisville. "The closest plaeo I was ever in my life," said Devol, "was iu '50. I was coining up tho river from New Or leans in the steamer l'airclnld, and had won a great deal of money. Tho boat landed at Napoleon, and about twenty-five of those killers there, who, in those days, did not think any more of killing n man thau they did a rat, get aboard. I opened out and won a good deal of money and four or five watches. Everything went along smoothly enough until about four o'clock in tha afternoon, when they begun to got drunk. One of them said : Where is that blasted gambler; Iam going to kill him !' 'I'm with you, said another. I, too,' said another. And the whole party rushed ta their state-rooms andogot their pistols. I slipped up and got between tbo pilot house and tho roof. They now search ed the boat from tcm to storu, but did not once think of looking under the pilot-house. I whispered tu tho pilot that when ho caiua to a bluff bank to throw her stcru iu and givo rue ihe word, and I would run and jump olf. At about six o'clock he gavo me the word, and 1 ruu and jumped. 1 was weighted dowu with the watches aud gold 1 had won, and the distance was more thau I thought, aud I miss ed tho bank nnd stuck tight, waist deep, in soft mud at the water's edgo. Tho killers saw mo, and as the boat swung out they opened fire. I could not move, ami tho bullets whistled past my ear and spattered mud and water all over my face." c It seems very funny, but tha chi ropodists are not members of the Cora Exchange, and take little interest in tho fluctuations of the corn market. When does a footman reply when uo question has been asked? When ho answers tho bell. nit WOltlv of all kin li u re on hhoi t novice. ihin, l'a. a-i
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