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Ko. 369,
MEETS everv Friday evening, at 8
o'clock, In the Hull formerly occupied
by the Oood Tunplum,
" H. J. SETLEY.N. n.
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TIONESTA COUNCIL, NO. 342.
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every Tuesday evening, at 7 o'clock.
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yaara engaged in the prosecution or aoi
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Myxtertia, he will guarantee rt-lief or acure
w ia all oaaua whore a cura in noaaible. No
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rM.imble. Profeanional visits nuido at
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milt him br lettor.
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OVERSHOOTING THE MARK.
BY KC8AN ARCHER WFJS.
"I really don't see whet ia to be
done," said Mrs. Sutton, meditatively,
ns she folded a letter stamped with a
foreign postmark.
The letter was from Charlie, who
was spending his college vacation in
Europe, and who now wrote to an
nounce his speedy return, accompani
ed by his friend, Mr. Philip Warring
ton. Charlie Sutton was evidently very
proud to call Mr. Warrington his
friend. II had met him in the course
of his travels, and always wrote of
him as "a splendid follow, clever, hand
some, and' with a view to the spec
ial consideration of his mother and
sister "rich, and of one of the first
families of B ."
And now, in nccordanco with his
mother's instructions, he had invited
his friend to spend a week, with them,
before going on to his more Suulhern
home, und she might expect them in a
few days.
There was one drawback to Mrs.
Sutton's satisfaction in this arrange
n.ent; and it was te this that her re
marks, on clasing the letter, referied.
"This will be n capital chance for
you, Isabel," she said, addressing her
daughter; "iu fact, the best probably
that you will ever have, -uut it re
quires more tact than you have ever
shown : and besides, there is Alice,
whe may interfere and spoil all, as
she did in the anmr with Col. bawyer.
I really don't sec what is to be done as
regards Alice.
Alice was Mr. Sutton's niece, whom
he had brought to his home on the
death of her parents. She was at that
time fifteen, and as her cousin Isabel
had just made her entree into society,
she was found to bo somewhat in the
way, and was sent to a
school.
boarding-
Here the had remained until the
past winter, when, being Nineteen, it
was found positively necessary that
she should come home and be intro
duced into society.
But unfortunately, as Mrs. Sutton
considered, Alice's sweet face and
graceful, winning manners had prov
en with some persons a greater charm
than the bold - beauty of the rather
"fust" Isabel Sutton Col. Sawyer, es
pecially, to entrap whom the anxious
mother and daughter had ernployod
the whole of their talent and energies.
He had, upon seeing Alice, trans
ferred bis attentions from Isabel to her
self, and had actually proposed to Mr.
Sutton fcr the hand of his niece, in
stead of that of his daughter.
It made no difference that Alice de
clined the honor. Isabel had lost ber
best chances ; and although, of course,
her cousin could not be properly blam
ed in the matter, yet she was "danger
ous." And now that another still bet
ter chance was about to odor, iu -the
person of Mr. Warrington, Alice must,
in some way, be gut rid of for the
time.
That evening at tea, Mrs. Sutton,
cnther adroitly leading the conversa
tion in the proper direction, remarked
to her husband :
"By-the-by, my dear, when did you
last hear from your Aunt Curtis I I
fear that we have of late rather neg
lected the old lady."
"bo I have often told you, replied
her husband, who was an euterprisiug
business man, and not so worldly-
minded as his wife. "Aunt Curtis was
very kind to me when I was a boy,
and certainly deserves moro attention
than we have bad time to bestow, bne
ia old. and infirm, too. and vet in four
years not one of ray family has been to
see her.
"Well, it is such a lonely, eut-of-the-way
country place," returned his wife,
"that really to go there seems quite an
undertaking. let 1 don t wish to neg
lect tie old lady. She wrote last year
that she would like to eeo the girls,
uow that they are grown ; aud Alice's
mother, you know, was her favorite
niece. I am sure that die would be
gratified at a visit from us. Indeed,
now that we speak of it, the girls and
I may as well run up to Copeley
LFarm for a day or two. What do you
say to it, girls ?
"Let us go, auut, by nil means,"
was Alice's quick reply. "I should
like to see my mother's aunt ; and you
know it is lovely in ths country at this
season."
Isabel shrugged her fair shoulders,
but prudently said nothing; and the
following day the three ladies were at
the quiet, old-fashioned little farm
house, some twenty miles from the
city.
It mugt necessarily be a brief visit,
fjr C'hai'liu was expected" hme Mrs.
Sutton had not said a word to anyone
except her daughter about expecting
Mr. Warrington and so, atler a day
and a night at the old farm beuse,
they prepared to return to the city.
"It seems a pity to leave the poor
elJ lady so soou," taiJ Mrs. Sutton.
JUNE 3, 1877.
"She is so infirm, and that housekeep
er of hers is not, I suspect, over's tten-
tive to her comfort. Then she ia so
fond of you, Alice,' and enjoys your
reading so much. I wish one ot you
girls could remain longer; I am sure
it would be a great comfort to the
poor old lady."
Alice needed no persuasion. She
was a kind-hearted, amiable girl, and
her sympathies had been enlisted for
this lonely, infirm old lady, her moth
er's aunt, who seemed so forgotten and
alone in the wot Id. Her own mother
had been of very delicate health, and
the young girl, accustomed to attend
upon her, had learned many little
ways of nursing and comforting the
sick, and making daintf little dishes
to tempt a feeble appetite. - Then she
could read to Aunt Curtis in the low,
sweet voice which-had been such a
comfort to her mother, and she felt
also what the old lady had said, that
"the very sight of a bright young faco
in the silent house was as cheering as
a ray of suushino on a cloudy day."
So Alice remained at Copeley Farm,
aud her aunt nud cousin, rejoicing at
the success of their innocent little
scheme, returned to the city to wel
come Charlie aud his friend.
It was a disappointment to finl that
Charlie had arrived without his friend
Mr. Warrington. That gentleman, it
appeared, had had a previous engage
ment to spend a few days with a rela
tive, whom they found awaiting them
upon the arrival of the steamer ; but
he would make Lis appearance in a
week or so, and meantime Mrs. Sut
ton wrote to Alice that sho could re
main at Copeley until Charlie and Isa
bel went up for her.
Alice had no objection. She was
greatly enjoying her visit to the Farm.
It was the tirst ot October, when the
country i most beautiful, with a ling
ering of summer glory mingling with
tho deepening lines of' autumn.
She was an impassioned lover of na
ture, aad yet, city-bred, had never be
fore seen naturo in this glorious revel
ation of autumnal beauty, and it dawn
ed upon her like the reading of some
uew and beautiful poem.
"Strange that people are Content to
live iu the city, w hen the country is so
beautiful," sho thought, one evening,
aa-standing knee-deep iu ferns, be
neath a canopy of crimson and gold
foliage, she gazed in dreamy delight
over tho Lively scene before her.
A rustling in the neighboring thick
et startled her. Tbcre was a sudden
shot, a whirling past of n brood of par
tridges, aud the next moment a dog
rushed forth, deliberately followed by
a gentleman in a gray shooting dress.
As his eyes fell upon the young girl,
standiag in a graceful, half-startled
manner, he lifted his hat courteously.
"I hope I have not ularmed you," he
said. "I would net have fired if I had
kilown a lady was near."
The dog bounded back with a dead
partridge, which he laid at his master's
feet.
Alice took it up geutly.
"Poor little thing 1 It was cruel to
kill it 1" she Bail pityingly, as she lift
ed her brown eyes, full of tender com
passion, to the fuco of the stranger.
He smiled a curious smile, iu which
appeared interest and amusement.
"Then I am sorry that I have killed
it, and, iu penance, Mill not fire anoth
er shot to-day."
"I have no right to require that sac
rifice of you," she answered shyly, as
she turned away.
But he again addressed her:
"It appears that our pathways lie in
the same direction. If you are going
to Mrs. CurtU's, will you permit me to
accompany you ? The lady is an old
friend of mine, and I was on my way
to see her. It was for her that I in
tended these birds."
"I am staying with my aunt Curtis,"
she answered, "and in consideration of
the motive, I forgive you for shooting
the poor birds."
Thoy walked ia the lingering sun
set, slowly alon tho wood-path that
led te the farm house, pausing a mo
meat ou the brow ol tho eminence
that overlooked it, aa it lay like a
brown bird's nest, embowered in trees,
in the meadows below.
"Time has forgotten this little nook,"
remarked the gentleman. "It is as un
changed now as I remember it fifteen
years ago."
"You do not resido in this neighbor
hood, then?"
"No. My home is in the sunny
South. But when a boy I used to be
a frequent visitor to this neighbor
hood. Perhaps I ought to introduce
myself. I am Philip Warrington, of
li , aud nephew ot ut. uray.
Dr. Grav was her aunt Curtis'a phy
sician, and" resided on the next farm ;
but it wa the i aino of her companion
that now attracted her attention. She
had become familiar with it from
Charlie's letters, and said, impulsively :
"You have just returned from Eu
rope ? Then you are ray cousin Char
lie Sutton's fneud, of whom he wrote
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$2 PER ANNUM.
It seemed a very pleasant mutual
discovery, and the two were no longer
like Btrangcra.
Aunt Curtis was delighted to see
"Phil." He had grown so wonderful
ly, she said quite a big boy.
And she related many well remem
bered bold boyish adventures of his, in
the old time, that seemed so long past
to him, bo short to her. Finally she
insisted that, aa he had had a long
walk, he should "stay to supper ;" and
he, apparently nothing loth, accepted
the invitation.
There is no place on earth (except
ing, perhaps, on shipboard) where two
young persons, thrown togethor, are so
apt to fall mutually in love as in a
quiet house in vhe country. Certainly
in this instance the beiDg tbrowu to
gether was not entirely accidental,
since Mr. Philip Warrington, in his
interest in the old lady, every day
found something to bring him to Cop
ley Farm.
Now it was to bring her a new pa
per, or a message from the doctor ;
then to read her some very interesting
extracts from a new book ; and (hen
again to offer larks or partridges, for
getful of the cruelty of shooting them.
And in the soft, rich and dreamy
October evenings, he and Alice, stroll
ing in the old-fashiojied garden, or
down the lane, rich in autumnal flow
ers, or seated on the meadow stile, be
neath the golden marles, spent such
hours of happiness as can come to us
but once in a lifetime with the first
dream of dawning love.
And so it came to pass that Mrs.
Sutton, anxiously waiting at home,
and still taxing her ingenuity for ex
cuses to keep her niece "out of the
way," suddenly heard something which
sent her flying up to Copley Farm by
the next day's train, in a state of mind
by no means amiable.
And the first person she eaw on
reaching Copley was Alice, standing
on the old-fashioned sloop, canopied
by autumn rasas, with a remarkably
handsome and elegict-looking young
roan by her side, the attitude and ex
pression of both revealing at a single
glance what Mrs. Sutton felt to be a
death-blow to all her scheming and
hopes. She had aimed well, but as
often ia the case with tho most clever
schemers, had strained too hard, and
overshot the mark.
A Dead Sure Thing.
A few years ago Mr. Hammond was
coming up the Mississippi on a steam
boat. Among the passongers was a
certain well known gambler. The boat
had been out from New Orleans two
days and owing to Mr. Hammond's in
fluence, not a card had been played r
a bet made by anybody. This was
ruinous to the gambler's business. He
hd tried everything on the boat for a
game of some kind, or a bet on some
thing, but had failed in every attempt.
He was getting desperate. Along in
the afternoon he approached Mr.
Hammond, who was walking on the
hurricane deck, and callmg his atten
lion 'to a couple of gulls flying across
the river a few hundred rod3 ahead of
the boat.
"Yes, I see them," said Mr. Ham
mond.
"Well, I'll bet you five dollars oue
of them talis into the water beiore we
cet by them."
"I never bet you ought to know
that," was the reply.
"Well, I'll make it twenty to fivo ;
now come.
Mr. Hammond turned on his heel
and left him.
The gambler looked mournfully af
ter him for a few moments, and then
continued his walk. Presently he
came back aud accosted Mr. II. again.
"I'll bet you twenty to five that this
boat blows up before we go ten miles
further. Now, there is a good bet,
what do you say ?
He was informed again of Mr. II. 'a
calling, and that such prepositions
were scandalous.
"But that's a dead 6ure thing you
cannot possibly lose ; come, what do
vou say r
Mr. Hammond sought another part
ot the deck and left the obtrusive gen
tleman with the "dead sure thing" to
himself.
The boat. had scarcely proceeded
five miles, when, sure enough, it did
blowup. Mr. 11. somehow got an ear
lier start than hid late persecutor, and
went up quite a distance. As he was
coming down he was met by our sport
ing fiiend, who cried out as he pass
ed :
"Hellow, parson! Bet you ten dol
lars I go higher than you did ; what
do you say ?"
That man is now a well known Da-
tioit editor, and hasn't bet a cent on
anvthins: since Bradley was made a
member of the Electoral Board.
New York Mail : Whatever else may
be said againat the Chinese, no oue
can truthfully say that he ever saw cue
who lulled his haa iu Lit miudie.
Hates ci j ... .
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Legal notices at established rate.
Marriage and death notices, gratis.
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joo worK, i.asn on Doliveiy.
A Remarkable Escape.
About two miles below Albania, on
the east side of the river, Mr. Carrico
lives, whose avocation is that of a log
ger. His house ia situated near the
river bank, behind which stands a high
steep bluff. The logs are hauled to
the bluff and shot down into the river
by a chute. This chute is only a short
distance from wheie the house stands.
Last Saturday Mr. Carrico and several
men were employed in sending down
logs into tho water. A large log was
rolled into the mouth of the chute and
started down. By some means the log
did not get a straight start and away '
it shot down the bluff Ijke an arrow,
on its "own hook." Mr. Carrico saw
that the log would inevitably striko
bis house, ana fearing for the safety of
his wife and children, all of whom were
in tho dwelling at the moment, he
shouted at the top of his voice for
them to run for their lives. They did
not heed the warning, but even if they
had it would have been next to an im
possibility to esdaDe. so ranidlvdid tho
a 4 ' I
log move. In a moment the huge
piece of timber came down like a thun
derbolt on the building. It struck one
side of the house with terrific forco,
and crashed its way clear through.
Mrs. Carrico was sitting iu the house,
and a small child was lying in the cra
dle at the moment. 'The log' missed
the mother, and passing on struck the
cradle, knocking it into splinters and
pitching the babe several yards to one
side of the room. The child was hold
a doll in its arms when the log struck,
which waa also crushed to pieces. Very
strange as it may appear, the child es
caped without a scratch or a bruise, aa
also did the mother and other children.
Mr. Carrico, aa may naturally be sup
posed, was dreadfully frightened at tho
accident. He hastened with all speed
to tho fool of tho bluff, expecting to
find his wife tnd children crushed to a
jelly. Imagine his joyful surprise on
ascertaining that they had all escaped
without the slightest injury. Portland
Oregonian.
A Legal Dilemma.
At an examination for the admission
to the bar of Ohio, the examiner pro
pounded this question : "A great many
years ago there lived a gentleman
named Lazarus, who died possessed of
chattels, real ai.d personal. After this
event to whom did they go?"-. The
student replied, "To his administrators
and his heirs." "Well, then," contin
ued the examiner, "in four days he
came to life again; inform us, sir,
whoso were they then ?" Which in
teresting inquiry we submit to the law
yers. I am not a lawyer, but I see no
difficulty in the inquiry. Lazarus died
and was buried. As soou as he died,
his property, if he left no will, vested
in his heirs, The law gives no man
the right to die for four days and then
come to life again. Legally Lnzarua
couldn't rise. I have no doubt the
supreme court would decide that the
Lazarus who rose was not the Lazarus
who died ; he was n newLazirus. Tho
new Lazarus would of course feel with
in himself himself that he was tho old
Lazarus and go round boring his legal
friends about his legal wrongs, but ev
ery lawyer would leave him as quickly
as possible, saying in parting, "It's a
hard case ; but if your heirs can prove
your death, and they came in legally
uuder the statute, there is no way to
make them disgorge. All you can do
is this you're a young fellow about
sixty ; biro out as a clerk, try to save
something from your salary so as to go
into busiuoss again, build up a grand
estate, and perhaps your heirs will rec
ognize your identity." Cleveland Her
ald. "Do you bolieve in predestination ?"
said the captain of a Mississippi steam
er to a clergyman who happened to be
traveling with him.
"Of course I do."
"And you also believe that what ia
to be will be ?"
"Certainly."
"Well, I am glad to hear it."
"Why?"
"Because I intend te pass that boat
ahead in fifteen cousecutive minutes, if
there be any virtue in pine knots and
leaded safety-valve. So don't be al
armed, for if the boilor ain't to burst,
then it won't."
Here the divine began putting on
his hat, and looked very much l:ko
backing out, which tho captain observ
ing, he said :
"I thoug'it you said you believed in
predestination, and nhat is to be will
be."
"So I do, but I prefer being a little
nearer to tho stern when it takea
place."
New York Herald : A Chicago girl
is o modest that she refuges fco Ut the,
clothes remain 00 the line dur'ng the
dav. Iu our'Sboihood the tramps
refuse to I'" wth&i remaiu on tie
line dori, xuA.ht-