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W. Tt. DUNN,
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TKRM3, 13.00 A TEAR.
:to Snbecrifttlon received tbr a isrtx
parted tJban un month.
CtorreepaotJanoe c-Uotte4 from all part
' cthe country. So ncttre will be Mkt-n of
SAiyrymou eonuaanieevtioa.
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31I. . IX. ILEATU,
DRESSMAKER, Tionesta, Pa.
MRS. TTEATIl has recently moved to
this place for the purpose of moeCnc I
a want which the lad ie of the town an
county hare for a lor -x time known, that
of having a drpssmakor of experience
imnnir thnm. l urn urPDnrea xo mum nu
kind of dresses in the latent styles, and
guarantee satisfaction. Stamping for braid
ra ml mnhn Idorv done In the bwt rnan
nsr. with tlia newest patterns. All 1 aSK
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obtain pensions to whtvh they mar be
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Honest. Pa. Al.n, claim for arrearae-e
of pay and bounty will receive prompt at.
UnUon. ,
Havlne been over four year a soldier lu
the Ute war, and having for a number of
yar engaged In the prosecution or sol
dlw' elalm. my experience will asyuro
the collection of claim In the hortest p-js-ailUu.
J.B.-AGNKW.
itr.
K. L. Davis.
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Tloneata. Pa.
Collection mad lu thl and adjoin.
Infeouutse.
MILKS W. T A. rr E ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
tm Sir ft, TJOXKSTA, PA,
1 a r sir rial. Residence on
In the Aeomb Building.
Elm
Street,
tr.
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PUU i VluuaruiJ .
(StTOCKSHOa TO DKHIKO.)
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wJl fmrmlHhed Huierlr acoommoua
ami BLrint kktnntlon iriren to iruents
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Hed. KTerythinic new and cU'an and
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en head. A portion or the public patron
age la respectfully millcited. 4-17-1 V
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I. onnatant Dractlce. lr. 1 olHirn
uuUim to rive satisfsctlon. Dr. Co
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t Heeal, Throat, Lung and all other
4Hiroie or lingering diseases. Having
i .n ...latitirif! mttthnds of cur-
lag disease nd selected the good trora all
yiia. he will gusranUo relief or acure
Va all oases where a cur is possible. .No
f.'karve for ConsulUtion. All f'-es will bo
rmsnnakle. Professional visits made at
all hoar. Parties at a disUnce can con-
salt him by letter.
nm. .nd Kesldence second bnlldin
ti.a I'.mrt Ifntiuu. Tionesta. Pa
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m w .... AO. r. rill. A. S. IIU.Y
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Consiitiiiu ot
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fIlttreKss. Pillows. Window
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Also, agent for Venango county .lor the
Crtlcliratod Manhattan Spring Bed and
Combination Mattress, manufactured
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nn Vnrmt county, has beeu tlmr
hly overhaulel and renttod in tirst
Jais order, and 1 now running and doing
all kinds of
CUSTOM GniXDHd.
Ftni'n.
FBKP, AND OATS
rv...nti Mhnn.1. and sold at the very
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ly liOCK I OA. jiiii, vii i
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I ksd liltecn years' experience In a larjro
and succewsful practice, will attena an
Professional Calls. Otllce in ins irug ana
Uro erv Store, located in lidiouie, near
Tidiouto House.
IN HIS STORE WILL BE FOUND
a full HKsortinent of Medicines, Liquor
Tnhfti-eo. Cigars. Stationery, Glass, Paints,
Oils, Cutlery, all of the best quality, and
will he aol1 at reaMonaoie rmua.
1U. CIIAS. O. DAY, an experienced
PhTHiohui and Prux-iist from New York,
has" charge of tho Store. All prescriptions
put up awurateiy.
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ADVFRTISICKM ena mm " ,''
p lLnwell A Co.. 41 Park Row, N. Y.,
for their :ighty-pago Paiarhlet, showing
cost ot aciverimnjr.
f CfTrCIAL HISTORY OF THE v Ml
Ceiitehi EXHIBITION
It sells faster than any oter book. Cue
Arrt.nt nld :u conies in one day. This is
Minnie, and complete history
nntiii.r.e.i. Kcnd for our etr term to
While the old ft-ijrate Brtnflvwinc
lay at Oibrailer, the Americao Con
sul Mr. Sprague cam on board with
a roan who wmheJ to join the shin,
and after soma consideration, said
man was received by tho captain as a
sort ef steward, be having agreed to
work for his passage and board, and
some slight consideration besides. 11 is
name was Jee Lattit, and he was a
regular specimen of the (trolling Yan
kee: but he dressed well and was re
markably good looking, though in his
taca there was a peculiar iook. wmcu
indicated that be preferred fun to
sound sense, allowing however, that
the fuu had some sense in it.
The moment I placed my eyes upon
the man I knew I bad seen him be
fore, and when I had an opportunity
to speak with bint I found that he had
been a performer ot leperde.nain ana
ventriloquism in the Uniteel mates, j
and there I had seen him. He had
traveled through England, Franco ant'
-Spain with his implements ff decep
tion, and had just brought up at uiu.
ranter when our ship came in. He
brought his whole kit on board, in a
Urge chtst which he got permission to
stow away iu the bread-room where it
would keep perfectly dry. llo had
quite a sum of money which he plac
ed in the pursers hands lor sate Keep
ing, but he would tell none of us how
much. Isut he was liberal and open
hearted, and it was not lone before
the crew blessed the hour that brought
him ou beard, for he was the very soul
of wit and humor. At length our ship
went to Port Mahon. aud here our
Yankee tars were at home. One pleas
ant morning a party of us went on
shore, and Joe Lattit was amonc our
number. Joe was dressed in a per
fect shore-going rig and appeared a
gentleman of consequence. Near the
middle of the forenoon a few of us en
tered a cafe, and the only occupant
beside the keeper was a Spanish offi
cer, evidently en infantry captain
from his dress. We called for wine,
and had it served upon a table next
to the one at which the officer sat, Joe
seating himuelf so that his back came
against the back of the officer, but he
did not notice bow close he would be.
Our laugh and jest ran high, and
iust ni Joe said something moro than
usually funny, he threw himself back,
and thereby hit thebpaniard witlisuch
force as to cause him to spill a glass
of wine upon his bosom. The fellow
leaped to his feet and before Joe could
bee pardon for hi unintentional mis-
tuke, u commenced r torreut of oaths
aud invective. paitW in Spanish and
partly in broken Lnglish. Ilia Ian
ruace was so abusive that Joe's tcui
per was up iu a moment, and instead
of asking pardon, as ho had intended,
he surveyed the raring man from head
to foot, and then said :
'Go on, sir, your language is beauti
ful, very beautiful lor a gentleman.'
'Ah ! you call tae no gentleman eh!'
uttered the officer in a towering pas
sion. If I were going to call vou any
thing, I should call you a" jackass!'
calmly and contemptuously respond
ed Joe.
Aha-a-ah !' halt growled the Span
iard, rolling his black eyes wildly and
furiously. 'Now, by Santa Marie, you
shall answer for that. I am a genteel
man I But you, you one leetle cursed
puppy ! Aha-a-aha ! Now you shall
6ght !'
Joe would have laughed the matter
otT but he saw that the captain was
determined to bght, and at length he
resolved to accommodate him. lhe
teener of the cafe called me on one
side, and informed me that the officer
was Captaiu Antonia isizar, one of the
most notorious duellists ot the place,
ut he was always quarrelsome when
under the influence of liquor, and that
his cemnauions always left him alone
A v
rather than have a luss.
'Not five minutes before vu came
in,' added the keeper, 'lour of his fel
low officers left him because they saw
ha was nne for a fuss, bo vou had
4
better set vour fneud out.
-f. . . .sea
I nulled Joe awav. aud told him nil
that bd just been told me, but he on
ly smiled nnd assured me there was
. . t T j I i . -
notniue to tear, i ieu sure aw uuce
from hia very manner that he had
some fun iu his head, and I let him
go.
'Mr same is Joseph Lattit, sir,
citizn of the United States, and Gen
eral of the Order of Sublime Dark
ness said Joe pompously. 'Your
name, sir?'
'Antonia Bizar, Captain ia Her
Most Catholic Majesty's seveath regi
ment of infantry. But your office, sir
1 doa't comprehend.'
'Oh, you wouldn't know if I shcnld
tell vou. I am simply general of a
body of men who have sold themselves
to the gentleman who burns sinners
and heretics down here.' And Joe
pointed mysteriously down towards th
floor as be spoke.
The Ppanisrd f m't vary bitterl
and sarcastically, and thereupon Joe
took two large knives that lay upon
the bar, and tossed them one after the
other down his throat, making eoveral
wry facts as they took their passage
downward, lhe Ullow had evidently
never seen anything of the kiud be
fore, for he was astounded.
'Now, sir.' said Joe, making two or
three more grimaces, as if he still felt
the knives somewhere in the region ot
the diaphram, 'you shall wait here un
til I go nd bring my pistols and you
shall have satisfaction. Will you
wait r
my teeth, while I have fired in the air.
I meant that you should lire long
enough to know that for ence in your
life you had seen, if not th old fellow
himself (pointiug meaningly down
ward), at least one who is in hia em
ploy. The old gentleman willlikethe
company of a captain of Spanish in
fantry, and I'll sond you along. Come,
load un again.'
But the astonished Spaniard did set
seem inclined to do so. A man who
I swallowed carving knives as he would
I sardines, and who caught pistol ball
between his teeth, was not exactly the
man for him to deal with. bile be
. . . I. I . l il. .!
1 can procu.e p.sin.s, saiu me om- derin upoa wh,t U had seen,
(or. fiirirntimtT his astonishment and I -r i i ir .u n.,. j in
coming back to his anger.
'I shall fight wiltVmy own ! If you
are ft gentleman you will wait here.'
Joe turned to us and bade us wait
for him.
Horel hare! 0 crtez V cried the
keeper, 'where bo mine knives?'
I ll pay you lor em wheu 1 come
back,' said Joe, and then he beckon
ed me to come out. I did so, and be
took the knives oue from his bosom,
and ouo from his sleeve and gave them r,iace. After he was gone Joe beck
to me, telling mc to keep them, until 0ned for roe to give him the knives. I
hex returned. did so. aod saw him slip them up his
It seems that Joe foiiud a boat i .iMarM. When ho returned to the cafe
ready to take him off to the ship at U,e aoDroached the keeper,
once, for be was not gone over three- You waut vour knives?' be said
quarters of an hour, and when he came I jut the poor fell0w dared not speak
back he had two superbly mountesi joe r,ut ,s iani to his ncht car und
Joe took a baudful of bullets eVora his
pocket and began to toss them rapidly
down his throat, and wheu these were
cone he picked un half a dozen good
sizod stones and sent them after the
bullets.
Holy Santa Maris !" exclaimed lhe
Spaniard, while his eyes seemed start
ing from their sockets. 'What a man !
By my soul 'tis the davil.'
And as ho thus spoke ho turned on
his keel and hurried away
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pistols with him. He loaded them
with powder in the presence of tho
Spaniard, ana then handing him a
ball, he asked him to mark it so that
he would know it again. The fellow
hesitated at first, but at length he took
it with a road eesturo and bit it be
tween his teeth.
pulled out one of hU knives, then from
his kit ear he drew the other one.
The keeper crossed himself in terror
and shrank trembling away. But we
finished our wine and having paid lor
it turned to iro.
'Here,' said Joe, 1 haven t paid lor
tho use ef the yard yet.' And as he
Gen. Taylor and the Mexican Spies.
In the course of Ms lecture on "em.
iniscences of the Mexican War," de
livered at Aeburn, General (Shields
related tho following incident :
After dinner, while we were sitting
by the door of tbe tent emokirg, a
guard brought in two roughly dressd
Mexican peons. They had been about
the camp for two days selling oranges
to the soldiers, when one of the guards
accidentally noticed that one of the in
were a fine lian shirt under his rag
ged peasant's dress. This excited sus
picion ; they were seized, and a search
revealed a number of paper, includ
ing a tketch of tho camp, with locu
tion of its defences, the number of bat
teries, Rtrength of the force and some
notes, showing how the army could be
successfully attacked by surprise.
They were military spicp, of course.
The general sent lor his interpreter,
for bo never mastered the beuutilul
Spanish language, and demanded their
names. 1 hey gave them correctly. I
suppose. He asked their proi'taion.
front tbe I They saw concealment was useless, and
they answered like bravo men, they
were soldiers, lhoir rank; they were
colonels of the Mexican force at Mon
terey.
"Ask them, thundered the central
"who Bant them into my camp in this
cowardly, sneaking way 7 lbo inter
preter put this into Spanish as well aa
he could, and they answered, "Gener
al Ainpudia ; the.y wero sent to ascer
tain the strength ol the army, etc.
"Icll tbcm, said the central, "mat
Gen. Ampudia ie no gentleman. If he
had been ho would have sont to me
directly, and I would have given tho
lmformation he desired. I Laughter.!
I shall know that,' he said, 'unless Bp0ke he threw down a piece of silver They smiled, for they were evidently
it Is battered against your bones.'
'Now, select your pistol, said Joe.
The man took them both and ex
amined them, but he was satisfied that
they were both alike and both good,
and ho told Joe he had no choice, so
our steward put the bulls in nnd ram
med them carefully down.
The whole party now adiourned to
a wid court bark of the cafe, where
upon the counter. men of courage, aud the general ask-
JNo ! no I no I shrieked the poor I ed if they understood their situation
fellw. 0, don't leave your money that they would bo shot as spies
here, don't I' J "Yes," thev answered, "ihey expected
Joe picked it up, and we went away to be sbot. and hoped to meet their
lauchius. When we were alone he fato as brave soldiers." Gen. Taylor
explained to me the socret ef the pis- Baw that they were brave fellows, and
tola. 1 hey were a pair he bad used this touched htm. i thought, as 1
in his legerdemain performances, and watched him. His great, noble, gen
such as all wizards tiio to perform I roua faca showed ids emotion. Ho
twelve. paces were marked off, and tbo tricks of catching balls, etc. The main considered his duty under the circuru
combatants took their stations. I trern- barrel of the pistol had no connection atanees. At last his face lit ud with
bled fer poor Jee. for I saw not yet whatever with the nipple for the cap : hriirht smile. "Tell them." aavs he.
how he would make fun out of this. but wh.t appeared to be a socket forhhat T will not shoot them this time.
'Count! cried the Spaniard impa- the rammer was in fact a second bar- but if they come sneaking around my
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rei, lo ue sure, umanci iiiau iuu uluci, i camp again 1 win taunt snort worn, oi
but as large as the bore oi any line them. Tell them to say to Un. Am
pistol, and with this secret oarrei me pudia that 1 have six thousaad men,
priming tube was connected. So the I that we are agoing te take Monterey,
apparent barrel of the weapon might and that I don't care a how
... aii I . .... .
be tilled with powder and ball ana no i many men he has. Applause.
barm done.
When Joe returned with his pistols,
of course bo had both these secret
bores loaded with powder and blank
cartridges, aud then the other load
tiently.
'One two three !'
lhe captain bred hrst and with a
most deliberate aim. Joe- fired into
the air. Then the latter walked de
liberately up to his antagonist, and
taking the ball from between his teeth,
he handed it to him
'You can use this next time,' cried
Jee.
The officer looked first nt Joe's teeth
, Phil
and then at VU ball. It was surely
the same one he had son his foeman
put in the pistol, and now he Vd seen
him take it from his mouth. He was '
unmistakably astounded.
'Come,' cried Joe, 'let's load again.'
'San Pablo !' exclaimed Bizar, 'you
use some what you call him some
trick' be! By San Jago, I shall load
the pistol myself.'
'Do so, said Joe calmly, and as he
spoke he hanuca over nis powaer
flask.
Tho Spaniard poured out an extra
quantity of powder, and having pour
ed it :nto the pistol, he called lor the
rammer. He then put in tbe same
ball he had used before. Meanwhile
Joe had been loading his own pistol.
' One momeut, euid Joe, 'the caps
are in the butt of your pistol, let me
get them ?'
lhe lellow passed over nis pistol,
but he kept his eyes upon it. Joe open
ed a little silver sprine at the end of
the butt, nnd true there were 6ome
percussion caps there. He took out
two, and having capped his own pis
tol he save H a toss in tne air, caitu
incr it adroitly as it came dowu, and
. .... ... . .,
then handed back the other to tne
Spaniard. I had watched Joe most
carelully, but 1 saw nntning out oi rne
way. And yet he had changed pistols
with bis foe.
'Now,' said he, 'I'll put a ball into
. 1 1.17111- . 1
my pistol, ana men we u ue rtauy.
He slipped something in w hicn iook
ed to be lik a cartridge, but no ono
else saw it.
Now,' cried tho Spaniard, 'let a seo
you hold this in your mouth 1
Again they took their stations, and
again they were ready.
'One two three !'
And the Spaniard fired first by aim
Joe fireiner into the air as before. Au
acain Joe stepped forward and took
the self-same bullet from his mouth
and handed it to his antagonist. The
fellow was completely dumbfoundet'
aud so were the rest.
'You no fire at me '.' gasped the cap
taiu.
'I'll fire at you next time !' said Joe
in a toue of thunder. 'Thus far I have
only shown you that powder and ba
can have no effect upon mo. Twice
have you fired at me 4itb as true
pistol as ever was made, and bot
tirnw lav I carjKt yenr ball btw
was nothing but effect in appearance
At tho second loading Joe bad charg
ed the secret barrel of his own pistol,
I ftl
ntue the Spaniard nau ueen ninngup
the mvu barrel of his. Then of course
it became necessary to make an ex
change, else liizar -rould never have
got his weapon off. As coon as Joe
.4 , I. I.n. r.ulnl in Ilia 1 taA.um
gUb .1113 VbliCt IJIO.V 14. UN j" .CVOOItill,
nd nade the exchange which we
poke of at the time, ho had only to
press smartly upon a secret spring on
the side of the stock, and he had the
whole charge which the other had put
n emptied into bis hand, bo he had
the marked ball to dispose ef as he
chose.
Ever after that while he remained
n Mahon. Joe Lattit was an object of
both dread and curiosity on shore, for
an account, all colored to suit the ex
aggerated conception of the cafe-keeper,
had been spread all over tbe city,
and the pious Catholics wanted uolh-
ne to do with such a man. only to
keep on his good humored side.
A cood mnny people are puzzled
whon asked the reuson why tho Presi
dent's residence at Washington is call-
d the "White House." lhe origin of
the name is as follows : "When the
British ia 1814 took Washington, they
destroyed the public buildings, iuclnd-
ing lue ireeiucuto mauniun, nuau,
like the Capitol, was built of a gray
ish sand-stone, lhe burning ot the
wood work smokod and discolored the
stone walls, the natural appoarance of
which could uot borostored. Lnitorm
ity was secured by the application of
white paint, lhe chanced appearance
from gray to white attracted attention
and gave it the appellation ot the
White House, which it baa since
borne.
'Mamma, asked a little boy, is our
old hen going to be sent away for the
summer?' I guess not my son,' she re
plied ; 'but why do you ask the ques
tion?' 'Because I heard pa tell eur
new hired girl that they would have
such a sweet time when he sent his old
hen away for the summer.'
A Western editor says : "The Ne
braska Legislature sits during the win
ter iu order to prevent its members
from attending the session ia their
Kara (t and snirt i!sr.
There is an almost complete equali
ty in the world's Bexea. In 1 ranee
this balance is most nearly attained,
where for every 1,000 men there are
1,007 women. In Sweden to 1,000 men
there are 1,064 women, while in Greece
to the same number of males there are
but 993 Greek women. In Paraguay
there are only 1,000 men to every 2,
080 women, a state of things mainly
due to the ravages ol the Brazilian
wars. - '
A western editor received a letter
Tmim a subscriber asking hira to pub
lish a cm for apple tree worms. He
replied that bb csuld uot suggest a
cure until he knew -what ailed the
worm.
Cleveland young women write com-
ments on the margin of the library
novals they read. One emotional crea
ture writes: 'The pangs of love are
grate, fur I have been there myself.
Col. Gildersleeve U going to pub
lish a book en "Hew to Shoot." Then
if some gifted treasury girl will only -write
a supplement on "Who to shoot, '
the world will be satisfied.
Young Miltiades Spilking promises
to become a joker in time. The othsr
day he labelled a private bottle that
his father keeps in the side board,
Tar'snips."
A proud end devoted wife whoso
husband had got a job on a cellar ex
cavation, explained bis absence froir.
home by saying he had gone to
Wheeling.
A tart temper never mellaws with
age ; and a sharp tong4o ia the only
edged tool that groas keener with cob
staut use. Irving.
Mr. Furlong is tha name of a school
master cut West. Tho scholars dou";
liko him, perhaps fer the reasou tha'
u furlong has forty rode.
A murderer escaped form the
at So.oerset.Ky., by eloping with th
sheriff's daughter.
Tbe American potato bug has ar
rived iu Ireland. Like patriotic Irish
wen, he'll aoou be wearing the grer
the Pari greeu.
The best summer resort for bal
Rockaway. lhe bsstjr bad t
Long Branch.
Isabella, ex-Queen of Spain, bait
most valuable collection, of lacr?
the wsr!d.
' if en sb'Tt nerice
s i.Mpbls, Pa.