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" Hither, roy ownest," the hnBband Unto hiii wife did but ; ' Thou knowent to-morrow is Ihy Dear Consln Flo's birthday. Ye twain have e'en aa si-tors been, And 'twere botb Jniit and pleasant, That we on hir sbonM now oonfer A handsome birthday present. Twax at iter limine I first mot thee, And when thy baud I sought She lent inch aid ai usually Olrlfl in her plaoe do not. Bo forth to the More of Tiffany, From ooniiU r or from shelf A fitting prcoiit to Relent, Jewel, or bronze or deif ; And let it he suoh gift aa then Would'Ht oho.)ne fur thine own self j On auob occasion ono should not lie covetous of pelf, IL Forth fared the hnxbatid and the wife To the atore of Tiffany ; When she had heard ber husband' word An angry wife waa she I "He hath thought eno'," ahe aald, "of Flo, but never thought of me. lie knowetb, or be ouht b know, , If he knowetb anything, That the dress I wear wan worn threadbare When I had it turned thia spring. Whnn at the Ester-tide the theme Of hats I dared ' o broach, He Maid, 1 You may,' but in a way Or inriuite reproach, My referencea to expenditure Of d liars e'en of dimes Are 'met with gloomy leoturee on The hard' em of the times. And vet. In spite of his complaints, Whoa it is Consm Flo, To whom a birth ay gift he'd give tie o.u find cah eno." ni. " He should bave known," the wife went on, With a sardouio grin, " Nut only 1 Flo's cousin am but in a eiine her twin. Her lurth and mine are on one leaf Of be family Bible rit Mv birthday's n the same day as here, But be doea i ot think of It. SatHuma are. or bronzes fair, Or dead gold lewelry To his Flos be ding, but anything I good enongh for me I" In uch ungentle mood rbe came To the atore of Tiffany. . IT. V We grosser mortals oannot Judge Tween diamonds and tween paste," The husband said unto hi wife ; " And henoe on woman's taste Implicit reliance in snob things As these mnst aye be placed. Sit down, my dear, selection make As if 'twere for yourself Of any pretty article In show caae or on shelf. I care not what the price may be Or what the article ; An it please thine eve, have it put by And I will foot the bill." A fiendish thought was in that wife's heart, . And she smiled as if in glee, A they bronght ber there all that was fair In the store of Tiffany. "These diamond earrings," eaid ber lord, Seem handsome unto me. " " Diamonds," said she. "are worn no more In the best society." " Fair is this string of Orient pears," "Tia pretty, without donbt, But I read in the last Sunday World That pearls were going out." "Goodly to see these opals be." "John, opals do not wash ; And they only wear ooral jewelry Iu the wilds of far Oehkosh. Do woman that respects herself Wears costly Jewels now ; She leaves their use to thejparvenues And the Bowery maids, I trow. An I had my choice of all the atore For my own self, I wis No article in it would more Suit with my taste than this." .VI. "What V" said the lord, reluotantly, . " Perobance you're satisfied, But as a gift would not this look, - In the poei's language snide? ' She beat the pavement of the Btore With an impatient toe ; " What's good enough for me." she said, Isn't good enough for Flo? Her bun baud marked an angry flush On her round cheek come and go ; " I did not meau that, Louisa, dear ; You should not answer so. Ho, salesman I in a package do lie up this article ; Bend it to-day to this address." The salbsman said, " I will," And the husband be got back some change Out of a five dollar bUl. - The wife has hardly reached ber bouse When at the door she sees A wagon, the superscription Whereof is Tiffany's. They give to her a parcel small, Khe tears the paper away, Within's a card, ' To my dear wife, ' On her twenty-third birthday." She opens the oaket with trembling hand, Aud it to ber evrt doth show, The twopenny halfpenny article bhe bad picked out for Flo Which she had sworn beyond return In the monde was all the go I Her Park eyes tilled with tears, for breath A moment she did oatoh, And gazing on her husband's gift, Bhe softly said, "Toe wrrrrrrrrrrrretob!!!!!" New York World, NANNIE. I cannot Bet down in so many words just when or Low it came to be under stood between my partner, John Still luan, and myself that I was to marry bia daughter, Nannie, when she was old enough. I have a vague impression that she was iu long clothes at the time we first talked of it. ller mother died when she was a little girl, and old Mrs. Stillman took her home to the family house at Owl's Cor ner, one of the prettiest little villages I ever had the good fortune to see. But Nannie was eighteen when I first met her as a woman, aud this was the scene of our meeting. John had sent for me to come to Owl's Corner on a certain July day, promising to drive over to the station ana meet me, as my elderly legs covered the ground but slowly. Ve had retired from busi ness, rich men both, some five years be fore and corresponded regularly. But I had been abroad, and this was my first visit to Owl's Corner in ten years. I remembered Nannie as a rommnir child. fond of swinging on the gates, climbing up grape-arbors, and imperiling her neck fifty limes a day, John always say ing on each occasion : "She's a little wild, but she'll get over mar. I waited at the station for half an hour; then, seeing no sign of John, I started to walk home. It was midday ana iearimiy not, ana when x bad ac complished naif the distance I turned off the road and started through a grove .hat gave me a longer walk, but thick shade. I was resting there on a broad stone, completely hidden by the bushes ou every Bide, when I heard John's voice: "Where have you been f" There was such dismav and astonish ment in the voice that I looked up in surprise, to find that he was not greeting me, du a tail, slender gtrl coming to ward him. Such a sight I She was dark nuJ beautiful, dressed in a thin dress of rose pink, faultless about the face and throat, but from the waist down, cling ing to her, one mass of the greenest, blackest, thickest mud and water. In the duck pond," she answered with a voice as clear and musical as a chime of bells. "Don't come near me." "You are enough to wear a man into his grave I" " There, don't scold." was the coaxing reply ; " little Bob Eyan fell in face town. It did not make any material difference in his costume, but I was afraid he would smother, so I waded in after him. The water is not over two feet deep, but the mud goes clear through to China, I imagine. It is rather a pity about my new dress, isn t if - "A pity I" roared John: "youH come to an untimely end some day with your freaks. As if there was nobody to nick a little brat out of the duck rxnd but you P " J. here wat actually nobody else bout. There, now, don't be angry. i ii go up to me nouse and put on tbat Switching white affair that came from New York last week, and be all ready to Irive over to the station with yon. at what time ?" "About three. Lawrence is coming on the 2:10 train." And I had come on the 12:10. This accounted for the failure to meet me. 1 kept snug in my retreat until John and Dannie were well on tbeir way home ward, wondering a little how many young ladies in my circle of friends would have bo recklessly sacrificed a new dress to pick up a beggar's brat out of the mud. When I. in my turn reached the house, John was on the porch, waiting for Nannie's reappearance. He gave luncheon, called Nannie, his mother, and a man to go for my trunk, all in one breatb, and seemed really rejoiced to see me. Presently a slender girl, with a truly "bewitching" white dress, trimmed with dashes of scarlet ribbon, and smoothly braided black hair, tied with scarlet bows, came demurely into the room and was introduced. Never, how ever, in that first hour could the wildest imagination have pictured Nannie Still- man wading into a duck-pond, but the half-shy, half -dignified company manner Boon wore away, and Nannie and I were fast friends before dinner. She sang for me in a voice as deliciously fresh as a bird's carrol : she took me to Bee her Eeta, the new horse that was her last irthday gift from "papa," the ugly little Scotch terrier with the beautiful brown eyes, the rabbits, Guinea hens. and the superannuated old pony, who preceded the new horse. In a week I was as much in love as ever John could have desired. Nannie was the most bewitching maiden I had ever met, childlike and yet womanly, frank, bright and full of girlish freaks and boyish mischief, and yet well edu cated, with really wonderful musical gifts, and full of noble thoughts. She was a perfeot idol in the village, her friends and neighbors thinking no party complete without her, while the poor fairly worshipped her. John allowed ber an almost unlimited supply of pocket-money, and she was lavish in all charity, from blankets for old women, tobacco for old men, to can dies for the children, and rides on horse back for the urchins. And she had a way of conferring favors that never wounded the pride of the most sensi tive. We rode together every morning; we walked in the cool evening hours; we spent much time at the piano, and dis cussed our favorite authors, and one day when I asked Nannie to be my wife, she said, cooly: " Why, of course; I thought that was all understood long ago." I was rather amazed at suoh matter-of-fact wooing, but delighted at the re sult. IIow could I expect any soft, blushing speeches ? I suppose I ranked just where John and Nannie's grand mother did iu her affections. But one morning, when Mrs. Stillman was suipping her geraniums in the sitting-room, aud John was reading the morning's newspapers, Nannie burst in, her beautiful face aglow, her eyes bright with delight, crying: "Oh, grandma I Walt has come homel I saw him from my window riding up the road." She was going then, just as John ex claimed : "Confound Walt I" " Who is Walt ?" I naturally inquired. "Walter Bruce, the son of one of our neighbors. He has been like a brother to Nannie all her life, but went off to Europe two years ago, when he came ef age. They wanted to correspond bat I, forbade that. So he has turned tip again." It was evident that John was terribly vexed, and l very soon snared bis an noyance. Walt, a tall, handsome, young leliow, improved, not spoiled by travel, just haunted the house. He was generally off with Nannie as soon as be arrived, and blind to Mrs. Stillman's ill concealed coldness and John's saroastio speeches about boys and pupies. As for me, by the time my sleepy eyes were opened in the morning. Nanni had taken a long ride with Walt, wan at the pis no when I came into the room. and Walt was walking beside Nannie when tbe bour for our usual stroll ar rived. Aud the very demon of mischief pos sessed the girl. There was no freak she was not inventing to imperil her life, riding, driving, boating, and I fairly shivered sometimes at the prospect of my nervous terrors wben it would be my task to try to control this quicksilver temperament. But one day, when I was in the sum mer house, a very rueful little maiden, with a tear-stained face, came to my side. "Walt id going away," said she. "Indeed." "Yes, and he says I'm a wicked flirt, with a chocking sob; "I thought I would ask you about it'" "About what?" "Our getting married. You know papa told me I was to marry you ages and ages ago. "Xes." "And I knew it was all right if he said so. But Wait says you must be a muQ if you want a wife who is all the time thinking of somebody else. And you know I can t help it. Walt bas been my friend ever since we were always to gether. And wben be was in Europe papa would n t let us write to each other, but I kissed his picture every night and morning and wore his hair in a locket. and thought of him all the time. And he says you won t like it after we are married." "Well, not exactly," I said dryly. You'll have to stop thinking of him then." " I don't believe I ever can. And so I thought I'd tell you, and perhaps perhaps you will tell papa we don t care about being married after all. I don't think I could ever be sedate and grave like an old lady, and of course I ought to be if 1 am to be an old man's wife." "Of course." " Aud I am so rude and horrid, I know I am not like nice city girls, and I am altogether hateful, but Walt don't care." I rather agreed with Walt as she stood in shy confusion before me, her eyes still misty, her sweet lips quivering. It was a sore wrench to give her up, but I was not quite an idiot, and I said grave ly : But your latner r " Yes, I know ; he'll make a real storm. But then his storms don't last long, and maybe you would tell him that you have changed your mind. You bave, baven t you. " Yes; the last half hour has quite changed my matrimonial views." I could not help smiling, and the next moment two arms encircled my neck, a warm kiss fell nopn my cheek, and Nan nie cried: " You are a perfect darling, a perfect darling, and I shall love you dearly all my life." So when I lost her love I gained it. She flitted away presently, and I gave myself a good mental shaking up, and concluded my fool's paradise would soon have vanished if I had undertaken to make an " old lady" out of Nannie. John s wrath was loud aud violent. He exhausted all the vituperative lan guage iu the dictionary, and then, sat down panting and furious. " Come, now," I said, what is tbe ob jection to young Bruce ? Is he poor?" "No. confound biml lie inherits bis grandfather's property, besides what his father will probably leave him." "Is he immoral? "I never heard so." "What does ail him, then!" "Nothing, but I have set my heart on Nannie's marrying you." "Well you see she bas set ber heart in another direction, and I strongly ob- C' toa wife who is iu love with some y else." "What on earth sent the puppy home?" "Love for Nannie, I imagine. Come, John, you won't be my father-in-law, lot x win noi marry ivannie n you are ever so tyrannical, but we can jog along as usual, the best of friends look!" I pointed out the window as I spoke. On the garden walk, shaded by a great oak tree, Walter Bruce stood looking down at Nannie with love-lighted eyes. Iler beautiful face, all dimpled witn smiles and blushes, was lifted up to meet his gaze, and both her little hands were fast prisoned in his strong ones. John looked. His lace softened, his eyes grew misty, and presently he said: "How happy she is, Lawrence." "And we will not cloud her happiness, John," I answered. "This is right and fitting. Nannie is too bright a May flower t3 be wilted by being tied up to an old December log like me." So when, half fearful, the lovers came in, they met only words of affection, and Nannie's face lost nothing of its sunuhine. She was the lovliest of brides a few months later, and wore the diamond Earure I had ordered for my bride at er wedding. And she is the most charming little matron imaginable, with all her old freaks merged into sunshiny cheerfulness, and her husband is a proud, happy man, while I'm Uncle Lawrence to the children and the warm friend of the whole family. New York Fashions. The short skirt dress for street attd out of doors wear becomes more and more popular from day to day, tiioh and elegant fabrics are being made up in short skirt styles, and are seen along Broadway and Fifth avenue daily, worn by the most fashionable women. Trim mings of lace, fringe, embroidery aud pleatings are seen on such suits. The toilet fmatches In all its details. The hat is trimmed with ribbons and feathers to harmonize in color with the materials of .the costume. The gloves, of un dressed kid, are of fine Lisle thread, with clockings around the wrists, are selected likewise with an eye to the colors of the suit, and the short skirt shows the stockings or the cloth top of the boots. also to match. In fact, cloth tops to boots have become universally popular since me snort dresses nave come in vogue. Black cloth tops are most sought for, but those with gray or brown tops, or checked black and white, are chosen for special dresses. Black velvet tops are also worn, but the shoe of the season is the sandal top Newport tie. with a Louis XV. heel. The straps across the toe and instep show the colored stock ing, which, in that case, must match the costume, of course. Such shoes, how ever, are not intended for street wear. The side-buttoned boot is still the shoe for that use. lieauuiui xtaiDnggan hosiery is shown this season in improved shapes and finish, and knitted to produce bour- ette effects in color on dark sufaces, or in mixtures of white and black, or two shades of grey. For house wear with low slippers, which must be ornamented with bows and buckles, are shown ex quisite silk and Lisle thread hosiery, with the foot in solid black and the leg pale rose, blue,scarlet,green,or any fancy color, and sandal straps simulated in black bands thrown across the instep. and continued in horizontal lines around the ankle to the point where the swell of the calf begins. Such stockings come of extra lengths, end are gartered above tbe knee with ornamental elastic-drawn ribbons, bedecked with bows and jewel led buckles. Madame Raymond, writing from Paris to Harper' t Bazar, says: "In general, short costumes are flat only in front. In the back the tunic or polonaise is draped in a very marked fashion. This is the transitu n which will lead ns back to the bouffant dresses, the reappearance of which was announced for this summer, and the final adoption for next winter. With bouffant dresses will be worn, it is said, small paniers, which will form a sort of miniature crinoline on each side of the wearer. Some fashionable ex quisites have already adopted short cos tumes bouffant on the hips, and sup ported by paniers. Words of Wisdom. Believe not ill of a brother till it is proved beyond doubt. Following many vocations has ruined the life of many a man. Make yourself necessary, young man and your success is certain. There is but one thing that is sure here on earth, and that is death. Everybody seems to think himself a moral half bushel to measure the world's frailties. It is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in Providence and turn upon the poles of truth. In the cities of the dead the houses are small and close together : and a thistle is as liable to grow from a rich man's grave as a daisy is from the mound that covers tbe dust of a beggar. Those who expect the most ere liable to the greatest disappointments. A man of numerous desires is of all beings the most dependent. He who contracts and simplifies his wants will secure the greatest amount of happiness. It is not worth while to think too much about doing good. Doing the best that we know, minute by minute and hour by hour, we insensibly grow to goodness aa fruit grows to ripeness. How to Admonish. We must consult the gentlest manner and softest seasons of address ; our advice must not fall like a violent storm, bearing dowu and making those to droop whom it is meant to cherish and refresh. It must descend as the dew upon the tender herb, or like melting flakes of snow the softer it falls the longer it dwells upon and the deeper it sinks into the mind. Two Hundred Thousand Bags. The San Francisco Bulletin says. Prof. Davidson, President of the Acade my of Sciences, recently called the at tention of a number of citizens to the large collection of specimens iu entomology made by Henry Edwards during a period of twenty-five years. This collection is said to be one of the largest ever made in the United States, and by far the most complete ever made on the Pacific coast About 60,000 species have been collected, representing more than 200, 000 specimens. These represent not only all the orders on this coast, but nearly or quite all in the United Stater, with a large representation of ordeis from all parts of tbe world. The collec tion is really one of the most complete known in this oountry or any other. The collection is valued at 812,000, or rather that is about the sum expended in freights, cabinets, and the purchase of rare specimens. The labor of tMrenty five years is not estimated, The Taking of the Baslile. Henri Taine eives the folio wins vivid description of the capture of the famous i'aris prison by the French revolution ists on July 14th, 1798. After the gar rison and its governor had capitulated they were killed by the infuriated popu lace lor unng upon them : At tbe bastile from ten o'clock in the morning to five in the evening, men fire at walls forty feet in height, thirty feet iuiuh, tuiu it is oniy vj cnance tnac uiey hit one of the inmates. At the first demand the governor has his guns drawn back from their embrasures, be makes the garrison swear that they will not fire if not attacked, invites the first deputation to breakfast, permits the messenger from the Hotel de Villa to go over the whole fortress, bears several discharges without replying, lets the first bridge be carried without firing a shot. If he do finally fire it is at the last extremity, in defense of tbe second bridge, and after having warned his assailants that he was about to do so. As for the assailants, they are maddened by the novel sensation of attack and resistance, by the smell of powder aud the excitement of fight ; all they can do is to dash themselves against the solid mass of stone, and their expedients are on a level with their tactics. A brewer takes it into his head to set fire to this block of masonry by pumping on it a mixture ol phosphorus and oil of tur pentine. A young carpenter, who has archaeological notions, proposes to con struct a catapult. Some believe them selves to have got possession of the governor's daughter and are about to burn her by way of obliging her father to yield. Others Bet nre to an outstand ing building full of straw, and thus ob struct their own way. " The bastile was not taken by nain force," said the brave Elie, one of the assailants ; "it rendered itself up even before it was at tacked," it capitulated on the promise that no one should be injured. The garrison, only too well secured, had no longer the heart to fire in safety on living bodies, and on the other hand it was disconcerted by the sight of tbe im mense crowd. Only eight or nine hundred men were attacking.it. But the Place de la Bastile and all the sur rounding streets were thronged with the curious who came to look on at the spectacle ; among them, says an eye witness, "a number of well-dressed and fashionable women who had left their caariages at a little distance. " From the top of their parapets, it seemed to the 120 composing the garrison as though the whole of Paris was marching against them. Thus it is they themselves who let down the drawbridge and introduce the enemy. All alike have lost their head, besieged as well as besiegers, but the last most completely because they are intoxicated by victory. As soon as they enter they begin by breaking everything, and the latest comers fire at random on the first ; ' every one fire without taking notice where or on whom the fire tells." The becoming suddenly omnipotent and having license to kill is too strong a potion for human nature vertigo follows, men see red, and their delirium ends in ferocity. The Goorkhas, The worthy inhabitants of Malta. says the London Globe, will scarcely -derive much aasthetio delight from the personal appearance of the Goorkha regiments that have arrived among them. Ugly beyond comparison, with flat features, and mere slits for eyes, these soldiers are of stunted stature, frequently very low-legged, and much too broad for their height. But they are splendid little fellows for fighting purposes, be ing very hardy, capable of enduring al most any amount of fatigue, devoted to their officers, and completely devoid of even the instinct of fear. Armed only with their "kookerieB" broad -bladed heavy knives of fine temper and fcharp as razors they often go on foot into the jungle in quest of some man-eating ti ger, and if the brute is brought to bay it rarely escapes with life. Buddhists by faith, they hold in scorn the caste proscriptions of Hindooism, and when in our service they adopt many of the customs of the English soldiery. It is an amusing sight to see a Goorkha set ting forth from a station for a day's sport in the neighborhood. Dressed in some cast-off European mufti, which he has purchased in the bazar, he carries either an ancient fQwling-piece or a razed Brown Bess, while at his heels follow two or three curs of very low de gree, whose ears and tails have been ar tistically docked. Yet, bizzare as looks his get up, the little fellow generally manages to bring home a decent bag unless, indeed, his weapon bursts at the first dit charge. His method is either to stulk the game, be it a dove or a deer, or to lie in wait for hours at some likely spot. Between whiles he puffs his short clay pipe and murmers the songs of his native land, which sound rather hardily to sophisticated ears. Altogether a right merry lad is the Goorkha in quarters, and held in high esteem by tbe Euro pean Boldiers. But his greatest talent lies in fighting to the death for the side whose salt he eats. Some years ago, during one of our expeditions into the Peshawur hills, a Goorkha detach ment was skirmishing with the Afredees, On the re-call being sounded, three or four men who had taken up favorable positions declined to come back. There they remained, leisurely firing at the enemy until the Afredees swarmed down in overwhelming force, and then out flashed the wicked-lookiug kookeries, and there was some pretty fair fighting. Of course the plucky little fellows were all killed, but not before the ground was considerably littered wUl) tfefuuet Afredees, ' Items of Interest. A green age Foliage. The best thing out Out of debt. The man who made a point The proof-reader. When a man loses his balance, where does it go ? The motto of lovers is, ' E plural buss yum yum 1" A grocer both sells his goods and gives them a weigh. Manslayer " is one of the cheerful titles of the Sultan. An Illinois man's name is James James, He hasn't had 'em yet, either. Acorn in the woods is worth ten on your feet. Exchange. Not to a chirop odist. Two things go off in a hurry An ar row dismissed from a bow, and a beau dismissed by a belle. A long man trying to whisper to a short girl resembles the letter 8 walking with a period. Don't put off until to-morrow that which you can do to-day, unless you are going into the poetry line. The activity of some people is like that of a boy on a rocking-horse plenty of motion, but no progress. " Love is an eternal transport I" ex claimed an enthnsiastio poet. " So is a canal boat," said a practical old forward ing merchant. A correspondent wants to know whether, considering the great utility of the ocean, poets are not wrong in calling it a " waste of water." Whatever may be the actual status of an individual, he is sure to be cred ited with a certain amount of respecta bility if his boots squeak. David Stevens and wife, of Deerfield, N. H., have just celebrated their golden wedding, and have lived in the same house through the fifty years. The dried kernel of the oocoanut, call ed in the South Sea Islands " copra," is being turned to new account. Hither to it has only been used for making oil, but it has been discovered that after having served that purpose it is valuable cattle food. v There are in Russia 1,623,591 factor ies and industrial establishments work ing with five and less men, and 43,513 employing from five to fifty hands. In these 1,667,104 establishments together there are employed 3,625,918 men, and ' 378,959 women. The lightest solid body known is a metal lithium which is only half the weight of an equal bulk of water. The heaviest body known is also a metal Elatinum which is twenty-one times as eavy as water, forty-two times as heavy as lithium, and nearly twice as heavy as lead. There is a church built of paper near Berlin, Prussia, which can contain near ly one thousand persons. It is circular within, octagonal without. Tbe reliefs outside and statues within, the roof, ceiling, the Corinthian capitals, are all papier mache, rendered waterproof by saturating in vitriol, lime-water, whey, and white of eggs. Two Little Girls Smothered In a Trunk. One of the most awful calamities ever recorded is that of the death of the two daughters of Mrs. Amelia Moench, first assistant teacher of German in a St. Louis school, by being suffocated in a trnnlr. Thn litiln irirla have for a -veiir past been with their father on a fait., four miles from Dixon, Mo., one hundred and thirty-eight miles from St.'Loui;, Mrs. Moench spends ber vacations on the farm, and was prepared to go to he husband and children immediately upc the close of school. Mr. Moench L gone to Dixon, and his little girls call cheerfully after him to hurry back, a? if he wrote to their mamma to send th love. On his return he was surpiin. r not to see them awaiting him. He ct ed but received no answer. He'wf into the house and saw the tray of t trunk setting on the floor. A born! fear flashed on his mind. He open the trunk and found the two little gi. the younger, who was underneath, v evidently past all hope, but the tl was still warm aud limp. Not a nei bor was within half a mile, lhe fai dashed cold water on the children, t. rubbed them with vinegar, aud m every effort to restore animation, 11. ing until alter twelve o'clock, but : vain. . He then gave up in despair, ft went to seek help from a neighbor. ri little girls were aged eight and five y t;i respectively. A Terrier Terrified by a Monkey. Mr. 0. F. Crehore sends this to J- tare A brave, active, intelligent r er, belonging to a lady friend, one i discovered a monkey belonging t, itinerant organ-grinder, seated up i bank within tbe grounds, and at made a dash for him. The monk' who was attired in jacket and hat, ed the onset with such uuditm! tranquility that the dog halted wit).; few feet of him to reconnoitre. 1 animals took a long, steady btare at t other, but the dog evidently was m ering from his surprise and about make a spring for the intruder. At ! critical juncture the monkey, who ) remained perfectly quiet hitherto, r his paw and gracefully saluted by v. his hat. The effect was magicul; dog'B hsad and tail dropped sneaked off and entered the hoii fusing to leave it till Le that his polite but mysterious departed. His whole demean plaiuly that he felt the i. something "uncanny" n: meddle with.
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