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TIONESTA, PA., FEIiBUARY 20, 1879. $1.50 Per Annum. i 1 1 1 i u 1 1 u-rt ' ion. 3 trffrtiyntr V V V (i Nay YMl ana Do Well.;. w '! di good, bnt do well Is betterj the Bpirit, gay well is the letter; - uodjy, and helps to ploasc; will Is godly, and gives the world " I to silence sometimes in bound, - "!! U free on every ground. ' w frinudo some here, dome there; welcome everywhere, ny to God's word cleave; : f do well they often leave. ! and do well wore bound In one ro done, all gain. were ono, and gotten ho Severed Hand. A BOMANCK OF REAL LITE. About the end .of January, more ban twenty years niuoe, Dr. Lis 'xno, a celebrated Burgeon of Pari, m returning to bis house at eleven o'olook at night. lie had reached the loor, and had raised the knocker, about '; give warning to the maid in attend - o of his arrival, when vigorous arm ;el hia own ha'f way, and at the i time three marked figures sur- . nded the astonished doctor. The reet was .deserted, the dor tor had no ' !-ms by htm, and, wisely judging resist- iffj would prove unavailing, he Fought j t wfipe from the hands of the banditti by the sacrifice of biH pmne, when the itn wlio held his arm add reHted him very politely, s ying: I believe yon are Dr. Lisfrano?" " You seem to be acquainted with my person," replied the doctor. "Take, tien, ny.purM'aud atch trouble' mi no longer, but. jet j ou gone to moi t honest work." Sir," Hrtid the rami, haughtily, ' wt are uo thieves, but only come, to auk from you a favor." . You have chosen a strange Way and an unusual hour for such a purpose," sail the d rt r, mistrustfully. " Eveiy hour is enod for so clever a surgeon B8yourself to perform an bpera ' on." j ,E i?"eaid the doctor, who, alitt e Wured, stood examining his three "e-nts more closely, and perceived that y were dressed more like gentlemen - log to a ball than like highway rob- Wo request, doctor, that you follow 4 immediately." ' 3 Permit me, at least, to warn by lady .Shy absence." V No; there is no need for it Ton Ttve your implements with you; that all do. You must submit, However, to !"4iving your eyes bandaged." " But, sir 'Gome, come, by George," said one the men, "if you have so many ,Ie then sounded a shrill whistle, and a jrriage coming from a narrow street in i'ae neighborhood made its appearance, i'he men led the doctor to it, helped im up. and then got in after him. The iorses galloped away at a rapid pace. Dr. Lisfrano did not even think of Offering a resistance, which must prove 'uselessy but submitted witn a good grace to thttysTwious violence exer- cised noon his person. 4i Eor two hours' time not a word' was exchanged between him and his travel ling companions, who spoke among ' ftbemselves in a language he oonld not . -fnnderstand. . At length the carriage rolled beneath " 4 portico the noise of an opening gate ' was heard creaking on its hinges the ""Icarriage stopped. 1 The door was opened and the steps let down. "Well?" inquired an anxious voice. He is here," replied one of the men ' in the carriage, and, taking the doctor by the hand, assisted him to alight. They then caused him to ascend several steps. By the cold air that struck upon his face the doctor perceived that he was on the steps of an outer portico. A door was opened and the doctor fancied they made him cross a large hall; he was then led through a suite of apartments, covered with soft carpeting. At last the doctor's guide paused and said : "We have reached our destination, doctor; remove yonr bandage." The doctor, whose terror had changed to an uneasy curiosity and a vague ap prehension, obeyed the straDger's voice and found himself in a small room, laxtmonsly fnpjiithed, b 1 but half lit by an alabaster lamp .which hung in the middle of the room. The "window cur tains were olosely shut, as well as those of the alcove, which occupied the further end of the apartment. In this room the doctor found himself alone with one of the three individuals who had made him u unwilling captive. The stranger was tall and of imposing ien. He was dressed with a truly , i itocratio precision; his blaok eyes flittered through the half jnask that covered bis upper features, while a nerv ous twitch agitated his uncovered lips and the thick beard that surrounded the lower part of his face. ' D ctor," said the stranger; in a dry and bfoken voioe, " prepare your im plements; you have to perform an am puta'iou." "Where is the patient?" inquired Lisfrane, Saying whio'i he turned to ward the alcove, and niovf d a step for ward. The curtains waved gently, and a Btitted sigh was heard comiug from that direction. " i'repare for the operation, Pir, re peated the stranger, convulsively. " But," said the doctor, "it is import ant thai. I bhoulA-Hoe the patient." ("You can see only the hand which j von urn rAmiirA1 fr nt rft " 1 be doctor then crossed his arms. and. looking earnestly at his interlocutor, re plied: "oir, there has been violence nsed in bringing me here ; if it be true, how ever, that some one stands in need of my services, without looking into your secrets unmindful of the way I have been brought here I shall willingly do my dnty as a surgeon. But if you have meditated a crime, you may have obliged me to follow yon, but you cannot ioree me to pe your accomplice." " Je easy, sir," replied the stranger, bitterly; "there is no crime in all this." And taking" the doctor by the arm he walked up to the alcove ; then pointing to a hand that came from be hind (he curtains, he said : "That is the hand you are to cut off." The doctor took within his own the extended hand ; he felt its delicate fingers shudder at the contact. It was a woman's hand, small and beautifully shaped, on which a rnby ring made its whiteness appear still more remarkable. "Nothing here," exclaimed the doo tor ; " no, nothing demands an amputa tion." " And I tell yon," cried the stranger, with' a thundering voice, " that, if the surgeon refuses, I shall fulfill his office myself," and seizing an axe that lay at the foot of the bod, he laid the hand on the night table and prepared to sever it. The doctor held him back. " Then do it yourself," said the man. " But this is an atrocious deed I" cried poor Lisfrano. " That is nothing to you. It must be lone ; I will it so. The lady wishes it likewise ; if she must ask it of you her self, she will do it. Oome, madame, re quest th doctor to do you the favor." Poor Lisfrano, pale and trembling, f It ready to faint on the floor. A feeble voice came from the alcove, and said, in i tone of unutterable despair and resig nation : " Since you are a surgeon, sir yeB, I entreat you let it be yourself and do uot let oh, you for mercy's sake 1" "Come, doctor." Baid the unknown ; "eith r you or I." Ho fierce and terrible was the aspect of the stranger, and so implacable and relentless bis determination the prayer of the poor lady so poignant and des pairing, that the doctor felt impelled by humanity itself to obey the om inand. He took his implements, implored with a last look the heartless stranger, who meioly replied by pointing signifi cantly to the nxe. With a broken spirit, and a cold perspiration bathing his noble brow, the doctor recalled all his energy and presence of miud. Twice his arn trembled, and be paused. At length the blood spouted forth ; a shriek burst from the alcove, and to that cry of agony succeeded a dead silence. The stranger stood by, apparently unmoved. Nothing was heard but th noise of the horrible work. Soon the hand and the ii strument fell together. The doctor, livid and exhausted, gazed upon the stranger with haggard eyes. The latter stooped, picked up the sever ed band, and drawing the rnby ring from off one of the fingers, presented it to the doctor. " Take it, doctor," said he ; " it is a souvenir; no one will claim it from you." He then added, in a low voice, It is over I " Immediately the other two masked men came in. and. bandaging his eyes again, led him away. The same carrTage that had brought him there set him down again at his own door. Doctor Lisfrano snatched the bandage from his eyes iu time to see the carriage rolling away and disappearing in the darkness It was five o'clock in the morning. It was in vain that day after day the doctor exhausted every means he could imagine for penetrating the mystery of this terrible adventure. Had it not been for the ring (indisputable proof of the reality of his recollections), he would have thought himself a prey to an hallucination. Hoping, however, that the ruby ring would sooner or later lead to some reve lation of this mysterious anair, he was in the habit of wearing it suspended to his watch chain. About two months after the events just recorded, Dr. Lisfrano received an invitation to a ball given by the Count ess de 1' . in tier magnincent man sion in the Rue de Varennes, Paris. He accordingly went. All the fashionable elite of the Freneh nobility, as well as the most illustrious personages of German diplomacy, throng ed the saloons, which were radiant with light and beauty. A young man, with a pale face and melancholy eye, had been, during the evening, the object or particular re mark by many of the guests.' He walk ed, from time to time, through the suite of apartments, with an anxious look, and then, with a sorrowful demeanor, nepa rated from the crowd. It so happened that this young man found himself, for an instant, opposite ti Doctor Libfrano. His eyes mechani cally fulling npon the doctor, Boon as sumed an earnest stare, and then glitter ed with a fearful expression on the ring that shone on his chain. With a sudden and rapid movement, the young man passed a group that separated him from the doctor, and, walking directly up to him, elbowed him rudely and intention ally. The doctor politely remonstrated; but, instead of answering, the young mau struck him repeatly iu the face. It may easily be conceived what ex citement aud oonbternation this S'tene produced. The next d.iy was appointed for a meeting, mil the eompmy soon after diMpcriiid in coufuwio)!. The young Matilda de (the names are too illustrious and too well known for us to point them out, even by ini tials), the young Matilda de was the daughter of one of the most illus- irious soiaiers oi mo empire, iler father had aoquired an elevated place, great glory and a high rank in the army; but he was one of the few gener als whom the emperor had not enriched. Matilda de had, therefore, no for tune to bestow upon the one who should call her his. Napoleon de was the grandson of the noble Duchess de . The duch ess had a great name, an empty title. but no fort nne. Notwithstanding this, the duchess and the general, long bound together by the ties of friendship, had mutually agreed to unite their two children in marriage. Of this determination, however, thev soon repented. While Matilda and Na poleon gave themselves up to the sweet charm of their mutual affection, the duchess and the general, alarmed for the interests ot their 'children, and a little also for their own, played a soene of high comedy. " If my daughter," said the general, marries that poor fellow. Napoleon. adieu to luxury and pleasure." 'If my son, soliloquized the duchess, should wed a girl and not a fortune. how could we ever restore the luster of the noble house of ?" The general, therefore, sought to wean Matilda from her lover; and the duchess exerted herself to divert Napoleon from thinking of Matilda. But neither could succeed. Napoleon and Matilda loved too sincerely, too devotedly, to fall an easy prey to the snares spread out to entrap their youth and inexperience. unable to disunite them, the general and the duchess insisted upon the de parture of Napoleon, and on his absent ing himself for a while from Paris. They told him that the smallness of their for tune required it It was indispensable for him to acquire a position in the world. The minister had just offered to provide him with a place as secretary of some foreign embassy. Should he re fuse to go lie would shut himseli out from a brilliant career. He must ac complish this sacrifice, were it but for Matilda s sake, as her future welfare depended npon it.Jand he was to become re-ponsible for her happiness. Napo leon, at lsngth, unwillingly consented. lie saw Matilda for a last time; he told her of his intended departure. A cry of agony burst from the young girl's bos'im. In vain did Napoleon acquaint her with his projects; in vnin did ho endeavor to comfort her by pointing out, iu a speedy return, a whole life of love, happiness and wealth. Matilda still remained inconsolable. A dark fore boding prevented her from believing the false promises of an uncertain fu turity. What could she gain in ex change for happiness which at present was theirs, and which they were about to sacrifice to duty ? She felt that her golden dream was over; that it was fad ing away from her Bight. Napoleon took her hand in his, and, covering it with tears and kisses. " Re member," said ho, " remember that thou art my betrothed, and that this hand is mine, forever mine." Saying which, he put a ruby ring on her finger. " It is my mother's" murmured he. Matilda could only answer by pressing the ring to her lipa, and then fell faint ing and desolate upon a couch. Napoleon departed. His absence fa cilitated the objects of the parents. The general then made an appeal to Matilda's devoted heart; he exaggerated poverty; he invented a tale about debts and engagements which he would not be able to meet; he pointed out to her the horrors which would surround his mis erable old age, beggared and dishonored; he even hinted to her that it would be far better to out short his troubled life. She alone had power to save him ; she must forget Napoleon and wod the Count de , whose handsome and manly face, whose noble soul she well must know how to appreciate. A little selfishness, and Matilda would have been saved ; but it is the weakness of elevated minds not to shrink from sacrifices. Matilda, in despair, threw herself in her father's arms and prom ised alL He blessed and thanked her for her devotion. He was yet speaking when Matilda bad left the room, unable longer to con trol her overcharged feelings. Tale, exhausted with the struggle, she has tened to her apartment, and, sinking on a seat, gave way to a flood of silent bnt bitter tears. Flow, flow, cruel tears ! Weep thou noble creature, upon thy dreams so bright, so short-lived I Happiness, alas ! was never made for souls like thine ! The banns were published, and on the 10th of January, 18, in the church of St. Thomas d'Aquinus, Matilda was wedded to the Count de . The general's face was radiant with satisfac tion. At the moment of the nuptial bless ing, when the bridegroom puts on the finger of the bride the ring symbolic link of the chain that unites them in stead of giving her left hand, as is the custom, Matilda suddenly passed to the count's right and gave him her right hand. The count was about to make an observation and take her hand ; but Matilda drew it bark and again extended to him her right hand, lowering her eyes, but with thatuirof firmuess and determina tion which in not to be mistaken. The count saw it at once, and, fearing a scene, did not insist, bnt put the ring ou the riht hau l which Matilda idill hold out to him. The count was of a jealous nature, as jealous aa Othello. A fatal suspicion bad taken possession of his mind. The ring which Matilda wore on her left hand gave him much uneasiness. He told Matilda that he looked upon it with aversion, and begged of her to wear it no longer. Matilda replied that she would never be separated from it, giving her answer with much sweetness, but with the same determined air which she had shown at her wedding. From that time that which had pre viously only been a suspicion in the count's mind became a certainty. He determined npon being revenged, but dissembled his feelings and purpose. A system of surveillance was organized around Matilda. Soon there came a letter from Napoleon. The youth, ignor ant of Matilda s sacrifice, and the ruin of his dearest hopes, spoke of his love, of his future happiness, of their speedy marriage. lie reminded Matilda that her hand belonged to him, and he requested her to look often npon the ruby of his mother's ring whilst think ing of him. He concluded by announc ing a happy tiding. He vas charged I y his ambassador to be the bearer of im portant dispatches to Paris. Before a month was over he would again see his beloved Matilda. This letter was put into the count's hands. He saw through it all. He went to Matilda's apartment with the open letter in his haud, and, handing it to her, t aid coolly : "I oan imagine your scruples, but why did yon not explain yourself soon er? Tou have sworn that your hand will belong only . to him I Very well I as soon as he arrives I shall take it upon myself to make your promise good," added he, with a frightful smile. Matilda did not even shudder; she seemed to have nothing more to fear upon earth. In a short time Napoleon returned to Paris; but he was much altered. Qrief and despair had preyed upon his heart, for he had heard of his misfortune. The day after his arrival a small ebony box was presented to him, which had been brought by a servant in livery. He opened it. His horror and his anguish might more easily be imagined than described. That oisket contained a bloody hand the hand of a woman Matilda's hand I On a paper, stained with blood, he read these words: " So does the Cjuntess de keop her word." Roaring with rage and indigna tion, he took his pistols and flew to tho count's house. The count and Matilda had disappear ed during the night, a few hours after tho bloody deed, and no one knew whither they had gone. On the night Napoleon had recognized his mother's ring on the doctor's chain, ho had gone to that ball because a secret presentiment had urged him thither. The next day Dr. Lisfrane and his an tagonist met in the wood of Vincennes. The doctor received a severe wound be low the armpit. He lay long in danger, but hopes were entertained for his re covery. Before leaving his adversary, the doctor related to him the incidents of that terrible night on which he had been compelled to commit a crime for the sake of humanity. " However," added he, " Matilda could not have Buffered much ; a sublime exaltation sustained her courage, but I am sure she was happy in her suffering, in the thought that her hand, at least, would be returned to yon. And when it was over I heard a gentle voice mur muring from behind the curtain that hid her from my sight: ' Tell him, I beseech you, that my heart will go toward him even aa my hand.' Had it not been for the ring I could not have fulfilled her wish." Killing a Mouse. A gentleman, who was exceedingly averse to that little animal denominated a mouse, was one day traveling, and, as night set in, put up at a country inn. After supper he retired to his room, carefully examining the corners and crev ices to ascertain if there were any holes from which these little marauders might be likely to issue forth, but, find ing none, he divested himself of his wearing apparel, and consigned himself to the guardian care of Morpheus. After Bleeping soundly for about three hours, he again became conscious of his existence in this world of transitory bliss, but being somewhat in a dreamy state, he bad no clearperoeption as to what might disturb his disordered imagination. As. he was thus lying, midway between sleep and conscious ness, he heard something go pit-pit-pit-pit upon the table, which closely ap proximated to the head of the bedstead on which he was sleeping. He listened more attentively, aud observed, very softly to himself, " As I live, this house is beset with those infernal mice, and there is one now gnawing at something on the table." Bo saying, he slipped as noiselessly out of bed as possible, and, feeling for his boot, took hold of the toe part of it, aud, the heel upraised, very softly approached, on tip toe, his in tended victim. When close enough to be In striking distance, he again hbten ed, and, to his delight, found the noise still there ; he then raised his arm, and, with unerring precision, let fall the heel of his boot npon his own beautiful gold repeater, that be had placed upon the table on going to bed, that had made the noise, aud which now lay smashed and destroyed. Sympathetic old lady (giving money to solemn-looking tramp): " Is it your inability to get work, my good niauj that causes your dejected air ?" S. 1. t. (preparing to light out): "No, mum; it is my liability to git suthiu' to do that keeps me all the time pensive and east down." TIMELY TOPICS. M. Qrevy as president of the French republic will get $100,000 a year, as salary, and $50,000 for household ex penses. It is calculated that the United States makes nenrlv one thonnnnd million pounds of paper, valued at about $50,- rrs rrs uuVpWU, every year. Mr. John B. Oough, in a lecture in England, ou the effect of alcohol on the human system, remarked that in his opinion it was "very much like sitting down on a hornet s nest stimulating, but not nourishing." The golden wedding of the emperor and empress of Germany will be cele brated on the 11th of June next. They have caused it to be given out that they would prefer not to receive any presents from corporations, societies or private persons. Some of Japan's tea plants are 150 years old, and some plantations produce over $3,000 worth per acre. A few choice leaves, of which a small quantity is pro duced, sell at home as high as eight dol lars per pound. Government taxes in Japan are now levied at the rate of two and one-half per cent. ; while formerly they have, at times, been as high as from fifty to seventy per cent. The taxes are fixed for six years in advanoe, bo that the people can known just how much money they will have to raise. Within the last ten years Colorado has increased her flock of sheep from 20,000 head to over 3,000,000 head. This not withstanding the effort to prevent the introduction of sheep by the cattle in terest. As with cattle, the means nsed are very simple. The sheep are herded in flocks of 1,000 (o 2,500 on the range by day, and corraled at night. Mexican sheep are worked in still greater flocks, even up to 6,000. The best flockmasters, however, consider gangs of sheep over 1,500 to 2,000 head as not working satis factorily. The nominal period of England's elective house is seven years. The Lon don Spectator advocates a change so as to have, instead, a four years' parlia ment. It thinks the government would be much stronger while it lasted, and would be less tempted than it now is to enter on grand and ambiguous specula tive policies without sounding the nation o know whether such policies would be approved or disapproved by. it The American House is renewed once in two yuars; the German reichstag, the Prus sian and the Hungarian diets once in three; the French chamber once in four; and the Italian cuamber once in five years. The Italia Agricola, writing on the effect of thunderstorms on milk, states that it is a generally accepted belief that it is the lightning and electrical phe nomena that accompany a thunderstorm which cause the spontaneous coagulation ot milk. Dr. Malhoern wished to test the idea, and for the purpose be filled a cylinder with fresh Bkimmed milk. introduced into the same a hundred cubic centimeters of pure oxygen, and then allowed electrical spar 1 8 to pass into the apparatus for the space of ten minutes, by means Of the Ruhmkorff machine. The milk quickly coagulated, clearly proving that an acid reaction had taken place, and after twenty minutes a firm cheese was produced. Dood Ilniuor iu the Family, Good humor is rightly reckoned a most valuable aid to happy home life. An equally good and useful faculty is a sense of humor or the capacity to have a little fun along with the humdrum cares and work of life. We all know how it brightens np things generally to have a lively, witty companion who Bees the ridiculous points of things and who can turn an annoyance into an oc casion for laughter. It does a great deal better to laugh over some domes tic mishaps than to cry or scold over them. Many homes and lives are dull because they are allowed to become too deeply impressed with a sense of the cares and responsibilities of life to recognize its bright and especially its mirthful side. Into such a household, good but dull, the advent of a witty, humorous friend is like sunshine on a cloudy day. While it is always oppressive to hear persons constantly striviug to Bay witty or funny things, it is comfortable, see ing what a brighteuer a little fun is, to make an effort to have some at home. It is well to turn off an impatient ques tion sometimes, and to regard it from a humorous point of view, instead of be coming irritated alout it. " Wife, what is the reason I can never find a clean shirt ?" exclaimed a good but rather im patient bnbband, ufter rummaging all through the wrong drawer. His wife looked at him steadily for a moment, half inclined to be provoked; then with a comical look she said: "I never could guess conundrums; I give it up." Then he laughed, and they both laughed, and bhe went and got his shirt, and he felt ushamed of himself and kibsed her; and then she felt happy, and bo. what might have b 'en an occasion for hard words and unkind feelings became just tho con trary, all through the little vein of hu mor that cropped out to the surface. 8 rae people havo a peculiar faculty for giving a humorous turn to things when they are reproved. It does jut as well oftentimes to laugh things off us to scold them off. Laughter is better than tears. Let us lmve a little more I of it at home. Saturday Evening J'ust ITEMS OP INTEREST. The ox has a neat foot. There are ninety-one horses who have trotted a mile in 2.22 or less. Man believes that to be a lie that con tradicts the testimony of his own ignor ance. Squirrels bother the California farmers almost as badly as potato bugs do the people of Kansas. A society has been formed in France for the purpose of finding situations for returned Communists. A Frenchman's compliment : " Ah, madam, you grow every day to leok more like your daughter." Chinamen seem to be making their way all over the world. Lots of them are said to be found in South America. Statisticians estimate the working population of Great Britain at 24,000, 000 out of a total population of 84,000, 000. An exchange speaks of a " wife insur ance company." But we don't know whether it insures a man's wifeor insures a man a wife. WHAT Wl DOH'T KNOW. We never knew the bitter throes Ft roed smiles conceal, Nor all the pangs bald-headed men In fly-time feel. I would keep " better hours " if I were a boy again; that is, I would go to bed earlier than most boys do. Nothing gives more mental and bodily vigor than sound rest when properly applied. Sleep is our great replenishes and if we neglect to take it regularly in child hood all. the worse for tis when we grow up. If we Bet up late we decay; and sooner or latter we contract a disease called insomania, allowing it to be per manently fixed npon us, and then we begin to decay, even in youth. Late hours are shadows from the grave. J. T. Fields. " A Pigeon Show. The recent pigeon show in New York is de cribed thus : Nearly two thousand pigeons hopped about in their wooden cajes in the Aquarium, cooing or kiss ing themselves under their wings, to the great delight of a large audience of children. The long cages ran around tho entire building. The pigeons were from France, England and most of the large cities of the United States. Chi cago was represented by black pigeons, Baltimore sent white and Philadelphia delegates appeared in speckles, while New York was represented by birds of every color and variety. There wore blue-pied pigeons, black-piod, yellow pied, red-pied, whito-pied, pouters, carriers, doves, white-barbs, tumbleis and owls. One collection of carrier pigeons, numbering about one hundred, from New Jersey, was valued at $10,000. The owner of these birds, Louis Waefe laer, was in constant attendance at the Aquarium, and would allow no one to approach the cage of his birds too closely. Mr. Waefelaer is also the for tunate possessor of three pairs of hom ing Antwerp flying pigeons, whose cage occupied the"pluce cf honor" in the exhibition. These birds were recently imported from Belgium, and are valued at $100 a pair. They have traveled dis tances varying from 300 to 600 miles, and have come out victorious in all matches in which they wt re entered. On tho wiDg feathers of each bird is marked the number of mile? it has flown and the number of matches it has won. Among the commoner species exhib ited was a black dove with green wings, which was imported from India, and a pair of turtledoves from Egypt. The latter birds are very peculiarly formed, and attracted universal attention. Th if feathers are of various hues and v small. A natural white ring Burrou their long, sleuder throats, which a continually poked through the bars t.' their coge. Their plump, round bodies presented a marked contrast to the skeletons of a pairof "owl pigeons" in an opposite cage. Law And Sense. Curious comments by a judge, even in the presence of the prisoner, though extremely rare, are not unprecedented. Mr. Justice Maule once addressed a phenomenon of innoconce in the follow ing words : " Prisoner at the bar, yonr counsel thinks you innocent; the counsel for the prosecution thinks you innocent; but a jury of your own coun trymen, in the exercise of such common sense as they possess, which dees not seem to bo much, have found you 'guilty,' and it remains that I should pass upon you the sentence of the law. That sentence is that you be kept in imprisonment for one day, and as that day was yesterday, you may go about your business." The prisoner, rather scared, went about his business, but thought that luw was an uncommonly puzzling thing. Winding the Bl Clocks. For a good many years, running back into the '50V, old James Rogers woncd the clocks belonging to the city. His successor is John Mc Carfen, a watch and clock maker. His official title is 'Lcgu l'dor of publio clocks," and be is em ployed by the department of pnblio works at the magnificent salary of $300 a year. Considering that he uot only wiuds but regulates, oils and repairs the clocks, his oftice is hardly a sine cure. E ich of the clock companies em ploys fl winder to look alter the clocks of its customers, and they also wind cer tain church aud other great clocks which muv have been put up by other makers, Nt York World.
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