5fcf &mzi gtcpiMiran. . )3 PUruariEl) KVF.RY. WEDNESDAY, BI crnoB if ROBnf3os & bonner's Bun-orea ' ELM STREET, TIONESTA, PA, .TERMS. 1.60 A IEAB. No Subscriptions received for a shorter period than threo months. Rates of Advertising. One Square (1 inch,) one Insertion -OneHquara " one month - 8 0(1 Ono Square " three months - 6 00 OneNqnaro " ono year - - 10 00 Two .Squares, on year ... 15 0) quarter Col. " - - - - 80 00 Half " " . - 50 00 One " - - - - 100 00 Legal notices At established rates. Marriage and death notices, gratis. All bills for yearly advertisements eol looted quarterly. Trmjtorary advertise merits must bo paid for in advance. Job work. Cash on Ielivery. Correwnondenco solioltod from nil part re.,-.. i 1 1 1 i . i ' YOL. XIII. ' NO. 31. TIONESTA. PAJ, OCT. 20, 1880. $1.50 Per Annum. . " iiiiiit-n win uo laumi xr us tjiiiniiiuuieatioiia. . . 5 ' In J he Orchard. Mellow lie the sunshine on the orchard slopf i and nioadows, ' v On nooks ot purple asters and the tints oi leafy hills; The soft warm base is tender with a palpitat ing rplendor, And a fresh, dolioious odor all the dosing valley fills. Colors like a prairie in the glory ' blossom Dlcnm amid the grassos whore the lusoious fruitage lies, And iu thoir cozy places on the boughs, with . tempting laoos, I'oep and nostln myriad apples, like birds o many dyes. Golden, prenn and roset, and warm with ri-"!u i ii'mahes, B&skiu;; -j the silent noon npon thmr porohos 'm$ig the leaves How they glow like royal roses, where the loving sun reposes, How thoy tail from their own Int. .ess on the crisp autumDal eves. Oh, apples, -fragrant apples, piled high beside the prstses, And heaped in wain and basket 'neath the broad-branched, mossy trees. Can we iaiily eall him sober the splendid, rich October Pouring out his sweets and beauty in such lavUb gilts as these? Children frolicking andleastingon the ripeness to the core Monarch ot the O' chard kingdom, with every tree a throue 'hrtt are spring days lor your praises, or wood-pa' lis, oi" 'i ', viale,'. To these 'provinces oi sweetness which, by right ot love, ye own? , , Sadly inny the aged ponder lile's decays and . changes, , ' ' . . Tint youth sees no dark omen as the mellow ' apples fall. .... h, children keop'your gladness; may you have no more oi sadness ui while, romping in the orchards, you are ' kins and queens oi all J The story Is tolcLnSan Joae, that one vening in August, "some three years) :Oi a stranger made bis appearance in t .-it city, and shortly thereafter created breese in society circles. He had atidered aimlessly about the streets for o or three days, speaking to no one, ring for nothing He was a young an, and might have been considered usually handsome if his clothes had n good; hut they were old, and faded, nd threadbare. These could be no liataking tie fact that he was an ad . i nturer, who had succeeded in finding nly disappointment and poverty. He vas tall and straight, and had a distin guished look. On the evening of about the third day '.a was.accosted on San Fernando street y a man exceedingly drunk. , This man v as called "Tarantu'a Joe " but some -f the bt.'S persisted in addressing him sis "Tarantula Juice "not a very in appropriate appellation, but one which was indignantly resented by Joe. who was a tighter from Tuolumne, and who boasted, among his numerous other exploits, that in early days he had fre quently rolled a barrel of whisky fifty miles a doy, and taken a drink every time the bung turned up. " Hello, stranger ! ' he said to the seedy young man. Joe was everybody's friend, but had a strnnge way ot show-, ing his friendship when he was drunk " What yer prowiin' round here in that hang-dog style lor, a-skeerin' pcopleP"' " It's none of your business," replied the meek-looking stranger. Joe was not the man to brook Buch an insult. The stranger attempted to pass on, but Joe stopped him. "See here, young feller, do yer know that yer a-lacklin' the wust man in this town? An' I'm on the fight bigger'n a wolf. Yer mis'rable fraud, I'll" But he never did. He thought a brick had struck him, but it wai only the stranger's fist that had laid him out on the sidewalk. If there was one thing that Joe respected above all others, it was the man who knocked him down. s he scrambled laboriously to bis feet, breath considerably shortened, he himself face to face with the stronger, who had done the Fquare thin, in Jo ' opinion, by not fohowingup hh ad van tue while Joe was down, but who nevertheless assumed a posture so aggressive that Joe became aware of gloomy possibilities. So he began kto temDorize. ' ' Can't yer take a joke P" he said, hold ing out his hand, which the stranger grasped. Joe eyed hiui In abtiorbea au miration. 4Vho'd 'a' thought," he said, " tliet a sum spider like you beggin' yer .r s-don fer callin' ver a spider, which ain't a spider could 'a' let out so strong?" And with his left band he felt the stranger's right arm, gauging the, muscle. " Quicker'n a grizzly, too," he added. So thev immediately became fast friends. Then they became very com municative. The stranger told now he had such a run oi bad luck that the world beemed dreary, and there was nothing to live for. Joe spoke words of encouraging consolation; and as a last and purely conventional expedient, urged the stranger to marry some rich girl and settle down. Joe explained hfw easily it could be done. His friend had brains, good manners, nerve nnd good looks all the necessary requisites hr doing "the correct thing Tiie Granger was tuodest on that score, . but Joi cmng to the proposition, saying tht. a mHn with such a style could marry any girl in Christendom. All that was necessary was unlimited cheek and a well arranged plan. They parted "Sir!" " I requested merely " "Who areyouP" How dare youP' " I am simply a gentleman. I ' "But you have made a mistake. ,1 don't know vou." They were standing on Santa Clara street, bho spoke in rather a loud tone, and the stranger betrayed a little ner vousncfg and dread that the passers-by might interlere. " I have not intimated." he said, ' that I am so fortunate as to be known by you. It was the very desire to know you tbnt impelled me" " I don't understand you, sir. I'll sail an officer unless you leave me in stantly I" " Sueli language humiliates me ex ceedingly, madam. Ao ept my hum blest apologies for having caused you any uneasiness or fright. The street is thronged, and any one would protect you against an indignity at my hands. I beg you to wait just a moment, that I may explain myself." " But to be seen standing in the street conversing with a man of your your appearance 1" "Madam, if my face is crimson at that remark, it is merely evidence of a weakness that I am unable to conauer call it pride, if you please. I regret that my poverty obtrudes itself, obscuring everything else." A look of pity appeared in the girl's eyes, and, although she evinced in her attitude of impatience a strong desire to De leic alone, tier original feelings of fear and repugnance gradually melted under the firm, deliberate, polished, gentle mnnly bearing of the man. The stranger exhibited a kindly, patient dignity that nr 1 1 A i.a n n A n f n 1 ! f S n i -l mill. a spark ol adventure and romance, think twice before she rejected his advances summarily. lhat is true, sir." she said, " 1 have no doubt. But that is no reason that I shouldn't put an end to this interview by sayinr, once for all, I decline your escort." Her tongue uttered these words. Her eyes said : " I dare you to try me a little further." lie heard the words, but saw the look. She felt the superiority of this man's will. She turned to leave, scorn fully. He promptly stepped to her side. Of course she was greatly angered at this persistent impertinence, and, turning upon him witn flashing eyes, she said : 4 I thought I had said enough, sir. to put a gentleman on his honor. You place me in false position. , Your. im- iwuirence is extremely aistasteiui to me. riease leave me." So said her tongue. Her eyes said: " You haven't got the nerve to go any further." Ho said (as by this time they wire walking slowly along): " You misconstrue me entirely. Let me explain rcy motives, that you may understand my apparent rudeness. I am a stranger; I have no friends here. I have been unfortunate, lhere was such a kind, womanly, sympathetic ex pression in your lace please don t turn away, lhank you. Apart irom tiie consideration that you should have an esc rt over the Guadalupe bridge" "You know where 1 live, then, it seems P" Certainly; and your name also." " And you are a stranger here?" " Absolutely." There was such a delicate little com pliment concealed in this that she was flattered. " I was saying." he continued, " tiiat, apart from that necessary consideration. l aid not tuintc it would oe wrong, or that I was lacking in respect, to speak to you, to be a few momenta with you, and then leave you forever. I put it to you, as a reasonable, sensible woman, whether or not I appear to do anything in violation of a man's proper regard for things that should be bandied tenderly and sacredly. I am separated from every face and scene that has heretofore made life pleasant. I am a stranger in a strange country, and it is with shame I admit that the appearance I make pre cludes my entry into society congenial to my tastes. I am lonely and desolate, hungering lor a kindly iook, and H is only deeperation on that account that forces me to approach you. And then, your face reminds me so strikingly of my mother's that I could not resist the desire to hear your voice also." The fellow was a born diplomat. The girl was about eighteen or twenty years ot age. Of course she was handsome, and had a sweet face. The young man had the bearing of a polished, though unfortunate, gentleman ; proud, but with a pride tinctured with sorrow and lone liness; calm, slow, erect and possessed of that ability to look steadily and un dauntedly into the eyes ot a woman that has more weight as expressing power and superiority than all other things combined. The girl was touched with pity and spurred by a desire for an adventure. " I really don't know what to do," she said. " I don't believe," replied the stranger, "that a woman with as much strength and character as I see in your face would naturally lay much stress on conven tionalities as would those of shallower feeling." During this time thev had advanced a few steps. The girl looked at the ground, confused, lhe man at her side was evi dently a gentleman. He was in distress, was reminded ny neroi nis motner, naa no friends -perhaps was in want. Po'jr fellow! But what would her friends think of such an escapade? Neverthe less, after hesitating a moment, she ad mitted that she had been conquered, by Buying: " I'll grant your strange request, sir, though I'm afraid I'm doing wrong." It is somewhat singular that, at that particular moment, it did not cccur to her that the street cars passed over the terrible Guadalupe bridge. Further more, nobody was ever known to require an escort over it. After introducing themselves, she commenced to tell him about her fear in crossing the bridge alone at night ; and he said yes, he had heard Hint it was considered a dangerous place. They were both terrible liars. His name was Hardy; hers, Sc rhronia. Her father's name was Morris. He was a rich, kind-hearted gentleman, who had a mansion on the Alameda. As the two passed the postoflicc cor ner pair of bleared eyes winked quietly, and a couple of lips grinned sardonically. They belonged to Tarantula Joe. As soon as the couple got under the shadow of the wa'l of Notre Dame, Hardy placed Sophronia's arm within his own. She did not object. He enter tained her marvelously well. His knowledge of the world was extensive, pnd his education good. She began to think he was an angel in disguise. At the east end of the bridge there stood a bill board. When the two passed this, and were well on the bridge, a shadowy form, scarcely perceptible in the darkness, emerged from behind this board and crept noiselessly after them. This sneaking person carried a club in his hand. Stepping rapidly behind Hardy, he raised his deadly weapon and brought it down with a heavy blow on the young man's head. There was a dull, crashing thud, and Hardy sank with a groan. There was a, slight con traction cf the muscles, a gurgle, and all was quiet. The girl heard the blow, and saw her defender stretched at her feet. She was instantly rendered powerless and speech less by a sicken ing terror. Immediately a powerful and brutal hand closed upon her throat, stopping her breath, Other shadows emerged from the darkness, a dozen strong hands seized her, and before she had time to offer a resistance that would have been useless, a gag was thrust into her mouth, half choking her. So intently had the highwaymen been en gaped in rendering the girl helpless and robbing her ot her jewelry, that they did not perceive Hardy stagger to his feet. He was dazed and uncertain. Tho blood poured down his lace and saturated his shirt. A glance at the struggling forms brought him slowly to his senses. "Has she any money P" demanded a gruff voice. " I can't find any.'" "Take those rings off her fingers. How she struggles ! Isn't that a watch P Snail on to it. Full out those earrings quick!" "I can't don't know how they are fastened !" " Tear 'em out, then you ; and hurry up !" At the moment when the robber grasped the earring to pull it rudely through the tender flesh, a heavy club descended crashing unon his shoulder. Hardy was awake. He had seized the club, which had dropped upon the bridre, nnd was wielding it with a mer ciless desperation that only the protec tion of so precious a charge could have inspired. The robbers turned unon him fi7e in number. Quick as a cat, and before they could recover from the surprise of an attack by a man who, to all appearances, had been Skilled, he felled another with a heavy blow upon the head. The re maining four rushed upon him before he had time to raise the bludgeon again. overpowered him, and bore him down. The club wa3 wrenched from his grasp after a desperate struggle, and laid with deadening blows and with terrible effect upon his face and breast. One ot the ruthans drew a knife to plunge it into Hardy's breast, but the young man struck it from bis hand, seized it, and drove it into the throat of the nearest robber. This man fell with a gurgling noise, strangling with blood. Hardy -struck about him wudly with the knife, and the robbers sprang away to escape the cruel steel. But soon a strong blow with the clenched hand upon his arm caused his weapon to drop irom his grasp, lhe two men closed, and a determined strug gle ensued for the possession of the knife. The others darted to seize it, when a kick in the face from Hardy's boot stretched one of them full length upon the bridge. The contest on both sides was desper ate. It was no longer robbery, but mur der. The girl attempted to render her brave companion some assistance, but she was brutally thrust against the rail ing. Bv a dexterous kick Hardy succeeded in sending the knife living off the bridge ; and immediately thereafter, having pushed hi3 assailant against the outer railing, suddenly picked him up and thrust him headlong into the mud be neath. It was a lailoi htteen or twenty feet. The remaining robbers, evidently dis couraged at the determination and im mense strength of Hardy, and disgusted with an enterprise that had alreidy cost them so dtar, were easily put to flight by a knife that Hardy whipped from his pocket. He was master of the field. A dead body remained. He quickly removed the gag from the mouth of the almost fainting girl. He restored to her what jewelry the robbers had dropped. The blood covered his face. " You are seriously hurt," she said, as soon as she could recover her speech. "It is nothing." he replied.wiping the blood from his face. Nevertheless, ha walked unsteadily as they proceeded, and at length was compelled to stagger against a fence. and lean upon it for support. Every noble and generous feeling in the girl's heart was aroused. There was no longer any ceremony between them. She put her hand caressingly on his face. Then she took it away and looked at it by the light of a distant lamp. It was stained with blood. Soon he regained his strength and they continued on their way. They stopped before the gate. "Come in," she said; "this shall be your home until you are well." And she added.somewhat embarased, " You are a hero." "Thank you. I must go. Good night." "You must come in. I shall never forgive you if you don't. I may never see you aain. " Perhaps not," he said, bitterly. This made her thoroughly determined to detain him. She had a strong will, but his was a stronger. She became angry) then she bit her lips in the dark, and implored him to remain. lie declined, in a respectful, kindly wav. " Well, then," she said, " where do you HveP" "Nowhere." "Flease tell me." "Will you let me know to-morrow?" "I don't know." "Please do." "Perhaps. Here is a street-car. Good-night." Then she did a very foolish thing. She threw her arms around his neck, and kissed him. Hewlett, doubly a con queror. There was tremendous excitement over tho affair. The police were in formed as soon as the girl's father could hepr the terrible story and reach the police station. The officers could find only a quantity of blood on the bridge, the body having been removed. Rigor ous search for several days failed to re veal tLe identity of the robbers. Sev eral arrests were made, and the strict est vigilance maintained, but without avail. Another mysterious development was the disappearance of Hardy. He could not be found. However, on the second day the old family physician of the Morris household came panting up the walk in great excitement, and exclaimed to the girl: "I have found him!" Site turned pale with excitement and joy. "Where is he?" she asked, breath lessly. " J ump into my buggy, and I'll take you to him." She did so. They found him in a small, dilapidated adobe house on Mar ket street, with a Spanish family. He was delirious, and in a high fever. The girl sat down by the bed, took his hot hand in hers, and before the old doctor knew what was coming next, she com menced to cry. Then she kissed Hardy's hand. The old man took her home, and she came twice a day t? see him, cringing her lather or mother, and always taking some delicacy, and doing whatever a kind and generous heart could suggest. Gradually he recovered, and as soon as lie could be moved he was taken to her home. There he became entirely well. By his patience and gentleness he won the hearts of every one except the girl's. Hers was won already. Time slipped away. Hardy was established in business by the grateful father. Poor old Tarantula Joe, who, unaccountably, seemed to be a great lavoiite with the young man, was al lowed to sit in the kitchen on the night of the wedding of Sophronia Morris to John Hardy a brilliant affair, by the way. A few months ago Hardy was reading the morning paper, when a bright ray of sunshine came in through the door. It was Hardy's wife, the happiest and proudest woman on the Alnmeda. " My dear," he said, " have we lived happy these two years P" " Why, John what a question!" ' And you have never regretted the persistence of a seedy stranger on Santa Clara street two years and a half ago?" " I regret nothing, John, and you know It. I didn't know what life was until I met you. But, oh! that was a terrible night, wasn't it, John?" " Awful!" he ejaculated, with a broad look of mischief in his eyes. "What makes you look that way, John ? You are so provoking P" " I am a villain, dear." " What do you meanP" " Do you remember the robbers P' ' "I think I do! They nearly killed you!" " They were friends of mine, dear." "John!" she exclaimed, stunned. "Absolutely true. Old Tarantula Joe and I put up the job, so that I could clean 'em out, become a hero, and then marry you." She stared at him, astonished, shocked and incredulous . "John!" " It's a fact," he said, laughing, as he saw her anger rising. She was utterly stupefied. Then a quick ligtit came into her eyes. She knew he was joking. "You are fooling me, John. You know that horrid club nearly killed you." " It was made of paper," he explained, still laughing. A gloom again stole into her face, but it was immediately dispelled by another recollection. " But your face was really bloody." " Joe got that for me at the slaughter house." She was thoroughly puzzled, not knowing what to think. "But, John, those were real hurts on yourhead and face. I saw them my self, lhere, now! "Yes: and can't you imagine how I received them?" She thought she had cornered him, but tin look of confidence in his face disheartened her. "Well, how, then?" she asked, petu lant and despairing. " You remember the fellow I pitched into the mud?" "Yes well, what?" "When I went back to join the boys and have a good laugh over the affair, and to report progress, this fellow met me, mad as a Turk for spoiling his clothes ana nearly breaking his neck. You see, it wasn't on the programme for me to pitch him over. That was going it a little too strong; but I couldn't re sist the temptation. Tarantula Joe said I'd have to tight him, as I hadn't done the square thing. We went at it. and he gave me the worst licking a mortal ever had. This was really eo rich that the young wite made the house ring with her laughter. "I'm glad he did you mean old thing! I wish he had beaten you half to death! Ha! ha! ha! So you wouldn't come into the house because you had no wounds, eb?" " Precisely." "And aftr you did got that thrash ing you turned it to account by getting our doctor, I suppose?" " That's the idea." She laughed a while, somewhat hys terically, and got up nnd slapped him, and then threw her arms around his neck and kissed him. "What did you tell me for, you fraud!" "Because Tarantula Joe wanted to put on too much style, and was black mailing me outrageously." Sin Fran' cisco Argonaut. The Dog Mania. The mania for dogs broke out in the United States onlyafer the fashion had been set abroad, and, though it is a re cent one, it has raged more violently and affected a greater number of people than is the case in Europe. There the fashion was confined to childless dow agers, whose time hung heavily upon their hands and whose disinclinatioi to take trouble and care upon their shoul ders led 1 hem to adopt dogs instead ot babies. No other class abroad hs s taken up the fashion any more than they have the lalse curls and wrinkles ot the rich dames, and the women of vounzer vears nnd matronly duties thought no more of possessing themselves of a pug or a Skse terrier than of disowning their babies. But, says the Brooklyn Eagle, when the fashion r' whed New York, it was not considered a special one, and all .he weak-headed women who could pay $50 lor a canine pet did so, and those who could give more wero corresoond ingly happy. Women with children, as well as those without, secured dogs and gave them their time and companion ship. It is no i unusual for the dogs to be taken out o drive when the babes are lelt at home, and the justification which women find in this proceeding is that dogs aro notroubie; children are. Dogs are congenia'., asking no questions hard to answer, and having no intuitions impossible to blind. Therefore do wo men, it is to b? presumed, find compan ionship in dogs, and spend money on them. Dog doctors are doinsr u thriv ing business in New York and other places, and not a few grown-up men and women are earning good pay and living in comfort, their only occupation being the care of dogs. Some of the ultra fashionable dress their dogs in thB livery worn by their servants, and the care of the mantles and the costly collars is not less than the wardrobes of the children. Women support a dog at an expense thiit would educate a child, and feel happy in being so stylish. They do not 'jeeessarily love the animals, but are ready to be martyrs to the demands of fashion. Weak-minded and silly, they think it an evidence ot refinement to keep a pet dog, and, further, the more attention they cau bestow on it the more they are remarked and envied. The happiest woman in Philadelphia's chief seaside resort this season has for her small dog a colored valet, whose duties were by no means light. His business was to take Master Sniff into the water to give it baths of just the prescribed duration, to rub it and roll it in blankets, teed it with specially prepared food, and then amuse it. Can anybody imagine any contract more gigantic than amvs inga toy dog? Heroism of Lighthouse Keepers. It was a grand and heroic conception to build a lighthouse on tho Eddystone, but what shall be said of the men who first of all tried the experiment of dwelling in the horrible isolation of that storm-beaten edifice, cut off from the rest of the world, uncertain whether the bui.ding would stand the test of the Btorm, deafened by the roar of the waters whieh someti-ues would shoot right over the lantern, or clash headlong against the lighthouse with fearful vio lence, causing every part to vibrate as though the whole fabric were instan taneously going to pieces? It is re corded that only two men attended the lighthouse built by Kudyard, and that one of tkem was seized with sudden ill ness and died. It was in the roughest time of year, and although the survivor hoisted a signal of distress, no boat could reach the rock. What to do witli tho dead body he did not know. At first he thought he would throw it into the sea, but ho was hindered by the fear lest th3 iriends of the deceased might charge him with the crime of murder. For a whole month the w ather con tinued boisterous, and for that whole month the solitary survivor kept tho light all night now that his comiad could no longer share the duty, watch by watch, with hiui, and for that whole month lie kept the body ot the dead man, although it had fallen into horri ble corruption Can any more terrible strait be conceived than that in which the brave fellow was placed? Yet we do not even know his name. All we know is that in almost every great work of public utility involving hazardous labor, if one or two men have come to the front and left their names for the admiration of posterity, there have al ways been a hur Ted obscure heroes who have lived and died and lelt no sign, but without whoso strong nerves and great hearts those works would never have been accomplished. One of our wholesale dry goods houses has a new clerk, whose father from the country went in to see him the other day, and was surprised to learn that all the salesmen had nicknames. He asked the floor-walker why his son was called "Jury." " Oh," was the reply, " ho is alwavs sitting on cases." New I'or Herald. A boy at Beloit, Wis., pointed a shot gun at two little girls, with the inten tion of scaring thetu. The weapon went off, of course, portions of tho charge striking the girls in their faces. While not fatally injured, they aro disfigured for life. A Tale of Two Buckets. Two buckets in an ancient well got toll'ng once together, And after sundry wise remarks no doubt about the weather "Look here," quoth ono, ' this life we load I don't exaotlyliko; For do you mind? however full wo both come up the well, We go down empty alway3 shall, for aught that 1 can tell." 'That's true," the other said; "but then the way it looks to mo However empty we go down, we 03me up full you see." Wise little buckets ! 11 we eaoh would look at life that way, Would dwarf its ills and magnify its blessings day by day, Tho world would be a happier place, siuco we should all decide Only the buckets full to count, and let tho empty slide. HUMOROUS. Holds its sown Good land. The crysis in Spain That little baby daughter. Stocking the fire department Pur chasing hose. Sweetness long drawn out- The music . of an accordeon. How many men there are who, like corn, turn white when they pop. A book on " Domestic Economy" has been published which costs $9. - Pica yune. Afcer all, marriage is but a confident game. When the contidence is gone the game is up. The fellow who picked up the hot penny originated the remark : "AU is not cold that glitters." We are told that the doctors are daily discovering new diseases. Let's abolish the profession. Boston Post. a he timber on 200,000 acres of wood land is annually cut away to furnish cross-ties for the railroads ot the United States. The man who sighs, "How soon wo are forgotten," hps only to leave a hotel without paying his bill to find how sadly mistaken he is. A mechanic who picked up a piece of hot metal by mistake let go of it so quickly as to throw his shoulder out of j omt. This is the fastest time on record. "The difference," said the cook, "be tween a child of royal birth and a young Iamb is that the first is tended in splen dor and the other is splendid 'n tender." If you can get one towel out of one yard f cloth, how many towels can you get out of two yardsP That depends altogether on how many there areton tho clotues line. Some ingenious observer has discov ered that there is a remarkable resem blance between a baby and wheat, since it is first cradled, then threshed, and finally becomes the flower ot the fam- iiy. A young man on Main street says he is going to attempt the feat of going for.y days without working. He says if his employers do not watch him, ho thinka lie can accomplish tho tasK. Uockland Courier. A Hungarian officer named Szerkrem esky swam across the flatten sea, a dis tance of twenty miles, in seventeen hours. The fact that his name followed alter him on a steam tug robs the feat of half its eclat, a3 it were. Norristown Herald " Can dogs find their way homo from a long distance P" says an exchange. It's according to the dug. If it's ono you want to gel rid of, ho .can find his way home from California'. If it's a good one, he's apt to get lost if he goes aroun 1 the coiner. "An? good shooting on your farm?" asked the hunter of the farmer. "Splen did," replied tho agriculturist, " Thero's a lightning-rod man down in the clover meadow, a cloth poddler at the house, a book agent out in the barn and two tramps down in the stock yard. Climb right over tho fenco youL' mnn, load both barrels and sail iu." llauikeye. When you meet a young man who is smoking a cigar, it is your duty to stop him, and say: "loung man, that ':igar contains acutio, formic, entyria. valeric and proprionic acids, prussicbtcid, creosote, carbolic acid, ammonia, sul phuretted hydrogen, pyridine, virodino, picoline and rubidetio, to say nothing of cabhagineand burdocic acid." Ho may stick to tho cigar, but you have done your duty in tho premises. Hiding Money In Spain. In old Spanish houses, says Temple Bar. there is generally a very cleverly- contrived Hecret receptaclo for money, akin to the " secret drawer"' of the Eng lish desk. Even now this secret cup board is much used, the Spanish idea of security being (an idea founded on bitter experience ot many years) to cige the windows in iron bars, lock up the house at night in winter, look at the money, and then say, in security and self-congratulation: " Why, I am very safe ; all I love and all I need is contained within the four walls of my casa." I'lierc is a vast deal of distrust of bauks and government securities, and a great holding to the provero, " No friend save (iod, and a dolkr in your pocket." And now with the middle class there is nr banking of money. The bankers, to bein with, give no interest as a rule; and so, just as in Scotland in the troubled year of 1050, the goldsmiths wero tho only bankers, so now. in Spain, ti.e gentry constantly hoard their money in their own houses; gome put their jewelry and plate in the montcs depiedad. 3
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