RATES OF AD VERTTSUr Q-. O A 0tt0i . mtnm iwmt One Square, one Inch, one inwrt on.... 1 1 00 Ono Kijuare, ono inch, one month...,.,. $ 00 Ono litjuarp, ono inch, three months.... 6 00 Orir tenure, ono inch, one year...,,.,.. 10 00 T o Squires, one year 15 00 O'JHrtor Column, one year......... .... 80 00 'Jalf Column, ona year.... 60 00 One Column, one year..... X00QA IgM notices at pstaMInhed ratea. Marital;? and death notices graUa. All liilU for yearly ad vprtirnion Is collecM quarterly. Temporary advertisements miwt b l-uM for in advuuco. Job woik, cash ou delivery. ELM STREET, TIONE3TA, PA. TICUMS, 81.CO 1KH YEAR. No mihuoripPiis rocoirod for a shorter period than three Oorroopondcuo'i f ollcilod from nil parts of tlit cnniitry. Nonotico wi'l betaken of anonymous communications. VOL. 17. NO.. 35. TIONESTA. PA., WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 29. 1882. $1.50 PER ANNUM. Cljf orrst lifjmlilircn It Pl'M.WnitD EVMtT WTBIIIDAT. Vt J. E. WENK. Oflloe In Binearbaugh & Co.' BuildiiiR, At the King's Gate. A beggar tat at the king's ent, And sang of summer in the rain A song with sounds revcrbcrnte Of wooj and hill and plain, Thntriiii(t bore a tender weight Of sweetness, ctrong and pnnBionnle; A song with aigh of mountain pass, Hippie and rtmtlo of deep grass, The whispering of wind-smoto sheavos Low lapping of long lily leaves, Bed morns and pnrplo-mooned eves. The king was weary of his part, Tho king waa tired of his orownj Ho looked across the rainy land, Across tno barron strotoh of sand, Out to tho rainy sea; Ho heard the wind beat lond and fro The gilded ensoment, snllenly Falling uway witli'mist and rain. "Bnt ohl it is a woary thing '. To wear a orown and be a king, Unending war with care and pain; Oh, for one golden hour and sweet, , To serve the king with willing feet!" ' But be would sloop, and from his heart The jeweled silken girdle loose, '. . Aid giva it room to turn and choose An easier measure for iU beat. r Into the gilded chamber crept A breath of summer, blown with rain And w'ld wet leaves against the pane. The royal sloeper smiled and slept. "I thought that all things sweot were deadl' They heard him say, who camo to wed The crown again' to the king's head. Juliet ft Marsh, in Harper. THE FIRST CLOUD. " It was to meet such difficulties as this that tontines " " Bother!" I wrote- tho first sittiDg at my desk, and said tho last nloud, impatiently well, there, augrily for Mattio had bounced Into tho room, run to the bark of my chair and clapped her bands over my eyes, exclaiming: "Oh, Dick, what a shame I Arid you promised to como up and dress t" " I do wish you wovld not be sq childish J" I cried, snatching away her hands. " There's a blot you've mado on my manuscript." 1 " Don't bo so cross, sir I" she said, laughing, as she gave a waltz round the room, making her pretty silk dress whisk over one of the light chairs, which she merrily picked up, and then, coming to my writing-table, she took a rose out of a basket of ilowers and be gan to arrange it in her hair. " I'm not cross," I said, coldly, " but engaged in a serious work of a mer cantile and monetary nature. You seem to think men ought always to bo buticrllies." "No, I don't, Dick, dear," she cried. "There, will that do?" She held her head on one side for mo to eo tho creamy rose nestling in her crisp dark hair ; but, after a glance at it, 1 let my eyes fall on my desk, and went on writing my pamphlet. I saw .that she was looking wistfully at me, but I paid no heed, and then she came and rested her hands upon my shoulder. " Are you cross with me, Dick ?" she said, softly. "Cross? no!" I jerked out, im patiently. "Only I thought I had married a woman and she lias turned out to be a child." There was silence then for a few minutes, only broken by the scratching af my pen. The little hands twitched a little as they lay upon my Shoulder, and I very nearly wrote down, instead of "Tho calculations arrived at by the projectors of tontines" "Richard Mar low, how can you bo such a disagree able wretch?" Hut of course 1 did not write it only thought and then t felt wonderfully disposed to turn round, snatch the little graceful figure to my breast and kiss away tho tears which I knew were gathering in her eyes. Somehow or another, though, I did not do it only went on glumly writ ing for I was cross, worried and an noyed. I had set myself a task tiiat necessitated constant application, and I was not getting on as I eould wish; so, like many more weak-minded in dividuals of the male Bex, instead of asking for the comfort and advice of m? n ifA I visiter! mv i iM.-mrunntmPTir. 'J ' " J 1 1 u pon the first weak object at hand, and that object w;ts tho lady in question. " Please, Diek, dear, don't be angry with me. I can't help feeling very young and girlish, though I am your wife. I do try, oh! so hard, to be womanly; but, Diek dear, I'm only eighteen and a half. " Thirteen and a half, I should say," I said scornfully, just as if some sour spirit were urging me on to say biting, sarcastic things that I knew would pain the poor girl ; but, for the life of me, I could not help it. There was no answer only a little jigh and tho hands were withdrawn. I went on writing rubbish that I knew I should have to cancel. "Had you not better get ready, Diek ?" said Mat tie, softly. " You said you would come when I went upstairs, and the AVilson's won't like it if we are late." " Hang the 'Wilson's !" I growled. There was another pause, idled up oy the scratch, scratch of one of the noisiest penaJ ever used, and another little sigh. ; Mattie was sy.nding close behind tue, Lut I did ui li Qk iound, and et last Bho -glided gently to a chair and sat down, ( " "What ate you going to do?" I said, rmighly. ", " Only to wait for you, Dick, dear," she replied. . "You need not wait. Go on. I shan't come. Kay I've a headache say jiny thing." " Dick, aro you unwell ?" sho said, tenderly, as she came behind mo onco more and rested her little hands on my shoulder. ' Yes no. Fray, don'i bother. Go on. Perhaps I'll como and fetch you." There was another pause. Dick, dear, I'd rather not go' with out you," she said, meekly, at last. " And I'd rather you did go without ir,!'.',' I said, angrily. "Tho AVilsons our best friends and I won't have them slighted." " Then why not come, Dick, dear," said tho little woman, and I could see that she was struggling bravely to keep down her tears. "Bocauso I've no time for such frivolity. There, you've wasted enough of 'my time already, so go." Scratch, scratch, scratch, went that exasperating pen, as I went on writing more stuff to cancel, and yet too weak and angry to leave off liko a sensible man, run up and change my things, and accompany my littlo wife to the pleasant social gathering a few doors lower down our road. She had been looking forward to the visit as a treat. So had I until that gloomy fit came over me; but as I had taken the steps already made, I felt that I could not retreat without look ing foolish; so I acted with that usual wisdom displayed by man under such circumstances, and mado matters worse. " Did. you hear mo say that I wished you to go alone?" I said, angrily. " Yes, yes, Dick, dear, I'll go, if you wish,'' Mattie said, very meekly; "but indeeit I'd far rather stay at home." "You aro desired to go; you have a rose in your hair," I said, satirically oh, what poor satire, when it was put there to please me! "and they expect you; so now go and enjoy yourself," I added, by way of a sting to my sen sible speech. "I cant enjoy myself. Dick, she said, gently, " unless you come too. Let roe stay." "I desire you to go!" I exclaimed. banging jny hand' down on the desk. bho looked at me with the great tears standing in her piteous eyes, and then, coming nearer, she bent over me and kissed my forehead. "Will you como and fetch me, Dick?" sho said softly. " l es no perhaps I don t know, I said roughly, as 1 repelled her car esses; and then, looking wistfully at me, sho went slowly to the door, glided out and was gone. That broko the spell and I started from my seat, but more angry than ever. 1 was wroth with her now for obeying me so meekly, and I gently opened the door to hear her call the maid and tell her to accompany her as far as tho AVilsons . Then I heard them go heard the girl return, tho door cjose, and I was alone.1 Alone? Well, not exactly; for, so to speak, I was having an interview with my angry self, as I felt that I was, asking how I could let a feeling of annoyance act upon my better nature and make me behave as I had to tho sweet littlo girlish being who, during the six months wo had been married, had never looked at 1110 but with the eyes of love. " Cliang your things find go after her," something seemed to say ; but I repelled it, threw my writing aside, kicked off my boots, snatched my slip pers out of tho sideboard, thrust the easy-chair in lront or tho cozy fire, threw myself into it, and then witli my leet In the lender and my hands In mv pockets, I sat, morose, bitter and un comfortable, gazing at the glowing emners. " Sho had no business to go !" I ex claimed. "Sho knew I was up all last night, writing that abominable book, and was out of sorts, and ought to have stayed. Then I reviewed the past half-hour, and grew calmer as I leaned back, knowing as 1 did, and well, that I had forced her to go, poor child, and how miserable sho would bo. "She'll forget it among all those people," I said, bitterly ; but I did not believe it, and at last I sat there calling myself ass, idiot, blind, madman, to plant, as I had, the first seeds of what might grow into a very upa3 tree of dissension and blight the whole of our married lile. "Poor little darling !" I said at last; " I'll wait up till she comes home, and then tell her how sorry I am for my folly and ask her forgiveness." " But, as a man, can I do that?" I said. " Will it not be weak ?" "Never mind," I exclaimed, " I'll do it ! Surely there can bo no braver thing to do than own one's'self in th9 wrong. Life's too short to blur it with petty quarrels. And suppose she were taken ill to-night my darling, whom I love with all my heart ? Or, suppose she went too near tho fire, and her dress caught alight? There, how ab surd ! Thank goodness she is in silk, and not in ona of those fly-away mus Un I" I sat on, musing and musing, till suddenly there was a buzz outside tho house, then tho rush of feet. I fancied I heard the word "fire !" repeated ngtl and again, and, turning to tho win dow, there was a glow which lighted up tho whole place. l dashed downstairs and out of tho door, to find tho road thronged, for a houso a littlo lower down was in flames, and, to my horror, I had not taken a dozen steps before I found that it was at our friends' the AVilsons'. There was no engine, but a crowd of excited people, talking eagerly; and just then tho fire escape came trund ling along tho road. It was quite time, for the houso as I reached it was blazing furiously, the flames darting out in long fiery tongues from the upper windows, while at several there were people crying pite ously for help. I fought my way through tho crowd and tried to run up to the house, but half a dozen officious people heM me back ; while the men with the fire escape tried to rear it against the house ; but it would not reach, because of the garden in front, so that they had to get the wheels of tho escape over the iron railings, and this caused great delay. "Let me go!" I panted to those who held me. "Let me go! Some one somo one in the house." " You can't do any good, sir," said a policeman, roughly. " The escape men will do all they can." Hut I struggled frantically and got loose, feeling all the while a horrible, despairing sensation, as I knew that my poor darling was one of the shriek inguippliants for help at tho upper windows, and that but for my folly I might have saved her. As I freed myself from those who held me and ran to the escape, it was tp find that the man who had ascended it had just been beaten back by the names. " It's no good," he said ; " we must trv the back." lie was about to drag the machine away, when I heard mv namo called. "Dick! Dick!" in piteous tones ; and as I was once more seized, I shook myself free, rushed up tho ladder, with the llames scorching and burning mv face, and, panting and breathless, I reached a window where Mattie stood stretching out her hands. I got astride of the sill, the flamea being wafted away from me, and threw my arm around her; but as I did so tho ladder gave way, burned through by tho flames that gushed furiously from tho lower window, and I felt that I must either jump or try and descend by the staircase. There was no time for thinking; so I climbed in, lifted Mattie in mv arms, feeling her dress crumble in my hands as I touched her, and the horriblo odor of burnt hair rose in my nostrils as I saw her wild and blackened face turned to mine. " Dick, Dick !" she gasped, " save me I and then she fainted. . Fortunately, I was as much at home in the house as in my own, and making for the staircase through the (lame and smoke, 1 reached It in safety; but be low me was what seemed to me to be a fiercely blazing furnace. I recoiled for a moment, but it was my only hope, and I recalled that the lower lloor was as yet untouched by the lire; it was the ono beneath me that was blazing so furiously. So, getting a good tight grip of my treasure, I rushed down the burning stairs, luenng them crackle and give way as I bounded from one to the other. It was a fiery ordeal; but in a few seconds I was below the llames and reached tho hall, where, panting and suffocating, I struggled to the door, reached it, and fell. If I could but open it I knew we were saved ; but 1 was exhausted, and the hot air caught mo by tho throat and seemed to strangle me. I raised my hand to the lock, but it fell back. I beat feebly at tho door, but there was only the roar of llames to answer me ; and as I made ono more supreme effort, panting and struggling to reach tho fastening, I was, as it were, dragged back by tho burden I still clasped to my breast. It was more than human endurance could bear, and I felt that the end was near; and to make my sufferings more poignant Mattie seemed to revive, struggling with me for her life, as she kept repeating my name, and clung to me, till " Dick dear Diek ! wake ; pray wake ! Are you ill ?" I started up to find Mattie clinging to me ; and clasping her tightly to my heart a great sob burst from my breast as 1 kissed her passionately again and again, hardly able to believe my senses. "Oh, Dick," she panted, "you did frighten mo so! I couldn't stay to supper at the AVilsons, dear ; for I could do nothing but think about your sitting here, alone, and cross, witli me. So so so, I was so miserable, Dick, and I slipped away and came home, to find you lying back here, panting and Struggling ; you wouldn't wake when I shook you. AVere you ill '(" " Oh, no; not at all," I said, as I kissed her again and again, feeling now for the first time sensible of a miart Ingrain Ik one foot "You've burnt yourself too, Dick; look at your foot." it was quite true; the too of ono slipper must havo been in contact with the fire; and it was burned com pletely off. "But, Dick dear Dick," sho whis pered, nestling closer to me, "are you very, very angry with your littlo wife tor heing such a girl t 1 could not answer, only thank God that my weak fit of folly was past, as 1 clasped her closer and closer yet. "Maltie, l whispered at last, in a very husky voice, "can you forgive me lor being so weak ? I could say no more for the hin drance of two soft lips placed upon mine; and while they rested there I made a vow I hope I shall have strengtli to keep; for real troubles aro so many it is follv to Invent the false. At last, when I was free, I took the rose from where it nestled in her hair and placed it in my pocketbook; while, in answer to tho inquiring eyes that were bent on mine, I merely said: "lor a memento of a dreadful dream." By tho way, I never finished that pamphlet; SCIENTIFIC KOTES. Dr. Ilcwson asserts that the common sparrow is liable to have smallpox, and is capable of communicating the dis-, case. It is suggested by IlerrDuebergthat the moon may be habitable on the side invisible from the earth, tho water and the atmosphere being drawn thither by the effects of gravitation. The opinion of an eminent analyst is quoted to show that potatoes pro duce symptoms of poisoning more fre quently than we suspect, especially among people whose diet is chiefly these vegetables. The tubers often contrin much solanine. It is asserted on eminent medical authority that cigarette smoking pro duces a more marked depression of the pulse than the smoking of either cigars or pipes, and its effects upon the sys. teiu aro more injurious. The ill effects are especially apparent in young men not fully grown. It seems probable that tho electric light will be largely employed in dye ing works, where also electricity maj be employed for other purposes. At night the light permits tho matching of colors as in daylight, and in the day time the current may be employed for electro-chemical purposes. A new building material has been discovered .it Sewa, ono of the Fiji Islands. It is known as fossil coral, and when cut from a mass is soft, but on exposure to the air becomes hard like brick. It lun thus far satisfactorily stood tho tests that have been applied to it, and large quantities have been ordered for build ing purposes. It has been shown by Professor Loomis that more rain falls on the eastern than on the western side of the continents. This is true every where except in the higher latitudes. Thus tho averago rainfall at San Francisco is only from a half to a third as great in quantity as on the coast of Pennsylvania; and the same, or even more striking difference may be found by comparing Morocco with tho Chi nese coast, and tho west with tho east coasts of South Africa, Australia and South America, the comparison ' being in each case mado between points hav ing the same latitude. HEALTH HIXTS. Three-fourths of the summer diar rheas and dysenteries are attributable to tho use of animal food, together with the unclean habits of body of those who cat it. To destroy black-heads, wash tho face thoroughly at night with tepid water and rub briskly with a Turkish towel ; then apply a mixture of one ounce of liquor of potassa and two ounces of cologne. In Dr. Foote's Wealth Monthly we find the following remedy for hoarse ness: Let a lump of borax dissolve slowly in tho mouth; or inhale mild ammonia vapor; and put a cloth wrung out with cold water about the throat when retiring for the night. Congestion of the brain most fre quently results from trouble and anxiety of mind, producing sleepless ness, followed by the engorgement of the small blood vessels of the brain, sudden loss of vital power, and almost instant death. Apoplexy may be an inherited disease, or it may be induced by too free living, or its opposite, too great abstemiousness. Paralysis may affect only a small portion of the body, from a finger or toe to an entire limb, or it may disable half the body, or the whole body, when death soon follows. AVhen half tho body is affected by paralysis we may be certain that the seat of the disease is in the opposite Hide of the brain, because nervo libers cross. Partial paralysis is often temporary when caused by the rupture of a small blood vessel, if the clot is got rid of by absorption or otherwise. Although this is a dis ease that all classes of people are liable to, its most destructive work is among the depraved and dissipated. FOlt THE LADIES. Kcwa nr.d Notes for Women. Princess Christian is engaged, upon a translation of Professor Esmarchi's work, "First Help in Sudden Acci dents." A Simpson county, Ky., bcllo glories in a head of hair which is seventy inches long and very thick. Sho haa refused S0 for it. A fraternal letter of greeting was sent by tho national Woman Suffrage society of France to the American Woman Suffrage association in conven tion at Omaha. Near Bayou Chicot, Ln., a woman was recently attacked by n large wild cat. She caught the animal by the throat, and, although it .bit" and scratched her terribly, sho held it until she choked it to death. Xellie Grant Sartoris partakes of her husband's love of yachting- and hunt ing. During tho week at Jdlewild she was second on the list of fuli-eatchers, and added to her prowess that of an sxcellent rifle and pistol-shot. Miss Louisa Harris, of Oakland, Dedham, Mass., has gone to Europe to fill an appointment as teacher in the Royal Normal college and academy of music for tho blind in London, Eng land. This college is under the pat ronage of Queen Victoria. New Orleans must be a paradise for washerwomen. One of tho profession there, it i3 said, has in the past fifteen years raised a family of fatherless children, purchased a handsome house, and has $10,000 laid away for a rainy clay. All the money, it is claimed, was earned at the washtub. Mrs. Emma B. Johnson, of Xew Or leans, has published a pamphlet en titled " Silk Culture in Louisiana and in the Southern States," which gives plain, practical directions for the man agement of silk worms in the South. Mrs. Johnson is a dealer in silk worm pggs and mulberry trees and cuttings, and makes a specialty of what she calls " Louisiana eggs," a breed that has been produced in that Stato for thirty-eight years. The cocoons from these eggs are said to be unusually fine in size and color, and no disease has ever developed' among them, j Faaulon Notes. Lace .of every description appears on rhjw costumes, in neck lingerie and on fine ira-ierwear. The basque to be in good form must define the figure to perfection, but should not be tight. Cloaks of plush, brocado and velvet aro more frequently lined with satin or plush than with fur. Capote bonnets aro mado longer and more pointed in the brim in front and shorter in the back. AVhite woolen stuffs.veilings, Chudda cloths and foule goods will be used for winter festival dresses. The blouse waistcoat in satin 'surah appears on many stylish suits of velvet and plush for little folks. Trained dresses for evening wear are coming back to favor, judging from the unusual number in this stylo ex hibited by leading importers. Ultra-fashionablo ladies cover their pet lap-dogs with tiny blankets mada of a bit of the dress goods of which their own costumes are made. Bewitching littlo gowns for two-year-old girls are made of soft white wool, crocheted very closely in loops in the stitch known as the brioche, and afterward cut, leaving a soft -and smooth surface. The collar and deep cuffs are made of white plush. In brocaded satins, velvets and silks tho figures this season are monstrously largo in size dahlias, sunflowers, full blown roses, passion flowers and vines, and the like, all being reproduced in their natural hues and dimensions. These fabrics are designed exclusively for tho uso of portly dames and dowagers, and never for littlo women, who would look like lost babes in tho woods enveloped in a labyrinth of huge buds, blossoms and spreading foliage, two of these florid monstrosities being almost enough to cover their dainty ind delicate backs. As to general outlines in tho world of fashion, the coiffure is still arranged in severe simplicity, close to tho head, and with no false switches where there is even a passable amount of one's natural tresses. The shoulders are high and square, tho bodice is cut round, pointed or in long basques, as ono likes best, and very often is open below the throat a la pompadour, with a chemisetto russo set underneath and not low in the neck all around, even with full dress toilets. AVaists, sleeves and shoes are uncomfortably tight if the wearer will allow it. The most fashionable shoes, spite of the protestations of tho doc tors and tho teachings of tho boot makers, have tho heels littlo and high and the toes pointed. Skirts to dresses are cither perfectly plain, with a treble plaited ruche around tho bottom or are loaded down with voluminous poufs, plaits, kilts or chicorio trim mings in a variety of styles. Colors are unusually brilliant, and tho wildest caprice is noticeable, in tho manner in which these gay hues are combined both In dress una milliutry. ConrtsMp Anions the Choctaw. There are still 2,000 Choctaws living in their ancestral homes in Mississippi, and, on the authority of Mr. II. S. Ilal bert, they retain in all their pristine vigor most of the usages of their an cestors. Among these tho methods employed in conducting a courtship and performing a marriage aro curious AVhen a young Choctaw of Kemper or Neshoba county sees a maiden who pleases his fancy lie watches his oppor tunity until ho finds her alone. He then advances within a short distance and gently lets fall a pebble at her feet. He may have to do this two or three times before he attracts tho maiden's attention, when, if this pebble throwing is agreeable, sho soon makes it manifest. If otherwise, a scornful look and a deciled "ekwah" indicate that his suit is in vain. Sometimes, instead of throwing pebbles, the suitor enters the maiden's cabin and lays his hat upon her bed. If the man's suit be acceptable the hat Is permitted to remain, but if she be un willing to be his bride it is instantly removed. AVhichever method be em ployed, the rejected suitor knows that it is useless to press his suit, and beats as graceful a retreat as possible. When a marriage is agreed upon, the time and place are fixed for the ceremony. The relatives and friends of the bride iad bridegroom meet at their respec tive homes, and from thence march to the marriage ground, halting a short distance from one another. The broth ers of the brido go across to the oppo site party and bring forward the bride groom, who is then seated upon a blanket spread upon the ground. The sisters of the bridegroom then do like wise by going over and bringing for ward the bride. She is expected to break loose and run, but of course is pursued, captured, and brought back to be seated by the side of the bridegroom. All the parties now cluster around tho couple ; the woman's relatives bring forward a bag of bread a lingering symbol of the time when the women had to raiso the corn ; tho man's rela tives a bag of meat, in memory of the days when the man should havo pro dded the household with game. Next, presents of various sorts are showered on the couple, who all this time sit still, not even speaking a word. AVith the last present they arise, now man and wife, and, just as in civilized life, provisions aro spread and the cere mony is rounded off with a feast. The Maelstrom. Tho most celebrated of whirlpools is that called the Maelstrom, which lies to tho southward of tho Loffoden islands, off the coast of Norway, near a large rock in the middle of the strait dividing the islands of Vaer and Mos kenes. It is produced by tho conflict ing currents of one of fie great Nor wegian fiords. There aro most extra ordinary and romantic legends con cerning the Maelstrom, but careful observations havo shown that the peril has been magnified. At flood or ebb tide in summer it offers no danger even to small boats. But in winter, and during stormy weather, even largo ships and steamers do not daroto venture near it. At certain stages of tho wind and tido during this season the whole stream boils in mighty whirls, against which the largest vessels would contend in vain. These whirling waters would not suck vessels down in their vortex, however, as formerly believed, but would infal liblydash them on tho rocks, or, in case of small ships, swamp them with water. Tho imagination of Edgar A. Poe, which painted a descent into tho Maelstrom, had no hold on facta whereupon to delineate his mar velous picture. Stripped, however, of Its fictitious dangers, the Maelstrom is still a gruesome fact, and ttie Norwe gian fisher-boats are careful to give it a wide berth, except in very smooth and pleasant weather, when the tide is just right. This is rather a dis agreeable necessity, as it is said that the Maelstrom and its vicinity furnish a favorite feeding-ground for tho largest and Jiaest specimens of the finny tribe. A World of Wonders. An Ounce of Prevention. Sometimes an ounce of prevention is worse than a pound of disease. One day last week tho children camo run ning in, shrieking that a big hawk was circling over tho poultry-yard. Old Farmer Thistlepod dropped his paper, caught his trusty gun from tho rack, and charged for the poultry yard, lie ran right over a beo stand just the other side of the cypress bush, and was stung in thirty places before ho jumped over the fence of the poultry-yard, alighting upon the old black hen that was brooding thirteen chicks, breaking her neck and mashing five hapless " weetles"; the gun caught in tho feneo as ho jumped, and went off, killing a young turkey and filling the Durham heifer in the meadow full of buckshot; while tho hawk, alone, calm and self-possessed in the midst of the tumult and confusion, sail. 1 grace fully away with the one spring chicken he had all along intended to Urvy on. linrdcltt', in Harper's " Druwtr." In Texas, 1,401 mil 's of new road; t were coitnn t;d last year, costing nearly $;0,U"'-',,,', The Slate has now thirty-four railroads, agrcg iting 5,'JOs mlki in length. r .if
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