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VOL. XIX, NO. 28.
TIONESTA, PA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1886.
$1 50 PER ANNUM.
An English physician advances a the
ory that will bo antagonized by the den
tists. Sir Ilcnry Thompson holds 'hat
artificial teeth are an evil in those of
advanced years, because they enable such
persona to masticate flesh. When the
teeth fail naturally it is naturo's design
that the individual should subsist on
vegetable diet.
A Mr. A. P. Van Tassel, of Sau Fran
cisco, has made a balloon of a capacity
of 150,000 cubic feel, with which he ex
pects to undertake a journey across the
continent from ocean to ocean. The
srreatest difficulty is apprehended from
the Rocky Mountains, which modify the
movements of the air currents over a
largo share of the continent.
ui, one iorcuanacu
citizen in Massachusetts. An old man
of Wost Salem township, Mercer county,
is engaged in making his own coffin and
hearse, and he is building the posthum
ous articles regardless of expense. It is
laid that ho conceived the idea out of
pique at a remark of a neighbor, "thnt
when ho died he wouldn't hare money
enough to bury him."
The Madrid court shoemaker has been
ordered by Queen Christine to make a
pr of shoes for his infantilo Majesty
King Alfonso XIII. They will be made
of white lenther and elaborately em
broidered with gold. Before the young
King puts his feet in them, the shoes"
according to old usage, will- be sprin
kled with holy water. Queen Christine
has given orders that, together with her
ton's first shoes, 300 pairs bo made for
poor children and distributed in her
name.
The New York Lumber Trade Journal
predicts that cherry will hold its own
and continue to bo a favorite cabinet and
finishing wood because there is so little
good cherry left; it wiil not have a chance
to becomo too common. There is none
worth mentioning North of Pennsylva
nia, and in that State its owners know
1 r valim Tli... 1 ' -t - i , r, .
. uv. uisioun guuu ueat icic in
West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennesee, and
North Carolina, but most of it is where
it will cost a great deal to get it to
mirkot.
An Indian girl has had a remarkable
experience, according to a Pike County
farmer. The farmer explains matters
thus: "A young lady who was watch
ing my binding harvester at work fell
upon the table and was carried up with
the grain. As the girl was of about tho
size of a bundle, the machine did not
recognize the difference, and so she came
through with a neat little string around
her waist. One of the harvest hands
caught her as tho machine 'kicked' her
out and set her on the ground right side
up, when it was found that she had been
more frightoncd than hurt."
The magnificent diamond, belonging
to a syndicate, and recently submitted
to Queen Victoria for her inspection, has
in cutting turned out to be even liner
and more valuable than was at first sup
posed. In its present complete shape it
weighs one hundred and eighty carats,
Is of the first water, free from all imper
fections and of extraordinary brilliance.
Experts declare that it surpasses in size
and quality all the historic diamonds,
including tho Urgent, the Star of the
South, the OrlolT, and even the Koh-i-noor.
Its valuo has not been deter
mined, but must bo rouuted by millions
of dol ars. The celebrated diamond be
longing to tho King of Portugal should,
if genuine, of which tome doubt is enter
tained, be worth, according to tho lule
of computation, soino $28,000,000. If
tho new diamond has a greater value
than that, it will need to be brought
over here. Nobody but an immensely
rich American would be foolish cnouarh
to purchase it.
The difference between w hat appears to
be and what is is sometimes curiously il
lustrated. While a menagerie was en
tering the city of Portsmouth, in Eng
land, lately, a large elephant broke away
and ran into the barracks. Prom his
terrific trumpeting, the snapping of his
eyes, and the norvous energy of his
movements it was supposed that he was
angry and bent on dangerous misc hief,
and this impression was strengthened
when, meeting a sentry, he removed the
soldier by winding his trunk about him
and tossing him to one side. Nevcithe
less the intentions of the elephant were
quite peaceable and ordinary. After up
setting the sentry he galloped across the
liornu'k- Knuxrn to & bench UllOll which a
dish of potatoes and a bucket of watc.
. .,
were standing, anu unwog uuieii iui
potatoes aud drunk the water, returned
quietly to his place in th; menagerie
line. If the sentry had not happeued to
be between the hungry elephant and this
bit of free lumh he would not huve been
upset.
THE NOBLE NATURE.
It is not growing like a tree
In bulk cloth make man better be;
Or standing long an oak three hundred year,
To fall a log at last, dry, bald and sere,
A lily of a day
Is fairer far In May,
Although It fall and die that night
It is the plant and flower of light,
In small proKrtious we just beau tins we,
And In short measures life may perfect be.
lien Jonson.
A JUDICIAL CRIME.
BY W1LKIK COLLINS.
Just prior to the American revolution,
a Bristol tr.der arrived in the harbor of
Boston, having one passenger on board.
This person was a young English Woman
named Esther Calvert, daughter of a
shop keeper at Cheltenham, and a niece
of the Ciipta n of the ship.
Some vo.irs before her departure from
England Esther had suffered an affliction
associated with a deplorable public
event w hich had shaken her attachment
to her native land. Fico, nt a later pe
riod, to chooso for herself, she resolved
on leaving England as soon as employ
ment could be found for her in another
couCiry. After a weary interval of ex
pectation, the sea-captain had obtained
a situation for his niece ashousckeper in
tho family of Mrs. Anderkin, a widow
lady living in Boston.
Esther had been well practiced in do
mestic duties during the long illness of
her mother. Intelligent, modest, and
sweet-tempered, she soon became a fa
vorite with Mrs. Anderkin and the mem
beis of her young family. The children
found but one fault with the new house
keeper she dressed invariably in dismal
black, and it was impossible to prevail
upon her to give thecauso. It was known
that she was an orphan, and she had ac
knowledged that no relations of hers had
recently died, and yet she persisted in
wearing mourning. Some great grief
had evidently overshadowed tho life of
the gentle English housekeeper.
In her intervals of leisure, she soon
became the chosen friend of .Mrs. Ander
kin's children; always ready to teach
them new games, clever at dressing the
girls' dolU and nt mending the boys'
toys. Esther was in one respect only
not in sympathy with her young friends
sli3 never laughed. One day, they
boldly put the question to her: "When
we are all laughing, w hy don't you laugh
too?"
Esther only replied in these words;
' I shall think it kind of you if you
won't ask me that question again."
The young people deserved her con
fidence in them ; they never mentioned
the subject from that time forth.
But there was another member of the
family, whoso desire to know something
tf the housekeeper's history was, from
motives of delicacy, con ealed from
Esther herself. This was tho governess
Mrs. Anderkin's well-loved friend, as
well as the t acher of her children.
On the day before ho sailed on his
homeward voyage, tho sea captain called
to take leave of his niece and then
asked if he could abo pay his respects
to Mrs. Anderkin. lie was informed
that tho lady of the house hud gone out,
but that tho governess would be happy
to receive him. At tho interview which
followed, they talked of Esther, and
agreed so well in their pood opinion of
her, that the captain paid a long visit.
1'he governess hu 1 persuaded him to tell
the story of his niece's wasted life.
But hu iusi ted on one condition.
"If w e had b 'en in England." he said,
"I should have kept tho matter secret,
for the sake of the family. . Here, in
Amc:ica, Esther is a stronger hero she
will stay and no slur will be cast on the
fam ly name lit home. But mind one
thing: I trust to your honor to take no
one into your confidence excepting only
the mistress of the house."
Tli f was Esther s sad Btory:
Iu the year 1702, a young man named
John Jennings, employed as waiter at a
Yorkshire inn astonished his master by
announcing that he was engaged to be
married, and that he purpo cd retiriug
lrom service on next quarter day.
Further inquiry showed that the
young woman's name was Esther Calvert,
and that Jennings w.is greatly her in
ferior in social r.mk. Her father's con
sent to the marriago depi nded on her
lover's success in rising iu the world.
friends with money were ir.elinel to
trust Jennings, and to help him to start
a b.isiness of his own, if .Mis Calvert's
father would do something for the young
people on his side, lie made no objec
tion, and the marriage engagement was
sanctioned aceordiuglv.
One evening, when the last days of
Jennings's sei vice were drawing to an
end, a gentleman on horseback stopped
at the inn. In a state of great agitation,
he informed the landlady that he was on
his way to Hull, but that he l ad been so
frightened as to make it impossible for
him to continue his journey. A high
wayman had robbed him of a purse con
taining twenty guineas. The thief's
face (as usual in those days) was con
cealed by a mask, and there was but one
chance of briuging him to justi'c. It
, (nark ou evey gok, h&the
was the travelers custom to pla e a
carried with nun on a journey, aucl the
stolen guineas might possibly be traced
in that way.
The landlord (one Mr. Brunell) at
tended on his guest at supper. His wife
had only that moment told him of the
robbery ; and he had a cireum-tance to
mention which minht lead to the discov-
i erJ of,the t In e n Pla,ce- ho
1 ever h wished to ask at what time the
the
crime had been committed. The trav
eler answered that he had been robbed
late in the evening, just as it was begin
ning to gi t dark. On hearing this, Mr.
Brunell looked tery much distressed.
'I h ive got a waiter here named Jen
i niugs," he said, "a man superior to his
i station in life (ood manners and fair
education in fact, a general favorite.
But, for some time past, I have observed
that he has been rather free with his
money in betting, and thnt habits of
drinking have grown on him. I am
afiaid he is not worthy of the good
opinion entertained of him by mysclt and
by other persons. This evening I sent
him out to get some small silver for me,
giving him a guinea to change. lie came
back intoxicated, telling me that change
was not to be had. 1 ordered him to
bed. and then happened to look at the
guinea which he had brought back. Un
fortunately, I had not at that time heard
of tho robbery, and 1 paid the guinea
away with some other money, in settle
ment of a tradesman's account. But this
I am sure of, there was a mark on the
guinea which Jennings gave back to me.
It is, of coune, possible that there might
have been a mark (which escaped my
notice) on tho guinea which I took out
of my purse when I sent f.r change"
"Or," the traveler suggested, "it may
ha, e been one of my stolen guinea-",
given back by mistake, by this drunken
waiter of yours, instead of the guinea
handed to him by yourself. Do you
think ho is aslcee?"
"Sure to be asleep, sir in his con
dition." "Do you object, Mr. Brunell, after
what you have told me, to setting this
matter at rest by searching the man's
clothes?"
The, landlord hesitated. "It seems
hard on Jennings," he said, "if we
prove to have been suspicious of him
without a cause. Can you speak posi
tively, sir, to the mark which you put
on your money?"
Tho traveler declared that ho could
swear to his mark. Mr. Brunell vielded.
The two went up together to the waiter's I
room. .
Jennings was fast aslcp. At the very
outset of the search they found the stolen
bag of money in his pocket. The guineas
nineteen in number had a mark on
each ona of them, and that mark the
traveler identified. After this discovery
there was but one course to take. The
waiter's protestations of innocence when
they woke him and accused him of the
robbery were words flatly contradicted by
facts. Ho was charged before a magis
trate with the theft of the money, and,
as a matter of course, was committed for
trial.
The circumstances were so strongly
against him thnt his own friends recom
mended Jennings to plead guilty, and
to appeal to the mercy of the court. He
refused to follow their advice, and he
was bravely encouraged to perdst in that
decision by the poor girs, who believed
in his innocence with her whole heart.
At that dreadiul crisis in her life she se
cured tho best legal assistance, and took
from her little dowry the money tiiat
paid the expenses.
At the next assizes the case was tried.
The proceeding before tho Judge was a
repetition (at great length and with more
solemnity) of the pioceedings before the
-Magistrate. No skill in cross examina
tion could shake the direct statements of
tho witnesses. The evidence was made
absolutely complete, by the appearance
of the tradesman to whom Mr. Brunell
had paid the marked guinea. The coin
(so marked) was a curiosity; the man
had kept it, and he now produced it in
couit.
The Judge summed up, finding literally
nothing that he could say, as an honest
man, iu favor of the prisoner. The Jury
returned a verdict of guilty, aftor a con
sultation which was a mere matter of
form. Clearer circumstantial evidence
of guilt had never been produced, in the
opinion of every person but ouo who
was present at the tri il. The sentence on
Jennings for highway robbery was, by
the law of those days, death on the scaf
fold. Friends were found to help Esther in
the last etTort that the faithful creature
could now make tho attempt to obtain
a commutation of the sentence. She was
admitted to an interview w ith tho Home
Secretary, and her petition was presented
to tho King. Here, a.'nin, the indisputa
ble evidence forbade tho exercise of
mercy. Esther's betrothed husband was
hanged at Hull. His last words declared
his innocence with the rope around his
neck.
Before a year had passed, tho one poor
consolation that she could hope for, in
this world, found Esther in her misery.
The proof that Jennings had died u
martyr to the fallibility ol' human justice
was made public by tho confession of the
guilty man.
Another criminal trial took place at
the assies. Th landlord of au inn w as
found guilty of having stolen the prop
erty of a person slaying in his house. It
was stated in evidence tha'. this was not
his tirst offense. He had been habitually
a robber on the highway, and his name
was Brunell.
The wretch confessed that he was tho
masked highwayman who had stolen the
bag of guineas. Biding, ly a nearer way
than was known to the tiaveler, he had
reached the ina first. 'I here he found a
person in trade waiting by appointment
for the settlement of a bill. .Not having
enough money of his own about him to
pay the whole amount. Brunell had made
use of one of the stolen guineas, and had
only heard the tiaveler decline that his
money wa marked alter the tradesman
had left the house. To ask for the re
turn of the fatal guinea was more than
he dared to stlempt. Imt no other
alternative presented itself. The; luc re i
liss villain insured his own safety by
the sacrifice of an innocent man.
After the time wheu the sea captain
had paid hit visit at Mrs. Andeikin'n
house, Esther's position bee ame sunject
to certain changes. One little dmne-tic
privilege followed another n gradually
and so modestly lhat tho hoiisekeep r
found herself a love d and honored mem
ber of the family, without being able to
trare by what succession oi ei nts she
hud risen to lliu new plac e that !,e u
pied. The secret conlidtd to the two
ladies bad been strictly Dreseived; Esther
never even suspected that they knew
tho deplornble story of hor lover's death.
Her life, after what she had suffered, was
not prolonged to a great age. She died
peacefully unconscious of the terrors
of death. Her last words were spoken
with a smile. She looked at tho loving
friends assembled around her bed, and
said to them :"My dear oneis waiting for
me. Cood-bye."
First Fight Between North and Sontli.
I was up to Dickinson College tha
other day, and as 1 crossed tha campus I
came to a spot where two paths meet antl
cross each other. It brought to my mind
a story told me by an old Dickinson
student who was at the college when tho
war broke out. At that time there were
a number of Southern students in attend
ance in fact tho numbers were pretty
evenly divided between North and South
boys, and you know what college lads
are. They have their own opinion of
things and generally express them vehe
mently. It was only natural then that
there should be considerable clashing be
tween the students from the two sections,
and. while there was a good bit ot chin
music indulged in, there were no open
fights. Things kept growing warmer
and the feeling waxed moro bitter be
tween the lads until at last one evening
a dispute as to who was right in the
seceding arose between a powerful
young blonde student from Philadel
phia and a black-haired, fiery
Southerner from Virginia, a youth
of much muscle. The language grew
sulphurous the lie was given aud the
two fellows went together, the Northener
bent on climbing his antagonist's frame,
and the Sotherner with the single pur
pose of tramping on tho blonde's neck.
The fight took place just where the paths
intersect. Instinctively the students
from tho two sections took sides, and
ranged themselves behind their respec
tive championB. It was no sparring-
match with so many minutes to the
round. It was a determined, continu
ous bulldog fight, a regular rough-and-tumble.
Both were men of science and
good wrestlers, and they gave and took
without flinching. At one time the
Philadelphian was mopping the earth
with the Virginian, and then again the
Virginian was threshing the gravel walk
with the Philadelphian for a flail. All
this time the two sides looked on and
never interfered except to utter in a
quiet way a word of encouragement to
the contestants. It would have been
death to have interfered then, for there
were a good many revolvers in tho party.
Finally a last clinch was taken by the
twofighteis, who, breathless, bleeding,
exhausted, almost " stripped of their
clothes, stood panting in the path. The
young Northerner by a quick back turn
threw tho Virginian and fell on him,
and before tho latter could turn the
blonde youth caught his antagonist by
the long hair and bending his head back
so that his face was upturned beat him
insensible. Then he arose, looked about
him, panted out: ''We've won, boys!"
and dropped like a log to the ground.
Each side carried away its man and
nursed him until he got well. How
typi al were these two young fellows of
their sections. The !-'outherner never
cried "enough" nil through the fight,
and he only stopped when he was in
sensible. The South stopped fighting
only when it was beaten into insensibility
by superior force. It never squealed.
And so. too, tho North was utterly ex
hausted at the close of tho war. But,
you say, that was quite natural. Very
true. But wasn't it a little singular that
theiirst fight between the North and the
South for supremacy took place on the
campus of a Northern College? llarria
lunj (Peim.) Telegraph.
JThe Natural Bridge.
A correspondent of the New York Star
who has been visiting t he Natural Bridge
in Virginia thus describes this great piece
of Nature's handiwork:
A sudden turn to the right, and di
rectly ahead loomed up tho Natural
Bridge in bold and rugged outline against
the Western sky, lightened with nil the
glories of a southern sunset. Imagine an
immense mass of solid rock, some forty
feet thick and fifty feet broad, spanning
a chasm seventy-five feet in width at a
height of 210 feet. On the eastern sidf
is a jagged place where an immense mass
of rock has fallen. When it fell it is im
possible to say, but it must have been
centuries ago, as not a particle of debris
remains iu the chum below. The rock
is a bluish limestone, streaked with faint
line s of white. 'J ho grain is very fi lie
and firm, and one loses at first tho im
picssivencss and majestic grandeur of
the bridge in speculating on tho tre
mendous force- that scooped out, as it
were, the immense mass of roc k and
earth that at some time Tilled tho glen.
Ou the under side of the bridge, and al
most in the c entre, the lie hens and mosses
have so grown as to almost represent the
American eagle, with outstretched wings,
clasping the shie ld in its talons. Well
authenticated records state that this pe
culiar firowth existed in the middle ol
the eighteenth century. Standing about
a hundred feet west of the bridge, anel
looking back tinder it, a well-defined
profile likeness of a young woman may
be seen. Eiom the road above, the
bridge cannot be se-rii, nor is thero any
indication of its existence, unless one
leaves the roadway and goesabout twenty
feet to the west. l rom this point the
small stream rushing through the glen and
under tho bridge may be seeu somo 200
feet below.
Her Answer,
1 asked for her hand and
she imirmurmi "lib, my!"
Act (iivH mo a kiiiilo from
llr lovc-bwuiiiniut eya.
rSho KBA her bond, while
t'lirrMn i bur iooilti.
An. I :n,l, 1 am vans, sir.
II y.n w ot tbt: UtHtltO.
.oi'uii t'ourir.
TTISE iVOKItH.
The certain way to be cheated i to
fancy one's self more cunning than
others.
Help somebody worso off than your
self, and you will find you are better oil
than you fancied.
Every man who observes Tigilantly,
and resolves steadfastly, grows uncon
sciously into genius.
Tho men who de) things naturally,
slowly, deliberately, are the men who
oftenest succeed in life. j
I.ove is tho most terribh1, and also the
most generous of the passions; it i. the i
only one that includes it its dreams tho
happiness of some one else.
Perfection docs not exist; to under
stand it is the triumph of human intelli
gence; to desire to possess it is tho most
dangerous kind of madness.
A good man is tho best friend, and
theretoro is first to be chosen, longest to
be retained, an 1 indeed, never to be
parted with, unless he ceases to be that
for which he was chosen.
The roses of pleasure seldom last long
eusugh to adorn tho brow of those who
pluck them, and they are only roses
which do not retain their sweetness after
thay have lost their beauty.
Judge no ono by his relations, what
ever criticism you may pass npon his
companions. Kclations, like features,
are thrust upon us; companions, like
clothes, are more or less our own selec
tion. The mind should be accustomed to
mako wise reflections, and draw curious
conclusions, as it goes along; the hab
itude of which makes Pliny the younger
arti m that he never read a book but he
drew some prolit from it. ,
Tiie most agreeable of nil companions
is a simple, frank man, with ut any high
pretentions to any oppressive greatness;
one who ljves lile and understands the
use of it; obliging, alike at all hours;
above all, of n golden temper; and stead
fast as an anchor. For such a one we
gladly exchange the greatest geuius, the
most brilliant - wit, tho profoundest
thinker.
A Millionaire's Pleasure Skiff.
In his recent visit to th$s,,country Mr.
Vanderbilt, of New York, being struck
with the high finish of the Thames boats
exhibited at the naval exhibition at
Liverpool, commissioned Messrs. Messum
ic Sons, of Richmond, to construct for
his private use one of their very finest
plcasme skills. The Idle Hour, as the
well-known millionaire has chosen to
c , 1 ids new craft, the name being painted
in gold on a blue ground on each side of
the bows, is twenty-six feet long, , four
feet four inches wide, and will draw
when immersed under a full complement
of passengers and rowers fully sixteen
inches of water. The boat is nm-t sub
stantially constructed; the keel, stern
and stern post and timbe-rs are all of
hrst English wood, the skin being of
mahogany three-eighths of nu inch
thick, the top being three-quarters of an
inch. Every metal part of the fittings is
nickel plated, so that the craft has an
exceedingly bright and somewhat daz
zling appearance. She is arranged for
two pairs of sculls, with rowlocks rising
high from the gunwales, on the well
known skiff system still preferred on the
Thames to the level arrangoim nts in
gigs, and the mast will, when stepped,
allow her to dance merrily before a
bree 'e under a balanco lugsail, though,
of course, she will not be much use in
turning to windward, not having cither
keel or centre-board. The lines of the
Idle Hour are very sweet, tho sharp bow
tapering gently to the midship Bection
without any strnightness in the floors,
and running out into a nice clean stern,
with quarters like a racing yacht. Iu a
few days she will bo shipped to New
York, where possibly she will be placed
on board Mr. Vanderbilt's big new steam
yacht, the Alva, where in smooth water
sho will always bo preferred to the
heavier boats of the usual typo (mm her
general lightness of construction.
murrey (L'ttyland) Comet.
Practical (Qualities of Aluminium.
No metal heretofore in use has any
thing like the number of practical cpiali
ties possessed by aluminium. Compared
with the precious metals, it is equally
ductile with gold and silver, tarnishes
less than the latter, resists the attacks
of all acids except hydrochloric, and
melts nt a comparatively low tempera
ture. Compared with iron anel steel,
its specific gravity is nearly three times
less, while capable of resisting a tensile
strain equal to the best of iron. It casts
well, anel can be forged with facility,
never oxidi.ing even at a red heat. It
is h as sensible to variations of heat and
cold than unst metals. Compared with
tin, it forms alloys with every other
metal, imparting to that metal many of
its own remarkable iiialities. Comparecl
with copper, for electrical purposes, it
greatly surpasses tho latter in its con
ductability. The ores of aluminium in a
more or less concentrated state are
abundant in every part of the globe;
and yet, with all this, so far up to the
present time, the refractoriness of these
ores has bee n such that their reduction
has been, if not impossible, at least at
tended with such great expense as to
rende r the c ost of the metal prohibitory
to its general introduction, l util re
cently, the only known successful process
for the produc tion of aluminium liar
been that invented by the French
metallurgist, Devillt, which consisted
in reduerin : the aluminium in an atraos
phere of chloride of sodium. The ex.
penso of this was necessarily very great.
Now, however, that electricity has been
brought to solve the questiou, there is no
doubt that the problem of the production
of cheap aluminium has been solved.
Liiijine'riinj uml Miiiiittj Journal.
School property in th.'. Northern Slates
is valued at iS.OOO.Oou.
A MILKINO BONO,
When from the . at morn,
r.reejrw are blowing,
And through the ta.ssell corn
l.vljtly are going ;
Wh-n in tho meads the daw
Hruhtly is showing;
When at tb bar no few
Cattl- are lowing,
Then from the. houM a maid,
(ally a-singing,
CVnv'th cut to the shad
(If high tree, swinging
Shining pails ou each arm,
For thn In bringing
(if the rreamy tidea warm.
Frothy foam flinging.
Then in my heart, SDew,
Cupid arouses.
"Haste," say the wight, "and woo
Wbilo the hord browsea.
See! see! there U a bird
That now espouses
II in love with ready word,
As he allows his
Song to thrill the cool air.
Never despairing,
riuc k thou this wild rose fair,
Meet for the wearing,
Swain like thou art, alona,
Needs wifely caring,
And a heart like her own,
Husbmdly sharing." '
Charles U. Jilanden, in the Century.
HUMOR OF TIIE DAT.
A cool baseball player The ice pitcher
A fire place has a grate opportunity.
CarU'retul.
The ties formed at sociables sometimes
lead to matrimonial knots.
The questiou of the hour is always one
of great moment. l'itburgh DUpatch.
A western paper says there some pretty
tough nuts in the army. Docs it refer to
the kernels ? Life.
If everybody would mind his own busi
ness wi wonder how a lawyer would
live. Loirell CitUen.
A new scientist says man is destined
finally to change into'a bear. This must
give us paws. Tej-a mif tinge.
It doesn't make any difference to you
how good a horse your neighbors has, if
you can't borrow him. mvmertilU Jour
nal. The people in the far north eat candles
when they can get them. This is one
way of making a light meal. Cotton
Budget.
CAS AFFORD IT.
It is the fill whose ia is sound,
Kin'ineially has lot of boodlo
Who with a ribbon drag around
The city's street a tiny poodle.
UostoA Courier.
The fioral bell is getting to be rather
stale for marriage ce emonies. Why
should not some enterprising couple be
married under a pair tieo. Iio$tvn Bul
letin. Eating onions is said to insure sleep.
It may in the fellow who eats them, but
how about the other poor chap who tries
to sleep with him. Uermantotcn Inde
ffendeiit.. There was a voting lady named Vaughan.
Who treated bur lover with ocauKhaa,
And be itave ! the suit
When her father's big buit
Shot bim hastily forth ou the laugban.
Lif.
A- patent medicine man asks: "What U
the dark shadow:" There are so many
of them hovering around that one must
think before replying: but the darkest
of them all is certainly tho young lady
I who sits down to tell you about the White
Mounta ns and Tings in a doyen page ol
the guide book in her narrative. A'
York 0' raptie.
A Valuable Olter.
A teamster came dow n to Chico, Cab,
oone day recently from the mountains,
bringing with him a live otter, which at
tracted a great deal of atteution in town.
The man said he got tho animal some
time ago from some Indians, who caught
it in the Columbia lliver, Oregon, when
it was very young and only as big a a
rat. It is now alout thirty inches in
length from its noso to the tip of its tail,
and weighs fully fifty iound. In coloi
it is a dark brown. The otter is very
tame, aud will follow itt master about
town like a dog, never offering to run
away. He and a few friend went down
to the river with the animal after fish.
It had been tiained by its former own
ers, the Indians, to catch fish, and it
performance is said by those who wit
nessed it to be truly remarkable. When
, thrown into the river tho otter would
( make a sudden dive into the wster.
. After a moment it would reappear on tht
: surface with a fih iu its mouth, which it
' would bring to the bank to it mat r.
Then it would repeat the operation,
i never failing to bring up a fish w hen it
I dived. In this way the party got over a
hundred fi-h in two hours' time. The
teamster values his pet very highly, but
i wanted to sell it, as he has to be travel
ing around tho country all the time. He
considers i. worth (100.
A Valuable YelL
The church of Mcixotl, Mexico, isnaid
to contain a veil of great value. For
nearly three centuries Spaniards were in
the habit of vow ing a jewel to tho veil
of Our l.ady of MiHotl if they returned
safely from a voyage to Spain, until in
Maximilian's time the veil was hejew
eled to tho value of $200,01)0. Three
(iertnan adventurers with Maxmillan de
termined after his failure to carry away
this veil. They made elaborate pie;ra
tions, succeeded iu taking the veil, but a
pursuing party had nearly overtaken
them w hen they maelo a t cud in a nar
tow puss, where two of them were, how
ever, kill d with their horses, tho third
mskuig oil under cover of darkness, bin
without the veil, which wus recaptured
and restored to the altar, to be moit
vigilantly guarded than vcr.