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13. F. SCllWEIEIl, THE OOSSimJTIOH THE TUTIOH AITD THE ESTOEOEIIENT OF THE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XXXIII. MI1-TLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, 1'EXNA., WEDNESDAY. JULY IT 1S79. NO. 28.
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H. T. HELMBOLD'S
COMPOUXD
FLUID EXTRACT
BUCHU.
PHARMACEUTICAL.
A SPECIFIC REMEDY FOR ALL
DISEASES
OF THE
BLADDER KIDNEYS
for IH'tulity. Lf3 of Memory. Inilisponi
t ion to Exertion or liu-ines(, jborineiw of
Hn-atn. TrouTfltHt with Thought of li-ea.-e,
lMmnew of Viion, Pain in the B:ict. ChL,
tiuii Hh1, Rash of Blooi to the UcuJ, 1'aJe
Countfniince. and Dry km.
1( thes symptoms are allowM to po on,
very Irequeiitly Epileptic fits an.t Con
sumption folloV. Vhen the constitution
bet-oines alTfteiJ it requires the aid of an
lnvigoraiintr medicine to strengthen and
totie up the S3stem whit-li
"Helmbold's Buchu"
DOES IN EVEHY CASE.
HELMBOLD'S BUCHU
IS UNEQUALED
Bv anr ronWv known. It Is prescribed by
ILk um-t cuiliieut pby-iciui mil over the
world. In
Hheumatiam.
Spermatorrhoea,
.Neuralgia,
Nervousness,
Dyspepsia,
Indigestion.
Constipation,
Aches aud Paius,
General Debility,
Kidney Diseases
Liver Complaint,
Nervous Debility,
Epitepsy,
Head Troubles,
Paralysis,
General Ill-Health.
Spinal Diseases,
Sciatica.
Deafness,
Decline,
Lumbago,
Catarrh,
Nervous Complaints,
Female Complaints, &c.
Headacne. Palo In the Slioul.ler, Consh,
Dizziness, Sour Stomach, Eruptions, ltai
Taste in the Mouth. Palpitation of the
llart, Paiu In the region of the Kl.lneys,
and a thousand other pa,n''ul symptoms,
are the otf-priugs of Dyspepsia.
Helmbold's Buchu
Iaviorates the Stomach,
And stimulates the torpid Liver, Bowels,
and Kldnevs to healthv action, in cleansing
the blood of all impurities, and Imparling
new life aud vigor to the whole system.
A single tri.l will be quite sufficient to
convince the mnt faesiiatiug of ita valuable
remedial qualities.
FRIGE 1 PER BOTTLE
Or Six Bottles for 5,
Delivered to any address free from obscrva-
""Patlents' may consult by letter, receiv
ing the same attention as by calling, by
answering the following questions:
1. Give yonr name and post-office address,
county and Slate, aud your nearest express
office t
i Yonr ace snd sex ?
S. Occupation T '
4. Married or single?
5. Height, weieht, now and in realtbT
. How long have you leen sickt
7 Yourcomplexion.colorof hair and eyest
e. Have you a stooping or erect Bait ?
S. Relate without reservation all y
know aooat vour case. nc!o-e one dollar
.-consultation fee. Your letter will then
receive ourattenilon. and we will give you
the nature of your disease and our candid
opiniorffoncerningacure.
Competent I'hvsicians attend to corres
pondents. All lett. is should be addressed
to Jjipenatory, IU7 1 ilbert treet, Phila
tlelphia, fn.
II. T. HELM BOLD,
Druggist and Chemist,
Philadelphia, Pa.
ON THE BIT.
11 ow oft at twilight honr
i . We two went floating off upon the wave !
The West resplendent with ita snuset d er.
I The East all luminous, yet aoftly grave ;
I The ocean spread around,
j Just ruffled, yet reflecting every hue.
, Marking w to foam each emerald inlet g bound,
; And gliding back ita billows to renew.
Then the lone sea-bird sped
I tracUeaa way with many a phuutive crv :
-. The wind swept slowly, and from ocean's bed eeeded in coneealiug himself behind them.
' lloae perfumes that e'en now seem gathering I The two Kutlis huddled together in a cor
i nih. ner and vainly hoped to escape the fury of
1 the savage.
i . ' , Leftonidleoam "Now, little pale faces," the monster
We gazed on bills whoae feet were on the exclaimed, win n flip master lav ncalne.1
sand :
TTlAir Pmna Md trrmn.llw, ft... .....1: .1. '
j pours
I Ita laat rich flood on rippling sea and laud.
In all the long, bright put
i When ocean, earth aud sky in blent accord,
Theirieu of light, song, motion round us
j cast
There are no dearer bourn in memory's ward.
! The cup our lips did frees
' In that glad time waa trembling to the brim
; With ita aweet draucht ef mortal hanpine-a,
Not wasted, lost, but grown far off and dun
The Two Ruths.
Enoch Brown was the schoolmaster of
the settlement.
He was a tall, angular man, very stern
in his demeanor, exceedingly exemplar- in
...sco.muci a m o unuouuieu courage.
The m iioolhouse was situated on a little
knoll in the w.xkIs, and a purling brook
wound its way lazily through the meadows
which had lice., cleared along us banks by
the settlers. It was a rude wooden struc-
jure built or logs and rudely and unoom-
fortably furmsheiL
ln.l. u M.J., .... .I. u !..:..!. f I 1
puck aud intelligent, was the youngest
child in the sch.H.1, and Master Urown's
favonte. One beautiful morning in sum -
tZ ..,.; ?..;. 't " ... ' ,7. i"
w,t - " """"".
came into the sch.Kj-rx.m lieaming all over
with smiles and happy as the day was long.
- Master lirow
srwept out thr
desks and 1mih
rirlits.
t u i ou art- tai iv, .riiR, ir ruiu
to the chiitL with a wiiiIc. aa the tihhil-
it t. 4 I - I
hat in his hand and his tiny dinner basket
on his arm.
"Yes. sir." the K.y answered timidly
I.... I . . . . ...
..ui rt-it iiuu, iuiwasiiKt o gn i
scutioi rari, oui s.uil oi uie oos lit in i
want to eome tohiy. I saw fiie of them
in the woods and he said he was going to
play hookey."'
"lie must Ik- a bad lxv, Archie," the
master said. "Who was he t"
" He asked me not to tell, and I said I
wouldn't."
"It was not a goKl promise to make, my
child," Master Urow n replied, " but hav
ing made it you must keep it. It is as had
to break your word as to tell a lie."
The child hung down his head and was
silent. Presently he looked up and run
ning to the door, said:
" Here comes the two Hatha."
Two little girls entered, Kuth Hall and
Iluth Hart by name, smiling at Archie and
curtseying to Master limwn as they came
into the door. They were tiny thin:
jalxnit the sanie age loth of them, and
might hare txi-n mistaken lor twins but:
for lhe familiar manner in liich their
names were occupuM ny tneir companions
"the two Kuths." Other chil.lren followed ;
; coming in one by one and tardy, until nine
I had assembled. With the exception of !
the two Kuths all were loys and none of
them seemed anxious to liegin the duties of
the hiy.
"Has
anvliodv seen Elen Taylor and
th-orge Ihmstan this morning ? " the mas
' ter asketL
ICden was the biggest lxiy in tlie sch-jol, I
I. mr nlmut fifteen v..im of re sn.1
George was a v.-ar or two younger. No-
'body" had seen either of theni,!ut just
gether, hjoking very pale and thoroughly
I frightened.
1 1 ton in. Mm trii i in wiiiatki riMtni
u uu4 v ' a.t-n, nmiuM:ti rniii.i at tim a urn t mua tk lu ' ,.i i t . i.
SKh.l-hous,-. dusted the , .Vn.l , , .Z, ,,u u., i- K" . tre ,JU, ,,n WiUt' u,m.'nS
hesaml put even-thing to ' f " , T-jT Z "Z ; m ainong me norror-stricKen seamen, I hey
! "We saw Inc'jans in the bashes Eden - ,CTrrel mierreu iuai it was ins inienuon
i exclaimed, gasping for breaUi, aud George to elevate it to the third story. But how f
corrolsrated the alarming news. Dime I "I'd rig a tackle and pulley in that third
novels were not published at that day as at , """O' window,' said the first man who halt
this to excite the imagination of children, t J- "That s your easiest way, and there s
so that Brooklyn bovs are occasionally no danger of accident. "
: found wandering in New Jersey in search ' He leaned against the lamp-post to calcu
..r InHLow l.ni st..ri.- of Indian n.ass.-u-rf late on the length of rope and the lifting
were often told and the hunting grounds of
the Shawanese savajres in the Kitrochtmnv ' " ""-' suuauon at a glance anu saiu:
mountains were near enough to Enoch ' aild ff--t scautlings fourteen
Brown's st hool for three relentl.-ss f.s of feet long and lay 'em on the stairs. Then
the whites to put in an appearance at any two men can roll tlmt lwirrel up there as
tjnK, slick as grease."
i "You must Ik- mistakec, 1kvs" 'he ' The little man K.ke,l around in a help
! master argued, remembering that similar ' S"" of way, and a third man came blus
! stories had' often been told by alarmed in- 'nn!f UI a,lJ "'"' out
i habitants w hich provel in the end to lie "n' ' P( t at barrel up staire, eh 1
j without foundation. Take your liooks and . w -''. DOW, fasten your pulley at the head
we will proceed with the lesssoiis." of the stairs and ten men down here can
! l abort nraver was made l.v Muster snake the barrel up stairs in no time.
: Brown and then the work of the day lie- '
gun. But scarcely were the opening ex- ;
ercises finished when a noise at the kor
' attracted the attention of the teacher. t
' Suddenly it was tlirown open and three j
j Indians stood on the threshold. They were .
decorated with the war paint of their .
' trilie anil their tomahawks glittered in the !
- morning sun. They glared into tlie room;1"'-
and Master Brown saw at a glance that ! knw what I m talking al.ut, and I
their errand was an errand of death for say that I can skid that barrel up there alone,
him and the helpless chil.lren under his ' You just wait a minute."
'churi' ' He crossed the street to au unfinished
Consternation seized the children, who building and returned with a couple of 2x4
! were too much frightened even to try to scantlings and laid them on the staira, and
... "--- i , - ' tli a-rrViu.fl nt.' mini f wrr 1 fi ft v
'esi-ae. l.ut e-en II inev nan ineu iney
'could not have succcedc-d, for the long j
, narrow windows cut between two logs were j
so high from the floor that the little ones j
: I I 1,.. x... lJ ll,... Ilooin.r In i
cm.i ii'i -" ........ - - i ---
: save their lives even at the sacrifice of his !
f..utnr Itnmn i nnnl t (ItMH t
' trp ami avert the imcn(tiii; blow.
4L;ll nk ltrttirw nti if Vfttl U til " llP
cried in imploring tones "but spare the
' lives of these innocent children. " '
! " Tide face, it cannot lie as you wish," j
' one of the savages answered. " We came ' imrtanc of a riean Skin.
' all the way from the mountains where the'
sun sets to send you where many of your Most of our invalids are such, and mil
white brothers have gone bv the Ked .Man's lion of more healthy pe1ple will become
hatchet Why should we spare the young invalids for want of paying the most or
bucks and the'two hinds there looking out dinary attention to the requirements of the
of their gnat, round eves i If we did as skin. That membrane is too often regard
you bid us. U-f.s-e the next moon is hung , ed as a covering only, instead of a comph--.
.. . ... r ,i. .i.;tA m.n'H..tffl t.iece of nuu-iiinerv. scarcely second
in tlie sky me noise i nunc
gun would be heard in the mountains anu
there would lie tongues to tell who it was
that put the schoolmaster to death. No,
: we must kill all or none."
When this speech was finished the Iu
,i;-,,r.ranint the nxim while the others
! remained outside to guard the door and
'.rive timely notice to the fiend within in
ase they were discovered. The contest
jwith the schoolmaster was soon decided, i
j Tlie Indian fiercely attacked him with hisj
I tomaiiawK ami u iuunici ...uwu
ing with w hich to defend himself but his t
hands the battle was a very unequal one.
He fought bravely, however, and it was ,
not unU? both his hands were disabled and j
hi anns broken that the furious savage
J was able to strike him a fatal blow. Final
ly a blow upon the head felled him to the
floor, and while he lay dying the Indian
tore the scalp from his skull.
The cliildren were almost frantic while
this bloody scene was enacted, and kept
running to and fro in their fright, conscious
ot the fate that Impended over them.
Some oak and hickory boughs had been
placed in the great chimney a few days bc-
fore, and although thev were already wilted
ni nearly dry, Archie Mct'ullough suc-
and dead on the floor, " the Indian will see
that you tell no tales out of school, as the
white man say."'
The little ones were then killed one by
one. each loins' dispatched with a si.iclc
j blow of the tomahawk. hen all lay dead
i or dying, their scalps were torn off by the
savage monster, who went hastily from one
jto the other fearing discovery lcfore his
bloody task was ended,
j Ali this time Archie MeC'ullough sat
I behind Uie wilted boughs in the chimney,
looking in childish wonder at the horrible
j slaughter of his old school-mates. Think
i ing his work was finished the Indian turned
' to go, and in a moment the child would
! have been safe from the fate that W-fel his
companions. I nfortunately for Archie
! the (toughs behind which he was hidden
did not entirely conceal him, and as the
; savage gave a last glance at his Moody
achievement he perceived the boy concealed
jn ,i,e chimney comer.
It would not do to
iaiw the onlv witness of his crimes to
.' p,, all(1 wi', ni!t)Menw, fury ,hl.
' nisll,., upon lhe cllim
j "(Mi, pleas,-, don't hurt me." Archie
: jul,imL ,m the asc was relentless,
j A ft.arful ll()w IaiJ ,,,,, chiM proKtrat(,
aml w..drins (lir hia scalp also, the Indian
I(.f, llim ,,,'j: ..,.. , , nmmm.itmf.
I . . . ' -
SltV-'hl-fi lfn!trtft IriMii fliia a.u.nn l
' .1... numsa.-re. and for hours Ar, l,in M,-4'..l.
. M was It.fl with OIlIv the ,,,,,,,,;,,,,:,,;
; nf 1L. d(.aiL '
1 . a'iH J a,ul wuimc.1 the child survived,
nut was stone blind.
A settler hanneiiiiiir to come near the
; schoolroom about noon, and obwrvin" the
script ion
! -r.. 1:1
T i;r t -.i i: i . i i .1
Ten l.fcKs lHHl.es lay stretch. d upon the
i Ar,j-n i ..: , :,.
iZZZ7& VZ
,. .u..:.
nHiiintis niiiiii
ing his lingers through their
nothing his hand over their
hair and snu
lacesasii seeking io uisimguisn iuem by
i ue scene mat met his gaze bullies de-
me toucii. l ue man looked in grief a id j Ming the aiils. As she did not seem tosee
wonder upon the death scene which met his , the boat, one .if the men jiunped into the
eyes, and while he looked the child touched water and swam off to her. He was fol
in succession the forms of the two girls. !wed by two sliarks, which kept him com
"1 he two Kuths," he exclaimed, crying pa,,,- the whole of that long, awful swim,
with grief and moaning with pain. i1It he scared them off by flapping his
The children were taken up and buried I jacket the shark Ls a great "coward. Just
m the same grave with .Master Brown, and , a he was alout to give up the race in de
the whole ncighlHirhood participated in sprt;r, the man at the wheel looked over the
their obsequies. There was a vacant place I rajl allj . saw him. A boat was lowered,
at ten hearthstones, for each of the iiiur- !lIKi i. aj i,js shipmate were saved. Xoth
ilered scholars In-longed to different fami- ,.. ,. al g,, an involuntary
lii-s. Although more than a hun.h-ed years j shudder through him as to see tlie edge of
have elapsed since the massacre, the story i the dorsal fin of a shark floating like an un-
is loiu in the neighlMirhoiMl ol what is
( known as Rrowu's Shool-house to this
dav. as the most noteworthv triiliti.in of
ii,; l..litv mii.I it c rt .inlO w ...... ,.f il,.-
most terrible epismh-s of Indian maraiiiiing
n the early frontiiT.
Archie M.ulloii.ri, . i. !,i
: nian, but his sight never returned, and the
bright intelligence of his childhood had
departed forever. A mumbling imlwtile he
WOuld often try to decrilie the terrible scene
which had crazed his brain, and to the last
day of his life he would moan aud cry over
tuc fatc 0f lJ. two Kuths."
That lUm-L
Just as the last rays of the setting sun
were KiHung uie ciiutcu spires ami wime-
washing the bat k kitchens of Detroit, a man
and a barrel were discovered at a stairway
" '
anJ " was a 1"- ham-l, and pedestrians who
'i" looking up the stairs and back at
Pw'f required, and aloug came a man who
Where's your tackle f
By this time the crowd had increased to
twenty, and was pretty evenly divided be
tween a dead lift through one of the front
windows and a pulley at Uie top of the
stairs but the man who suggested the skills
iiad a ven loud voice and was determined
lo 'TV his point. Taking off his coat, he
-
" ou want this barrel on the third
do you ? he asked of the little man.
'7,tS !'U,7i "U
"Bllt What i
flisir
. ... r r . .
hy I was waiting for mj wife to get
clothes-horse out of the upper hall.
She's all ready now, and 111 take it up."
And the little man shouldered the barrel
and tr-rt ted briskly up stairs U-tween
It was empty !
the
: : . , .
in its texture and sensitiveness to the ear
or the eve. Many treat it with as little
reference to its projier functions as if it
were nothing better than a bag for their
1 nines. It is this inconsideration for the
skin that is the cause ot a very large pro-
portion of the diseases in the world, ir,
as claimed by some scientists four fifths
in bulk, of all we cat, and drink, must
either pass off through the skin or be
turner, oaca. iipu iac,iiu-ap
and that life depends as much upon these
exuauuions tnrougu iuc .wu a uju
haling pure air through the lungs it must
be of the most vital importance to keep
that channel free.
The Red Sea.
The lied sea is so called from a certain
tawny tinge of its waters as well a for the
red coral in its coast, but why the black sea
should have that epithet it is difficult to say,
. ... ' '
unless on account of toe scowling, thunder
ous appearance it presents in winter, when
it is swept by disastrous storms. The sea
on the southern coast of England is a pecu
liar light gray -green caused by the chalk
cliffs which are being constantly eroded and
washed away by the ocean-billows. A very
. r
sinking instance of water colored
in this
way is seen
x- , . , . . , ,
in Northumberland straight,
t f, " .
Gulf of St. Ijtwrcnce, especially after a
storm. The soft, reddish shores of Prince
Edward's island are eaten away and ab
sorbed by the sea, which thus assumes a
rich coffee-color, very vivid, and, when
glistening in the sun, and tinged here and
there with reflections of the blue overhead,
extraordinarily rich in tone, and strongly
resembling polished syenite. It is well
known that the Amazon dyes the sea for
hundred of miles beyond the land with the
oclire-tinted siit it washes down from the
pampas and the far-off mountains of Peru.
The warmth of the water in tropical lati
tudes seems to have the same cffi;ct on the
monsters of the deep that the climate has
on the temperament of man. The barracu
da is savage and aggressive as a tiger, and
the cruel voracity of the King of the Canni
bal islands is quite eclipsed by the horrible,
treacherous stealthy nature of that sea-pir
and from what I have heard I am inclin.-d ! coI1T.,s P ?Ye . r '"J
to thing it is true, that the shark prefers j su"7 tl,.c "'l n.an with bread
white men to negroes, and will only attack I w.'"ch ,,as sI'un hf , and pre
andeatthe latter on rare occasions. An I vloU!,Iy T '
English frigate's crew on the edge of the ':" J !'"'. haying be
Ualiama bank killed sixtv of these monsters 'ih1 retwved .nstmctum from the m. r
in one day's sport a fewdaysago.sonun.er- clwMt ir'"S,1'.c Ptay of the goods he
ous are they in those wau4 This might re,p..re, their o.lors, patterns etc
have Uen a means taken by the Hritisl. ! Atu7 l Pls f,ro !" nu rr hant
tJoven.n.ent fo revenue il..f ,. ,..,.. tUum l U,e tUSt0" wll,'ri'
ate, the man-eating shark. It is stated.
savage trilK-, n-gardless of diplomatic reJ 8 '' 8tani,HHL ami pays a certain
monstran-s an.l the courtesy of nations, I1'" T? wml'ux,1tA
for the liU-rtr taken by the sharks with the i to " ;i'tty f the Vuv.
crew of an English shuVof-war some vears : J',e V "','r , of t.he t',,,v'r""","t S'"' Hy
' i-
The Mam.ie rh...ner WHorn.isin-
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I . Z1 ' "s". ?
j " 'Til. .n . ZnT. .i .1.3
warning than a small round cloud , , 1 una an,a riS1!
skv, mshing with the rapidity of from lI,c '',""- Amntser is the great shawl
ladl She was over in an instant, m a".'1 l P are washed Pj"'k
ake a long story short, the w hole ? U''tn 'a ( h,llere ' l,ut of
in a dw
la cannon liall
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"! i;..7.T.X ? " . ". ..r
with htT prvy. liut the first tiuste of M.khI
i W:M like Hlmhnl ti n lrtinkinl nml in
' " -
; ft.w m-ments only two of the crew sur -
' V,cv ? ' . w",lu . u,m,eu. ,m
! ..,.."7
' starved and roasted by the
; brig orr in sight, slowly p:
" " "-" ""
tropic sun, a
passing two miles
i away w ith a very light morning air just
ngiu spar on tnc sunace ot the water, lou
know at owe tliat mischief is lurking near.
A Combat at Ten Pce with I'lMui.
Two gentleman, of "ew Orleans re-
ceutlv repaired to the rear of Micliaud's :
; plantation, in Orleans Parisli, a place on
the line of the railroad. The desired loca
tion having lieen secured, preparations
were made for single combat, and in a few
minutes, each with a hcavv diicllimr nistol
they fac-d aliout readily 'and steadily 1M
paces from each other, resolved to go j
through all the formalities and courtesies,
of the code of honor with the proverbial i
courage of Loiiisianans. At the words '
"Are vou ready T" the weapons were raised I
almost stimultaneouslv w ith a finn and de-1
t.-rnuiied irrasn.
When tlie command :
"Fire" was given, the pistol fell out of the i
j hand of one of the combats who was found
. iin r- M-i rj iuu iui in iiit- rit'iit hi hi. ,
the missile entering underneath the cIIkjw,
glancing upward, and lodging in the mus-
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, . . , . , .'J.l
end to the dueL and honor was satisfied. '
. . . 7. i i i .
The d.Ktor in attendance dn-ssed and ban-
daged the woun.L but preferred to wad un-!
m,u.au,u,CS,-,,,u,Utl.,j
before proceeding to extract the balk as the
wound was not serious. The whilom ene-
j courtesies were exclmnged. The wounded
man, together with his seconds was con
veyed to New Orleans on a railroad hand
car,' as there is now no night train from Mo
bile to this city. Thev arrived at 8 o'clock.
a carriage was procured, and the victim of l
the code was taken home, where the doctor j
wuo ..au mienueu ... .. prev.ous.y pro-1
nounccd htm out of danger, as no bones i
had been fractured and no vital spot in-j
jured. The other parties who had re-t
maincd with their uninjured friend repaired .
to a neighboring house where they re-1
mained till dark, returning to New Orleans ,
in a wagon by 1 1 o'clock. Thus this un- j
pleasent misunderstanding between two 1
gentlemen extensively known in this city j
ended to the satisfaction of all without any I
serious result and with only the inconve- j
niencc to one of the principals of a painful,
though not serioiu, wound in the arm. A
curious circumstance connected with the
duel is that the injured man would infill li- !
lily have been killed had he not held his j
anu slightly
litly 1'Mhus covering his right I
huh he ball would have pierced ,
breast, w
through and through, considering the dis
tance of only IU paces and tlie heavy calibre
of the duelling pistols
Caehmere Shawl.
The manufacture of shawls at C achmere,
with supplies all the world with a splendid
article of dress furnishes employment to
the industry of nearly fifty thousand indi
viduals It would perhajis be difficult to
determine with accuracy the quantity of
shawls manufactured annually; but the
I number of looms employed is said to be
sixteen thousand, and supposing five shawls
are on an average made at each loom, it
would give eighty thousand in the course of
the vear. A shop may be occupied with
one shawl, provided it lie
remarkably fine
one, aliove
year, while other shops make
six or eight in the course of that period,
Of the best and most worked kinds not so j
much as a quarter of an inch is completed .
in one day by tlie three people, which is the j
usual number employed at most of the shops.
Shawls containing much work are made in I
senarate pieces at different shops ; and it ,
may be observed, that it very rarely hap
pens that the pieces when completed cor-
nxmnnd in size. The sllOD consists 01 a
framework, at which the persons employed !
:piaveu wnu mem lor a while as a cat does
sit on a bench ; their number is from two cement, were so shattered that the most of
to four. On plain shawls two people alone it can be piped off under the heavy head of
are employed, and a long narrow, but heavy waters there used. Occasionally even a
shuttle is used ; those of which the pattern ' greater amount of powder than this is ex
is variegated are worked with wooden ' ploded by Uie larger hydraulic mining com
needlcs, there being a separate needle for panics who find it economical to employ
the thread of each color, and without the such heavy charges as doing more propor
aid of a shuttle. The operation of their ionate execution than small ones.
manufacture is of course slow, proportionate
to the quantity of work which their patterns
may require. The women and cliililren
M"1. T. V. , '
I a"d MwTt w'j't', !8
. oFtiru-unU aniil hff vrmnr irirla Willi tl.e.r
pick out the fine wool from the course hair,
afterwards carded by young girls with their
fingers on India muslin, to lengthen the
fibre and clean it from dirt, and in this state
it is delivered to the dyers ami spinners.
The loom that is used is very simple and
horizontal. The weaver sits on the bench,
a child is placed before him with his eyes
i on flip nattern. and mvni him notice after
- ' r o- . ... ,
everv turow 01 uie anuiue 01 me coiora
- . . ,
I wanted and the bobbins to be next emploveiL
The Oostaud, or head workman, suiierin
tends, while his journeymen are employed
near him immediately under his directions.
If they have any new pattern in hanil, or
one with which they are not familiar, he
d-soribes to them the figures, color and
threads which they are to use, while he
keep before them the pattern on which
they hapjH n to be employed, druwn upon
paper. During the operation of manufac
turing the right side of the shawl is upper
most on tli' frame ; notwithstanding which,
the Oostaud never mistakes the regularity
of the most figured piece. The wages of
the head workmen (the employer furnishing
the materials) are from six to eight pice per
day ; of the common workmen from one to
four pice ; which currency in Caclinicrc
may lie valued at three-half pence each.
When a merchant enters into trade he fre
quently engages several shops, which he
"rc ,a,u, !' ,"" "iu P"MW Hre
in reality worth, and the duty levied on this
i "! is one-tiftlu Most shawls are ex-
P" fr' l'hnu-re unwash. d and fresh
the Wcstwar.L many are worn unwashe.1
Animal Proj;notici.
The lower an in nils in a stute of nnfim.
i or exivwed in the onen fiel.l. nm vi-rv .
e i : i li
tTininic ui aiiitoutieric cuitnt's. iieep rax
! .dilv Ufore a storm, an.l sparingly Ik-
i "re ''aw- hen they leave the high
1 1' of U'Vir '"
m me evening, or uunng the night, we may
e.vnect severe weather. Goats si-ek a r-hu-e
of shc.ter, while swine carry litter, and
cover themselves lietter than ordinary Ik-
fore a storm. Frost is foretold by the cat
scratching a post or wall; and a thaw,
when she washes her face, or when frocs
come from their winter concealment. The
gathering of grouse into large flocks
the diving of sparrows in dry dust, the
fluttering of wild ducks as they flap their
wings, the dismal, lengthened howl of sea
gulls in an inland pliire, or around lakes
the mournful note of the curlew, the shrill
whew of plover, the whet-whet-whet of the
chaffinch perched upon a tree, the crowing
ot the cock at unusual times all prognnsti-
cate rain or snow. When the fieldfare,
redwing, starling, swan, snow-fleck, and
! other binls of passage, arrive soon fmin the
north, it indicates an early and severe
j winter. When gnats bite very keenly.
i "hen Hies keep near the ground (shown by
swallows Uiat ,wl uIH,n " W1"- "J1"
low) we look for wind and rain. Hut the
most wonderau influence of atmospluric
changes is upon these creatures that burrow
in the grgund. The earth worm appearing
in abundance indicates rain. In like man
tllc mole seems to feel its approach, as
or two u-f,re ,,u r-" n,,,rt' hillocks
thttn usuaIi anJ when, after a long, severe
frof,t ,ie 'fgius again to work, it will soon
b'-'comc In'Mu The effect of electricity are
weI1 known, lioth on the atm.phere ami
on ai'"als: and the petition of the aqueous
vaiors wuu me relaxing damp ne:ir the
face of t,,e earth which in certain states
'"K1"9 PIaoe m"y ?lve nse to this incn-ased
"There Iff a Reaper.
Jasper Smith, a fanner s hired man, was
, ... . i .... . ....i . to .i i i
sent to town to buy a scythe. After he had
uken ' . hjs
ence ,,e 8tarU,a ou, , b t'l0
, ,;.. h. n-odv to bnv his
ytiie the beer hail worked up into his
I head, and he insisted on trying the blade
... Fmow7nir ,h.
In his ardor he came
nearly mowing the legs off several pe
destrians and when he failed to lop off a
hitching post at one awful blow he threw
down the scythe in disgust and refused to
shell out for damages.
"Sun-beaten agriculturalist, what means
slK,h COIHj(lct r ked
conrt as the
was brought
isU ,(X)U
,.:
"All I can remember seems like a
dream," answered the man.
"You don't rememlier of try ing to mow
an alderman's feet off;"
"No."
"Nr of mowing down bales of calico
and strings of straw hats i"
"No."
"Well, I'll fix it so you won't lie so absent-minded
next time. Your fine is five
dollars"
"That's a heap of money, remarket! the
prisoner as he went down for his sinking
fond.
'-U-..1I . ..1.. I.o.l on., f.... ....I -.f It
,,, ' ,t wa,n-t ,ikc oi ff
ad lUviai am,
eating ice cream off the same dish with a
cross-eyed woman."
The man paid, but he looked purple
around the mouth and the nose as he went
out, ami when Bijah called to him that he
had left his hat he turned and replied :
"Oil, I'll rememlier you, you old bald
head I The first time I catch you out on a
huckleberry excursion I break you in two
' across a fence-rail 1"
Ijirge Powder Blaata.
Some time since a blast of 12,000 pounds
of powder was exploded in the quarry of
the Glendon Iron Company, near Easton,
Pa., displacing 60,WK) tons of rock. The
discharge was discrilied in some of the
newspapers as probably the heaviest charge
not sub-aqueous ever fired in the country.
To this a California mining journal takes
exception, and says that much -larger
charges are frequently exploded in the
gravel mines of that State. Very recently
the Keservoir Ditch Company put off in
tneir mine, at oucker r iai, i uoa coumy.
a blast of 50,000 pounds of Judson powder,
a very powerful explosive, and by which
between 200,000 and 300,000 cubic yards
of gravel, some of it indurated into a hard
Mr. H'hooprr'm Attiictlou.
!
Mr. WhoopT came into Judge Perkiu'sj
ollice the other day, and after drawing a
chair close up to the Judge he took a seat, j
put his hat on the table, wiped his nose (
thoughtfully, and said:
"I say. Judge, what do you charge a ,
man for getting him a divorce f "
"A divorce, Mr Whooper? You are 1
not thinking of that, I hope " j
"Well, yes I was," said Mr. Wioojmt, j
with a mournful air.
"Quarrelled with your wife?"' I
"iot exactly but well, I reckon I
might as well explain the matter to you. ;
You see, I love Pandora well enough'. I
think a good deal of her, but blame it,!
ouoge, i can i sianii ner nuicuious ways,
"How do you mean f
" by, you sec, she s a somnambulist
has a habit of walking in her sleep. She'
will get up at night, any time almost, and
go fumbling around the house in the most
reckless manner. When she gets tired she'll
lurn in anywhere and roost until morning. ' classes. iquerade.
I have found her twice sitting on top of the J Jump over the table a few score of J "Don't mention it, Neil, for I have
flour barrel, sleeping sweet as a baby: three i times then lie upon the sofa for, say, fif- j sworn I will never go to another masquer -times
I've waked her up in the coal bin, teen minutes. jade while I live."
and once, when she had the nightmare, I j If you experience any discomfort upon iea Ilatton thinks his friend fierkley
found her hanging across the back fence arising, you should attribute it to an insuf- j was bitten some way.
said she dreamed she was a pillow case, j liciency of the first part of the programme.
and that she had been hung there after the j Kesume the table-jumping. '
wash to dry. I tell you it tears a man's Spend the remainder of your time until' e" uw ojr'
feelings up like thunder! n ' dinner visiting your friends and getting !
" You oughto bear it with great rcsigna-1 their advice and prescriptions for the al- ' Texas cowU.y Ls a rare bird. He is
lion." ' ' ! leviation of your pecidiar symptoms. ; a sort of happy jai-k of the willderness, a
"Well, I have tried to; but I "-an"t. : They all understand your case perfectly, ,lrv Ia"'1 ''. who takes his fun in large
About a month ag.i, while she was mean- and will give their advice gratis. t whenever he g. ts to port port leing
ilerinu around in the ilinimr r...... ' Go t the druirtrisfs and make the nur- ! to mm the nearest town with a dancv
kickiHl i.viT m t,.UU- ...! n,..,i.. t.-rritir.
noise. Nearly snred me to death. I
thought there were burglars in the house,
and so I sprung a rattle out of the window,
and fired my revolver twice down into the
entry. When the policemen came I let 'em
in, and we began a search, with pistols in
our hands. I'pon entering the dining room -'Irs. Smith; then pay proper attention to!I"n'wnl"- imagine uie conglomeration,
we found -Mrs. Whooper sitting there, hold- whatever " sets well " on the tender stom- ! Hv"i2 no hxity of form it is wholly in
ing an umbrella on her left arm, as if it was'aeh of the eldcrlv maiden Brown; after h-scTilal.Ite and varies with the whim of
a baby, while she was trying to feed it with' which take in turn the things recommended :the tndividtial. "let he is proud of his
the vinegar cruet. Fast asleep, of course !
I'm ashamed to meet the neighUns on the
street, now; I can hear em snicker as I -o
past " "
"Xo d'Mibt Jlrs. WhootKT was sorry ?"
"Oh. of course, sorry ! Apologized and
all that!'' Said she'd never do' it again.
But only two night s later she had a vision
or something, moving her to rise, pick up'
my waistcoat and shirt from a chair, and go
out ami bury I
y them in the asparagus bed.
.me back I was awake. She
rel over her shoulder, and I
i,M,.nu.t.n,l f..l., t..l.
When she came
had the shovel over her shoulder, and I
her .-!.. mi- un-La n.l f .lo.. .wil.
and start down stairs with them. I iuiniH-d
out of bed and caught her. I shook her quantity on't he morrow, and also by extend
until she woke, and then she tried to Itcg i"g yir researches among a wider circle of
off by explaining that she dreamed she had your friencls.
discovered a way of raising waistcoats anil
artiticial teeth on trees so that she could
pick 'em for me when tla y were ripe. That
woman has the insanest old dreams that
ever rattled around in a female brain
pan." " It is merely her misfortune
"That's true! Th.-.t's sr.? I oil v her
but what's a man to dof You know: the
headlswrd on our bedstead; Well, it's
about nine feet high. Last Thursday week
I n ,L,1 5'tl. ni.rl.t 1. - ;t,..
noij. I ml'il l'....,l.,r.i l.t.t l.u.Li.,..
' around I found her perched on the top of
j the head-boanl with an open umbrella in
one hand and a handlo.x in the other. She
had on a night dress ami a sun-honnet. and
when I asked her what on earth she was
als tut, she told me to 'give some oats to
the off -horse.' Then she kicked the head-
lard with her heels, uttered a w ild cahoot. '
and the next minute she plunged head
downward upon the betl, broke three slats
1 and brought her aunt down stairs from the
I third story, four steps at a jump, under the
! impression that there had Ix-en an earth-)
quake. When she came to she said she'd -
been reading in the papers nliout the four-
in-hand coaches and somehow she git to
dreaming she was driving one for a lct.
Now, I tell you it's pretty hard for a man (
to stand this kind of thing, isn't it f "
"Yes of course."
" But I would have stood it if she hadn't '
carried it a little too far. She asked me a
few days ago to let her tie a string to her
ankle and to luine, so that when she got up
in her sleep she would wake me. I agreed. '
She said nfriiir, mind you, but when she
came to do the tying she used the stoutest
kind of twine ! Anyhow, all went well .
until last night, when I'andora, while asleep,
became impressed w ith the idea that she
was crossing, the Alps or swimming the
Atlantic ocean, or something, for she rose:
and went over to the staircase. Just as she
reached the top landing her foot must have
caught in the carpet, for she shot down the
stairs head foremost, like a st ne out of a
catapult; ami, of course, as I was tied to
her, I suddenly went booming out of la-d, .
and the first thing I knew I was lying on
the floor feeling a little uncertain whether i .
a volcano had all at once developed under
the lied, or whether a barrel of gunpowder
had exploded in the cellar. Then I felt
I'andora pulling at the other end of the
rope, and 1 comprehended the situation, i
When I picked her up she Said she wasn't
hurt nnu li, and I've no doubt she'll spend
to-night sliding up and down the water,
spout on the outside of the house; only
she'll have to go it alone. This lets her out.
I'm gi iiig to get a divorce. How much will
it cost?"
The Judge promised to give him the in
formation next day, but he didn't call, and
the siipxsition is that he was persuaded to
give I'andora one more chance. But there
is going to lie a painful domestic tragedy at
Whooper" some day unless Mrs. W. learns
to stick to her pillow.
liule for Visitors to a fair.
Don't come in over the fence, but through
the gate. The fence is simply for ornament. ;
Keep to the right as you pass around. If .
.!.... ...... ....... i..r 1
oil llou t lull I. .a, -
-r .....
If you observe any animal which strikes
your particular fancy go by it at once
In passing around am.ng the ve
stock rememl-rth.U the hors. and cattle,
are well heele.1. i
Ik'ware ofpickkcts . It order n.H to
put them to unm-ce-so""Hil.le, carry j.ur
wallets in your hands. , , , i
T, , . ... , . .
rtn tun nm.i.nH for tlt.a rtnmiMae
in j..- -.. --... "..v ........
Eniuiuiurun3i.uiu.-. .
In walking round you will find pleutyof
, . . i
chances o get a square meal. ,
An efficient corps of police are on the
groumL ready to club in and help make the,
Fair a success.
Any man caught squinting at the weather
and predicting rain w ill be ordered to dry '
up. I
The haif-mile track is not a mile around.
Bear this in mind and it may save you '
much sorrow in after years j
In case your pig don't get a prize don't '
bristle up about it. I
" nen jou gci im-uw suiiiik uuvcagiium
'taL . , . , , , !
Qrten i have been provided for all the,
officers of the association, but if you want 1
a quarter you must go down in your pocket, j
The
which
rous
at all
best kind of revenge is that wen to neueve wnai you say. .nen must ; you nave not Deen a naugiri r - -.o.
is taken by him who is so gene- have some -recreation,- you know, saw . mamma, saiu tne imre in ing, -..oi
that he refuses to Uke any revenge , the arttui Deauiy. weuay oa.i, not we.ioy goou, jum a iw
Rules.
... " .
ever he in U-d in the moruing, unless
you feel like getting up. Tlien, all author -
ities agree, you should remain between the
sheets.
Ikfore eating, run around your block
until your legs are reduced to the elasticity
of rubber, and then have somebody carry
J'u to the drugg'st's, where you should
go through three course of indiscriminate
dosing.
By this time you will be ready fr break-
fast.
Eat anything and everything you relig-
iously hate. Never indulge the palate in
its capriciousiiess.
The same as to the stomach. It can 1
j un an a.ioni, mat wumocr iuai
! organ asks for is ju.4 what it ought not to
! have.
After breakfast, as some hygeists pre-
' scnlie exercise while others insist ou per-
; feet piiet, it will be well for you to com-
j bine in your practice the teachings of both
chases necessurr to a following of their
directions, taking thought, by the way, to
engage a drav:uan to fctcn them home for1""'1 ,ww harder tha:i any man of his
Vl(II " j inches on the continent. His dress is cvi-
At dinner the Held for acquiring health j d,nt,y intended to ape the .Mexican coun
ts illimitable, jterfeit of the Spanish cavalier, with a
First eat everything that "agrees"' with ic:king regard for home conventionalities
hy Mrs. Johnson's grandmother, Mr. John-
' son's favorite physician, and the Indian
ujx-tor of the niediunustic .Miss Uloggs.
I Aud now pay strict attention to the dray -
! nian's load.
, You will need no other exercise, if you
, do justice to the pills and potions recom-
mended by your kind friends.
If you feel no improvement by supper
tune, vou have imlubitablc evidence that
y,,u have either omitted something or par-
taken too sparingly of oue or several pre-
scriptions.
' Al.-ifc-nr. v.mr mind to n.:.ko anund for
scriptions.
Mak- un vnur mind to nuike ameniLs for
your shortcoming by purchasing a double
1 he evening meal oilers further opportu-
uities for stomachic wxpeninents.
Tnc proper study of mankind is man.
Never forget tliat.
After supper, until bedtime, pass your
time in reading or conversing aU.ut the
stomach and liver anil upon like inspiriting
tonics.
Sever for a moment forget you have a
stomach. You will have your reward.
' Your stomal h will never forget yoiu It
will ever nmiii.,1 von of its nreset.ee
If voll .-ire sh-ertv. sit un: if not. ir to
beiL You thus bring your Innly under sub-
J'"ct ion, which is a great point gained,
On the question of otx-n windows doc-
tors disagree. Therefore, hire a domestic ,
to open and close yours through the nighL '
It is even lietter if you can contrive to do!
this yi.ursclf. It irives you exercise not.
otherwise convenient of attaining.
I
In brief ,
Think only of your health.
Follow everybody's advice.
Take all the medicine you can get.
And, if you are not untimely taken off,
vou will live to lie an enduring monumet of
the correctness of these brief directions !
and a pest to all who know you.
lterkley'a Masquerade.
"Better go Dick," said Ned Hatton,
"Lot's o'fuu. The grandest thing of the
season. Nuthin' yet like it. The masks
and git-ups all of the latest and funniest
Parisian style."
Dick Berkley took the cigar from his
moutli, blew out a spiral cloud of smoke,
and reflected a moment. They were iu
Bcckley's sitting room, and the door which
opened into the hall was slightly ajar.
Both men hail their kicks to the door, and
faces towards the blazing grate.
" I would go if I w as sure I could keep
my wife from knowing it," said Berkley.
"Why, to be sure you can," replied his
friend Hatton, a gray bachelor of thirty or
more. " What is the use of being bound
in the iron bonds of petticoat government.
tied to a woman's apron strings and make
lNth a slave and a fool of yourself all your
tife. 1 tell vou men like us who are kept
courts and among legal papers and
documents need
little recreation some-
tunes.
'Mv wife would raise thuhdvr if
she
knew yf jny ging to a masquerade."
"The deuce! she need never know it,"
replied Hatton vehemently.
At this very moment Mrs. Berkley was
passing through the hall, and paused al the
door, having heard her huslmnd's remark.
" I-t's see. when is it ! " aked Berkley.
"Next Tuesday night."
"I'll go."
"So will I," thought Mrs. Berkley, as
sue uisappcarcu unonserveu .roiu tnc uoor
way. "In my carriage? " asked Hatton.
" Yes ; expect me in front of the Lin
dell, for there we can drive to Knith's or
Mrs. Purcell's for our costumes and
masks."
Tuesday night came, and our two friends
were at the masquerade. Berkley was dis
guised as a Turk, and his friend in the
more hideous garb of an Indian.
There was one faultless form, dressed as
'
n r..im off the nl.lcn Time w
hich seemed to '
f. ...... - ' ...... '
wt.re , in finding this '
disguised and evi.lcnt.y fast ;
r, ri m.Ic herself es
ciallv phasing to Berkley. The latter
M dant with b an, th
t.redtoani)thtT ftjr rcfrcsliments.
The eves which gleamed out from the holes
. , ,. , ,l,-,r,t tr. I. tl.e
iu I ue iiiwa .mi ih-oj utxioicu ts iir
...
- , -.. .,.,. i-1; i,,
. ., ... ., ,. . i
naz re HUU lliu wiiui urauo, ii- v.inv rvn u ,
bimstlt , tUink what B'nice trick he !
. , . nn -f ;
bMt e- he .id. noorin.'
out irlasaof rhamtMOTe ."I drink to vonr!
health alone, and vow I love no other; af-
ter which I ask, as we are by ourselves i "Wll:lt a"1""'1 of l0 -v,,u stippos
that we unmask " ' ne holds now said the curious granger.
" Bah, Sir Turk ! you do not pretend to ! "Well," said the clerk, with the air of a
say you love me ? " Person t a funeral. " elk he holds the
"" .More than tongue can tell." i superintendent a horse, sometimes.
"And that you never kjved another?" j The granger woul. In t hear to anything
"Never, bv the lumping Jehosaphat." I 80 tue clerk had to go out and take
v.,-. i ll . .;r
and half-a-dozen children."
j haye ,.
tlje Turk.
psliaw , we womcn kjK)w you m(.H t(jo
j "uut Know, dearest adored unknown, i leraDle little gin.
! began oiu- hero, pushing his chair iust as
1 close to the page as he could get it, and
; placing one anu affectionately around her
j waist,"" that I have found my Ymity in
!you, that I never loved till I saw you, an"
j that I adore only you. Now I have made
j 4 full confession, and after requesting the
j pleasure of seeing you home, please allow
me to move this mask that must cover a
! .j 0f exquisite loveliness."
j JJerkley had evidently drank too much
champagne, or he would not have been so
' vehement in his remarks. He threw one
I arm anmud the young lady dressed in the
j fascinating costume "of a "page, raised the
' mask, and beheld the face of his wife.
j "Consternation! Gallic, let's go home,"
he cried; and in fifteeif minutes they were
la a ca(, e0in" toward tlu ir residence.
Mr. Ierk!cv was a very quiet man for
I several daj s. and Mrs. Berkley enjoyed her
j victory in silence. A week or two after
I the affair. Hat ton asked his friend what
i M-eame of the girl dressed as a pige, he
wa3 coming it over so sweetly at the mas-
1 house his fun pure deviltry. He can yell
j louder in an unearthly key.
swagger more
1 ' m:,ke "P- ' P.'.vs particular attention
J' t,,e 8t Iu of Ul: ,la!' I0"1 wid spurs.
' ,u- "' " tl" eiaimraie auair. iroau
' 'ved, tasseUed and tinseled, it spreads its
lar-reaclung shallow over the form of its
festive owner a few acres beyond. His
only pet is his horse; his only toy his pis
tol; but he would prefer losing "his horse
for a day to being severed from his six
shooter for a Kioment. All his strength is
m9 toJ- I-'0' tuu savage Ii
! J' pnved of his weapon his "he
"7uml- A small boy could
'hCU. ttlVC llUU the pistol and
ge Indian, when
art is on the
' "7uun"'... -mul' b-y could thresh him
tucu Oive him the pistol ami the "drop
. on a ma" an" ue W1-' "'J' " c lu ,11S aiuuty
to ' bore a hole in him big enough for a
good sized dog to crawl throtigli," as if the
boring pn ax-ess were something to lie ex
ceedingly proud of. This is because cow
boys are not hung often in Texas and the
reason why they have not been is because
they have Ix-eu employed and protected by
the cowman. We have had some very dia
tinguishcd cowlxiys in this part of the
worM Iiill Longley, who killed thirty
seven men in the course of his brief ex-
penence, was a cowls.y most of his tune,
, " was "' Julm "csley Hanhn, In-thr
known as es. Hardin, who Ii:ls been to
kill a man for snoring in his sleep. These
miscreants have had no such word as fair
P'J" 111 ""'ir lexicon.
If they intended to
get a quarrel up tln-v first "got the drop
on their victim, then lul!ie.l him into active
resistance, then shot him "in self-defense.
Slrange Statl-ti4
Tlie agents of the Water Hoard, in a
large city, are now a!rtud with the assess
ments for the coming year, noting down
increase or decrease iu families, any intro
duction of new piKS and whatever is
necessary to aid the iioard in making up a
fair tax on each householder. It is the
duty of these agents to ask various qiu-s
t ii wis and they expect truthful replies.
I When an agent asks if there has lieen any
jinereasi' iu the family, or if a bath tub ha.-
i lx-en put in, ten out of every fifteen citi
zens hesitate, stammer, and rather seek to
convey the impression that nothing h.--.
occurred to cause an increase in rates. We
all know how weak human nature some
times is but the following statistics care
fully compiled iy these agents should
warn us that tni'h is the U-acoii light of
safety. DuHsg the past year twelve citi
zens who had introduced bath tubs anil
failed to ri-memlier it, died after a brief ill
ness and in most cases each one seemed to
have some awful trouble on his mind and
died hard. Fourteen citizens who had
branch pipes put in and failed to notify the
agents were either taken down with a run
of fever or went into bankruptcy. Four
women who tried to slam the door on
agent's saying they didn't want to buy any
clothes wringers that dav have lst-n laid
NU'-ir f. ir.'i-i.r Tlin... fitis.xta tlIu, i...jI
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months and now hobble around pale and
emaciated, a sad warning to other absent
minded persons, fine man who solemnly
assertod to the agent that his family hail
not increased was taken with St. Vitus'
Dance the next day. After vainly employ
ing seven or eight physicians he sent a pole
to the Water Board admitting that triplets
had lx-en liorn to the family and that he
had lied a! Mint it. The Board put up his
rates to the proper figure, collected arrears
and in two weeks the man was it. perfect
,,u
These statistics are not presented
with any intention of frightening old liars
and hardened prevaricators but simply to
show that deception d. s-s not always bring
happiness and wealth.
A Heavy Stcklioltler.
A granger entered one of our ra'.'road of
fices the other day, and found a ) man
within. The farming man spoke ui and
said: "Is this the superintendent !" The
young man was immensely flatti rs-d. and
iust to ht himself (lowneusv.suiti: "N-n-o,
Mrt.v ; not the superintendent, but 1
am a heavy st.Kkholder. Anything I can
. , v , , ,
"The granger said "No, and wander.,
off into the next nm. met a clerk, and
planting with his thumb over Ins shoulder
Lie department he had just left, he
sail! :
"Young man, that, to lie a heavy sto
holder on this rad."'
k-
noiiier on mis
The clerk took a s.;uint. s.-.w who it was.
.... . ... ,,,
and ejaculate.!, "U ho f Hun !"
"Yes ontinued the granger; "big
stockholder is he !"
'"."".''. "rc -'l"v ""'"s
purple in the face.
soiiieiuuiii.
"Well, Bessie." said her mother,
"have you been a good girl to-day 'f"
'No, mamma." " hy, lassie, l tiope
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