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VOL. XXXIII.
MIFFLINTOWN, JUXIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 17. 1S79.
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1 STOES AT THE SEASHORE.
Adown along the pebbly alio-
I watched the eea gclla flying!
While way off in tbe dirtaui for.
The western aun tu dying.
Tba ashen hue-flecked clonda o'erbead
Swift through tbe air went cleaving.
Wbila on (bo occana p.acid bed
Tba wavea began upheaving.
Fuli soon the ebon hue of night
Began the sly o'erwreathing;
And nature aecmed filled with affright.
Milked by her labored breathing.
A: burets forth the doleful aoncd
Uc harbor 'a awful moaning;
And ear'.h, and aea, and aky all 'round,
With aouy aeem groaning.
Quick through the pall hung e'er the eky-
Tbe lightuing dart is Caahing:
While 'gainst the beacu.aad rockaao hitn,
The waves are madly dashing.
Hark! wbat found breaks on the air!
Tbe thunder'a lend romplaiuing;
While with a force that cornea but rara,
la torrent now 'tis raining.
Tbe ruorinng mitts begin to break
On shore so lately gleaming;
While ocean's stormy crested wake
With placid emiles ia beaming.
Above, the son pours down each ray
Through clonds of snowy whiteness;
While here below a perfect day
Assnraa oa of its brightness.
Minnie's Ruse.
Hcigho!" sighed Minnie Arlin. "what
a plague these lovers are ! Particularly if
one U not quite certain whether they are
enunored sf one's se!f or one's fortune. J
wish 1 kuew '' And as she said this she
gazed thoughtfully after the retreating
form of a tall, gentlemanly looking young
num. at that moment passing slowly out of
the gale in front of her father's mansion.
Minnie was not a beauty, as heroines
usually are, but she possessed .a sunny,
f'lM-f::l lin'Tvr a warm heart and a weill-
j jultivaled wind, which amply compensated
i for all deficiencies of form and face, so that
among lUc truly discerning she found many
I and warm fiends
As her father was very wealthy, many
i suitors knelt at the iVt of Jlinnie, who
: oiUerwise would have sought a lovelier
! , - : T . . 1 1 ., 1 , - 1-" . 1 .....
I riac. ia; to &ii Mie csu giveu a aiuu uui
: decided ncjttive, until s'ue had met with
j Waiur Ilobr, tlie visitor who had just bid
her adieu, lie wvs a joung lawyer, who
j had recently conic into the village of Btd-
mont, a::d wiio, possessing a handsome
! person, fascinating conversational powers
! and bland, agre-ca'jie mannera, very soon
j won the confidence and g.xxl wiil of the
recpia, and particularly ol the ladies.
lie did rot at first, however, notice
Minnie with much attention; but ia the
course of a w weeks ha seemed to be sud
denly enamo:e4 and soon became very at-
! lent
attve.
Though Minnie was much flattered by the
apparent devotion of the "hmdsome law
f yer," yet she had a lare share of that rare
i b'it inipor.ant articles common sense; and
j as -he suspected that this assidui'y did not
arise wholly from a love or her own rather
plain seif, she determined t prove her
lover. He had this very day made her the
oiler of his heart and Land, and begged
hers in return ; but Minne had given him
this reply.
"Mr. Itoby, I am not prepared to answer
you immediately. I shall require at least
two weeks to reflect upon it."
He was somewhat daunted by this cool
answer, to his rather eloquent and ardent
proposal, for he deemed his handsome
ptrson irresistible, lie urged her lor a
shorter probation, but she would nt re
lent, oniy telling him that if she decided be
fore the time, had expired, she would in
form him.
Minnie sat lom in her room that night
devising some means to ascertain his real
sentiments. She thought if she were only
handsome, she uiisht rest assured he loved
her, and then sho could return that love.
She revolved many acliemcs, but none seem
ed plaurille; and finally, when the bell
chimed 12r she retired, resolving m tue
r.r,,;Ti" to imnart her trouble to her father
and implore his aid, for she was motherless.
Morning dawned, and ilinmc arose nnre-frMh.-vl
and Dale. As the breakfast bell
rung she greeted her father at the foot of
the stairrase.
"What ails mv birdie this morninpf he
said, as he jave her his accustomed iiiss.
I'll tell you after breakfast, pupa, re
plied M'nnie.
Aw.nlinilv. when t'nc meal was finished
she twined her ana wi.hin his, and aecom-
r,.,t n7.i to the parlor, where sheuntoia-
cd to him her suspicious, plans, and hopes.
Minnie's father was not surpnscu jir.
Robyhad applied to lii:u to sanction his
.-,r,'.,tl nronc.fi.-d to Minnie; and as
Mr Arlin thou-ht hiin worthy, talented
young man, he told hi.u that "if Minnie
consented, he woulil.
"Don't be troubled, my daughter, said
r. A ,i! irhcn she had concluded. "It
would be strange if w could not devise
some means by which to ascertain wu
this vonng lawyer is in love with. He then
unfolded his plan, and when they parted,
Minnie's face had resumed something of its
old looks of careless gayety.
The first week of Walter Roby's "banish
ment" (as he told her he should call it) had
not passed, when it was rumored that Min
nie's Arlin had entered the shop of Mrs.
m;iimr as an apprentice, and
that when questioned she had replied, 'blie
did not wish to be a Duruen uju . -in
bis present circumstances." There came
alsonvin reports of loss of property,
which seemed in accordance with Minnie
conduct, and many people began to behove
that Mr. ArUn would bs obliged to dispose
of his handsome mansion and fine farm.
Minnie continued her daily taskr at the
Sner's shop untU the two weeks had
. Tro davs before the time
hTdXdUpatched to herder the
following cote :
v Robt If yon tl11 entertain the
Walter hid heard the nimora, d I -daavr
t. aswrtain the truth. H r.m
bled lest they were trure, for he felt that he
could not make Minnie Arliu, if poor, his
bride. lie was quite undecided what to do
when he received Miune's note ; but he im
mediately sallied forth, determined if pos
sible, to satisfy himself as to the truth of the
rumor. Stopping in a house of a physician,
with whom he was on terms of intimacy,
he said, after a few moments' conversation:
"What is it, doctor, about this affair of
Mr. Arlin ? Is he really so reduced that
Minnie is obliged to become a shop girl!''
" elL" replied his friend, "I thought at
first there must lie some mistake, but I
heard the old gentleman say this morning,
when some one spoke of Minnie being so
industrious, that Minnie Arlin would make
see her father rcduc-d to poverty and not
some euon lo assist mm. &o 1 presume
there Is some foundation for the reports.
But, my dear fellow, Minnie is a noble girl,
without her . property although she has
ot so pretty a face as some young women."
"Oh," replied Roby carelessly, "I hope
you do nt think I'm committed there. I
have been some what "friendly with Minnie,
it is true ; but nothing serious, I assure
you. Xo trouble about the heart," and he
laughsd; "although, added he, "I should
regret exceedingly to have them meet with
reverses."'
lie soon after took his leave, and return
ing to his office, seated himself at his writing-desk
and wrote, sealed and dispatched
the following note :
My Dear Miss Arlin: During the time
that has elapsed since I saw you last my
feelings have become somewhat changed,
or rather I have analyzed them more close
ly, and I fear we can never be happy to
gether. I sec now that I was somewhat
pre-mature In my proposal, though I still
entertain tlis warmest fmiu.s of regard
and friendspip f'r you. Your co-ily reply
to my proposal led to supjiosc that your
feelings were not much interested in my
self and perhaps it were best for both that
the affair should terminate here.
I remain, most respectfully, your olie
diout servant, Walter Rout.
Minnie shed tears when she received this
cool epistle, for she LopeiL as maidens
sometimes do, that her lover r.:lg!it '-lie
tried in the balance and U'jt found want
ing." But brushing the tears away, she
went to her father and handed him the
fli'e, saying:
"Ah, father, you've W. ti;e handsome.
accomplished your.jr lawyer i t a son-in-law.
Ha doesn't think your homely, lr
Minnie oui make him happy."'
Leaving the room, slie ca'-iiM up her
straw hat mid went out t ruii'b'e in the
woods to a favorite haunt, lr.;in the sveet
influence of nature niiht soothe and calm
her somewhat troubled spirits.
Tlie scene was lovely, lor it vrcs the sun
set hour, and tua dreamy folden Y.sV-
jlanced down between the inteilaeing
boughs upo.i the sfl green moss i'-a'u:ig
dancing ligh'.s and shadow? in ever,- green
wood path. The air was soft and 1 d'.ixiy.
Xo sound broke the s'iiiueso of tlie fore
shades save the s'ghing. plaintive wind
harp', or the occasional carol vt a bird.
Yielding to the lull::;;; influence of th?
scene, Minnie seated heiseif u;ou a fallen
tree, and was toon lost in reverie, la lii-r
musings she thought how pleasmt it would
be to be loved for one's felf alone ; and a
ve-ice seemed whispering in her car, with
soft, thrilling tone, lovt's cwn cadeiiee,
and tlark eyes were gazing into her own
with tender, loving 1 xk. She had wan
dered thus far into love's fairy dream-land,
en lirly nuconscious of all around, when
the crackling of a dry twig startled her,
and she Ejirang up ia alarm ; but a pair of
dark eyes looked iuto her own, and a fa
miliar voice reassured her. he laughingly
greeted the intruder, faying
"Why, Herbert, how you startled me!"1
He smiled, and, advancing to greet her,
replied :
"I aru sorry I frightened you I did not
think to find you here ; but you are looking
pale, are you fc-int ?"" and he gazed at Ler
wilh so much anxioas solicitude that poor
Minnie's equanimity was entirely over
thrown, and sinking again upon her seal,
she covered her face with her hands, and
burst Into tears. The feelings s long pent
up, and the tears that had been gathering
for several days had at lat found vent.
Herbert Clayton had grown up wit "a
Minnie from childhood. lie had always
loved her, but he felt that a deep gulf sep
arated him, a poor widow's son, from the
only child of the wealthy Mr. Arlin, an 1,
therefore, he felt emipcllod to "worship
from afar." lie, too, had iieard the rumors
of Mr. Arlin's losses, and he supposed that
this was the cause of Minnie's agitation.
He could scarcely repress the hope, sweet
and feint though it was, that Minnie might
now 1 his; But cheeking this feeling, he
seated himself by her side to comfort and
cheer her if possible. Gradually she liecamc
calm, and then she imparted to him tiic
story of Roby. He was indignant ai suen
baseness ad leJ on h- fceli"33 ,o!d
Minnie of his love and hopes. His unselfish
affection touched her heart. Here was one
who loved her for herself, and was willing
to take her, even if poor. But the wound
she had received was too fresh to allow her
to do aught but rise cmlrarresscd, and,
though thanking Herbert with her eyes, to
shake her head sadly.
But that cnance victory decided the fate
of both. Tbe moresliethoujlit of Herbert s
disinterest offer the more bis chara-lar rise I
i.-., Kilmvinn. Meantime, as slie nan i
lUU.a
consented to receive him as a friend, he
often nsited her; and gradually esteem for
him ripened into love.
One soft, summer evening, JHcrbcrt ven
tured to urge his suit again, and this time
Minnie, though embarrassed as before, did
not say nay, but returned a blushing answer
that filled his heart with joy. They lingered
long amid the forest shades and when they
returned Herbert sought Mr. Arlin, while
Minnie ran up to her room like a frightened
deer. " .
When Herbert had confessed his suit, Mr.
Arlin, looking archly in his -face, made
reply: ''Do you wish to make poor Min
nie Arlin your bridge? Can yon think of
taking a dowerless wife?"
"Oh, yes" earnestly replied Herbert' "I
should never have told of my love had she
gtill been as in days cone by."
" The old gentleman smiled a peculiar
imile, and said, ", Herbert, ahe iaywr
y"4 are worthy of her; but I am glad, for
your sake and hen, that I am not so poor
that she will be a portionless bride. But
you must let Minnie tell you story."
Minnie did tell him the story, and Her
bcit was unspeakably delighted at the idea
that he had won the hand of the heiress of
Mr. Arlin's wealth; but Minnie laughingly
told him that her poverty had lost her one
lover and won her another.
Herbert was also a lawyer; but being
poor and without influential frienils, he had
many times been nearly discouraged; but
now he felt his heart become strong within
him, more because be had wou the band
and heart he had so long desired, than at
the prospect of a portion of her father's
wealth.
They were soon after married, and Mr,
Arlin's handsome mansion was thrown open
to t! crowd of friends who gathered to
witness Minnie's wedding.
Before the day arrived, . however, the
story of Minnie's ruc had become rumored
forth in the village; and Roby, finding
himself and his selfish principles too much
the topic of conversation, found it conven
ient to leave Belmont for some other field
of labor.
1 be Two-Ocean Faaa
Amid the other wonders of Yellowstone
Park, according to the tradition of many
old trappers, it was reputed to have a
stream of considerable size, which divided
near it source and flowed down both sidus
of the water shed, thus discharging its
waters into both tne Atlantic and the Paci
fic Oceans. In some maps of this district,
dating l ack to 1851, this most remarkable
geographical feature is noted, and Captain
Reynold's I!ex)rt of the Kx plural ion of
the Yellowstone, in 1663, alludes to it.
Somewhat later Captain Jones of the
United Nates Engineers gave a brief ac-'
count of it. But the mot circumstantial
account is that jus: published by F. V.
liayden, the geologist in charge of the
United States Ideological and Geographical
Survev. During the last season he passed
over this divide, making a careful study of
t, and having a chart showing the exact
character of -llio drainage, sketched on the
pot. 1 he lwo-Ocenn Pass is located
ci out longitude llOdeg., and latitude 44
drg. 1)0 mm. At the summit, not over 10
iui!es from the junction of the Atlan'ic
creek with the I'pptir Yellowatono river,
the elevation, SOdl feet, is not uioie than
1"0 feet a"ove the valley of the main
s'.rea:. ilio valley is at first quite nar-
7, but it gradually expands into an open,
grasny meadow, which near the pas be
comes unc-third of a mile in width, and
gradually closes up again into a canon on
die Pacific slope. So obscure is here the
"iraiuagc that the party oi explorers on
the -uiglit CI Oci
Hitober 8, 1ST3, encamped
r mile of thor divide,
erbeive tf.w . hcy com-
arch on the ft injrtiurn-
within a Quarter
bat did not ' jier&eive . hcy com'
n.enc.,t tueir march on tne n j ;njr "jiurn-
iii.Iie. condiiiiar mr r. 4:f J,it l4"rut r.J"r him, for disorderly conduct, your
e loiiows ; The summit of the pass, for hnhor. ie nays he got drunk and smashed
din'ance of aUmt huif a mile, is so nearly a llun-'3 J "hc house.'
level that a marsh U formed, which in times I "t,.co Eracious: how tad you are"
of high water iKcomca a lake. A portion
of the waters from the surrounding moun
tains accumulates in the marshy meadows
and gradually cravi'"c'" from cither side
i:iio two Sinai! ttreains ope of which
flows to the northeast, the other towards
the southwest. On the east side of the
divide there is a depression or gorge in the
mountain, which is occupied by a small
stream; this, t the time of Mr. Haydea's
vi.-it. Unwed in a well-marked channel to
waids the north-east, into Atlantic creek,
and constituted the Two Ocean creek. At
liio base of the mountain sido a small
stream ri-irg from a spring is separated
from this creek by a distance of not quite
six feet, and at the time of his visit this
distance w:is occupied by a small, dry
channel, which connected the spring wilh
the Two Ocean creek, and which showed
that at times of high water a portion of the
water that stailei down this latter broke
over the side iuto the small stream from
the spring, and Cowed thence along into
tlie Pacific Jxwcr down in the Two
Ocean Channel were also found two places
where there are two old channels connected
ia lime of high water with the channel
from tlie spring, showing that even here a
portion of the water that started down the
mountain's sido for the Atlantic was di
verted towards the Pacific. This is even a
more uncommon occurrence than the
simpie separation of water ou a divide, and
the entire seres of phenomena as here met
with is probably without an exact paral
lel. Art Items.
About one-third of the new facade of the
Cathedral at Florence will be finished this
month. Fears are entertained that the
work will be wholly unworthy of Brunel
lesehi's great monument, one writer goca
so f ar as to hope it may be found so hideous
ly ugiy as to restrain the ill-advised Italian
ardor for restoring ancient buildings. A
new foundation is to lie set up in the Piazza
Yeuezia, at Rome, facing the Corso. In
the lower bssin a lion, a gondola and a gon
dolier, emblematical of Venice, will be rep-r.-ser.trd.
Two figures alwve will synilio
liza the Tiber and the Anio, while on a
third platform various figures will repre
sent the different provinces of Italy. The
most perfect of the three statues recently
unearthed in Milo is a figure of Poseidon,
and is said to le in the highest slyle of
Greek art. Tlie Greek Government has
purchased the statues and lodged them in
the Museum of Athens. The pictnre now
on exhibition at Munich, and ascribed to
Michael Angolo, represents a Pieta of the
same character as the master's famous stat
ue of this naaie in St. Peters in Re-nc, ex
cept that two angels flank tho Madonna.
The picture was for several centuries in the
posse-f.-ioii of a family at Ragusa, according
to whom it was painted for a bishop who
was a friend of the artist. A letter is ex
tant from Yittoria Collonna, which shows
that such a picture once existed Several
iiu'.horitics have pronounced in favor of its
c.itlieiiticily. A competition will soon be
held among painters in France for filling
with a picture the panel behind the Presi
dent's seat in the chainlicr at tbe Palais
Bourlxm. A subject will be chosen to rep
resent an event in the history ot France
during the last twenty-five years. Under
tho monarchy of July this space was filled
by a picture representing the taking of the
consiitutional oath. During the Empire
a green curtain filled it. Excavations of
Waldorf, in Germany, have brought to
light the remcins of a Roman villa with a
frontage of two hundred feet. They lie
near the Eite of an extinct volcano, and
although the mosaics and wall painting
which adorred the palace, have been found
in a very shattered and fragmentary state,
the existence of the large villa alone con
firms the opinion that the volcanoes of the
Rhine at the time of the Roman occupation
had long ceased to be dangerous.
Whes Pat Orion leave h'. shop on
business he posts thU ambizuous uot-U-e
on the door : Xot lost but back be
4!
They Mold Telephones.
'He tried to cut me, sergeant. He's
a knife somewhere about his clothe.'
got
ell, now, that's a fine way to talk ain't
it look at me, sergeant. I'm cut, ain t 1 f
Ana cut bad, ain't 1 i And is he cut ? Well,
I guess not.'
We'd, just hold onsaidSergt Havhurst,
of the Third district, "and let me hear one
of you at a time. Now, you man with a
cut over your eye, wkat a your name?
'William Gray.'
What's your business?"
'I well, I sell telephones.,
'Well, how did you get cut ?'
Well, that man there smashed me in the
head wilii a chair and his partner smashed
me, and between the two I think they in
tended to kill me.'
Xow what's your name ?'
William Franzelk
What is your line of business?'
I sell telephones.'
'Well, what have you got to say ?'
That man had a knife and he tried to
carve me with it. Of course I did't want
anything like that, so I kept him away.'
'How did you keep him away?"
'The best way I could.'
'Did you do it with a chair V
'No, siree.'
Another officer came in at this juncture
accompanied uy a short, stout, younj man.
-inais mm,' saia uray; 'he a the n;an
that smashed me.'
'Smashed who?' said the newcomer; 'I
guess not.
'I guess yes,' said Gray.
'What's your name? said the sergeant.
AI. Lewis.'
'What's your business?'
I'm in the telephone business?'
What do you kuow about the row?'
'You see we three were partners in the'
telephone business. We fell out. Some
body had to get hurt. I wasn't the man.'
'search them, said thu sergeant. They
were searched. Ia the pocket of each was
found silk thread enough to reach from here
to the Gulf of Mexico, and a thousand and
one pieces of tin, together with a few cir
culars which Slid, 'For the small sum of a
dime we will insure you a perfect system
of telephonic communication.,
No Accommodation Tor Giant.
Court Oliieer Kiernau appeared in the
door of the police court in the company of
a man six feet six and one half inches tall,
who, when he walked to the railing in
front of the bench towc.- 1 aliove all the
officers and spectators of the ro:n. llei
was dressed in a checked shirt (o,- which
a magnificent gray beard rolled down hjf
way to his wai ) and a pair of dark trow.
Sers. He said in answer to Justice Smith's
questions that he was Mike Sullivan, sixty
one years old, that he came to this country
from Dublin in lsiS.
'Officer Kiernan, what's the charge
against this pris this inanC said his
honor, correcting himself and looking up
! " lhe direction of the ceiling at Sullivan's
':,ri?
rrcs I came wc came here, sir,'
81 -Snimcred the olllccr. 'ilis wife got an
i queried the magistrate.
'I stand sux feet sux and a half en mv
sihockings faid Mike,' in a voice that
minded like theatrical thunder.
Six feet six and a half inches of dis
orderly conduct. I wouder how mu"h
b-er it holils when it's f till, murmured the
jistice. HJllicer, did he give you any
trouble when you arrested himl'
No, sir,' was the answer in a thankful
tone.
'You did not club him ?'
'No, sir; I did not,' said the oificer em
phatically, 'and what's more, I didn't even
tlireaten him,' whispered the policeman to
reporter; 'so don't go and call this an
other case of clubbing.'
'Sullivan,' observed the court, 'I don't
think we have any place to put you here.
You see it would not be right to keep one
man to the exclusion of others. You are
discharged.'
indlau Toina Last Ilunt.
There was a brave, big-hearted set of
f.diows among the mountains of Josephine
Co., Oregon, in early times. They were a
rough, perhaps but soft as women when a
comrade was in distress and as intrepid at '
soldiers ol the old guard when in dangerous
situations. It needed rough, bold men in
those days for tbe times were rough, anil
many a story U related of the manner in
which they stood shoulder to shoulder for
mutual protection. Illinois ricr, below
Kerbyvil'.e, was the wildest and most inac
cessible part of the oomitry, but gld in
paying quantities had been found on it, and
ia lti-jg, notwithstanding the mountains
through which it ran, were a favorite resort
for Indians many of the lioys continued to ;
work on it: One or the stronge st parties
was located oa the "Pecrsol!" bar, and one
of the numbe r being Aleck W , a great
strapping v estcrn man, utiie m a cat.
steady anil unerring ia his aim, always
earn ing a "pass"' f or a reel skin in his ri'Ac
anil gaining the credit of muking many a !
"c-ood"Iiieiian. Aleck was a terror to them:
their trails were unsafe and frequent I v nbo-
rig'mnl visitors to the Peersoll camp, loi i
their reckoning an.l never re-turucd. A iter ;
the close of hoslilitie.-3 between t!.-.- w hi!rs
and Indians the latter e.fiea visited the
camp, sometimes hunting liter for the boys :
and were generally treated fairly, ai the'V
deserved to le. ( bi one coercion, a ' black, "
named Tom. lielonguig to lliu Rogue rive r
tribe, a sulky, ill-favored wretch, dema::el
ed Aleck's gua fe a hunt, w hich was re
fused, the owner saying he wanted to hunt
on the next day himself. Tlie Indian was
offentleel and inclined to bs sa'toy, the re
sult was he was eiiiven out of camp in an
angry mood. Ringing at Aleck r.s he went
such an angry glance as only a redskin can
give. Thu mcuance was i isianl'y recogni
zed, but the old hunter said nothing.
Starting up the mountain on the west siie
of the river the next mrming, with the
snow two feet elerp, Alee k hmitcil steadily
and faithfully till noon. Usually successful :
ho never was in such, ill-luck, but s'iil he
labored on in hopes of getting sight of a
deer. FindiDg he was above the "sign,"
he made a deteur which took him consid
erably down the mountains and then swing
ing round he crossed his own track maele
during the forenoon in tho deep snow.
There was a mocassin print in it. The sit
iiat inn at nnra flashed on the mind of the
hunter ; Indians never followed the tracks ; be killed on the spot. 1 ne prussic aciu or
of another hunter expecting to find game, dinarily seld, and occasionally used for kill
aad he once realized that it was himself ; ing dogs and cats, contains about a drop of
that was being hunted. Pushing onward tho pure acid to a quartor of a pint of
a short distance without leaving anything I water. Pure prussic acid no druggist dare
to Indicate that the moccasin tracks had ; keep. He might as well compress a ton
becu discovered. Aleck pressed through J of dynamite into a single cartridge, sup
bunch of brush, and turning abnidtly to posing such package to be possible, and
the left ensconsed himself behind a large ; then leave the deadly parcel lying on the
cluniD of nianzanita, growing on the comb I
of a small rid"e. Placing bis rifle through !
the branches of his own cover, so as to 1
command the right point of his broken '
traiL and lying down in the snow behind ;
It he waited. One two hours passed, j
till the watcher, now nearly chilled, thought
be waited in Tain. The soft snow made j
bo lound and he dare not raise himself to
area a trimr peeition for fear ef eUecoTery,
but at last his quick ear detected a slight
rusne in ine orusli and an ugly brown face.
made hideous with hatred, and smeared
beneath the eyes to protect them from the
glare of the snow, was in sight. It was his
Inend of the preceding day. Stopping
where the trail was broken, as if conscious
that bu game was nigh, he glunced wildly
suou, wun las eye balls almost starting
lromt their sockets and his gun cocked :
but only for an instant. There was a little
white puff of smoke from behind the man-
zamta cover, the print of a human form
in the snow an empty wigwam on the
river ! Leaving the lxx!y where it fell, Aleck
look the Indian's yager, broke it ncross a
tree and flung it into a ravine. Finding a
revolver on the Indian he detached the cyl
inder, throwing it in one direction, the
stock in another. Returning homewards
the hunter jumped up several bands of
deer, but he was nervous and chilled from
his uncomfortable vigil, and he went home
empty-handed. Aleck's failure was notic
ed: but saying that the sights of his gun
uau oecn moved, ne quietly lighted bis own
pipe and kept bis own counsel. A year
passeu ny ami still lom did not make his
appearance. Another year, and still the
ugly face was not seen at the camp. At
last one of the boys asked Aleck, "where
do you suprxwe Tom keeps himself?"
How should I know." was the renlv.
"Am I my brother's keeper T Why do you
ask?" "0,"said his partner, quietly, "I
found some bones up on the mountain yes
terday, and kind o' guessed they were
Tom s." "Well." said Aleck, in surprise,
"What, do you think he suicided!"' Yes,
I guess so made a hole dead centre
between his eyes, then busted his yager
all to flinders and threw it down
the gulch," laughing remarked his interrog
ator. Right there Aleck confessed, detail
ing every circumstance, explaining his si
lence as prompted by the fear of trouble
from White Indians only, and demanded a
fair trial. Being the only witness and
known to be a man of the strictest veracity,
the trial at the camp was short and the ver
dict "served tho darned sneak right.""
Aleck still lives in Josephine County, and
often laughs when he thinks of the little
game where the Red tried to outwit the
White.
Ijtyins Hark the Lars.
The expressive Clotures which manv
animals make with their ears are matter of
familiar observation. Nothing is more
significant than the ilrawmg back and pres
sure of the ears to the head, which indi
cates a savage frame of mind. Mr. Dar
win, in his recent work on the meas of
expression in men and animals gives an
Iiiri'iiious exnlaii-itioa of this movement.
lie o!.crved that it is only found in s:e-
cies which l'"ht widi their teeth. All the queue train just making up.
caraivora do tins, piid all, so far as he has ' "That Isn't the traia for Toledo !" called
observed, draw back their ears when feel- j several voices, and he hurried over towhore
ing savage. This may be coutinui.'ly seen j Bump was standing and said ;
wiih dogs fighting in earnest, or puppies "III fix you fortius sir! Let me through
lighting in play. Cats, tigers leopards and i "iiw: gate "'
lynxes show the Rime peculiarity. Itisj "Ticket, please."'
very noticable ia horses and the vicious I "Yes I'll slwyou my ticket, and as
expression it gives to them is unmistakable, j as I reach Toleih. VII make an atlida
But cattle, sueep or goats thought they of this affsir and send it !r!: tUo
light, never use their teeth in "fighting. Superintendent!"
and never draw back their ears when en- lie passed throus'u and entered a coach.
j raged. The elephant, which fights with '
j its tusks does not retract its care, but on ;
the contrary, erects them when rushing nt t
tiic enemy. The connection lietwcen bit-
ing as a means of warfareand laying back j
the ears as a sign of anger, is so uniform, '
and the exceptions are so few, that Mr. '
Darwiu's explanation of the origin of the
habits is highly probabL1. lie says ani- !
rnals which fight ia this wav try to bite !
each other's ears; and reversely, being
con-;
scions, that the ear is a weak p jiut of at
tack, lay it back upon the head to keep it !
out of the wav. Tius habit being detteued :
ietpe
into aa instinct through uiaiiy generations
has become so associated wilh the feeling
attendant upon warfare, that the eirs are
depressed even by an amount of anger tx)
slight to find any other expression. The
opposite movement of pricking the ears
forward to express attention is so natural
as to need no special explanation. It is
generally accompanied by an elevation aad
turning of the head.
How lo MakeJS-l.OOO,
A few c!ay3 ago, while Mr. Fred Knat.p,
pas.enger agent of the Buffalo and Sou'li-
western Railroad, was standing upon lhe
City Hall, Buffalo, steps conversing with a !
sr.-ntlcnian. he noticed a mail stamli'i" a ;
bUort distance uwnv. who r.:is intently !
measuring him wilh his eyes from head lo i
f.iot. Presemlv the stranger approached I lfvf,lcL As he crossed the road he came
Mr. Knapp, and touching him un..:i the s'-idd-nly on a large buck. He fireel, in
shoiilder said: " i flitting a slight wound, xvliich served only
'I 1' vei-ir nrr.l.Mi sir - hut can I Inve ! to irritate the animal. The buck made a
a moment's conversation with yoa
"Certainly, replied Frederick, an J
f x. I
cusing himself from bis friend, he moved a
short distance and joined tbe srrang.T.
,1 '
"Do you want to make ?!,ow m re
money " l-.fgan the s". ranger.
You K t vour life," promntly responded
the now thoroughly interested
agent.
"How can we do il f"
'Easy enough. Yoa know about the
cutting of Courtney's beat at Chautauqua
I j)ke ?"
Y.-. " l.rearl.l.wK- -i.bl.-t l-'re !
"Well, Old Hop liitUTsSouIehasofiVrcd
$1.00.1 reward for the man who cut th.;
,:iis.''
! know it " said Free! as a shade of elis-
apnuin'me-.t pas ed over his plae id coun- j
tenant" ' but what hi tbaneb r has t-.-o
got 10 do with our making I,io' :
,..,.!
Sroiu head to foot, and said : "If vou can j
find the man that cut" vour pantaloons vou
have got the man who'e utC.uirtnev'slots
ami y.u Can g-. the full amount of the re-
The man edged away and dis.1ppe.1red iu j
the Pearl Street Rink, and Fred leaned tip i
ti gainst the hmp-post and seeme.1 to be uu- I
liTui'iv j
-''- :
Terrible Poison.
No one needs to be teId that cyanide cf j
potassium, a drag largely used in photo-
graphy. is a poison of the most deadly
characte r. Its active ingredient is prussic
ae'uL Prasie acid ia ils pure or a chem
U; a vn;i!il tenn if. "cnhvdroiis form, is a
substance too tlangerous to be kept, or even j
manufactured. If a glass capsule contain
ing a wine-glassful of pure prussic acid
were broken in the pit of a theatre, t!nse
among the auelience nearest to the doors
might escape, but the great majority would
table. Cyanide of potassium is not, like j
prussic acid, volatile. It is a white pow- j
der, rather resembling flour chalk. It is
however, so poisonous that a mere pinch of j
it sprinkled over an open wound or sore,
will cause almost instantaneous death; that
a fragment almost imperceptible to the eye ,
will, if swallowed, prove equally fatal; and ,
that its mere smell bat before now produced j
Immediate death. I
"I'm Going to Toledo."
Half an hour before the niorniwr Detroit
train over the Canada Southern Road was to
leave for Toledo a pompous fat man. with
several parcels in his arms entered the de
pot with a great rush and made a bee-line
for a Grand Trunk train. When halted at
the gate and asked what train he wanted to
take, be replied :
"I'm going to Toledo, and if you make
me miss tne train I II sue you for damages."
:iiut mis isn t tbe tram for Toledo. '
. ''Why isn't it, sir ; why in the old Harry
isn't this train for Toledo?" loudly demand-
eu me iai man.
"because the train for Toledo stands
over on the track there."
"Then why didn't vou tell me so in the
nrst place ? I m a good mind to report
yu to your superiors sir!"
"You'll find the Suierintendent up stairs "
humbly replied the gate-keeper.
Ana i u lodge complaint against you
yes, 1 will! Travelers have rights and
those rights must be maintained !'
The fat man rushed half way up stairs
and the whistle of a yard enguie made him
halt and turn and rush down again. lie-aching
tbe gates of the Canada Southern train,
he called out :
"It is your business to give warning at
least three minutes before the train leaves!"
"And I'm going to do it." reDlied the
gate-keeper. ':It is over twenty minutes
yet berore train time. Please show vour
ticket."
Show my ticket! Do you suppose a
man in my position means to steal a ride
on the hind trucks ?"
"The rule is for all passengers to show
their tickets "
"I don't believe it, and I want your
name! I'll go up to the Superintendent
and see if travelers have anv rights in this
depot. Your name, sir ?"
"My name is Bumps, sir, and I'm a poor
widower with seven children to support."
"I don't care a cent if you've got seven
teen children to support. I ll bump Bumps
'till he'll never dare bass another traveler !''
The fat man rushed up stairs again, and
was heard gnlloping the numerous halls and
passages and calling for the Superintendent.
The janitors passed him along until became
down the outside stair on the public
streets.
"Have a hack, sir!" yelled about forty
drivers in chorus.
"Xo. sir no, sir !"' he wrcamed in reply.
"Ha ve a wagon ?" howled twenty express
men in his ears.
"Never! Never! I want to get into the
depot! If I miss that train 1 11 sue the
w hole ciiy !''
lie was shown the public entrance, and
he niade a rush for a Flint &
Fere Mar-
A. woman was saying sue feared her trunk
had nt come down on the baggage wagon.
a!!;1 uc dumped his parcels into it seat and
Ki'd :
"' hojie it hasn t! It wiil serve yon just
right to iniss it ! A person who hasn't
got spunk enough to stand right up to these
railroad folks and let them know what's
what ought to lose her trunk ! They tried
to bluff me around just now, and when
'bey found they coulun t do it they coimin t
be too humble and obliging. Go out and
hlast them, madai
'hey can't rest !"
lam blast their eves till
L'p a Tree-
Dr. Bob Gner and a party of sportsmen
of Jersey Shore, Pa., returnee 1 from a big
hunt in the wilds of Potter county recently,
ant twenty miles northwest of C'ouders
port, where they spent a week in pursuit
of game. Grier is well known as a great
fox hunter and lover of the chase, and on
this occasion he met wilh an adventure
that is worth relating. Recently he left
his party at the cabin where they were en
camped in the forest, for tbe purpose of
visiting a lumWr camp about four miles
away, lo see an acquaintance. He slun;
his Remington over his shoulder, thinkini
He slung
'!e might get a shot nt a deer or a bear.
AK1"-t half way between the cabin and the
htmlier camp was a stage road but little
dash f;r him and lie was compelled to climb
a tree, having barely tune to escape being
' trampled
to death. In Ins night Iol
dropped bis rillc anil he had n
weapon except the ordinary hunter'
no oiher
s knife.
I 1 lis situation was anything but corafort-
al)1P. b-n M u'ere wa, I""'y oi re.ier
make the beet of the situation. After he
had leea np' the tree about an hour he
heard the crack of a rifle', anil almost im
mediately two of bis companions by the
name of Sutton and Cole, came rushing by,
pursueel by a hear of unusual size and
aflivity. Iwy tx refuge on a wild
cl,on7 ,reo 'hlch Partel ln two ,runks a
few feet above the grounel, one part leaning
slightly and very reHten, the whole loeking
Jlie tw Unce nP U,c trf
were safe from inmieebate harnmf the bear
j could lie kept from climbing after them.
In tne meantime Dr. Bob, in a fit of des-
PTation. conclu.led to risk an encounter
& V". 'mck- X" l,rePann? to descend
,,e tIje Precaution to fistcn his knife,
,1,e "!y weapon he posscsseeL by a piece
of twine to his person, so that it might not
if ' PP1 from his hand. Close
X'T hemlock had fallen, and the roots at
T.el and the branches at the other kept
the trunk jf the tree alxiut two feet from
t lie ground, making a place of retreat to
which he could resort if hard presseiL He
descended cautieusly. but the enraged
animal was on the alert and at once rushed
upon nun. 111s great strengta was no
match for the buck, which crushed him to
the earth and tried to stamp him to death.
On his hands and knees mangled and bleed
ing, he Eucceeeleel in reaching the fallen
hemlock and crawle-d tineler the trunk.
The buck could just touch him with its
feet, but could not harm hiin.
Anxiety and pain were wearing Bob out
when he heard a crackling noise at the root
ot the tree and a sharp cry of pain from
the buck, which is a familiar sound to the
experienced hunter. Peering out cautiously
he fonnd the deer securely held by the
knotted roots of the tree and bis right leg
dangling loosely, it having been broken in
the efforts to escape, lie was satisfied
from the desperate struggles of the animal
that it could not extricate itself, and watch-
' ing a favorable opportunity he plnngeel his
knife info the buck s heart and sank down
exhausted. At this moment LT. Holmes
who resided some miles from that place,
and who was attending a patient at the
lumber camp, drove up and found Dr.
Grier, who was an old acquaintance, lying
upon the ground, almost exhausted from
loss of blood. He took Grier into the
wagon, and after leaving a revolver and
knife in sight of the men np the cherry
tree drove off to the camp for he!p. Mean
time thu bear, after many ineffectual at
tempts to climb the tree, gave it up, and
apparently relaxed his watchfulness by
lyiiij; down some ibN'imce from the tree.
Sutlon. at this time, thought at least one of
them might est ape and broached the idea .
to Cole, who objected, knowing that relief
would soon arrive. Waiching an oppor
tunity, Suttoa descended the tree quietly,
without being oscrved, and after moving
cautiously for some distance sprang to hi
feet and started for the cabin with the speed
of the wind. Meeting the relief party hur
rying up to their assistance, he returned
with them lo the rescue of t'ole. Mean
while the bear had gt up and moved tu
the feot of the tree, when, apparently miag
ini one of the men, he renewed his efforts
to climb it. Suddenly the dee-ayed part of
the tree fell with a crash. The bear was
somewhat stimaed, but fortunately Cole
was not hurt, and he started for the re
volver and kuife, which he secured. The
bear pursued and overtook hhn and hugged
him around the body. Cole fired, but did
not inflict a sulileient wound to make tbe
bear relax its hold. He fired a second and
a third shot, with no better result. But
oue more bullet now remained in thepistoL
He felt softly on the bear's breast to find
the location of his heart from its pulsations.
and pressing the rmizzle of the pistol to the
spot fireil, when the bear gave a heavy
groan and ro.led over dea'L and Cole sank
exhausted by its body. In a few minute
seven hardy lumbermen came lo his relief.
His wounds,
though painful,
were nX
serious.
The HjriDC Frog.
The living frog is a native of East India
and the islaiuLs of the Sunc'a Archipelagot
Several species of these frogs have louj
!een known, but it was not untU a few
years ago that Wallace discovered that the
skin connecting the toes of this frog serv, a
not only for swimming, but for flying also.
Wallace thought he had eUscovered an en
tirely new species but sulsequent re
searches have proved the identity of this
frog wilh the so-rolled paddle-frog pre
viousiy known. The toe-s of the firing
frog are verv long, and are connected "by a
skin, which is laid in numerous folds when
the animal is at rest, covers a large area
then is taken up by the body and limbs of
the animal. The hiilividual captured by
Wallace was altogether about four inches
long. The skin between the toes of the
hind feet n:eaured four and a half square
inches, while the area taken up by the ex
tended skms of all four feet exceeded
twelve square iivhe. The ends of tho
toesre provided with concave disks the
peculiar construction of which permits the
frog to tuke a firm bold of tiic branches:
Another peculiarity of this frog ia the
power to inhale and store in tlie body a
large volume of air. By this means the
body is considerably distended, and it
weight, compared with its bulk, reduced.
This faculty and the large surface offered
by the membrane between the toes, enable
the frog to lly short distances from branch
to branch. In appearance the living frog
is extremely beautiful. The back and legs
are of a lustrous green coW ; the bellv and
, ""S are yellow ; the skin between the
t.x-s bl.ick and decorated by yellow 9tripes.
With the xccptton of the folds ia the web
of the feet, t Ii surface of the cutire body
is smooth.
Fat:il f-lilrt Hutton.
The death is announced at Heidelberg of
Dr. Ailnf Smider. who v.ms formerly iu
large practice as a physician in Elberfeld
and its neighborho oil. One morning in
1T4, while iln-ssing, he contrived in some
way to get a shirt butlou between his teeth.
Uncoticieuiy whiL" iaogh'mg, the button
s'ipiK'd into lhe back of his mouth, anil
thence iuto the larynx. AH the exertions
of his surgical friends to remove i: were in
vain. It was ar-cer'aiiied that it sink into
the right lung, which soon became irritated.
Spi'tingiif blooei ensued, ami he was him
self l )i iking for.v.ml to h:s eli-rh as not very
remote-. He rt moved to a villa be had near
Frankfort -on-thi;-Mai:i to pass his last days
inqiiiet. Here he was surprised by a violent
fit of coughing, accompanied by spitting
of blood, in a paroxysm e.f which the but
ton was ejecte.L Ills health rapielly iui
proveel, and in a few months regariling
himse'lf as quite rureiL, he resumed his pn
fessioual work, and eneleavored to gather
up the threads of his former practice. But
la-t year uumist.ikeable symptoms mani
fested themselves liiat the lung had not
fully recover, el from the presence ia its
substance ef a foreign body for several
months. He spent the winter in the Smth.
of Europe, but returned almost worse than
he went. He gradually wasteel away and
sank a few days ago.
A Parting Scene.
Did yon ever hear two married women
take leave of each otht r at the gate, on a
summer evening? This is the way they
do it :
Good-bye!"
'Good-bye : come iiown and see 11 rijjht
sewn."'
I will. Good-bye."
"Good-bye. Don't you forget to come
soon. "
"Xo, I won't. Dou't you forget to
come up."
"Be sure and bring Sally Jane with you
next time."
"I will. I'd have brought her this time
but she wasn't ve ry well. She wanted to
come awfid bad."
"Did she now' That was too ba.L Be
sure and bring her next time."
"I will; and you lie sure to bring the
baby."
"I will : I forgot to tell you he's cutting
aneither tooth.'
"You dou't say. How many has he got
now "'
"Five. It makes him awful cross."
I guess it does this hot weather.
Well, jrood-bye. Don't you forget to come
down." I
"Xo, I won't. Don't you forget to come
up. Good-bye," ami they part.
A Railroad Kello.
There recently was sen? to the Philadel
phia office of the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad Company a sign-board that re
calls memories ef the earliest elays in Penn
sylvania. The sign is on a bemrd fifteen
wide by aliout two feet long, and was pnt
up at Phecnixville ia lSoS. when the roael
was openeel from Xorristown to that point.
Its lettered contents Solemnly in formed all
who chose to read them that it was at the
risk of their lives that persons would at
tempt to walk on the railroad track, "s'eaia
locomotives being in constant activity there
on," anel that it was especially dangerous
to attempt to walk or drive through tunnels
or over brielges belonging to the company.
The letters preserved the wood they cover
ed, while the weather has eaten away the
rest of the onter surface of the board to the
depth of perhaps a quarter of aa inch, giv
ing the paintetl letters the appearance of
being made of lead or other material, and
glued or tacked to tbe boarL
Ole Bull's beloved violin la throe
hundred and sixteen years old, and wa
orce the treasure of Paanlui.
OLD XVEKTWHXIlS