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THE OONSTITUTIOS-THE UITKHf AID THE E5T0E0IMEHT OF THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XXXY
MIFFLINTOWN, JUXIATA COUNTY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2; 1SS1.
NO. 5.
"lraXv ' - fiU OflWl AT AW ft
EVERY SAT.
Tmeii draaing Dearer, nearer,
V. bile our bead are turning grey ,
Tears are falling on life's mirror
Eveiy day !
Time U closing Beauty's portals.
Flowers are blooming to decay ;
Fate is delving graves (or mortals
Every day !
While oar p'easnre boat is rolling
0er life's eventful spray,
Fupvral tells are tolling, toiling.
Every day !
WbTe tbe lanrrl wreath is shading
O'er the fame-lit brow of clay.
Sad we see the arlat.d fading
Every day !
Love, then take your promised treasures,
( ame is dazzling to betray ;
Life is fad.ng with its pleasures.
Every day !
lleLCe while a'.l things are declaring
Death a seeker for its prey ;
Let us be ourselves pre puing
Every iiy !
The Gambler's End.
Beyond the balsam thicket the gambler
made bis stand. Carson, the detective,
was in full pursuit, and as be burst through
the balsams be found himself within twenty
feet of bis antagonist. Both men stood
for an instant, each looking full at tbe
other. Both were experts. Each knew
tbe other.
"You count," said tbe gambler, coolly.
"One, two," said tbe detective, "three,
fire!"
( ne pistol alone sounded. The gambler's
bad failed to explode !
"Yoj've won, you needn't deal again,"
said tbe gambler. And then be dropped.
The red stain on his white shirt-front
showed where be was bit
"There's some lint and bandage," said
tbe detective, and be flung a small package
into tbe gambler's lap. "I hope you won't
die, Dick Ilaymond."'
"Ob, it was all fair, Carson," said the
other, carelessly. "I've held a poor baud
from tbe start "
lie paused, for the detective had rushed
on. and be was alone. .
Twenty rods further oc the detective !
caught up with the trapper, who was calmly
recharging his piece. On the edge of the
ledge above, the half breed lay dead, the
lips drawn back from his teeth, and his
. ugly countenance distorted with bate and
rage. A ritle, w hose muzzle smoked, lay
at his side ; and the edge of the trapper's
left ear was bleeding.
"i've shot Dick Kaymond by tbe bal
sam thicket," said the detective. "I'm
afraid he's bard hit.'
"I'll go and see tbe boy," answered tbe
trapper. "You'll find Henry furder up.
There's only two ruiinin'. Y'ou and he
car bring 'em in."
The old trapper saw, s be descended tbe
bill, the body reclining on tbe niossea at
the edge of the balsam thicket. The earth
gave back no sound as he advanced, and
he reached the gambler, and was standing
almost at his very feet, ere the young man
was aware of his presence ; but as the
trapper passed between him and the shin
ing water, be turned bis gaze up to tbe
trupiicr's face, and, after studying the
grave lines for a moment said :
"You've won the game, old man."
Tbe trapper for a moment made no re
ply. He looked eteadfa-aly into the young
man's countenance, tiled his eyes on the
red stain on tbe left breast, and then said :
"Shall 1 look at the hole, boy ?"
The gambler smiled pleasantly and nod
ded his head, " say ing, "It's the natural
thing to do in these cases, 1 believe." Lift
ing the bands, he unbuttoned the Collar,
and unscrewed the solitaire stud from' the
white bosom. Tbe trapper kuelt by the
young man's side, and laying back the linen
from the chest, wiped the blood-slain with
a piece of lint from tbe white skin, and
carefully studied the edges of tbe wound,
seeking to ascertain tbe direction which
the bullet bad taken us it penetrated tbe
Mesh. At last be drew his lace back, and
lilted himself to his fee!, not a shade in
tbe expression of bis face revealing the
thought.
"Is it my last deal, old man ?" asked
tbe gambler, carelessly.
1 have seed a good many wounds," an
swered the trapper, "and I've noted the
direction of a good many bullets, and 1
never knowed a man to live who was hit
where je be hit ef tbe lead bad tbe slant
inward, as the piece bad that has gone into
ye."
For a minute tbe young man made no
reply. Nochangeraaietohiscounienance.
He turned bis eyes from tbe trapper's face
and looked pleasantly off toward the water.
He even whibtled a bxc or two of an old
love ballad, then be paused, and, drawn
perhaps by tbe magnetism of the steady
gaze w hich tbe eyes of the trapper fixed
upon bim, be looked again into the old
man's face, and said :
"What is it, John Norton ?"
"I be sorry for ye, boy," answered tbe
old man. "I be sorry for ye, for Ufe be
sweet to the young, and 1 wish that yer
years might be many on the earth."
"I fancv there's a good many who will
be glad to hear I'm out of it," w as tbe care
less response.
I don't doubt ye bave yer faults, boy,"
answered tbe trapjier, "and 1 dare say ye
bave Uveel loosely, and did many deeds
that was bettkr undid, but the best use of
lite be to learn bow to live, and 1 feel sar
tain Je d have got better as ye got older,
and made the last half of yer Ufe wipe out
the fust, so that the figures for and agin
ye would bava balanced in the jedgmenu"
"You aren't fool enough to believe what
tbe b pocrilical church members talk, are
you, John Norton ? You don't believe that
there's any judgment day, do you t "
"1 don't know much about church mem
bers," answered tbe trapper, "for I've
never ben in the settlements; leastwise,
I've never studied the habits of the cre
turs, and I dare say they differ, bein' good
and bad, and I've seed some that was sar
tiuly vagabonds. No, I don't know much
about church members, but 1 sartinly be
lieve ; 3'is, 1 know there be a day when the
Lord, shall jedge the livin' and tbe dead ;
and the honest trapper shall stand on one
side, and the vagabond that pilfers bis skins
and steals bis traps shall stand on the
other. This is what the liook says, and it
sartinly seems reasonable; for the deeds
that be did on tbe earth I of two sorts,
and the folks that do 'em be of two kind,
and at ween tbe two, the Lord, ef he notes
anything, must make a dividin' line."
"And when do you think this judgment
is, John Norton V asked the gambler, as
if he was actually enjoying the crude but
honest ideas of his companion. Tbe trap
per hesitated a moment before be spoke,,
then he said :
'1 conceit that tie jedgmenl be always
goin.' on. It's a court that never adjourns,
and tbe deserters and tbe knaves and the
disobedient in the rigiment be always on
trial. But I conceit that there comes e
day to every man, good and bad, when the
record of bis deeds be lcoked over from I ha
start, and tbe good and the bad counted
up ; and in that day he gits tbe final jedg-
ment whether it be for or agin bim. And
now, boy," continued the old man sol
emnly, with a touch of infinite tenderness
m tbe vibrations of his voice, "ye be nigh
the jedginent day, yerself, and the deeds
ye bave did, both the good and the bad,
win ne passea in review."
"I reckon there isn't much chance for
me if your view is sound, John Norton."
Ana tor tbe nrst time, bis tone lost its
cheerful recklessness.
1 he court be a court of marcv : and
the jedge looks upon 'em that comes up for
inai as el he was their lather.
"That ends it, old man," answered the
gambler. ".My father never shewed me
any mercy when I was a boy. If be had,
I shouldn t have been here now. If I did
a wrong deed, I got it to the last inch of
the lash," and the words were more in
tensely bitter because spoken so quietly.
'The fathers of the 'arth, boy, b not
like the father of heaven, for 1 have seed
em correct their children beyond reason,
and without marcy. Tbey whipped in
their rage, and not in their wisdom ; they
whipped, because tbey were strong, and
not because of their love ; they whipped,
when they should bave forgiven, and got
what they 'arnt tbe hatred or their chd
dren. But tbe father of heaven be differ
ent, boy. He knows that men be weak,
as well as wicked. He knows that half of
'em -havnn't bad a fair chance, and so he
overlooks much ; and when be can't over
look it, 1 conceit he sorter forgives in a
lump. Yis, he subtracts all be can from
tbe evil we bave did boy, and ef that isn't
enough to satisfy his feelin's toward a man
that might have ben duTtarenl ef he'd had a
fair start ; he jest wipes the whole row of
ligurs clean out at tbe askin'."
"At the asking ?" said the gambler ;
"that's a mighty quick game. Did you
ever rray, John Norton ?"
"Sartin, sartin, I be a praym' man,"
said the trapper, sturdily.
"At tlte asking!" murmured tbe gam
bler, softly.
"Sartin, boy," answered the trapper,
"that's the line tbe trail takes, ye can de
pend on it ; and it will bring ye to the eend
of tbe great clcann' in peace."
''It's a quick deal," said the gambler,
speaking to himself, utterly uncousci'His of
the incongruity of his speech to his thought.
"It's a quick deal, but I can see that it
might end as he says, if tbe feeling was
right,"
For a moment nothing was said. The
trapper stood looking steadfastly at the
young man on the moss, as he lay with his
quiet face turned up to the sky, to whose
color bad already come the first shade of
the awful whiteness.
Up the mountain a rifle cracked. Neither
stirred. A red squirrel ran out upon the
limb, twenty feet above the gambler's
head, and shook the silence into lragments
with his chattering ; then sat gazing with
startled eyes at the two men underneath.
"Can you pray, old maul'' asked the
gambler, quietly.
"Sutmly," answered the trapper.
"Can you pray in words?" asked the
gambler again.
For a moment tbe trapper hesitated.
Then he said : "I can't say that I can. No,
1 sartinly can't say that I could undertake
it with a reasonable chance of gitlin'
through : leastwise, it wouldn't be in a way
to help a man any."
"Is there any way, old man, in which
we can go partners ?" asked the gambler,
tbe vocabulary of whose profession still
clung to him in the solemn counseling.
"I was thinkin' of that," answered the
trapper; "yis, I was thinkin ef we couldn't
sorter jine works, and each help the other
by doin' bis own part himself. Yis," con
tinued the old man, after a moment's re
flection, "tbe plan's a good.un ye pray
for yerselr, and I'll pray for myself and
ef I can git in anything that seems likely to
do ye sar vice, ye can count on it, as ye can
on a grooved barrel."
"And now, boy," said the trapper, with
a sweetly solemn enthusiasm, such as faith
might give to a supplicating saint, which
lighted his features until bis countenance
fairly shone with a light which came out of
it, rather than upon it fr. ui the sun over
head "now, boy, remember that the Lol
is Lord of tbe woods, as well as of tj
cities, and that he beareth the prayin' f
the poor hunter under the pines, as well
tbe great preachers in the pulpits, and tl
when sins be heavy and death be nigh, I
ear and His heart be both open."
The trapper knelt on the moss at t
gambler's feet. He clasped the fingers
his great bands until they interlaced, a
lifted his wrinkled face upward, lie si
not a word ; but the strongly chiseled li)
seamed with age, moved and twitched n
and then, and as the silent prayer went (
two great tears left tbe protection of t
closed lids and rolled down his rugs
cheek. The gambler also closed bis eye.
then his bauds quietly stole one into t
other, and, avoiding the bloody stain, rest
on his breast ; and thus, the old man w
had lived beyond the limit of man's dp
and the yonng one, cut down at the tbret
old of mature life the one kneeling on t
mosses, with his face lilted to Heaven, t
other lying on the mosses, with his fr
turned toward the same sky, without wo
or uttered speech prayed to the elivi
mercy which beyond tbe heaven and I
sky saw the two men underneath the pin.
and met, we may not doubt, with need
answer the silent upgoing prayer.
The two openvd their eyes nearly at t'
same instant. They looked for a inomt
at each other, and then the gambler feel
lifted his hand, and put it into the bro
palm of the trapper. Not a wotd was sal
No word was needed. Sometimes men li,
demand each other tetter than by talking
Then the gambler picked the diamond U
from the spot where it rested, slipped tj
solitaire ring from Lis finger, and said, j
be handed them to tbe trapper : I
"There's a girl ;n Montreal ibat will li J
these. You w ill find her picture inside n4
vest, when you bury me. Her address
inside the picture case. Y'ou will tali
them to her, John Norton ?
"Sli ahull havpthpm from mvownhanrL
answered the trapper, gravely. i
"You needn't disturb the picture, Job j?
Norton," said the ga.nbler, "it's just a.
well, perhaps, to let it lie where it is ; if 4
been there eight years, lou unaersiaw
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u x uicau, uiu luau
"1 understand," answered the trapper,
solemnly ; "the picture shall stay where
it is."
" rhe pistols," resumed the gambler, and
he glanced at the one lying on the moss,
"1 give to you. Y'ou'll find them true.
You will accept them ?"
The trapper bowed his head. It Is doubt
ful if he conld speak. For several minutes
there was silence. The end was evidently
nigh. The trapper took the gambler's
hand, as if it had been tbe hand of his own
boy. Indeed, perhaps the young man had
lound his father at last ; for surely it isn't
flesh that makes fatherhood. Once the
young man moved as if he would rise.
Had he been able he would have died with
his arms i. round tbe old man's neck. As
tt was, tbe stiength was unequal to the im
pulse. He lifted his eyes to the old man's
face lovingly; moved bis body as if he
would get a little nearer, and aa a child
might speak a loving thought aloud, said,
"1 am glad I met you, John Norton,' and
with the saying 61 the sweet words he died.
As to the Rleht or War
"What s the matter here?" demanded
policeman sternly of a man and woman,
wbo were belaboring each other with am
brellas on Joralemon street, Brooklyn, re
cently. "Stop this, now, and move off,
or 1 11 lock vou up."
"This villain wouldn't get off, the side
walk so 1 could pass, and made me walk
in the mud," panted the woman, as she
thwacked the man on the ear and brought
water to his eyes.
"1 didn t, either, shouted the man, as
he brought his umbrella down on the top
of her head; "she wants the whole street
to get around in, and she tried to shove me
in the snow bank."
" hy couldn t he stand up there on
that lump instead ef making me walk
through the water, and me a woman," and
clipped him under the jaw with a dexerity
he couldn t anticipate.
'.Move on now," ordered the policeman.
"Get out of this quick, or I'll take vou in.
Ain t you ashamed of yourselves I
lsn t that cross walk public! Haven t
I got a right on it?'' demanded the man.
whirling his umbrella arouud his bead and
landing it on her chin, "is there anv law
compelling me to stand in the mud while
she s out doors!
"A min ought to always give wav to
woman,"argued the policeman.
"Of course he ought," coincided the wo
man, smashing her opponent's hat over his
eyes.and following it up with a prodigious
thump in the ribs, 'it he had anything
of a man's spirit, he'd waited for me to
cross over instead of pushing me in the
siush," aud she banged hiut across the
nose. "I am not strong, and I know I've
caught my death of cold."
'Serves you ngut !" yelled the man, as
he fetched ler a terrific lick across the
neck. "You ought to die. Theie ain't
room in this world for you."
'I bad, bad 1 1" shrieked the woman, jab
bing the ferule of Ler umbrella into his
mouth. "Ain't room for me here, Jun't
there ?" and she cracked him viciously on
the skull. "Serves me right, don't " it ?"
and she belted him across the eyes and seat
ed him in the snow. "You stay there
now, till I'm out of sight, and if you move
I'll send you borne looking like you bad
been engaged in business with a buzz saw,"
and she tired the remains of her weapon at
him and (talked off triumphantly.
"What's a fellow to do?" said the man
to the policeman, scow ling after his late
enemy.
"Some fellows had better give her room,
I reckon," responded the guardian.
"Better pet around on the next
street the next time she heaves in sight.
.Move on now, and be careful how you
make a weak woman mad another tune."
And the man seeing the woman turn to
see how be was getting along, sank back
on the snow drill and tried to remember
which way be was going when he met
her.
lleat h of I hit Victoria.
The death of this Indian Chief and cap
ture of his band is thus told by a corres
pondent :
A hasty council was held, and the quick
laid plan was as soon executed. The com
plete knowledge of the country possessed
by Terrazas and his scouts led bim to be
lieve that the Indians would try and make
a certain water-hole by evening, rest and
water and be off again. To bead them at
this hole was tbe only hope of the pursuers,
and every effort of tbe tired and wearied
band was now put forth. They forced
their way by a circuitous march and arrived
at the spring at the moment the Indians
appearec. Tliey had no time to refresh
themselves, but charged the Indians, wnc
took to the small mountains among tbe
rocks for shelter. Terrazas sent his Chief,
J uan Mata Artiz, with half the force around
tbe mountain, to cut off any retreat, and
the Comanche scout Cruz txk a few more
and scaled an adjoining cliff and did excel
lent work with unerring aim. All that
evening and all night the fight lasted, the
Indians, securely screened behind the rocks,
hem" hrd to dislodge. During the night
From here we could see upon an emibe
on tbe hill beyond tbe crowd, and a little
further on we could discover me back
objects against the sky like waving plumes
of the knights of old. The signal was giv
en and the column moved forward, and
behold! those floating plumes were the
ghastly scalps of the fallen enemy held
aloft to the gaping crowd. First came an
immense throng of people, men women
and children pushing each other to and fro,
mad with excitement. Then came a band,
whose inusic was drowned from lime to
time by the plaudits of the populace. Then
came CoL Terrazas and his staff of officers,
looking worn and travel-stained. Imme
diately after came the prisoners, mounted
upon ponies and mules. They were all
women and children except one Comanche,
whose life was spared by Cruz, the scouL
After the prisoners came the scalp-bearers
and pack trains. There Las long been a
standing reward of S200 for the scalp of a
warrior, and $100 a head for prisoners, it
having been found that this was the only
way to keep the State free of tbem. This
campaign will cost the State not less than
$50,000 cash outlay, besides all tbe prop
erty destroyed by the Indians. Tbe scalp
of Victoria, tinged visibly with gray, was
carried by the man who was given the
credit of shooting him.
About 1 o'clock the procession baited
before one of the large prsons or cauip
yards, aud tbe prisoners dismounted and
passed in. The next day all smaller child
ren were given away, and strange as it
may seem, they have been taken into tbe
best and wealthiest fanul.es in the city.
Gov. Terrazas look two, a boy and a girl.
One gentleman took three. They have
been cleaned up and dressed in comfort
able clothes, and are much improved in
appearance.
1 he slayer of ictona has been present
ed with a suit that is neat and not gaudy
eilLer. Ihe short jacket is of crimson
broadcloth ; the vest and breeches of black
doeskin, trimmed with silver lace; the hat
a magnificent white fur bioadbrim, and
covered with spangles. He is a peaceful
Ferhumara Indian, and bears bis honors
quietly.
Mow Loiig Mar a Man Live.
It was Professor Hufcland's opinion that
the limit of possible human Ufe may be set
at two hundred years. This is on the gen
eral principle that the life of a creature is
eight times the years of ita period of
growth. That which is quickly formed.
quickly perishes, aud the earlier complete
development is reached, the sooner bodilv
uecay ensues. .More women reach old age
than men, but more men attain remarkable
longevity than women. Some animals
grow to be very old. Horned animals
lire shorter lives than those without horns.
tierce longer than timid, amphibious longer
than those whicn inhabit the air. The vo
racious pike, exists it is said, to the age ol
one hundred and forty ; the turtle is good
Uh one hundred or muie; aud among birds
the golden eagle is know n to have lived two
hundred years: while the sly and somber
crow rcacues the venerable age of a cen
tury. Passing up iu the scale of life to
man, and skipping the patriarchs, we may
find many recorded instances of
longevity among the classic Greeks and
hunans. 1 liny notes that in the reign of
the EuiKor Vespasian, in the year '76,
there were one hundred aud twcnty-foui
men living in the limited area of the Apen
nines and the Po of one hundred years and
upward, three ot whom were one hundred
aud for'y and four over one
hundred and thirty-five. Cicero's wife
lived to the age of one hundred aud three,
and the K iu.au acli ess Luceja played in
public as late as her one hundred and
twelfth year. Coming down to more re
cent limes the most notable authentic in
stance of great age is that of Henry Jen
kins, of lorkshire, Lnglaud, who died in
1670, one hundred aud sixty-nine years
old. He was a fisherman and at the age
of one hunured easily swam across rapid
nvers. Another historic case is that of
Thomas Parr, of Shropshire, a day laborer.
who lived to the age of one hundred and
fifty-two ears. When more than one
hundred aud twenty, he married 1 is second
wile, and till one hundred and thirty he-
could swing the scythe and wield the llail
with the best of his feilow-laborers. In
his one hundred and fifty-second year
'arr went up to London to exhibit himself
to the King. It proved an unlucky visit,
for violating the abstemious habit ot a cen
tury and a halt, t: e old man feasted so
freely on the royal victuals that he soon
died of plethora.
Two Urinka that Morning.
Tom Gains was what you call a swift
witness. When Tom was for a fellow he
was for him all over, and he was so friend
ly and confiding the J udge did not know
what to do with him. Last court. Lawyer
Braham put Tom upon the stand to prove
that a drunken man couldn't remember
what be did when he was drunk. Tom bad
taken two drams that morning and was
feeling splendid. He swore straight out
that he couldn't.
The Judge didn't like that. He didn't
like witnesses wbo were so willing and fa
miliar, and so he put a few questious to
Tom from the bench.
"Mx. Gains, weren't you drunk yester
day?" (Sunday).
"They say 1 was, your Honor."
"And you don't remember iti"
"it's sorter like a dream, your Honor;
but I was awfully sick last night.''
"How are you now, Mr. Gains?"
"I am tolerably well, I thank you.
Judge, bow do you do yourself?" and Tom
bowed humbly, for he thought the Judge
was kindly inquiring after his health.
When the Sheriff had quieted the gen
eral hilarity, the Judge said:
"Now Mr. Gains you were drunk yes
terday, which was Sunday. Now where
did you find your whisky?''
"In the jug, Judge right in the jug!"
"Well, sir, where was the jug?"
"Uudvr the fodder stack, Judge; I al
ways keep it there, or in the shuck pen;
and if your honor ever passes that way, it's
a free thing to"
".Mr. Gains, you can retire, sir. I be
lieve you are the same man who about
thirty years ago testified in this court
house that Jim Wilkins bit his own ear
off."
"They say I did Judge, but you know
I was drunk, and of course I don't remem
ber it. Y'ou was defendin' Jack Boozer
for bitin' Jim Wilkins' ear, and you told
me iu the scrinunage Jack shoved Jim up
agin the sharp edge of the door aud cut it
oil; but you sec. Judge, I got drunk and
forgot what you told me, aud 1 s'poee 1
did swear that Wilkins bit his ear off him
self; and it wasu'l so unreasonable no how,
for he bad tbe awfullest nioulh that ever
was seed didn't be Judge?"
"Mr. Gains, 1 told you to sit down, sir.
Mr. Sheriff, give me the names of those
gentlemen who are so hilarious. l'U sec
if I can't stop their merriment. Brother
Braham put up your next witness."
Wlia ftoya Mioald Lean.
Not to tease boys or girl l smaller than
themselves.
Not to take the easiest chair in the room,
tut it in the pleasantest place, and forget
to offer it to the mother when she comes
in to sit down.
To treat the mother as politely as if she
were a strange lady who did not spend ber
life in their service.
To be as kind and helpful to their sisters
as tbey expect their sisters to be to them.
To make their friends among good boys.
To take pride in being gentlemen at
borne.
To take their mothers into their confl
dence if they do anything wrong; end
above ail, never to lie about anything they
have done.
To make up their minds not to learn to
smoke, chew, or to drink; remembering
that these things cannot be unlearned, and
that they are terrible drawbacks to good
men, and necessities to bad ones.
To remember that there never was a vaga
bond without these habits.
To observe all these rules, and they are
sure to be gentlemen.
A. Fatal Supper.
There lives on Arch street, Philr aelphia.
Pa., a landlady who mourns th " death of
her husband in a manjer so -peculiar as to
attract the attention of alUV ho know her.
Her husband was member of an influen
tial religious denomination, and had con
siderable local celebrity to the church in
question. He was accustomed to receive
visits from many of 'tie clergy, as well as
an occasional call from a bishop. Several
years ago a supper was given in the boarding-house
over which his wife presided in
his honor. There sat down at the table a
score or more c( prominent ministers and
Uymen of the cited to which he was at
tached. A profusion of dainties was served
to the guests au.l all partook heartily. The
genial husband, however, seems to have
surpassed them a J in the consumption of
the menu, and hendulged extensively in
jelly, cake, ice-cretm, strawberries, piue
apples,apples and wa. He also participa
led in a glass of sheiry wine. During the ,
niirlit he died in spasms. ' Now comes thu
ood feature of the story. His wife lament
ed his death pathetically aud had funeral
services of tbe most extensive k ind. On
his collin were pi accd,ainon other flowers,
some lilies and & cluster of immortelles.
These tokens of regard were not buried with
the body, however, but were preserved by
tbe widow. Soou after the burial she re
lated to a friend that her love for the de
funct was so great that she intended having
a memorial of him made, and she thought
nothing could be more appropriate than a
quantity of the different articles of food
equal to the amouiat by means of which the
gooa man expired!, she went, therefore,
to a well-known confectioner and had bim
glace a cup of jellyi a piece of sponge cake
a plate of ice-crearn, with half a dozen
strawberries in it, a pineapple, several ap
ples, a glass of sherry iviue and some nuts.,
it appears that the cup f jelly eaten by ihe
deceased at the supper 'was filled to the
brim and a portion of the contents spilled
over on the table. In the glace model the
cup is filled to the very lop and several
glaced pieces lie around the bottom of the
cup. All these models, very nearly the
same quantity as the late lamented partook
of, were placed und.r a glass case, and in
addition two rosettes, worn by the husband
and wife on the festive occasion, were placed
and put among the fruit beneath the glass.
The entire case stands in the corner ol the
large parlor of the bcardiug-house on ai ta
ble. On a shelf above the glaced fruit, u
the wreath of Ul.es which rested on tht
breast of the deceased at the obsequies.
1 hat also rests under a glass Case, la a
room across the hall are the immortelles,
which also decorated the coma. 1 he widow
landlady loves to recount with tears in her
eyes, the story of that last supper and its
consequences, rach new boaruer sooner
or later bears the strange story, possibly
with great amusement. The lady is very
kind-Learted and benevolent despite her
eccentricity. The glaee work is very well
done, indeed, causing the fruit to have an
exceedingly natural look. Were the name
of the lady and the number of the house to
bet ilisciosed it would be recognized at once
by many persons all over the country, as
the bouse is noted as an excellent one, and
the same landlady keeps a large and much
frequented house in the summer at Asbury
Park.
Deception In Fun.
While strolling along the street of Indian
apolis the other day, our a reporter, in a
dusty, cobwebby window, saw a piece of
card board four or five inches square, on
which was written, "pure skunk oil and
"coon oil." A moth-eaten, weather-beaten
'coon skin hung above the door, which the
rcpoi ter entered.
"What do people buy skunk oil for ?"
said the proprietor in his answer,repeating
the question. "Why, they buy it for rheu
matism, and, I say it never fails to cure."
The reporter desired to see some pure
skunk oil, having beard that there were
many worthless imitations abroad, and was
shown a piut flask of an oily liquid of the
color of linseed oiL The fluid Lad no more
and worse odor than lard oil. "We scil to
all sorts of people, white, black and yel
low, the richest aud the poorest," the pro
prietor continued. "This oil we get from
the skins that's as much of the skunk as
I get and the yield is usually about four
ounces to the skin. Sometimes we get
half a pint, and sometimes, though seldom,
as much as a pint, to the pelt. There's no
more than one skin in a thousand that'll
yield a pint of oil. The animel is thin in
flesh in summer, but very fat in winter.
Skunk hides, last year, the best quality,
were worth from $1.75 to $2 each. They
will not be worth much more than half as
much this year. I handled 2,000 skunk
skins last year, nearly all of which were
caught in Indiana. The animal abounds
in southern and central Indiana. There are
a few in this county, not many. The skins
have been worth as much as -"0, but
they'll never see that price again not very
soon at least.
"Is there any danger of the skunk crop
in this State becoming exhausted?" ''None
at alL A skunk w.ll have fiom three to
seven young at a Utter usually about five.
I've been a fur buyer for forty-two years,
and there are more skunks in this State
now than ever. There is a prejudice against
the animal, which makes it necessary to
sell the fur to ladies wbo wear it under sev
eral pretty aliases, among which are 'fitch'
and' American sable. Besides being made
into muffs and trimmings, the skins are
largely used in making fine carnage
robes."
he Washed on a Bunnay,
He only whispered to a lady friend who
sot beside him in church, but it cost con
siderable trouble.
"There comes air. Proud s wife. Do
you know she washes on uneiay r ive
seen her do it," is what he said.
"Heavens 1 Can it be possible! said
tbe lady.
"lea, but please don I say anything
about it.
She didn't.
In exactly seven days by tbe clock every
body in church knew it It came to the
ears of Mr. iTound, and he sat about tra
cing the story to its origin.lIrs.Proud was
being snubbed by nearly everybody in the
congregation. liven the minister forgot
to take off his hat when he passed her in
the street.;
There was some talk of dropping Mrs.
Proud's name from the roll of church mem
bership. Mr. Proud became furious. He went
around town with a pistol in his pocket.
He finally found tbe lady who had start
ed the report, and asked ber who her in
formant was. She referred him to tbe
gentleman who mentioneel it to her in
church. Mr. Proud jammed bis hat over
his eyes and sought the miscreant.
"Did you say that my wife washed on
Sunday ?" asked Mr. Proud, with murder
in his ej e.
"Certainly," responded the man, with
out moving a muscle.
"I want you to take it back,"
"I can't it's, a fact, and 1 don't see any
thing to get mad about. I wouldn't let a
wife of mine come b church 'ithout wash
ing', would you I"
A Nevada Tanner.
A miner named William Nagle was
luunu aeany dead of starvation in a cabin
in six-mile Canyon, Nevada, who says that
ne has fasted for three weeks. He went to
me cabin just before the first fall of snow,
and, according to Lis story, has lived there
ever since without anything to eat except a
v.. uen ne nrst went to the cabin
he was quite sick, and aeon became too
weak to get out. Itestoratives were sup
plied.and he was taken to the County Hos
pital this morning. Nagle at one time
worked at the Gould & Curry and Best &
Belcher shaft, but, losing his place there
and being nnable to find work, he weut to
live in a cabin near the coal-tar works of
arae limners. About a month aeo it he.
came necessary to tear down the cabin.and
Nagle was told of a vacant cabin down ihe
canyon that he might occupy. He weut to
mis cabin, which stands on the south side
ot the pix-nnle Canyon, just at the first
line Cl tailing sluices. No one. tinw v.-
saw him at or about the cabin, and those in
tne vicinity supposed it to be unoccupied.
Last evening the owner of the tailing sluice
wuuoui any reason ne can give, felt unpell.
eU to go to the cabin and look into it. Not
a track was to be seen in the snow that was
piied about the shanty, and the man linallv
went around and looked into the back win-
elow, when he was greatly astonished at
seeing a man lying on a cot. He at first
thought he had found a dead man, but
called and presently saw the supposed
corpse move; also heard some muttered
words, but could makctfSthmg of them.
He came to town aufVeporttd the matter
to Dr. Harri8Jfeident of the Board of
Health. OfT Harris returned, and, after
much JiR&tking at the window, prevailed
upotr the man to get up and open the door,
lie was so weak mat he was obliged to sup
port himself by keeping his hands upon the
wall in moving to the uoor. When able to
talk, Nagle said: "I have been in this cabin
three weeks. When I first came here 1 was
sick, aniLalter the first day, became so sick
that 1 couldu't get out. I had one cracker,
but it didn't last me long. Then ail I had
was some snow which I could reach through
a crack in the door. 1 have suffered terri
bly from hunger, and I have been in con
stant dread ol freezing to death, as it has
been very cold." A bucket partially filled
with snow was found near the rude bunk
upon which the involuntary disciple of
Tanner had spent three weary weeks. The
bunk was covered with only a few pieces of
ragged blankets. An old slove without anv
"Seine was found in the room, but there was
nuU.iQg within reicUu burn ia it, Aithough
weak .gad emaciated, Nagle's condition was
not as e k! as might have been expected.
He was Vjthom tever and his tongue look
ed welL pulse was weak andslow and
his voice almost gone. Nagle is a man
about forty .rears of age, and Dr. Harris,
who has Uuphcil faith In the man s story,
says he will put up money that, if given
the same care, r.,. will outstarve Tanner.
AJ the circumstances tend to corroborate
Nagle's stalemeue. The first fall of snow
occurred three wcVka ago last Wednesday,
and persons living auti working in the vi
cinity are ready to swe-ar that there has
never since been 'hz track of a man about
the cub'-, 'jiil supposed it deserted. Parke
i. others thought the man had noc gone
the cabin, and were great!' surpris
he was found there.
III Wanted a Second -Uanded "Doork
A Tenth-street grocer was standing be
hind the counter in his store the other day,
busily engaged in sanding the sugar, when
in came a stranger with a huge basket on
his arm.
"Well, my friend, what can I do for
you?" asked the grocer, coming forward.
"I vant a doorkey," said the stranger,
casting his eye over the display of poultry;
"a Urismas doorkey."
"A doorkey! A turkey, you mean ?"
"Yah, dot vas it," said the lhitchman.
smiling blandly; "a doorkey. Done I say
dot? How you sold 'em?"
"Two dollars apiece.
"Two dollar abiece ! Gott in llimmel !
Do you dink I vas a Kouchchild ? Two
dollar for a skeeny leetle doorKey ! You
saw some grass in mein eye, hey?"
"Ibat s the price.
"Sthop a meenit, mein friendt! Dcre
vas nodding schmall about ens rooster;
aber my vife he say to me (lis morning.
1 awcup," he say, 'of you bay more ala a
dollar for dot doorkey, look oud for
sgwalls," and he mean it, py gracbus I Now,
done you god a lame voue i he inquired.
"No."
'Conseeder ! conseeder! Vone dot fell
mit himself down and broke bis neck i" he
suggested. "Done you god vone dit died
mit de rhumatics, or de apischnootic, orde
schuiall-box ? W as none of dose doorkejs
sthruck by lidening? Py shiminy, done
vou god a second-handed vone f "
"No, sir! No, sir !"
"Yell, wrab him up ! aber recom mem
ber, mein friendt, ot you saw a laldt-
hcaded Dutchmans, mit a wart py his nose,
schootin' droo de back yard nut a beer-
slass belli mit hun, dot vas my vife, un'
done you forget it !" And be paid for the
turkey and left. Potter'g Mottthly.
A Stranger's Mistake.
A few days ago, a western merchant
who wanted to do some sight seeing and
buy his fall stock at the same time, enter
a dry goods jobbing hous- en Broadway
and accosted the first person he met with:
'Are you the proprietor here! "Not ex
actly tbe proprietor," was the reply. "At
present I am acting as shipping clerk, but
I am cutting my cards lor a partnership
next year by organizing noon prayer meet
ings in the basement.
The stranger passed on to a very im
portant looking personage with a diamond
pin, and asked: "Are you the bead of the
housei"
'Well, no; I can t say as I am at pres
ent, but I bave hopes of a partnership in
January. I'm only one of the travelers
just now, but I'm laying for a 1 200 pew in
an up town church, ana thai will mean a
quarter interest here in less than en
months."
Tbe next man bad his feet up, his hat
back and a twenty-cent cigar in his mouth
and looked so solid that the stranger said:
"You must run thisestablishmenl?".
"Well, I may run it very soon. At
present I'm the bookkeeper, but I'm ex
pecting to get into a church choir with the
old man s darling and become an equal
partner here."
The strazmer was determined not to
make another mistake. He walked around
until be found a man with his coat off and
busy with a case of goods, and said to him:
" The porters are kept pretty busy in
here. 1 sep."
"Yes," was the bnef reply.
"But I suppose you are planning to in
vent a gospel hymn book aud sing the old
man out of an eighth interest, aren't you?"
"V ell, no, not exactly, was the quiet
reply. "I'm the old mn himself."
And all that the stranger snd, after a
long minute spent in looking the merchant
over, was: "Well, durn my buttons."
It Is said that a line of steel freight
steamers is to be established between
New York and Philadelphia.
Famous Chief Justices.
In private life Lord Coke of England,
was engaged in some proceedings which
smacked but little of the strict lrgahtv
which he expounded in his books. He had,
while in his discrace, projected a marriaire
between his young daughter and the Duke
of Bnckinghain s brother, but before the
matter could be concluded, the girl's
mother, lmiy tiaiton, earned her off and
bestowed her in hiding in a house at Oak-
lands. The father hereupon, putting on i
breast-plate.sword and pistols, and collect-
ing a small party of armed men. laid siege
to the house, entered it, breaking down
several doors, and having foaod the young
ladv, carried her off once more, and this
time locked her up safely in his own house
till such time as the wedding cou"? take
place. He was a lawyer par excellence,as
dry as the immortal wr which bears hie
name; and the one joke which he is recorded
to have made is so feeble that it would be
a gross indurnily even to mention it.
The reign of Charles IL produced an
original character in the person of Lord
Chief Justice Sir Matthew Hale. His
loidship was of a highly religious turn of
mind, and had become so in consequence
of the fact, often stated by him, that once
when ndinir on a Sunday his horse had been
"supematurally lamed." He was distin
guuued by an extraordinary negligence in
dress, and amongst other peculiarities was
fond of inviting beggars to dine with him
a practice winch naturally disgusted his
children beyond measure, aud was, per
haps, to some extent the cause of the low
and vicious course to which the latter ulti
mately addicted themselves.
Another quaint character was Sir Edward
Saunders, who was Chief Justice in the
next reign a fat and easy going gentle
man, who, had he lived in these days, might
bave been called Bohemian in his habits.
"He once," according to his biographer,
"dined with the Lord Keeper, and there
showed another qualification he had ac
quired, which was to play jigs upon the
harpsichord, having taught himself with
the opportunity of au old virginal of his
land-lady's: but in such manner, not for
defect, but figure.as to see him was a jest."
His manner ol performing judicial functions
may be conjectured from, the following
fragment of a charge to the jury in a proa
w.ii i. .n t.r ci.iri.rui nranns tor riot: "My
memory is bad; and I am but weak- I do
not question but your memonea are better
than mine. Consider therefore your ver
dict, and find as many cully as you think
fit.
But Saunders ayjst have been an angel
of moderation and le"3rSncy when compared
with his predecessor. Hie famous Jeffreys.
Tlu nroceedinirs of tbift. ooe man wer
further than anything elseTH nun 'he r
of tbe last Stuart; and the miST'
atrocities was such that man
bis death a grand daughte'
of Pontefract, was prev
aid insults of the -out
her iatentio
of tne '
Sir
his
Sf
pain.
Lore,
is usually s
a "sclf-uiade.
largely indebte.
training, which La,
ly disdained. His
of keer ing to the pc
the anecdote which ft.
circuit dinner he asked
trate whether he would la.
when the latter replied that
boiled chicken, rejoined with
tion : "That is no answer to n..
and demanded at once a categor
"without further prevarication."
Atta-hlnc Wavter-Vthecl.
Who has not heard of General Butler's,
taching the water wheels of a Lowell mi.,
to bring the nnilowners to immediate trims
in his suit to recover the wages of an opera
tive i It was a good opportunity to ask
him if tbe story was true. "Not a bit of
it," be replied; "but yet it Lad foundation
in fact, which is more than tbe stories told
about me generally have. If you will look
at it there is an absurdity at the start, for
you can't attach real esbtte and the water
wheel is real estate without further pro
cess of law. But this is the way it was:
The mills for convenience pay their
operatives quarterly. 'ow, a poor Irish
girl rushed into my office one morning in a
state of great excitement telling me that
she was obliged to leave on account of the
illness of her mother, and that she could
not get her wages. She insisted with femi
nine vehemence on my prosecuting them
at once. ' I told her by the time the suit
could be decided the quarter would expire
and she could then get her money. But
this did not satisfy her. She wauted im
mediate justice. "Mr. Butler," she ex
claimed, "why don't you ye attach the
watt her wheel?" "Well, well," I replied,
"you come in at two o'clock and I will see
in the meantime what can be done." On
Ler departure I went over to the mill and
found out the amount of w'ages that wt s due
to her. When she returned I handed her
the money, whicb I took pleasure in ad
vancing, and told her to sign a receipt,
which she did,
t She gathered il up with alacrity and was
so profuse in her exclamations of gratitude
that 1 could not get in a word of explana
tion, and she skipped out of the office with,
"Good for ye Misther Butler; I knew ye'd
get it by stopping the watlher wheel, didn't
I tell you so !"
Ou tbe Last Car.
Scene : Eleven o'clock at night. Last car
going up the hilL Seals ail taken. All
male passengers. One man hung to a strap
and looks tired, as though he bad been
up several nights. Enter young man who
is noted for making merry at .the expense
of his acquaintances. Sees party holding
upon the strap and bursts out:
"Hello, Jim, where yju going l"
Jim (surly) "Where do you 'spose
I m going ? up ths hill.of course."
l i-ung man "But you am t going home,
arv you?"
Jim (very suily) "Course I m going
home. What's the matter with you, any
way t Guess you're getting a little too
fresh."
Y'oung man "If you're really going
home, Jim, just get off at the next corner
with me and I'll write yon a letter of in
troduction to your wife."
Tbe inmates of the car roar, and Jim in
dulges in some muttered curses, which only
makes the fun more hilarious as the car
moves wearily up the hill, and the man at
the strap glances angrily at the laughing
passengers, loung man takes a teal
outside with the conductor.
BKIEF.
Humboldt was born in 170J.
The best Japanese barbers are wo
men. Ancient Egyptians played jack
Btones. Lat year Chicazo packed 5.0.10.-
OOOhojrs.
There are 140.OC0 more women than
men in Ireland.
There are lfS7 prisoners in trta
Earprn Penitentiary
Enelamt will expend -20,QOO,0 0
on tier army this year.
New Y ork last year imported i5 14.-
000,09 worth of goods. -
The deereve in th p'iMIe debt for
December wa 3,0i!),t:bj.
An increase of 3tii fioo in the earn
ing of the Erie raH wi't'" December,
IS.). -
The areraze connniption of siivr
la France in 1S73 "as n.ij pouuds per
head.
Tbo American Imlians had no tem
ples nor idols when the white man first
came hither.
A French woman cannot brinir a
suit for divorce without the consent
her husband.
Nina b-other from one faT'!.'r, at
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, have eucereJ
ihe mi lis try.
More than W.OOO persons were killed
1c India last year by wild beasts aud
venomous sns&es.
The cultivation of zardeus as an
art was established lu England in the
sixteenth century.
The institution of Odd Fel'ow4bip
Is quite moelern, and oriualel in
Manchester. En., iu 1S12.
The ice men of Maine) sold 1,0 a-
000 tons of ice last, and e-Xjiect "r
vest I.SOWHjV tv yr
Than: were 32.0UO deaths in New
York city diui"K tin year 1SS0, 3,
mora thair Jr previous.
Smoking""'! in Oregon, has,
boiling spring .irVjib-haieat and v..-,..
tables are cooaed witti lacilitvv
The national govi jiiiiyvs sur
plus revenue for tbe 'iijy fi-'al year
is expected to reach ;3 wtvuw.
Tb conseiene-n aey sent to the
Ch.--?- '-'the: y!,lMi ExctiHquer
las.
TL.
so over .tl),0'JU.
" earth bears
the same " from
the sun as U
feet.
ci
te.
1.
most it
past ten .
cent.; Ne
1 1 ; Oregou, .
The largest
world is said to L
of Cresson, Miss. .
worth trout l..U00.UO.
aud employs sou bauds in
Tbe Boston Memorial ,
calls upon the public for conn.
lor me erection ol a statue of Theo-
farker. Ihe late N. C. Nasn lett
which will serve as the nucleus ol ttie
fund. . '
The bullion produced at the I.'ea
ville mines during 1SS0 amounts .o
$15,2SS,0W, while all the products of
Colorado mines, manufactories, and
other industries reached nearly TW,
0U0.0U0 iu value.
In four days' shooting of Lrl
Seftou's preserves at Coxteui, Liuca
shire, six guns killed t ;tH head oi
game, of which 4,8:1.5 were pheasant,
i uuca.s auu JJJ uares, a porlormaiice
unparalleled iu "sport."
There are 873 orphan pudHs in
Girard college, Pai.auelphi i, aud 171
applicants for admission. The cost loi-
iuaintaiuiu the college for lSx) was
lilom.pj, lncludiu $03,;i'J.5j lor tne
construction of new buildiugs.
Probably one of the valuable vol
uines in tue possession of President
elect Garfield is the diary which '
has kept for the past twenty years,
is said to be full of viyid details r
experience and political matter.
The report' of the GlW
Mass., fishery disasters for li"
a loss ol 43 vessels an 1 3 aa5,
50 lives, aud a property loss oi $21
as compared with 32 vessels, oii
aud a property loss of 2JO,0UO lur '
During the navigation perb
1330 the actual lake tonuao vr..
and cleared at the port of Milmraukej it
officially placed at the enormous q lati-
tity or tons, au lucre .e ot
over fiity per ceut. oa the manti :u
trade or 1S7'J.
Statistics show the number of Jews
in this country to be near 20,Oa, of
whom 13,000 belong to 274 coug "
tlons. Property iu real estate, uc
al., cemeteries, ami synagogue .
valued at $7,000,000. Mjstof uieui livo
in large cities.
The late Attorney General Akerman
lias left a w blow aud five youu sou-,
living quietly In their pretty littu
borne near Cariersville, Georgia. Mrs.
Akeimau Is, unaided, preparing fe"
bovs for college. She has tautif uiem
all they know, andoneoftem is read
ing Ctfcsar and aiti.er Virg.l.
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