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B. T. SCHWEIER,
THE OOIBTITUTIOI-TEB UHOI-AID THE UTOEOEXEBT 01 THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XXXVI.
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA-. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 7. 1SS2.
NO. 22.
V
TUE DOLLARS OF OIK DAD.
&h : now we made 'em fly, Tom,
With every chanca we had,
W&cn jou uid I were Jolly boys
The dollars of our dad, Tom,
Th dollar of our dad.
Wood Silver and full weight, Tom,
Sot one of 'em was bad ;
And oh. what bliss they used to bring,
- The doi:ar of our dad !
And whether few or many, Tom,
They always mH us glad ;
But with those hanpy dais are gone
The dollars of our dad.
And now la eedy gar". Torn.
Both you and 1 an clad.
And wn!i: we could scoop again
The d diars of our dad.
lint aii in vain the wish, Tom,
Sine we are old and sad,
With hungry Mouths that clamor for
The dollars of fJirrdad.
Hut we shall ns'er forgrt, Turn,
The Jolly days weTe had.
When jou and I so gaily sneut
The dollars of our dat.
MT TKAMr OF THE CTPUl'B SWAMP,
I am Rate.
Of course I can tell my own adven
tures a ileal better than any one can tell
theia for me. That stands to reason. I
m not a practical writer, find I don't
know bow to produce what the fashion
able authors call 'grand pen effects,'
but I believe I can make you under
stand how it was. and that is all that is
necessary.
Leeman had sprained his ankle, that's
my brother, and he could not jro to
town with the load of russet apples that
was I'iled into barrels and stood wait
ing under the big red shed.
It's too bad,' said he. Those apples
are worth a deal at this time of the year,
and we shall miss the market to-day.
'Can t you ask neighbor Hinton to
take them ?" asked my mother.
'Neighbor Hinton is a deal too sharp
a practiouer for nic, said Leeman. 'It's
a hard thing to say about a neighbor,
but I can't trust his honesty.
Mr. Hall''
'Hall would be casting it up in my
face for ttie next six mouths that I had
asked a favor of him, said Leeman.
Xo, I'd rather lose the apples than
my independence ; but it's too provo
king that I must needs have slipped on
that piece of orange peel, now of all
times in the world. I have been saving
up those apples with a special eye to
this particular market day.'
'Leeman, said 1, I'll go.
Nonsense, aid he.
But why not? said L 'Old Pomp
is as gentle as a kitten.and I know every
inch of the way.'
'But there are the Bed Swamp woods,
that desolate stretch of three miles,
with never a house on either side of the
wax, except the deserted cabin where
the old negro hung himself twenty years
ago, argued my mother.
Who cares for the Red Swamp
woods?' said I valiantly. 'I never was
afraid of frogs and wluppoorwills. and I
am not going to begin now. Lil, will
tou co out and help me harness early
in the morning and
Oh, I wish I was going too ! Can't I
go, Kate ?' cried my hoyden young sis
ter nirh Ii.t blue eves clisteniug with
deliaht at the idea of anything nnusuaL
Stuff! cried J, impetnously. Of
course you can't. Hain't Pomp a heavy
load enough without your ninty pounds
of mischief loaded on ? Besides yoa must
tt-.-p t. home aud take care of mother
and Leeman and finish the chintz cur-
for the biir west chamber, for Colo
nel Hav mav come at any time now,
Colonel Hay was our city boarder a
gentleman who had been recommended
by his physicians to try the fresh, pine
breezes of the Shauwaugeenta moun
tains, and whom our rector had recom
mended to the Icy Spring farm.
We were not rich, although mother
lad manured the farm
economically Bince father's death.
and the weekly addition to our income
b somtehmz worth consider
ing.
The idea of a city boarder was very
pleasant too, and icy Spring farm was a
very lonely spot, although we seldom
allowed ourselves to think of that.
So, aftor a little, I coaxed niothef
and Leeman to consent, and the next
morning Lfl and I were np long before
day-break, harnessing old Pomp and
getting ready for the day's journey.
By the time the Red, level light of
the risinrr sun touched old Pomp's gray
mane with radiance, I was driving
through the Red Swamp, where the
manie trees, from which it took its
name, were all aglow with crimson blos-
m, nnd the thrushes ana rooms
.tt.i , nA another with flute-like
diiV v
tt-.. 11 T n.iniml snlendidlv. I knew
,t . o - -
-i.rA T was coins when I started.
sold the russets to the man who kept
ti,o Prk Hotel, for Si ban1.
that was more than L eman himself an-
n- refill von don't get robbed,
as he watched me
with a feeling of elation which was
quite pardonable, when one considers
my experience in the marketing line
and my exceptionally good success.
The sunshine was warm, and still on
the high road, and I was rather glad at
first when we came to the cool shadows
of the Red Swamp, where birds were
all silent in the noon heats and the
sweetest odcrs came floating np from
the tangled recesses of fern and eowshp,
on either side of the railed in-road.
At once old Pomp gave a sidewise start,
his ancient idea of shying, and then I
sew a man, pale, dusty, and tired-look
ing, sitting on a fallen log, just outside
of the road. I felt sorry for him
was like mother, who never would let
the shabbiest or meanest leaking vaga
bond go past our house without a
draught of milk, or a piece of frcsh
baked pie, or a slice of her famous
home made cake, and without stopping
to think I drew in old Pomp's rein.
'Are you going towards Lenox Cross
Roads ?' said I.
'Yes.
'Then jump in ; I'm going in that di
rection too, and will give yon a lift.'
He thanked me in a silent, drooping
sort of way and seated himself on the
board at the back of the wagon, toward
which I pointed with the handle of my
whip.
'You look ill,' said L
I am not ill he said with a smother-
Ttaa Daeoratlaa of Tombs.
Under the old Athenian law a slave
found guilty of disturbing a body after
interment was put to death, while the
act, if perpetrated by a free man, en
tailed the confiscation of a moiety of
his possessions. Constatine decreed
that a womai might obtain a divorce
from her husband if she could show
that he had disturbed a grave, and at
one time in England it ''was deemed
unlawful to open a grave for a second
person, except for a husband or a
wife." The tomb of Edward L, when
opened, disclosed "the King dressed in
his robes with a coronet on his head."
which statement may be accepted as
proof that it had remained inviolate np
to the period when it was disturbed un
der official sanction. When the Calvi
nists, more than three centuries ago,
broke open the t mb of Matilda, Queen
of the Conqueror, "they stole a ring off
her finger," In the reign of the second
James the remains of Edward the Con
fessor were exposed to view iu West
minister Abbey, and while Winchester
Cathedral was undergoing repair toward
the close of the last cantury, Canute's
tomb was opened. The ashes of Sebert,
King of the East Angles, were brought
to light in the reign of Henry IIL, and
the grave of Rufus was disturbed with
the kuowledge,if not under the sanction,
of the "merry monarch." George IT.
called noon Sir Henrv Halford to exam-
ed cough. 'Only bred with my long K in tne pIaced m the
walk. X didn t know it was so lar royal vault under St. George's Chapel,
Lenox. I on,! annnosed to be that of Charles L
I suppose you are going for work ?" r the neck belonging to the ver-
said L 'Deacon Brerly has a good tebrse being found severed as by an axe,
many hauds now in his tobbaco facto- confirmed the common btlief. At
Maaoa. thai Baadlt.
One of the most noted desperadoes of
early times was a man named M ason. He
first established himself at the "Cave in
Rock," a remarkable limestone formation
about one hundred miles above tbe xcouth
ot the Ohio, where, under tbe guise of
keeping a store for the accommodation of
boatmen and emigrants, he enticed tnern
into his power. After murdering these
victims of treachery he would, bv tbe
bands of bis confederates, send tbeir boats did with the good little girl; but he only
to New Orleans for sale. He finally dis- aid:
appeared from his old quarters and estab- ' Let's look at 'em."
lished himself on the great "trace"' made Then he made Johnny climb up in the
through tbe wilderness of Missusippi and high chair, and tip his head back; and then
Tennessee by the flat boatmen and traders be said, "i'ou want these two out that
while returning, by land, from New Or- crowd the rest." Then he put an iron
leans to their homes in the west. Jlason m;ng into jounny a mouin, ami puueu um
increased in power, tnd with his organized one tooth, and then he pulled another,
hand, hmnw n rplpLmicrt fnr his mhher- And be said Johnny was a brave nod
Xo said he, "I am not going to
work.'
I aked no mere questions. I did not
like the idea of a man shrouding hini-
'cause when Miss Stevens asked me if you
had an apple, and if Samuel Smith ate it
up, what bad yon left! I siid "Your
teeth. M
After school we walked about till we
came to a dentist's, and we went in, and
asked him if be wanted srme teeth. And
he said, "Why? Did we want t j lose
someT' And we told him, "Yes."
We tbcugbt he would sit down and as
us all about it. lust as the other dentin
A (treat Ball Fighter.
yo r Buttons and Sails.
les and murders that he was dreaded fro'.n
the banks of the Mississippi to the high- j
lands of Tennessee. Over this vast extent
of country, if the buzzards were seen htt;h
in the air circling over any particular
spot, the remark was made: "Another
murder has been committed by Mason and
his gang."
.Numerous attempts were made to arrest
him, but he always managed to escape.
A party of gentlemen, mostly wealthy
planters from tbe vicinity of Natchez,
once organized themselves into a party and
went in pursuit of the bold robber. Com
ing to the banks of Pearl river "igns
'cause he didn't holloa.
I asked Johnny if it hurt, and he suid,
"Not much, and dont you disgrace the
family, Kitty White, by howling."
"Sow, my little lady," says the dentist,
"get into the cbsir, and 111 be as gentie as
I can." So he helped me up acd tipped
back my head and looked.
The greatest Spanish matador of the It occurred to some fertile mind two
day is a Cordovian, by name Lagartijo. or three years ago that the refuse of sole
He works the principal Spanish plaza, leather might be utiliaed for buttons and
but his services are retained for the nails, and the manufacture of such nails
capital on all great holidays. He is re- and buttons from such material was en-
puted to be temperate, very industri- tered upon in this city. After a side of
ous, very saying and, as a consequence, leather has been cut into soles a number
very wealthy. He was pointed out to of pieces are left strips an men or
me ote day on the sidewalk at Madrid more in width. Only a certain part of
a sleuder mau, a little over the common these, or those coming from certain
height, perfect form, dark complexion parts of the side, are used. The sole
and having th eye of a hawk. His age leather clippings are obtained from
is given at 42 years, but he looked not cutters or sole leather in boot and snoe
over 33 or 34. He is said to be a won- districts. Any one who has traveled
through Essex county, Massachusetts,
through Lynn, Salem, Peabody aad
other towns, coald not escape the odor
of burn't leather, mingled with that of
tan bark or tanner's pickle. The sole
der of litheness and nerve and soma mar
velous stories are told about hia per
formances. This is one:
At a combat held at Madrid on a
srreat bolida, two or three years ago,
when the amphitheatre was crowded to leather clippings, as others, were used
its ntin. st. the bull had been turned to furnish fires until the button of solid
over bv the bandileros to Lagartiio, leather was invented.
who. for some reason not apparent, pro- I he leather nail or outton w mane in
Your teeth are crowded just Ukc your longed hi play unusually. He touched Providence, R. I., to the number of
NEWS LN URIKF
says he; and then he begins to hia brut eneinv repeatedly with the I thirty or fifty thousand per day, accord-
noint of his sword, waved the red flag ing to design and finish. Every button
uerulexinlv asrainst his very eyes, and is subjected to eigut auereni processes.
over and again skipped back and hither By machinery made for the purpose the
4in. ;! t.nli lia.l lmwma nail or brail is firmly attached to the
brother's.
pull.
My, how it hurt! And didn't I make a
noisel 1 thought my head was coming off.
But it was over in a minute, and the
dentist told Johnny not to laugh at me,
Vicinity. Before attempting to make the
proposed seizure it was determined to rest
the horses and partake of refreshments.
These things hav.ng been accomplished,
two of the party, seduced by the beauty
and coolness of the stream, went in to
bathe. In the course of their recreation
they crossed to the opposite bank, and
lound themselves in tbe hands of Mason.
The outlaw, aware that he was pursued,
determined to effect by stratagem wbal
he did not deem policy to effect by force.
It was therefore that he rushed down and
seized the two prisoners. The party on
the same time the remains of Henry "r.w "Jrr.irA.: iTZZ
exposed ; but delicacy of ,iad - commanding figure, admirably set
were manifest that his gang was in the 'cause my teeth came harder than his did. I fairly crazed with worry, pain and rage.
. j" ' ,7 were ur TT" Tl" matador had at last
whose little bov and cirl we were, and circle and stopped.
where we lived, and said this was pleasant I started madly aud in a straight line for
described
The bull
weather for little folks.
After a while he said, "It's ft"
We thought he had 4 fnr us, and held
nut our hands, but he didn t eivu us any
thing. Instead of that, he said, "Uavtn't
you got any money?"
Then johnny explained to him that we
him, when Lagartijo, by a sudden in
spiration mesmeric intuition of power,
likely threw orfc foot -firmly in ad
vance, placed ins nag quictiy oui oi ,
sight behind him with his left hand,
aud, holding his sword aloft with the
thought he would pay us for our teeth, eo right, stood immovable, like a statue of
VIII. were
feeling if such words may be used in
connection with proceeding of the
kind it is said, prevented the inveati-
self in mystery in that sort of way, and, grs violating the repose of Queen
as I glanced around once more a sudden Jane Seymour's ashes, deposited in the
revelation came across me like a blaze ulaoe.
of light
It was the same mau who eyed me so
keenly on the steps of the Park HoteL
Then I remembered my mothers
words of caution. Leeman s reiterated
exhortations, and the landlord's friend
ly words of warning.
And in spite of all, I had deliberately
thrust my silly head into the jaws of
danger. There was oaly one thing for
me to do to rret out of the scrape as
well as I could.
I cast about in my mind how to do
t'jis ; and presently, with beating heart,
I dropped a parcel of blue ribbon into
the road.
O !' I cried, cheeking np Pomp, 1 ve
dronrod mv mreeL Wou'd you mind
1 at &
getting out after it?
The tomb of Queeu Catbeiine, who
was fortunate enough to become the
widow of "bluff King Hal," aud who,
subsequently marrying Lord Seymour,
died at Sndelejr and was buried there,
is said to have been violated five times.
On four occasions a local authority.
whose testimony has been supported by
inhabitants of Wiuchomb wituin the
past forty years, says: "The remains
were exhumed by a band of bacchana
lians, at which time the outrages were
so disgraceful that a veil must be drawn
over theniThese shocking scenes were
enacted at the close of the last century.
The next time the tomb was opened on
the plea of antiquarian research. To
the credit ol the wresent owner of Sud-
off br a hunter's dress, presented a bold
front, and announced that any turta-r
hostile demonstratioas would result in the
instant death of his helpless captive, lie
then ordered his pursuers, if they desired
to save the lives of their friend.", to obey
turn impUcitly and at oaoe thai for tne
time being he was willing to negotiate for
tbe safety of himself and men. He then
ordered the party to stack their arms and
deposit their ammunition on the beach.
stating- that he would send for tbem.
but that upon any violence offered to his coqld only have a carving knife that wau
messeneer. cr any visible hesitation to cut: i oeueve your son uses me carvir.
obey, he should destroy his prisoners; if knife for a jackknife."
otherwise, they were to be set at liberty.
Mason pledging his hon r that he would
not take any advantage ot his victory.
There was no choice, ltie weapons
wete duly deposited as directed, and two
of Masen's gang, out of a number who
had amveo, dashed into the stream to take
pesseasion of them, the prisoners mean
while standing in lull signl wuu nues
pointing at their heads. The desired prop
erty was final'y placed in the ou' law's pos- forehead all up, and we thought he was
session, whereupon he released his pris- going to burst into team, like the sick man
hero.
ti, i.in into mv little portmonnaic.
said I with a laugh. 'Why,
who should rob me?'
t .wt tnm.' said the landlord.
There's always tramps and burglars
i Thev're a crop that don't be-
long to any particular season of the
year-
As I turned away I did not notice it
at the time, but it came back to me
aftexwarJ, as things do
a sudden flash across the dark shield of
memory-a man lounging on the steps
looked hard at me.
I colored a little and thought to my-
. tt -ii i.. niA next lime uo
lie wiai
.. .. . ., ,1 t
vt , !.. i...c ,M Btranirer : elev Castle, the ancient cnapei uas oeu
and he climbed laboriously out of the restored to more than its early magnih
wag(m. cence, and the Qneen now reposes be-
He had scarcely set his feet on the neath a splendid memorial toiuD. n is
cround before I laid tht. whip on old on record that the bodies ot tae nrsi
Pomp with a will, and ratttled away Henry and Bichard Ceur de Laon were
over tbe long, straight road at a pace j dismembered, and portions buried in
that seemed positively marvelous to me different places ; and it is notorious mat
and Pomp, both. skulls of eminent persons have been re-
So we left our passenger behind in the I moved from their comns and casts raiten
t?i Co-omn thorn William Howitt. ret erring to
I could Bee him standing there, blank the case of Pope, says that his Bknu,
and astonished, the sole picture in the taken from the vault in lwicnennam
long perspective ; I ventured to look Church, "is in the private collection of
back; but I only whipped Pomp the a phrenologist," and that 'fifty pounds
harder, and never let h.m once stop his were paid to manage ana carry iuiuuku
r.ai till we were out of the Rod Swamp, the transaction." Mrs. Lushiugton, in
. I. . 1 1 .
I've outgeneraled him," said 1 to my- her once popular narrative, emu
iif 'and I've saved Leeman 824, but tion to tne iaci mat -wo "
rm sorry abont the blue ribbon ; but it the neiguoornooa oi uooruo
onlv vard and a Quarter after all, "merely roofs over the masses of mum
and I can trim Lil's hat with something mies within them. The coffins serve as
T1H.V were delhrhted at my prow- firewood to the whole neighborhood."
ess when I related my adventure at Immense numbers oi txxues nave ueeu
home. Leeman declared I was a capi- removed from London churchyards
tal little market woman ; mother shnd- within the last twenty years in oruer iu
i. .,i f i,o ,iroiir tramri alone with eamr out improvements, and more than
utl " 1 . - : ... .i
me in the swamp ; Lil declared 1 was a one large railway station uus u
the consecrated grounu in wmcu
.vtrc'it.c,i.li.WforKatetodrop fathers laid to sleep. The infamous
v nou ii w s-w - - .
the blue nbbon aud send him after it?' outrages committed under the prewxi
. , .a of advancing the interests of anatomical
- ' - i --i : . l.
Kate was a goose ever to let him get science are too well known, ana i i uu.
. . -, . - I ..... . i i r n sF ra.
into the wagon, said Leeman Kiniiung oi mating to i una mai m "j -
Li. i,row finemeut like the present tombs si ould
Kate must not go bv nerseii any more 1 rifled Cf their contents ior mo i""
such a long distance said mother. pose of extoi-ting money from the ago-
And I drank my cup of tea and rested relatives of the dead, it is a sure
vself. and went out afterward to see -of the decay of piety in the land
the new brood of darling little yellow wnen contempt for the sanctity of the
chicks which Old Speckle had brought gTave finda marked manifestations,
off the nest during my absence, . ' .
I was on my knees in tne nennouse
Willie- them from the palm ot my cr.. t an extreme old age, learn-
hand when I heard mother calling me Lj to plav on musical inhtrumeutH.
from the house. Cato, at eigmj
Kate 1 Kate I come nP at ones xah. u - twet.n aud
Hay has arrived. ei.ditv. betran the study of Latin.
Col. Hay 1' Uoccacio was thirty-hve years ot age
I started np, looking with blank dis- h n he commenced his studits in light
mav at my calico dress and the meal literature; yet he nwime one ot me
may ai ,m?atcst iuasters of the Tuscan dialect,
stains on my bands, K"!?7JSin. beimr the other
However, there was nothing for k ltou.o -
but to obey the summons ; so I went Heury 8p(lllulan neglected the
mi tl house. L..;.mM. in vouth. but commenced the
r s l . ,
i nr h iirr iia lo wmo w .m t il tuem wueu
foreniv eyes as I entered the sitting fifty and sixty years of age.
room and heard mother saying
HL Hay, this is my eldest oauKe, 4uu- hM fo
Kate.' rr,..4i. L.min.-t. l.nt a few vcars lefore
a nA tlii the lilnrr cleared away, aud , .
t v-man I had twice before seen T.i..1.vio Monaldesco, at the great
,i4h tired traveler whom ffe of one hundred and fifteen,
Ih-ad rclJessly abandoned in Hn'JySo-r
middle of the lted bwamp. - wag nnacqnamted with
T lwiff TOUT pardon. Cob Hay I l v ;n be was past fifty.
D ml - I &I1U -
i j,r,iiiir..1v I thoucrht von were a -,i-i;, ti.l not fullv connuenee his
CT15U uu"""f--v, " - , , , I
wiel' jdiiheophieal ptirsuits tm ue iui
Tl, burst of laugher that louoweu i ed nis niueiu .r.
that we could help our poor father.
The dentist began to lauuh, and said be
didn't pay tor teeth; but he would give us
a letter that would matte it all rightl
So he wrote a letter, and sealed it, and
told Johnny to be sure to give it to father.
lie kept laughing all the time he was
writing it, and we thought he was the
pleasautest mau in the world.
'W ben we got home, Jon nay said we'd
better wait till after dinner to give father
his pleasant surprise. And at first 1 was
glad we'd waited; for the roast beef was
too brown, and lather said: "ihcre never
could be a piece of beef done right in this
house, and Airs. White, my dear, iT you
defiance, awaiting the onset. The still
ness of death fell upon the great multi
tude. It was an act of madness. But
the man's instinct was true ; the brute
came only a few yards further, whea.
again sighting the motionless bravo, he
seemed to stagger uncertainly and then
actually fell forward on both knees in
his endeavor to stop I Such a shont as
went np next from the breathless,
watchful multitude the like of it v:
never heard before, nor has it rang since
from the plaza de torros.
Eskimo Weapons.
button. Another machine turns this
brad into an eye when buttons are de
sired instead of nails. The nails and
buttons are made in various styles aud
colors, to harmonize with any covering.
The fact that the nail can be driven
without breaking the brad and without
injury to its head is in its favor. Pull
man cars, iue furniture in hotels and
elsewhere are decorated with leather
buttons or nails to the exclusion of the
brass nail, which has declined fifty pet
cent, in price iu consequence of the
leather button competition.
ladlasi WItm.
We felt so sorry for poor father that we
thought we d give him his surprise then.
so he'd feel better. Johnny took out the
letter and gave it to him. lie sits next to
father, and 1 sit next to Johnny. Father
took the letter, and said:
"What's this, sir?"
And Johnny said: "Read it, dear pa,
and see.
Then father read it, and wrinkled bis
If you were to examine the queer
weapons by which the Eskimos manage
to capture their seals, -specimens of
them are in the National Museum at
Wafthimrton. you would be astonished
Among the Northwestern tribes of
Canadian Indians innocence is as mark
ed among the girls as their color. The
impression that the rd maiden does not
entertain a high standard of morality is
an error, for she is taught as other
girls are, and grows up with well-developed
ideas of the responsibilities of bid
and a firm resolution to discharge them.
Educated in the faith that she was or
dained to work, she brains herself to
undergo hard labor, aud at sixteen
years of age is sturdy and strong, brave
against fatigue, and a perfect house
wife. She may not possess New Eng
land notions of cleanliness, but she
.. . ...:. Mnnl,nu Tt i- -nr-r H 1 Hi .-Til t
4 1UUU ivutuuc:!. Am w w j . ...... i
especially for the northern bands, to get takes not a little pr.de in her personal
. . , i amearance. ana iu me arrauKeiueun ui
auy wood, excepting sucks mat are
washed ashore, and a piece long enough
t j make a good spear-handle is extreme
ly rare. In most cases, therfore, they
omrs. and waving a eood humored fare- did when the good little girl brought him are obliged to splice two or three short
well, he disappeared in uie aeep suaaows tne oranges. iui ue uiuai uur.n uuu pieces together, and tuis tney can obit
of the surrounding wilderness. 1 rcachery, tears, lie threw the paper across tue ju by slantiug both ends, and binding
however, at last euecica wnat courage ana tame, ana saia: the riieces at their iuocture with strincs
enterprise could not accomplish. A citi- "What's this, Mrs. White? Have you tbe r"es at tm u juncture wiin strings
izen of great responaiouuy, passing wun oeen running me into ucui, aut-r um 1 1 . ""t-'
his two sons through the forest, was plun-1 ldto you this morning?" striking end of the spear usually cou-
dered by the bandits. The public was I And mother said: "Im sure 1 don t g.sts of a long and pretty straight piece
aroused. Governor Claiborne of the Mis- know what you mean, dear." Then she ot bonp sach as can be Rot from a
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Umation was widely oistrlbuled; a copy sound teeth out without my consent?" tipped with a sharp point of bone, or
reached Mason, and was to him a source And lather said that: "Y bat we had mnt, or (nowadays generally; oi iron.
of intense merriment. Two of his band, done was catamount to robbery; going and Sometimas this tip is movable, so that
however, were determined to obtain tne getting him into debt ot our own accorn, , wntratp, ti.e nre.T it will come
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rgwaru, ana wane mcj cnm i wu j uioj av w .wu
Mason 10 counting some money, one oi aoout a tui your mower anu i come,
them drove a tomahawk into bis brain. We've been la our rooms ever since, and
Hia head was severed from tbe body, both rather and mother said they were
placed in a sack, and borne iu triumph to under the necessity of
appearance, and in the arrangement
her lodge she displays some crude ideas
of taste and a certain amount ef neat
ness. If she marries a white man she
makes him a good wife as long as she
lives with him. His home is her sole
comfort, her sole ambition. She thinks
of him and for him, and snakes it her
study to please him and make him re
spect and love her. She recognizes in
him one of a superior race, and by her
digaity and devotion endears herself to knees.
A bat of 42 circuses is published
which have taken the road this season.
The Chinese written lauguige eon
sists of 100.0(H) characters.
The temper of teel i r:rul ded by
the percentage of carbou.
Brass castings shrink one-eight inch
to the foot in c-xiing.
Marc Antony paid 10) pounds for
a pair of handsomo boy slaves.
It is estimated that the gypsy child
ren of England number 30,000.
Of 920,177 children born iu France
in 18S0, 3,2:17 were illegitimate.
Libraries existed in Eypt contemp
oraneously with the Trojan war
The Spanish Celts raised temples
nd sang hymns of praise to death.
The city authentic of Auburn,
Me., refuse to license biilard halls.
The public debt was reduce.; dur
ing the mouth f April $ll,-415,S2:J.7
At Ponipeti ciruls have been fonud
exactly like the modern fine-tooth kind.
A "Directory of directors" is pub
lished in Loudou. It coutains ,500
name.
Edward the II prohibited the use
of coal in Loudou by royal proclamation.
Iu a single dav, at the d-nlicatiou
of the Colosseum by Titus, 5000 auimals
perished,
There was 310.000,000 worth of
barbed ire fences built iu this country
last year.
At the beginning of tho present cen
tury the EugLsh laws made 100 crimes
punishable by death.
Miss Mary Andersou's te tm yacht,
the Galatea, made her debut anion the
billows recently.
Russian Nihilists are not pva-.a:its,
bnt members of the loweit stratum of
the middle classes.
About half the childen iu Eurek3,
Nev., are down with t!i small-pox.
Mr. Lorillurd.iho tobacco manufac
turer, has bought an interest in the
Frewen cattle herds iu Wyoming.
Tho output of coal from the mines
of Alabama has increased Irom 10,000
tons in 1S73 to 400,00 tons ia ls?l.
The nding whip of Is I'm-I, wife of
Edward II. in 1625, is deseriled as a
very short staff with numerous lushes.
Ohio, with over 3,000,00 of pooi.Ie
has only 3G.000 paupers, who cit the
state somettiing over $S0ri,0,k yearly,
The handsome, wealthy and elo
quent Monsignor Cupel, tlie Cutesbj of
"Lothaii," is coming t this country.
Sir Walter Raleigh's home at You
ghal, which is party a mnst-uui, is tue
prierty of Sir Johu Piie Ileunes-scy.
In New Zealand the rnvn w:ir hangs
and allow the hair to flow iLitii their
backs. The women are clipped short .
It is belUved that the mullet fish
ries of Florida will ln-come as iuitor-
tant as the cod fisheries of New Lng-land.
The first political puu f the year
will be fired by Oregon, June 5th. She
r'ecta State ottiors aud a member of Cou-gress.
The emblems of supreme authority
among British kings used to be brace
lets of gold alnnit the neck, arms and
him and struggles to make him happy.
At the agencies of the upper frontier
thousands of men are employed, and it
is aot an exaggeration to say that the
majority of them have Indian wivea and
live happily. They are not sought after
by the maidens, for the Indian girl's
custom is to remain quiet until after the
Well, Johnny says a switch is the went,
but he doesn't kow anything about a
slipper. Anyhow it's over for ibis time.
lahu u A. Road In Palestine.
Washington, then the teat ot the territo
rial government.
The head ot the lobDer was recegnizeu
by many of the citizens who saw it. lrge
crowds from the surrounding country as-
aemhledto assure themselves that their
enemy was really dead, and curious to see I The old maritime plain of the l'hiHs-
the individuals whose aanng prowess nau i unes (.wnicu is anotner name ior i airaiuc)
removed the country of a scourge. Among 1 lay alont; this coast from uaza norm waru,
tho Hrvrtaiors were the two voting men and it was considered a land worth Strug.
who unfortunately ior uienero minora, i eies. inis joanua uiuuu. uui m imu
nvrrur-iirrvt them as the robb' rs ot their do we look lor the "roses ot naron anu
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fti,.r and themselves. iue wreicnes iue Ulics liuu grow m iui mwi wir
wpm seized, tried for their crimes and nowned once for its roseate Deauty. tui,
Thus ended tbe last and most we are told that in uie vernal season it is
rhich he
off aud only le held by the line, while
the handle floats, secured by a loop.
Other spears have each a skin bnoy at-
(aMioil fliw ninLinfr it mnrs lirricnlt
lJw. nn.'mnl n .win, .n,l W pOltionis paid
. .- t j, .
l.l..: fl,. -.r, if .1,-I muai iinirc iuu
IICII'IUK V Ut'U UiO Ifwimu u au ... . -
hunter misses his aim. The stent lines
are made of sca-hide, or sometimes of petore fue ceremouy a
uraiaea spruce roois. xue jiwiuj - ;f
shafts, to the end of which a curved and .Tf JEST
sharpened hook of bone is firmly bound,
Besides, there are other rough weapons,
Megrtt, the friend of Charles XII.,
exclaimed at the iustaut of the king's
death: "Ihe play is over; 1st ns go to
supper.
Silver was first coined in Rome in
the year of the city 4s4, live years beforu
the first Puuic war. Gold coin was first
struck in 501.
Marcus Aurelius, by compelling
marriage contract is made and the mar- I gladiators to fight with blunt swords.
n. tinnVxin.i l rendered tne comoais ior a time com
known in the tribe before he can hope
ta win a wif Her people want to
paratively harmless.
Mrs. Vandertilt, the wi!e of the
late Commodore s her, pays her chief
cook $7,000 a year, or more than the
annual compensation of a United States
Senator.
The first foundling hospital estab
lished by Royal Charter iu London,173'J,
was instituted tnrough the exertions of
Capt. Coram, whose portrait was paiut-
tribe's destruction, and which are mar
vels of savage ingenuity,
Many of them are used later when
the ice breaks np and the Esquimos can
"O out in their kayaks. The kayak is
My brother Johnny tays he would do for motenomtot the otcocc v7tofthe animal, lul twenty feU long, bnt can be car
a nrrt-class oumuie-uee; mi " ,d without stirrups. Ue swings bu Dare, I nod by Uie one man wuo iorms uie
over as if he had w simgs. ii e u br0wn feet and lees, while the little
talkinar through the stove-hole to com ion Dreast ijke juiug, alcntside of his father.
each other, luis noie is in me u . trots ineuuo peae. Plenty of women,
with faces here apparent, and iu long blue,
ncapwuo, 1 k,. 1 L. if V r1- j-.. ...... ...
and a kind of net. in all of which the laouB" "uuc"1" ed for the hospital l.y iiog!U-Ui.
,. , ., , , . ., . . , I he can support aot oiuy uer, oat aiso
seal s hide and bones contribute to his I. , .. 14 . ' , . ,
ner relatives iu i-"".
hunir
noted gang of robbers that infested the carpeted like a Texas prairie with flowers
utrhM and . ash vine trace 101 various uue aau iotchums. Aiuug iue
dusty atternooa road we pass innumcrauie
A l'leaaant ourpriao. I caravans oi camels, lea ny Arans on uon-
keys. The Arab generally sits on the re-
hot all
We've been
stove-hole to comfort
hole is in the wall at
the side of my bed; so, if I put a chair on
I crew.
a little round
He must be a kind hearted man, with
temper warranted to keep in any
domestic climate, and he must have a
good lodge and at least half a dozen rt
horses. If he be, and Lave all these.
he can a-wooinggo. Selecting the lady,
It is all decked over, excepting "kf ai'P"cation to h mother, and
it i. i.:k it., it s conncu ue vnce u uieu uwu.
lit fid LI.Kf Ll. U WUUU U1C I -
vp ran have a eood talk.
We're in trouble; and this is now it
the bed, and then climb np and stand on CQ cotton mantles, and sometimes with
. I . . K n r 1 a pAnm ann I. . .., . . .
lipioe, i can sec iuiu - '" Head crowned wun Duracns ot iruit,
Ditchers, straw, or wood, are met on tne
way. Some rums mostly of churcbei
happened: I here and there appear; wnile square, win
One day last wecc, our leacner reau us a ur)wless Turkish guard-houses are seen
story about a good little girl woo had a , imeTTal8. at whose doors are white-
sick father: and he was going to starve to dresse(t fez-capped Turkish soldiers, with I out : so if by chance he capsizes, he
death 'cause he hft'ln'l any money to buy ?UDI ull cigarettes. These are tbe police, mnst either be content to navigate head
r!l;";w else must right
luomc -' n o ui uu UIACI TiHIVU UU I" u.vwu, -
. i. . .i , , n, wdnttul anmp teeth, and I . .i. -i t. KaaaA. . .. ,i
uiai. a Aicuiio - . - i ccpt in iuv uoia UIUHULBIU MMOCO, I - 1 , .. !,,.
would pay well for them. U non i see tuere Turkish engineering has been careful shall bnnz him np on the opposite side l w
young Esquimo squeezes his legs and
sits down. Then he puts on a tight oil
skin coat over his garments, and ties it
down to the deck all around him, so
that no water can pour in "'tween
decks." Bnt, on the other hand, he
mnst untie the knots before he can get
the girl be especially pretty her mother position.
Mrs. Mark Hopkins has presented to
the University of California Emmanuel
Lentze's historical picture "Washing
ton at Monmouth." The painting is in
sured for 20,000.
The son of Princess Dolgoroiiki is
descrilied as resetuMiug tho Czar Alex
ander IL and Nicholas, but having eyes
not so staring as theirs, neither p!aiu nor
handsome, but remarkabie.aud evidently
conscious of his peculiar and painful
will demaad a gun, two horses, and a
lot of nrovisious. blankets and cloth. A
gun is valued at $50 ahorse at $20, and
he must furnish material to bring the
amount up to from $103 to $150. Then
ke tries to lieat tbe dame down, and if
h a succeeds he kDows tuere is some
reason for letting the girl go; if not he
understands that he ia making a good
v.v hp should Dav money for teeth, when I , iluva fla rnw vnard.houwj as nnssible. I i, nf fun tnail .loan
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he could have nis own ior nomjuB- There is not much to see on tne roaa
was between
After this
learned anti-
little girl had fine teeth, so she went to the nnU1 you t0 Kmieh. Beggars and
rientiat and asked him to taae some out .ksi.:aK. and some old relics as crusadinz
and pay her tbe money they were worm, jenuBders. are here, and one very conspic-
for her poor lather, l nen uie urau uou8 0bject. The latter is a fquare tiwer
made her tell him an arjoui ner tamer; ouu gnd wuiaiK staircase. It is off the road,
he wouldn't take the teeth, but he gave tBd na8 a nDe Tjew f the surrounding
her the money all the same, and went to iy jt j, 0ver one thousand years
see her father, and got a doctor ior mm, so Ul has many Moslem associations.
he didn't die. I rt.mlph haa been the scene of much con-
It was a beauUful story, and made me indeed, every I ttle spot here in drifted to pohtics, and naturally enough
cry. Jounny saia n wisu i ku judea is full of memories, trim tne time i Chaniller s name became mixed np.
cry about; ttones us.e inai were :or l3racl came dewn trom the MoaJ. moun- were red-hot against him.and
1 1 L . hart . n. nlm IB A ITlllHL 1. . . 1 T I ,1M Tk a .1 1
pies, muu wucu "5ui I lams into luo juruau vaiirjr. .uc
just fO and do likewise. I ;g not to be mentioned for its convenience
Well, this morning, wueu Und perfection, only for its mstaric, reug
my anu x i(JU- and esthetic interesL It was bum
wrote
and
Latin
self,
all abont
. 11 r..i-imt
no and luea w'b""
it, for I had mother's black bomazine to
match and Lil's spring uai
some dinner china to select.and the doc
tor's prescription for Leeman to fill out
at the druggist's, so it was well on to
-even when I turned old Tomp s head
homeward in the subcrbs of the town,
fromeveryinmatoofthe room effectn- Dryden ffi
allv scattered all embarrassment. i.ainir production.
That was my adventure. We conid go on and cite thousands of
CoL Hay has long since forgiven me oxann)iog of men who commenced a new
that unkind desertion of bim. In fact, 8tudy, either for livelihood
imi uuuji c i4,-i I ; ot on advanced ase. But every
this is quite private 171 "1. with the biography of dis-
mind, we are to be manied soon, ana x -rr, men will recollect individual
-nT with him to Florida, to try , '6 tn ,nTince them that
the effects of a southern climate on his b t tbe gicl mi indolent will ever say
t Aalth. That is alb lsn t uiai euoaKu ' ; j am too oia u icaxu.
The Name W Want.
no 1.1 vrxwiyl.
One day iu 1864 Senator Zach Chand
ler was a passenger on the train from
Owoss tt Lansing and, strangely
enough, no one in the car had any idea
of his identity. Two men had the seat be
hind him, and from talking of war they
Some time ago, Josh Whitehead,
rho lives only a short distance from
Little Rock, Arkansas was convicted cf
steal in tr a horse, and sentenced to the
peuitentiary for a term of five years.
Some of his friends, believing that he
tnl the horse accidentally, and that
ha should le pardoned, circulated
petition asking for executive clemeu
cy. Several otner men, including the
believed
The Pope has expressed a desire to
have official communication with tbe
English Government, iu order to have
accurate iuformatiou of the condition of
the F.onian Catholic Church in the
British Dominions, Ijecause he appreci
ates the liberty iiermitted its mtmlers.
The maximum saiary ot the primary
school teachers in France is S2-XH), the
minimnn $410. lastuction is freo in
infant schools, primary schools proper.
and adyanced primary schools, and also
in the normal school.
Considerable excitement has been
caused among Svntuwensteru people by
the report that Texas had ls-ued laud
ertificates for 18,000, 'XX) more acres of
laud than can be found subject to pos
session under them.
The annual campaign against the
locusts has been in process for about a
fortnight iu the Island of Cyprus. The
rewards offered by the Government last
year resulted in the collection ami de-
succuonol more uiau i.w urns oi eggs.
Mr. Edonard Seve, Com-ul-Geueral
of Belgium iu the Lnited States ia this
putting on his overcoat, Johnny
he n ain't made of money; and then he .nvihinf but the result of cheerful work.
went out. it is suDDorted by tolls, so much per head,
Sister Em began to cry, cause tat ner on eyery Bnmia on the road. One shotdd
aniri she conldn t have a Lew aress in is nn. -.mnimn f tha road. wi.en it is re-
Easter. Everything was going wrong, ana memhered that betore 18C9 tbere was not
he didn't know what would become of ..bridle-path t3 Jerusalem. It is said that
him. and he was sick of everything. ,he RiiUan Dromised the Empresi Eigenie
Johnny and I didn't cry; we only looked to build a road to Jerusalem it she wouia
at each other. come that way, and his royal courtesy is
While we were going to school, jonnny the ongtn of tae rca u
said this was our chance. JNow we couia
. -i i i . i prottuLiiix iwiuci,
uirjcuy one ui tueiu - .,.; .,! u. r.v-.l rh. t )r.b-r of t!. Ke.1
Its awonder to me that some one e'-ji " r V'J' . 1 . . i.
doesn't shoot the old blood-letter!" "ed en.orcea. o.
Oh ! hell get his dose yet, aud don t day Josh was taken from the jail and
allowed to eat dinner with a mend.
asked him for a penny. And lamer, ne m lgoo b forced jabor, and indeed its
said we were always wanting pennies, and uen and BtonT incompleteness looks like Ton r0rset it !" retried the other.
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The senator inrnea bio wit arouuu uust as lie s.i uowu i man uieieu win
The Arizona JNavajoesreport an ac i for evening dresses,
five volcano in their country.
do like the good little girh and be a support
to our parents. JJenliflia aiwayr wanwu
teeth, and we d go to the dentist r.gni
away after achoM, and have it over.
"And then," sayi Johnny, "it we've
rfiaita live dollars for father, perhaps he'll
give ns our penny, 'canse it'll be such a
nimmuit sum rise to him."
Embroidery on white kid appears as we couldn't hardly, wait for school to
1 1. v 4 ftt a Uiaca maia ui Huuuiuiq
Hans Von Bulow is to marry
Meininger court theatre actress.
The first French guillotine was
made by a piano-maker.
A high heat opens the rain of steel
and prevents refining.
Saw mills were first used in Europe
in the fifteenth century.
took a goo, l look at both, and then
said:
"Gentlemen, please speak a little
lower I am Senator Chandler myself!"
He thought he had then frozen solid,
bnt he was mistaken. He had scarce
ly turned his head when one of them
leaned forward and replied:
"That's all right, if yon can beat the
conductor with it, bnt don't try to stuff
us 1 We met the old chap in Owosso
not an hour age, waiting to go East,
and it cost me $22 In cash and a silver
watch to call lis hand 1
a new racket trot it out w us no
giveawayi
said:
"Is this Mr. Whitehead?"
"Yes."
"Well, I've a little papar here that
I'd like 'on to sign. It's a little enter
prise we are getting up.
"I don't know that my name would
b of any service. Ton know I am un
der charge of "
"Go ahead and sign it. lhe very
nam we want."
Josh put down his name, and shortly
afterwards learned that he had signed
Cross of Geneva for his services during
the wars in South America. I his is the
first time that the Cross has been pre
sented since lr70.
The Marion Rifle Corps, of Balti
more, which was organized by I.ifayette,
Feb. 23. 1324, on the occaoton ot his
civil and miUtary reception iu that city,
has presented to the Jlirylaud Histori
cal Society its flag for safe keeping, the
survivors of the company beinjf now old
men.
Late reports from Louisiaua indi
cate that the caue which was covered by
the floods is not so much injured as
there was reason to fear that it would
be. This is accounted for by tue low
temperature at the time of tne floods,
which retarded the growth of the young
cane instead of rotting aud killing it.
If yon've got a petition requesting that he be sent to I the regions which escaped inundation
' .1 1 mm . , I. . n valla I . L ( . , V . la.m, rtwin en.ia
are favorable.
the penitentiary
wTniah intitrtt' now resides.
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