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RATIgh OF A.DTBETZSZNO:,
Time , 11n 9 10.13 in. 41n, XCali W.Col 1 Col.
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Week 200 9 001 600 600 800 13 00 18 00
Xedll 2 6 400 1 6 00r 001 900 5 001 21.1 00
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Year. 33 Op 13 PO 25 . 00 98 00 95 0 1 1 (10 00 100 00
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advertisements are calculated by the inch in length
t column, and any lees space Is rated as a full lath.
Foreign advertisements must be psid Sot before in.
rtiou, except on yearly contracts, wbo half-Tear/9
apm entslnadvancewUlberequired.
ICstsgss Diorrogs in the Editorial Columns, on the
coed page, 15 cents per line each Insertion. Noth•
g inserted for loos than $l.
Lanai. Nonoal in Local column, 10 cents per Una if
ore that AY* lines ; and 60 cents for a notice of Ivo
es ar leas.
MisOrsccuarrs of MAinktaaas and Ihwritsinseried
se ; but all obituary notices will be charged 10 cent,
r line.
ricts•L Nano z s 60 per cent abov e regular rates
r: oases Mies inines °Vitas, $6,00 per year.
' Business Cards.
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;. 8.• VATC:II=4B. ' Y. A. JOECIBOIq.
'Batchelder & Jbhnson„
un taoturFsA4Valtimonts,.. Tombstones, Tible
• , Waln et,
.posits Scoand*, Wealaboro, Pii—duly 5, 1872.
A. Redfield,
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many AND COUNSULLOR AT LAW.—Collect
-30 promptly attended to.—Blositnarg, 110ga coma
1, POllOl., Apr. 1, lel2-9ta.
C. H. aeywour ,
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'OLNEY AT LAW, Tiiiker Ps. - ,441 business en•
• tea to bis cure Will receive prompt attention....
ca. 1,18T2.
Geo. Itlerridk,
4 ,
'OI3IILY Bowan & 4lloWs
=via\ hall from Agitator Office, 2d floor.
Vaboro, Fii.•;—.lart. 1. 1512.
Mitchell itit Cameron,
.gg£ll3 AT LAM, Gann and Insurance Agents.
.• In Converse .4 Willi‘n s brick block. over
• •o & Osgood's store, Welistinro, Pa.-411rt. 1,
William &. Stone,
OOZY AT LAW. over C. B. E.ollers •Dry Good
.:.Wright. & Bailey's Bock or. Mein etreet. ,
Oboe
Josiah Emery,
WET AT LAW.--Office opposite Court. Homier
0. l kurdrs 810ck.V0342,41!p0rt. P. 441 business
attended to÷,4, _
3, C. Strang,
OIVITEIE AT LAW A. DISTRICT LTT011,1 4 147.
b ce with .7. D.:lilts, Esq.,4lellaboro, I,' 72.
1A 55 . :::fir.' Dartt, 1 , •
TLST. , —Teeth made with the •Arm lIIZESOTSILEAS.
I. kb give better satisfaction than any thing else
use. Ofite in Wright & Hailers t Block. Wells
.o. Oet. 78, 1874.
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J. B. Niles, '
IT LAW.—Will attend promptly to lrae
lied to his care in the counties of Tine
011100 cn the Avecne.—lTelleboro. Pa.,
,Jila.•.W. Adams,
AT LAW. trArtiftell, Tioga county, Ps.
oty attended to.—Jan., 1, 1972.
0. L. Peck, •
4ter LAW. Allolaime promptly Cgllectod
W. Xs. sinsch. Snazrille, Tioga Co., Pa.
C. B. Kelly.
/rockery. China and Glaris ware, Table Cut-
MLA Ware,:, /Jig,Table and House ER
1441},—Welle!.;_w Pa., Sept. 17;1 1 37,31
Jno. W. Guernsey,
AT LAW.—AII traalness out dated to him
TLatly attended to.—Ordc•Aat door south
Tart's atora, eCtllttYr
Armstrong & Linn,
tun AT LAW, Williamepart, Pa.
-131;a,
'lam. B. smith,
ryy . 94 Ey, Dounty and In.suranoo Agent.
,canons seht tb the above widrees sill re
napt attention. Terms modernta.—Knoz..
Jam 1, 1872.
,13. C. Wheeler
minAly attend to the 4011ection of all claims iu
county .. Olica with ' Henry Sherwood &Son,
Se of the public Slum WeUsboro, Pa.
10, 18112. 7 - - . 1 •
Thirties 'Roy,
STElta—All kinds of Job Printing done on
/odes, and in the boat manner. Mace in How.
!one* Itleek 2d floor.—Jan. 1,1873.
W. D. Terbell & Co.,
DRUGGIST, and deems In Wall Pow,
Window 42141 Pertwnery t yilntr,
N. Y.J101.4.1r. ,
MMMTing"'ifi'Tri
Tioga Co., Pa.—Bensi3ro'a. ProprioWrs•
holm has been thoroughly i renovated• and is
good condition to aocomldate the traveling
bits ia a superior manner.-41n. 1. 1871
D. Saxon, M. D., '
EP:I3N 41T St7flC+EQN—Stay be found at bia
ea let door East of 'flies TodtPs-41ain street.
lattead promptly to all ea11e.4.-Wallaboro. Pg.,
1 .1,1972. •
2d. D.,
LEOP&TILIST, Mee Slide residence on the dr
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zs..-Weilaboro, Pa., /en. 1, 1872. ,
•,•+' • s-- cs.
Seeley, Coats 85 Qo.,t
• -11Thairvinp,noip. Co., l's..-.llacelve inoneT
deposit, discount notes, and sell drafts on 1 , ;ols
k eiqc CoPaceons promptly made.
, P.osn Sissz.v7, Osceola, Vms ciummiz„,
1872, I).‘no CosTs, Itnoxvilit
D. H. .= •.,
IMACTUILER and. Deelei Tin, Saterrea, Copper
• Bheet Ircu Ware. Job a rk promptly attended
First door • below 6 134 Et GU:cm:l.—Mg:eh 11,
Petroleum llouse,
cieo. Prop.l4 , tor.—ftod as
man eud beat. Clargee rea,
ettetttloa given to guests.
Ig s gb,kl.l.lll:Artil
tit,trif l .4 'klitdei. which tv1.11.13e
11.1.KEit. lie invites all to. take
bigt46 Thuchasing elsewbeic.—
Av e n„ P r . tv . 2s . l u ;wly shop,
Mary E._Lamb.
/es to inform her friends and the
tll4,lthe.hes engaged in the Minim
)3s boainoss in this bore, and that
he; store, next dope to the block
liame.—Mas. E. g. EunaaLL has
zing and trimming department and
ion exclusively to it -Nov. 12,72-tf.
Yale &c . :r.
g several brands oY cholas Otgars
Cie'
tint catuaot but pl.itme
We title none - butt the be Connect
'ma Tobaocc9. We mate cnix own
t mason can warrant them.
-ssortment of good , Chenipg and
Snuffs, Mina from clay to the
►nm, Tobacco Pouches, &c., whol&
'Dec. 24, 1812.
Andeison,„
;TAIL DEALER TN HARDWARE.
, 01. Hods° Trimmings, Mo-
Agridnitnrol Implements. Catena
Pangs. aim& a.b) - .Mocketland Table
Wale, Gana sttrEinuenuOttiin.l . o42.
td iron—the tiest to use. Mannino.
In Tin. Copper, and abeet.iron
Tin and Iron. All workivarrmat.
ELLSBOB.O
.34u1 it 4, 'mem T tirz,
:,, / : !]*BoR O,
B. B. HOLLIDAY, Proprietor,
le well loos and is In_good eonditioti
is the iravelin public. The proprietor
Wet to mite it • tirebelass hottae. Ail
iitlA &Put from tote house. • Free
from ail Sober and ludustrioui host
atteqvage.
BAILW TIME,. TABLES., :
~Yelist LaWrenceirille IL&
Tirni Trible'Nci. 4. -
Takao Effect Monday Smut 34, 1872. =
a?rga mmitc. • = 00rm souta.
12 2 4 Stations. -1 X • 9
p.m. p.m. a.m. ' ,1 • a.m. p.m. a.m.
160 6 .V) 10 00 As. Corning, Dep. 800 735 600
/2 28 4SO 855 900 84.0 618
1213 423 8 4.4 Dap. 911 848 628
am, • , • ,
12 08 4 1 9 840 • throp 916 860 683
11 43 405 8 2..0
_loga Vll.laga 929 9 04 6 8 - .3
11 23 362 812 • .Hinond 943 918 713
1113'43 808-Hill's Creak, 962 921 723
11 07 340 800 110.16ay 957 990 729
LO 57 8327 52 , 51,1441ebnFy 10 03 988 738
10 4.9 819 7 741 . , 10 08 9,43 747
tO SO
10 26 910 792 Da. Wallaboro, Arr. 10 26 10 00 810
2 48 Round Top 10 52
2 03 Summit, 11 12
180 Antrim, 1146
• • A. ff. 00=027, Sal}l.3
Blossbarg si Corning & Tloga R. R.
. , TEVArOOILIZEIG. ASILIVE AT 111,08481Tha.
NO. 1. -... ....... 800 a. m. No. 1 ...... , _lO 45 a. au.
di 8 735 p.m. g , S 1020 p. m.
"15 220 p. m, "15 .:... 823 p. m.
Dgm,B7. roam 11.1.014511110. AIMLIVE AT coma:Ba..
No ~.,...,..• 245 p. m. No. 2....... , 4 :., .0 83p.m:
•708 p, In. V!. 4.... , .10048: : F
720 a. m. No. 8 - 11.45 a. .
A. H. GORTON, Supt B. & (7. It. 11,1
L. H. SHATTUCK, Sup't Tioga R. 121.
No. 6
eittawisstt • Railroad. -
• Depot, Forri of Pine kitreet. Williamsport, Pa.
- I PP:WI - WARD.
Mail dep. Williamsport, 9.00 a. in.
Accommodation dep. Wi1i1ara5p0rt,........6.00 p. m.
Mail arrive at Williamsport, 6.10 p. in.
Aocorrunodation arrive at Wi1ii5map0rt,.....9.25 a m.
An additional train liavas Depot at Herdic )ocriae,
W'maport, at 9.05 a. 131.—for 1111 ton, Philadelphia, N.
York, Poston and intermediate point.. Returning,
direct connection is made et Williamsport with trains
for the west.
lfo change of care between Philadelphia, NOW York
and Williamsport. . GEO. WEBB, Sup%
.Erie Railway.
Trug, T.asuAn &Dor= Jt an, 1872.
NpvtAratLimproved• Dravrinc Boom and sleeping
**aches, cohabit:ling all modern Improvementa, are
run through on all trains between Now York, Mame*
ter, Buffalo, litaaara Falls, Suspension Bridge, Cleve
land and Cincinnati.
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Westward.
BUT/ON$.
N. york, Li
Bit Eir ae, • ,"
Corning, 4 ..
Pt'd Post, •..
liodtest'r, Arr 10 87"..
ii(oru'vllo, •"13 - 3081
Bug&lo. . •• 12 Oft
Bag. Fulls 1. 1455 a
Atuddrk.....• .. 100 ..
6 a. m., except . Bandayx, frozo.oWego for Xtoruelji•
TVA and Way., •
& le S. m., alioap; Sundays, from Snrarapiumna for
linrnativtlln mut Way. ,
6 BO a. m., daily from Suaquebanna for Ifornellervillo
and Way.
110 p. m., except Sunday*, from Elmira l'oektcra,
to Matra° and Way.
220 p. m., ozoopt Eundays, from Binghamton for
tionallssille and Way. •
Eastward.
I STATIONS. No. 12.*
Dan- rk, Lye 1225 p t
Ming. Falls," 1
" 4 80
!. 0 05 Sup.
Robester, " 4 00 p m
Corning, " 7 23 I. •
" 808 "
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.10 10 "
New York, " 700 am
5 C& a. M.. except Sundays, from Ekinellaville for
Owego and. Way.
& (Va. m.,Lklady Irina Hornallevillefor Susquehanna
and Way. . • -
720 a.'m.; - except Stinaafirfrom Hornel:Emilie for
Binghamton and Way.
7Qoa.an.,,except Sundays, from Owego for &aqua
hanta and 'Way.- •
2CO p. m., except Sundaya, . from Painted Post for
Elmira and Way .L
150. p. na.* except Sundayi. from Efornatisville far
Stlignehauxia and,Way.
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tnandays excepted, beren Susquehanna and Port
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....,,ongh Tickets to all obits-W6st at itcli-firy
s t Bates, for seta in the compenrs ogles at the Cm
ng Depot.
Tide is the onliauthorised /4=07 of the Erie nail.
7 Oemparcy tor the tale of Western. 'Tickets in Ocitz-
ing.
Baggage' Will be oh , 34lcetl only on Tickets varchaged
at Ma Company's otce.
Northern Central Railway.
Wallet SITSVO end depart at Troy, einco Juno 9111,
se follows : •
310.8TILIV.ABD. sountwan.n.
gligittiExpress, 4 07 FM I Ballo. Express, .6
16 p m
15 p mPLUSida Exprtss, 916 p m Clnolmlati Exp. 10 20 a m M 969 am
A. R. FUME, 6top't.
Jan. 1, 1372.
I:I*OLEBAI,2"Dip.LEI , V I I4 ..„... -
Foreign,..and ilimestie • Minors
WINES, &c., &e.
Agent for Fine Old Whiskies,
JIM. 1,1872. ^ COIMING, IL Y.
MENi
lESI
THE NEW SEWING MACHINE
Latest Improved, hence TIM BEST.
riAS INQ SPIRAL SPRINGS.
ilaeSelf Setting Needle and Improved
SHUTTLE. •
W ILL be pat out on trial tor pates wislAhm. and
• • sold on eta"-, montbi s y payawate. '
Beton parchashig. call and examine the VIOTO
el L. F. Tr um a n s storeln Wellaboro. Pa.
Machine Silk, Twist, eottOn and Needles of all kinds
oorustantly c a n band.
W. B.—M.:ebb:mil:4 all kinds repaired on reasonable
terms,
Nov. 9. 18124 sr...
WOULD reepoetfullyanemios to the publiothat
she hullos a,
Nillinery - and Nlicy-Goodsf
of every deseription;'for the Ladles, outtelstiug of
lists, Bonnets:CaPs. Gloves ;Hosiery, titshiseigkhultiP
Merino end Muslin thulerwear. Ctertuaniottir:
Wools: Zephyrs and Puri. - 7,'henikft4
ons veroznige of, Lim pelt, she:hopeet,;to xaMO
flattop: Oaf tais lama - -
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, Time Table No. M.
Takes Effect lltoNlay Juite 3.1, 1872.
Igo. I,
9 00 tan
4 44 pm
8 35 ..
7 07 ..
260 "
8 10 am
080 " •
. BOP "
AppraoxAs. LOCAL Tunrs WEszwaux
A rairnos.tx. Locus. Tarxiii.V.urrw.tazi
JNO N. ABBOTT.
Cien'l Pas 'r 4,1
'_y MOTIoN "f•Yjsrrrvi'.49l!
THIE VICTOR
E. JENNINeS, Ageitt.
Mrs!. tt. Jr. SOFIELD
FRESH STOCIE_QF
\ ...
Bnckwhca
Bran,
Ashton & Onondaga Salt
ME
DOORS, SASH, BLINDS,.
Cement ; Lime, & Fire Brick.
On tind after this data, I shalt sell Antrim Coarse
Screened Coal at $3.30 per Ton s at the yart,,,or SL.OO
per Ton, delivered Ln the villa,ge.
That:alai for the very liberal patronage that I have
received in the past, I beg a continuance of the Caine,
remain a faithful friend of the public.
Beapeotfally,
ilabOro, Jan. 23, 1875.-3. m. CLLARLES.MAGEE.
P. 13. Peztlas intending to nee plaster the coming
season would do well to parch:tea now, as the supply
is likely to be limited.
121
ileanth
9slsput
12°.0"
120 am•
19C
kW&
7Mlim
80sm
adO"
617•
10 32 n
7 20 Bft
1246 pm
436 pm
116 ~
New Shop, New Stock, and first
-- class Work I •
A NYTHING from a Band Gaok to a Kid Gaiter. Bast
21, Line of
Ladies' Rid and Cloth Bal
'7norals and Gaiters,
Ditto Children's
and .31isses.
Q. 8. t
No. 2.
2 603 m
7 104 m
7 43 ~
10 60 8,
800 ~
1208 pm
12 43 ••
285 ..
955 I,
Gents,' Cloth, Morocco, and
Calf Gaiters. Oxford
and Prince filbert
A good line of OVEBSEIO2.9, awl a foil line of
1012 pm
1183
13.1.Za m
4 37 "
5 la "
7 18 "
1.580P132
repsing Sup:lee from 66.00 to 6 ,00, pawed rad esTred
. CUSTOM
,I OOTS
from 56,00 to $15,00, and sort the mozey every time
1
. -:, Lother,.and-.Findings -
Tile undersigned haring sfant twenty years of Ws
Ire In Wellsboro—much of the time ozi the stool of
penitence, drawing the cord cf affliction for the good
of soled. believes rate r it in hammering than blowing.
Wherefore, he wilrpuly remark to his old otuotomere
end as ; MALI Mr* ones as choose to give him a call,
that he may be found at his new shop, next door to B.
Vattlforn's ware room% with the best and cheap.
est stattin Tfoga county.' 0. W. sEAllti,
Wappbro, April 94. 1832.
WISHART'S PIKE TREE
NUR CORDIAL.I9
NATURE'S GREAT REffiEllt
It is ratifying to us to inform the public hat Dr.
L. Q. Wishart's Pine Tree Tar ColdiaLfor Throat and
Lung Diseases, has gained an eiafehle reputation
from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast, and from thence,
to some of the first Su:Miles of Europe, not through
the preps alone, )ut by persons throughout the States
actualli heuefitted and aimed at hip office. WWI, he
publishes less;-so- say our reporters, he is unable to
supply:the demand. It gains and holds its • repute.
Sou-- - •
First: Not by stopping cough, but by loosening
s.nd asslating nature to throw off the unhealthy mat
ter collected about the throat and bronchial tubes,
tolttot canon; irritation.
Second. - It removes the cause or irritation (which
products cough) of the raucous membrane and
bronchial tithes, aesiste the lungs to act and throw off
the unheelihy saarettons, and puziff es the blhod.
Third. It Ss tree from squills, lobelia, ipecac and
opium, : of which most throat and lung remedies are
composed, which allay cough oni,y, and disorganize
the stet:4th. It has soothing effectcou the stomach,
acts on.'. the liver and kidneys, andllymphatie and
nervotut regions, thus retching to eery part of the
system, and in its bridgorating and purifying effects
it has giined:a reputation which it must hold above
all other, In the market.
The'fine Tree:Tar Ocirdial,
WORN" SUGAR DROPS.
Deb* under my Immediate direction they shall 'not
lose thefr caratlve quainta by the use of cheap end
impure articles.
Dr. L. Q. C. 141abart's 02kve parlors aro °pun on
an Mondars. Triesava sad NVednestlava from 9a. m.
to sp. la., for consultation by Dr. Wm. T. Trinket.—
With hboi are associated two =gulling pbyitiOatta of
aokurriOdge4 . abi/ityt Tills opportunity la net of
fared by an: othsr taitttatton to the city. -
ME
ILQ. C. Wishart sM D
. I
NO 292 N. Second street
awlk
MEM
111
MI
fQUR';7LPI:4,i,.STEII,_
' 400"cV...V1i;M313.1
C 0,1131 - Pprle ,
AT THh
WELLSBORO WAREHOUSE
AND
COAL V A 1, D.
ALSO kept constantly on baud and for sale,
LATH, STINGLS4, _BRICE,
w Boot, Shoe; Leather
AND FINDING: STORE.
geNSEIWIES
U . ? THE FrIZLD AGAIN. •
PINE BOOTS,
at the loweatrates, as uattal
FOR THE
Throat and LAtingt.
. •
za•cmlzcmi.
Great American Dipepsie. Pule,
AND
imity it WISHART,
PROPRIETOR.
Free of Charge.
~ .41111etters must be addressed to
WELLSB
A -0, : ,Ti0q.A.,:,.p0:,:- p..4A-..-,:?.,T_l:msipAT.;::-:socti-1.i.2.5;-.,:-187,5.,
Peeing, the Alissisiippi lay Brownsville.
Forty-two years ago Brownsville as yet was
not, and the place thereof was tit that epoch
inhabited by an ancient family ibf frogs, a
select circle of water snakes, many crea
tures that are born of slime, and fever and
ague. To this flourishing spot came a bro
ken-down New Englander, his sons, and a
half-score of Irish laborers. They cut drains
and raised log huts; fenced some, cleared
some; grew some pigs and many ducks;
caught fish and rheumatism; wrought hard
for a living, and died of the fever and ague.
This took two years; and as yet Browns
ville was not. 'lle frogs and water snakes
thought that they saw their way , back again,
and fever and ague were still lords of the
soil and slime, when a ship load of German
emigrants, under conduct of one Brown, a
Long Island land jobh i er, landed on the
spot, .and Brownsville yes begun. Fever
and ague firmly stood their ground, and
woundily smote the invaders; but the Ger
mans tried much smoke, and some drink,
and some patience; and though plenty of
them died off in the early months after their
arrival, enough remained to unawamp the
place, and—the second getof creation—the
dry land appeared. The Germane having
done this, the Yankees promptly profited by ,
it. They came themselves; they sent oth
ers. A newspaper office, a hotel, a Metho
dist meeting house, and a billiard room
were all run up inside a month. Then a
bank; then' a store; then a second newspa
per, an opposition hotel, and a ditto preach;
Mg house. Then besiness began; steamers
called; Brownsville traded. The popula
tion increased hundreds a month; and ten
years after fever and ague 'had won their
first contest BroWnsville was a town. Ten
more and it was a city bustling, political,
thriving; with manufactOries of its own,
arid commerce with allparta of the world;
specially noted for its salubrity of climate
and entire freedom from fever and ague.
SUS of one of the early German settlers
were Karl Kronheim land Louis Horn.—
They had one mother and two' fathers,
which at fiat sight seems a complicated ar
rangement, but it is intelligble when ex
plained. '• I
Gretchen Muller came out from the fath
erland uniaiden, and natirried:one_Kronhelm,
who courted her on board ship; she bore
him a eon; buried the father, end after two
years of incorsolable Widowhood took unto
herself a second spouse by the name of
Horn, Then death dissolved the earthly
partnership"af - Gratchen and Heinrich Horn,
and their sons, Karb•Kronheies and
,Louis
Isteaasspsueded a. 12431 , it one, Astider then title
-of " Horn and Kt - 911110m, manufacturers of
soap and chetnicalo, grinders of .bone ma
nure and of agricultdal fertilizers of all
kinds" for export ftoml Brownsville and for
r
home consumption. The occupation
_''seem
somewhat miscellaneous, but In A erice.
incongruities of occupation are nev i re
garded, provided they all tend to dollats.
Brought up :in BisTnsville, in the con
glomerate population of Americans from
all parts of the States T Germaus, Irish, and
the over-wash of Europe—Horn and his
partner had all the Teutonism ground out
of them•early,snd in Its stead no national
character substituted._ To distinguish them
they had but their natural proclivities—
nothing more. And the difference between
the two young men •w,as this; Louis Horn
had a heart and passions; Karl Kronheim
had an inner palpitating muscle which was
not a heart; but he had passions, too—bad
ones. And he had no fear. There are men
who are like weasels, Made withont sense of
disparity, and necessarily without the feel
ing resulting from that natural sense Which
we call fear, and which, under a moral as=
pact, we call consciene.
The partner-brother boiled soaps, ground
bones, made fertilizing manures, and gath
ered dollars together. ! They grew rich, and
as they got richer they thought of settling
in life. Preliminary to that they fell in love,
and both fell in love With the same woman.
She - was • a fine creature, and • - would have
made it good Wife - for I either of them, but
mthilfestly not for both. Louis loved her
first, and presented Karl to her. That day
she had two lovers. She had the love of
two men, and one of them frantically hated
the •other-zhis, brother, albeit. Another
case of two brothers sacrificing on one altar.
'One - evening Kronheim said to Louis
Horn that he wished to have a few words
with him; told him that he had fallen in
love with this girl, and that he intended to
marry her. • Louis Horn langhed. •
" Why, Karl," said Ilae, " the girl is my
sweetheartl I have loyed her for months.
She know - s it, - And tolniorrow morning lam
to meet her, and we are to go to her father
to ask his consent to our becoming an and
wife. I took you to see her that you might
see my future bride--your future slater."
" Look here, Louis," replied Kronheim
very sternly; "you ought to know me by
this time, and that I always have, my way.,
It has been so since we lwere infants.', I am
too old to change now. I You must\give up
this girl, and think no more about 'marrying
her. I tell you you must." ,
" Never t" said Louis Horn; "never. My
word is pledged; my faith is fixed. I will
never give' her up, as I am a living man."
He turned on his heel and left the room. '
" Then,". said Karl Kronheitn,- with a
fierce oath, looking after. hie. brother as he
went, "thenlshall kill you!" •
Two hours AfteriKronheien went down to
the levee where the southern steamers were
lying. liewent into the ticket office and
engaged a passage for New Orleans in the
Manhattan, a famous Mississippi racing
boat that was, running in opposition to , the
General Cobb from Brownsville to New
Orleans.
"Be down here at sharp six in the morn
ing. We go slick off to the minute, as our
captain's an awful smart man, and , has bet
athousand dollars that he beats the General
Cobb two hours into Orleans."
'lt may be noted here that the great race
came dulTUff: — `Fite Manhattan
of the General Cobb to a bend'in the river
some two miles down, lien the smart cap
tain saw hisrival gradually
drawing ahead.
The smart captain couldn't turn on all the
ste4 - n, for that was on already; hat a great
mina is fertile in resourCes. lie weighted'
down the valve heavily, and put a barrel of
hams in the furnace: The Manhattan went
ehetid like a locomotive;lthe General Cobb
was nowhere;' anti 'shouts of victory
went up into the air iron the csew and pas
sengers of the Alanhattan and her smart
captain. After which the Manhattan her
self followed—blew up bodily, smart cap
tain and all, and came dOwn in little pieces.
The General Cobb picked up the ,few pas
sengers who escaped death by Water, hot
and cold; fished out a box. containing the
ship's papers, and went on her victorious
way. The list of passengers was duly pub
lished in the papers, and among the victims
of the melancholy steamboat catastrophe
was " Louis Horn i , of Brownsville."
Leaving the ticket-clerk's (Alice, Karl
Kronheina went abut the city, did some
business, and mentioned casually in several
quarters that his brother Louis was going
doWii next day to New Orleantito see about
solao large arrivals of I,3ol;uSi there.. Thea
The End - Of the lanquet: ' '
frtAldelliteez the Cal:• •
can not nut obeyt— •
Farewell! for linnet haw; yOu
BtAl 'I the vinb,
ADA iet—forglve me*_l. rejoice,
for I min old and tired;—
Worn by the tollk, the lights, the noise, .• • •. '
And all 'I onco deelr,e4.l.
After a limo 111'4'3very best
Begins to stale and pall: . .
Igo to allenco aria to reel .
.Atleo---,Farew4ll to all I ' -e
' I' , . • —.Mackttood's 2dajaxin 0
A Bird Song.
Xie . C.IIUSAT/NA EOBELITS
It'd a 'year almost that I have nut Abel: her;
Oh 1 last sununvr, green. things were greener
Brambles fewer, the blue ahy bluer.
•
It's well nigh sur rner. fee there's a swallow;
Como one swalluv• - , his mate will follow.
The bird-race quicken and wheel and thicken.
Oh. happy iswellov.-, whose male will follow
0-er height, e'er bellow!' I'd he a swallow
To build, this WEather, ono neat together I
—Boribner's
LOUIS BORN
BY CII,MLEB READE
" What name, air?" said the clerk
" Louis Horn."
Mai
,
he %VA bete, andlhonght—and Witited 4
for the nights-
feae no-fm
eorae,
no taterhynnefiises conecten9e. He 'sat
doWnito, think 'out what he wait going to do.
H e
d'lneds with Lonis Horn at 'ttie; mufti
liour,-• dtolteartily, , arta drank 'tether less
Than , Afteredinner Kionbeim lighted
a cigarx end , went on thinking. 'ILoUis went
back to the manufactory, artrlahortly - after,
Karl'followedliins, and told him he 'wanted
him tsaturi down to New Orleans and steesif
thoseactirgoea - of bones that had been re
portectua aariVals were to .be. bad at a ren
eontablearate; .for, the demand for crushed
I)onest - Tot wheat-growing was rather on the,
increase:- ` Lbutivanalled, but assented.' His
smile Was the outward symptom of an in
ward grin, at what he thought a transparent
movement of his brother to gentile) out, of
the way in order that he might have time to
trylais leek` with The girl, which .showed
howlittle Louis tcnew, of his brother. All
the whlleaHean haat the • least intention
of gOliag; lap resolved to find a good excuse
before .morning foe sending their- manager
instead, who ryas quite us- good 'a judge of
bones principal..
Towatd•evening the brothers were in the
eoniting hotise together, when Kronatelon'
who had - been silently, sitting before the
stove, - turned around to the desk where
Louis was at work at his ledger, and said:
"Before the s inen leave. off work, Louts,
will you'get theme° make Up. the furnaces,.
- All pie 1 4'at., - . 6114 the Wiener I think
we, had We aiapp tianight, and get all the
accounts made out-for the past half year.—
We can give an eye to the furnaces pur
selves, and if you want sleep you can ;et
it' on board the steamer to-morrow, when
you, have nothing better to do."
Louis laughedquietly, but got down from.
his stool and wen out to the yard to give
the girders. Closing-hour arrived just as he
bed seen all prep 'red ; and the men filed out
et the sound of t e bell-toll. As the man
ager •beat: him ood night, Louis said to
him;
4 13 y the way, Dixon, I may have to send
you down the river the day after to-morrow,
so get your traps ready, enly don't telr any
one of your journey. It is business that
You, can do as well as I can, and I want it
done quietly. Don't say anything about it;
perhaps you may not be wanted, after all;
but'atill be ready. Good.night."
And so the yard gates closed; and with a
look 'around the fed-up furnaces and the
row' of great simmering rats, Louis Horn
Went' back to the counting house. The
manufa c tory was shut in on all sides by
high walls,' closed up by heavy iron gates.
An outer court on which the gates opened
was filled with carts and crates, fuel for the
furnaces, and rnaterialsed various_ kinds.—
Behind this wait a second wall, or: 'rather.
palisade of timber, with a wicket door open
ing into the counting house, and communi
cating by a back door with the long 'line of
'buildings -which held the vats and boilers.
- "Shut the door, Louis," said Karl.Kron. •
Jielm as his brother entered, at and get down
the ledgers. By the way, the
_premium on
that life policy of yours in the Phcenix Com
pany will be clue before you get back from,
New Orleans. You had better draw a check
for, it, and inclose it to Dr. Sharpe. Tell
him-you're going south, and want tobe sure
of the premium, being duly paid. Amount
is very large, you know; musn't run any
risks of forfeit."
Louis smiled, but said nothing; drew out
a check, wrote the letter, addressed it to
"Dr. -Sharpe, Manager Plulenix Life Insu
rance Company," and placed it in the deliv
ery bos of the counting house. He then
got down the ledgers, and before opening
ahem went to a basin. stand in the corner of
the office end began' to wash his hands; after
doing which he stooped his head over the
basin to bathe his face in the water. As he
stooped his eye rested momentarily on a
looking glass which was hanging on the
wall, and in that last living glance he saw
:hie brother's hand upraised, grasping a large
trap- pestle._ 'There was'a density_ crash, a
flash of tiro, a horror of cruebiug pain—
then darkness—and then death- Karl Kron
helm had kept•his oath.
Lifting his brother's body in his Arras,
Kronheim carried it out through the back
door of the office to a bed of soft ashes that
had been raked out of one' of the• furnaces
before it was replenished. With a long
knife he rapidly cut off the clothes, slitting
them to make them come away more easily.
He then took off all the buttons, removed
the contents of the pockets, keeping apart
every article of metal; and then making the
clothes up into a bundle,'opened the furnace
door and thrust thesis in. This done, he
carefully lifted the naked corpse, and car
ryine it to -the nearest soap vat, which was'
full `of boiling
. grease, plunged it in• feet
foremost. Having stirred up the furnace to
a blazing heat, he returned for the parcel of
buttons and metal articles, and beat them
with a hammer until all shape was gone;
put them, with some parings of lead, into a
small crucible, and; placed the crucible in
ono of the furnaces. He then went back
into the counting 'house, cleaned the iroh
pestle, and replaced it in the mortar, where
it usually stood; opened the discharge pipe
of the washstand, let the bloody water run
off, and turned on the cock. There were
no stains on his own clothes or hands; none
on the floor; he looked carefully. Then,
lighting a cigar, he went to the pile of ash
es, and seeitig an impression left there, and
some crimson marks, turned she- pile over
with a rake, and tossed the•as&s up. Than
Kronheim went back to the soap vat,
which he found' boiling furiously,' and tak
ing up a workman's pole hook, dragged out
the body, avith now lessened bulk. The
next vat was full of strong lye. Into that
he plunged the corpse, and in a few min
pica; when be went to draw it out,• a •skele
ton came forth with bones as bleached as if
the conquering Worm had been at work -for
years in the ordinary earthly fashion. He
was now near the last stage of his ghastly
labor, Wheeling- the heap of shapeless
bones to the opening of the entitling mill,
he tossed them in, turned' on the connection
with the great water wheel which was slow
ly circling around, and with a grinding
crush the mill moved on. The pile in the
cellar below was slightly raised, and then
the great rollers!ran idly; their work was
done. • Karl threw the connection - out of
gear, and the great water wheel went slowly
around as before. -
Then KarlaKioriheiw went back to the
Counting house, lay down on the sofa, and
slept soundly till mornings
George, Washington Sharpe, Doctor of
Medicine, was' a character. lie began life
very early, indeed; was' a free agent at five,
went into.. business .as a newsboy in New
York at seven; at - . ten was a printer's ap-•
prentice; at fifteen was a student under
himself as professor, and assistant fitter in
an eminent dentist's workshop 'in Broad
way, where lie discovered a new composi
tion for making artificial teeth, and kept
the discovery 1.0 hiinself. Passing rapidly
through.the grades . - ,of amateur newspaper'
editor, 'amateur preacher, amateur chemist'
in a gunpowder mantdactory which he,
i f
blew up, he : developed into a do for at last,
duly licensed to kill and to cur . Society,
however, in the avenues, did of embrace
the alternative at all so eagerly is Dr. Geo.
Washington Sharpe desired, and according
ly he went on his travels. . What he did,
and how he did it, is no present concerti of
ours. We find him • now as a physician;
chemist, 'dentist, and manager for .the im
portant `--Phcenix Insurance Company at
Brownsville.. in the last capacity Dr. Sharpe
had at length got into his groove. There
was not as knowing an insuratlco' manager
ht ell the St.W.e. He "took lives," as the
phrase is, and. `disputed . claims more success.'
fully than foil otherman in • the insurance
lino; got, a- - sine: for the.clevcr things he
did; was highly appreciated by the. Compa
ny, and: F9II paid.- OR course he - was not
the Man tn iet. Sugh,gond 'lives as those of ,
Horn and K.ronheimoiiirtufactarers of soaii,
and chemicals, grinders, of bone manure,
and makers of agrlealtural, :fertilizers, go
past him. He eanvaased the firm' not long
atter it started; could' Make mithing of
Kronbeim; but get-a kolleg'on Loa% Horn's
life, and took on that riskthe whole amount
which he bad wished' tohave . placed on the:
lives .of ,both liartners: The amoint was,
very large; the pretinium was low; . ' for Horn
had:a-fine constitutiOn,„ - tvas young, a tefa
perate Well intim), what insurance 'agents
call a god& life; -- '-'- i 1 :, :'-- , " • •-- -,.--' ,
Bhort)7 after= the; leg 'o f , Louis Horn . in
thelladhattan eoeident—as every , ofiekgp.
posed...two eyeata happened to la. W.
•
SbarPo. Old JabaztOdd; 'it large:farmer.
6:44 wheat' gro.rter some miles from Browns-,
sent ln' a - 4010W at ground •bortealo'
D 4: f3harpe for Analysis And o roport,tifere-
Con; ,tor the keen oldagriculturist suspected
(though without get cause)) that the last sup
* he had ordered from Horn & Eronllehri
hful been Adulterated. The second 'ivent
was thaton the' same day Karl Kronhelin-
Made a claim on the company , •for hinedi
ate payment of 'the large Loam insured pn
the life of the late Louis Horn lost to the
Manhattan explosion.
' One of the weak points in Dr. Sharpe's
disposition was a most ' positive and "rooted
antipathy to,tbe payment of claims when
ever his office ,would thereby be a loser.—
This was very wrong, of Course; hut Dr.
,Sharpe couldn't help it, he was an insurance
enthusiast, it Was Ins nature, and so the first
thing he always set himself to think about
when such a,6laim was made was, Could it
be resisted? and how? The doctor, more
over' was an analyst of mind as well as - of
matter, and liked experiments on human
nature:
-Full of- these thoughts; Dr, Sharpe went
to a - room - which he - kept fitted up as a half
laboratory, half-workShoP for his. multifari
ous amusements. ' ,On his table fie found old
Jabez Dodd's sampre, and rather' listlessly
set about arranging his apparatus for the
analysis.. With his mind quite absorbed in
the deep, consideration whether there might
not be some means of. saving the office and
hii..own managerial repute froin the less
with-which they were threatened, be me
chanically threw some handfuls of the bones
out of thebag which was branded "Horn
Kronheim," and spread them before him.
Then be got a powerful magnifier out of his
case, and whilst abstractedly rubbing it,,with
a bit of .wash-leather his eye caught a small
white Object glistening in the heap on the
table. He picked it out, looked at it ;for a
moment, gave a little start, brUshed his eyes
nervously, and then said, in a very low,
grave voice:
By the beard of Moses! the mineral
tooth that I made not two months ago for
Louis Horn!".
Dr. Sharpe spent the rest of that day shut
closely in,his room, thinking. In the eve
ning- he'sent notices to all the directors of
the Pheanix Insurance Company requesting
them to come to a private" . meeting next
day. The meeting took place. The mem
bers couldn't exactly underetand'what their
manager was driving at, but they had great
confidence in him, were not at all reluctant
to save the company a heavy claim if they
could do so safely, and finally agreed to
place the settlement of the claim for the
amount insured on the life of the late Louis
Horn unconditionally in the hands of Dr.
- Sharpe, As the meeting broke up the chair-
man said - to one of the other members of
the board that. Sharpe was..a, deep old file,
but that be w,as playing a risky game in the
present beef).
" Never you Mind," said the - loftier; "trail'
old Sharpe to keep it all square. He'll save
the claim, it he.can; and if he can't, he'll
settle it without compromising the office.—
After all, it can only come to paying the
money. I can't even conceive what grounds
he-can have to go on; but when Sharpe says
he has reason to think ho can get us out and
prevent a swindle, I for one say let him be
trusted to manage it as he likes, and no
queetions asked by us. It will not be the
first time that old Sharpe has saved the
Phcenix from being plucked."
The chairman, who liked little jokes,
laughed, and went about his business.
In an hour after the following letter was
delivered to Karl Kronheini:
Or.ncr., or THE PIICESI2 liirane:scr Co.—The.
Manager wishes to see Mr. 31.ronheirn this evening, to
arrange his claim for payment of the policy on the life
of tho late Mr. Louis Born, at six o'clock. '•
Six. o'clock came. Dr. Sharpe in his of
fice, at his desk.• Mr. Kronbeim shown in;
takes his seat, by request of, the manager,
orr the .other aide of the desk, with full' face
froutiti's the _
"Good evening, Dr. Sharpe. I've come,
as you appointed, to receive payment of the.
amount of the policy."
With a 'very peculiar smile on his very
peculiar countenance, the manager lifted
his eyes, caught Kronheim's, looked at him
'very fixedly, and then made reply:
'lndeed!'
Kronheim looked surprised,- but never
flinched; returned the manager's stare with
out a shadow of variation in color or ex
pression, and waited for farther observa
tions—which did not come; and then Kron
heim got impatient. . '.
~
" Well, Dr. Shupe!" .
" Well,. Mr. Karl K.ronheim 1"
"You-know what you brought me here
‘; •
for, air, I suppose!"
"Yes, rather!" replied the manager. •
" Well, sir, 2" have no time to waste. I'll
thank you to get to business."
Krontielm- was getting irritable, which
pleased the manager, who- with most pro
voking leisure nabbed his chin thoug4itfully,
never taking his eyes off Kronheim's for a
moment, and made no answer-
Kronheini. flushed up, and said, with heat::
"Doctor Sharpe,. I don't understand this
kind of treatment. ' 2- Y ou brought me here
by appointment. Nfe have business to do.
Let us attend to it at once. You had better
hand me over the money, and let me go.—
Here's a receipt for it which, as /value my
time, I brought with me." . : -
As he spoke, the keen eyes - that were al
ways taxed on his saw tempe rising fast,
and threatening to overflow. Then the
3 manager eyed his first move.
and
dis t inctly,'.'.
onheim," said. he, slowly nd
'WO don't- intend to pay this
claim."
"What!" cried Eronheim, startled, but
not frightened, (that he never was); " do I
understand you, Dr. Sharpe, to say that you
refuse to pay me the money?" ' ..
"I do."'
"On what grounds?" . .
" I decline to state my grounds."
" You Win:lot:state your grounds of re
fusal, and:yet you refuse to pay the claim?"
r" I do." • • -
...
"Then, sir, you and your company are
swindlers, and Iwill'eue you at the law."
" As you please," said the mdnager.
You are a set of swindling scoundrelsl"
shouted Eronheim.
"As you please," was again the only re-
Pk I will expose you in eiery, paper in the
States as a gang of swindlers. I will pro
claim you Insolvent and fraudulent, and
smash you up."
"As you please," was stifle the reply of
the deliberate doctor. - •
Kronheim was fairly opt of temper now.
The manager moved again:
"No, Mr. Kronheim; I tell you we will.
not pay•you the nioney insured on. the life,
of your late brother, Louis Horn; I tell you
We will not, pay it, and I will not tell you
Why we refuse."
" 'Why, curse youl" cried out Kronheim
savagely; "do you think I murdered him?"
' W.E ItiTOW ton inn!" thundered the
,manager, starting "to his feet and bringing
his handdown 'on the desk with a heavy
attokelliat shook the room they sat In.
Kronheim
_paled at Last, rose • slowly from
his teat, and loft the room without a word.
As the door closed behind him Dr. Sharpe
sat•down, wiped his forehead, and with a
great sigh of relief spoke out, quite long:
" The infernqlvillaml the murderous Mr..'
Ilant %Vas the office twenty thousand dol
lars, though!"
Ali silent along the river that night, and
;very still in the city. No Wind blowing;
the moon bright, the stars shining very
clear; not a sound breaking the great Still
ness of the sleeping city. I.t was New-Year
eve, and the people were passing in sleep
and in silence over the margin that lay be
twsperithe old year and the new, - whin all at
one there
-was a great stir, and then the fire
bell rang out loudly. In rapid and irregu
lart clangor the pealing bell broke up . .the
stillness of the night. Then there was a
hurried patter of pressing feet'on the pave
t,
met. Lights got up in the windows; peo
ple poured into the streets. A: great crim
son, glow was in the north, and a crowd
,600i1 flowed that - way. Presently- there
broke out the clear note of a -silver_trum
'pet; and then came hurrying on a man in a
blue tunic, with a shining helmet on. his
head, pefore whom the crowd. parted into
two waves, and stood back to let him pass.
Some twenty yards' 'behind , ' with" ti - great
cletterand'elampr,..carne on- nidro .rgeri 'in
.hickiitinica r mid helmets' pktilitl,ati 4 0,64 t.
itte,'" and - behind tiem, 'tittilml. along tit
twipeed, the eteam•fire engine of the Vol.
MI
.
Miteer Brigade Of Broviaville with her &ea
lighted andhlailng',up
,With - .th - e ripld and
strong draught.t - - ' ' -' ' • ." .
. - " Fire! lire! Are!" shouted the t..rewtl; and
at every turn fresh moribers joined, whilst,
obedient. to the slirill summons 'of the cep-.
tam's trumpet, Out dashed from their houses
More tnembersef the brigade and laid hold
of the rope or clutched the engine .as 'she
raced along, and shouted "Fire!' - All thils
time the people rushed ahead, instinet.with
the same sympathetic cxcitefncnt, not thi uk- -
tng where they Were, going, but all wild and
eager with,the-cOnimon cry of f l , Fire!"
Five minutes !bad net pasted Since the
first pea' had rung out from the hell; but
now the whole city was ,up,„ and over all
there shone a lurid: glow ' and wafts of hot
air came on tiro faces of the people as they
and shoutedj" Fire!"
Presently,
-no 'one' knew how, the rumor
grevi that it:wit:3.l'am & Kronheim's great
manufactory that was on tire.. And so it
proved, Wheeling around the sharp turn;.
the Volunteer Brigade dashed up at last in'
front of the. huge iron gates; and paused in
front of a fierce glow that scorched their
skins whore they 'stood, two hundred- yards
away. The whole place .waa in a .roaring
blaze. Great sheets and spouts of- fire rush
ed-np and eaughttho windows, which for a
moment seemed like brazen plateS,lind then
shivered to atoms, and fell forward into the
fire., Forked, tongues crept. out tiO. [licked
liro)cting beams,; ran up the spouting, and
lodged among the cares and spread there.
The 'flames roared and 'sputtered, and, as
floor liy floor , fell in, the blaze 'sank for, a
'moment, throw mit great clouds of smoke,
and then raged . 'up more furious than before.
With 'a great shout ' kom . the half-frighted
crowd, down Caine tige roof at. last. 'Then
the walls parted at the angles, and the ga
bles leaned,out; and as iho 'fire blazed up
more fierce than ever from the' f alien beams
and rafters, . the walls began to rock, and
poising for a moment, fell in with a crash
that shook the grottinl,' had for an instant
seemed to beat out the flames. But, fed by
the combustible 'matter: ofj the great vats, -
the fireshot up again, and; though lower
down, upon the ground; bured even hotter
and faster than 'heiore. B reading froth
,a
shed to shed, and 'finding fres t fuel at every
step, the fire ran on, and in, ess than two
hours the whole square on which the great
manufactory once stood was a raging red
hot volcano. The great, wheel had caught
fire, and went blazing .slowly around, the
outer rim quenching itself in the water at
every turn, only to catch fresh flame again
as it arose. Like a huge revolving firework,
it went blazing on until-the 'outer rim was
consumed, and - then the long arms and
beams btireed on like a skeleton en fire un-•
til they too gave away. Nothing now stood
but the outside walls, shut in 'by the huge
iron gates that by this time were nearly red
hot and burst from their fr i ames, and totter
ing, at last fell crushing inwards. This at
length brought the 'cotintin g 'Manse in view,
and in the.mad desire go do, something to
item the sweep of !devastation that. was go.
lug on hefore their eyes, the Bremen turned
the full power of the engine on the oftice,
and poured a ceaseless stream of water on
-it that cracked and sptittered and hissed - off
in clouds of ‘steani. This lasted till morn
ing; and by that time the flames sank down,
exhausted by sheer lack of- fuel, and the fire
burned slowly out, -leaving. nothing but a
huge square full of black ashes where once
had stood the famatis factories of Horn &
Kronheirn. When the alarm first sounded
they had Rent for Kronheim,, but he was not
at home—had not been in for some hours.
It was evening ,before , the ruin had so
cooled down that any one durst venture in.
At last a group of ' t the workmen, with some
timidity, went cautiously in through the
opening left,by the fallen gates, and made
their way toward the counting house.—
They found it nearly in ruins; but a safe or
strong room, built deeply in the walls of
solid gone •hlocks7ith a foot deep of sand
and fire clay (jn. every ~! ide of,it, was still
irlsmtliz, Mc:, roof !, had -fallen 'over:it and
shut it in, ,httt when that was cleared away ,
one - of the workmen crept in with a light
and gave a great,ry
'c. He quickly cat e•
out; with a white face and a terrible fri it
in his eyes. The man gasped and point ,
but could not speak. yo they tore aw y
the rest of the rubbisl, and laid the lit
,e
room open to the light. And there was the
body, of Karl Kron'nefro—the back of Ins
stult , shattered and blown out, and a pistol
still ; firmly
,graspedl,in the dead man'a hand.
- Keep the Gate %h t. .
Au English farmer ) was one duty at work
in his•lields when he saw a party of hunts
men riding shout jhis farm. lie had one
field which he was specially anxious they
should not ride over, T 'the crop - was; in a
condition to be badly injured by the tramp
of horses. So be [dispatched one -or his
workmen to this field; telling him to shut
the gate end then keep watch over it, and
on no account suffer it' to he opened. The
boy went as he was' bidden, but-was scarce
ly at his poetheford the hunters came up,
peremptorily ordering the gate to be open
ed. This the _boy declined to do, stating
the Orders he had received, and his deter
mination not to disobey them. Threats and
bribes were. offered, alike in vain; one after
another, came forward as spokesinan, but all
with the same result; the boy remained im
moyable in the' determination riot to open
Ihngtite. - ,
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. After 7aWhire of e i of noble presence ad
vanced, and said in commanding tone :--
"My boy, do you' know me? lam the
Duke of Wellington,' one net acciistombd
to be disobeyed, and I command yott to
open that gate that l. -and my friends' may
pass through."
The boy lifted his! cap,' and stood uncovr
ered before the man whom-all, l'lngland de:.
lighted to honor, then answered firmly: ,
. ' I am. - sure tire Duke of Wellington
would not wish: mei to disobey .orders. I
must keep thi's gate shut, nor antler nay one
to pass but with my master's express per
mission:" - , i
• Greatly pleased, the sturdy . old warrior
lifted his own hat, and said) I honor the
mail or, boy who can be neither bribed nor
frightened into doing wrong. With an ar
my .of such soldiers I could conquer not
.only the French but the world." And hand
ing the boy a glittering sovereign, the old
Duke put spun to Lis horse and galloped
away, while the boy ran on to his work
shouting at the top of bib voice, " Hurrah,
hurrahl I've done what Napoleon couldn't
do—l've kept out the Duke of Wellington."
Weakly.
, .
Provnligs.,---in the nder:ning of life we
paint with the brush of fancy our beautiful
idea of the - future . lying out before us—a
picture or cloudless skies and brilliant sun
shine, of flower-strewn --paths and tropic
bleom; a picture where joy, and love, and
friendship, and fame tand holding (int their
beautiful offerings ' a
. i.l we the centet figure
of the.whole. But low different the pic
ture' painted each da '' of life by the brush
of the pitiless real! Nat one picture, but
-many, for the scenes are ever shifting,--
The aisles are clouded, and the sunshine is
faded. The flowers are withered, and hide
the thorn's nu longe. Sorrow steps in
where joy bud stood; hate takes the place
of, love; friendship, that we had- painted
with a beautiful face, ;i.:ekes on the hideous
look of treachery.. At the eveniu,g of life
we.gaze at the: pictures: in the., gallery of
memory, and compering the ones that fancy
painted with those stamped on our hearts
by the stern. realities of life, we wonder
where fancy got its beautiful false color
ings. ~ _ -
It is not the best of things—that is, the
'things which w o call best—that make men;
it is not the: pleasant things; it is, not the
calm experiences Of lite.' It is life's rugged,
experiences—its tempests, its trials, The
discipline of lire✓ is here good, 'and there
evil, here trouble and' there joy, here itide
ness and there, smoothness=-one- working.
with the other; and the alternations of the
one and the ocher, which mew:skate adap
tations, constitute a part of that itduCetlott
which makes Man a man In distinctlon from
antaxiinial, - Widen has no • education. The,
successful man invariably bears on' his brow
the marks .of the strugglet?.-,whjelz he bap
bad to undergo. -
- g,cliioation is is' better stifeguerd.bf
thap &standing:an:or. , ; If we - retrench the
ivdges of the echoolgfa_4l,eiv,must nAse
thote of the iecr4iting.,cergezit.—aftc4rd
: Brc -6 Te — te•-
•i
roapiiik' ivlieett; iiever'l4ii..e: it by, the
, beard: It goes sgizinst the
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''Observation and experienee ,haVe laugh',
us some rules to be observed in the cliedock '
of good milkers, which, thcingh•not-: infant. :
ble, are by no means to be'despised.',-, -
1. Youth. A sow !sin 'her prime at fr ont: '
four to six years, and the best- paying time
to buy is just after the birth of
,her seeoitd`
or thirdcalf. ' ' ` • '''
2. , Prominence:and fullness of. milk:Veins,
and velvety softness. of skin.. _ _The ; nAlk
veins run. down on either side of , ,the anlMal
towards the'udder, and tire 'easily percept!.
ble to the eye, or can be readily , found ..by
pressure of the hand, if the animal is not
over fat., The skin should be soft and mel
low, not hard, rough, and "staring. o -
3: Symmetry, fullness, and softness, of
the, udder. It should be broad, well sprea4 '
out; projecting ' - behind the legs, and also
reaching forward under the belly. There
should be a softness and thinness to the -.,
tough ; and an absence of -fleshiness and
thickness. 1
4. 1 Porfat number a1:4,90 gdigon of teats::
If Ono teat -is wanting; ,about a fiiiiith Jess ,
milk will be the result. A COWS udderla
not as SOlXl suppose, a barrel with foar
taps,but isdivided into four different corn- ,.,
parrnents, ailed "milk glands ; "' each of ~
which has-it own tap or teat.' It is not ;Ai r
ly irOportant 1 hat the full' number of tests,'
be present and in working order, brit 'it is
desirable that they be well placed, not
crowded together but pretty far ands uni
formly apart; rather long and tapering; all
pointing out and downward; equal in size
and even appearance. .
5; Docility •and quietness of disposition.
These are toasted by large, mild, and clear
eyes, and an air of contentment generally.
A cow that is quiet and contented feeds ati
ease, chews her cud with entire satisfaotlon,
and will secrete and yield more milk thatt
any4estless and Aurbulent animal, having
similar milk* .characteristics in other ro l
speet s. —Hass. Ploughman.
A Varied Diet for Fowls.
There are no animals more omniverans
than fowls; fish, fiesh, herbs, and : • . -
being devoured with equal relish. "e.se
equal, for though they commonly Roan .7 -
upon. meat with greater avidity than a, •
grain, this is generally because it affoidia
rarity, and a flock kept for' awhile elm, (At
entirely on animal fooclxill show the same
greed for a few handfuls of corn.
Now those animals accustomed to mu
varied diet should not be confined to an'air:-
varying one.. There are, indeed, some spe
cies which are limited to one or a few kinds
of food. —Thus, cattle do well enough, al
though kept month after month on grass
alone, and a tiger will thrive with nothing
but lean meat upon . his bill °fiat% . But
with other animals, as with thelumen race,
for instance, the case is different, 'fdr •no
erson can ~,contain •the highest efficienon
when confined to one article of food.,No
matter how fond we may bo of a particular
dish, we lose relish' for it when allowed
nothing else for a number of consecutive
meals, and the intense caving for variety
indicates as its source so othing more than
mere appetite. It gives evidence of real
necessities - of the systemAhleh are con
stantly varying with the changing circum
stances of weather, employment, (and other
conditions.
The fondness for variety shown by fowls
is as situificant of real needs as we have
found it to be in ourselves. In purreying
for them a judicious variety, selected from
the three general divisions—fresh\ vegeta
bles, grain, and animal food—la at all - sea
sons absolutely necessary for young and old,
in order to make them perfectly thrifty.—
True, they t will not starve on hard corn and
water, neither will they pay. a profit, so kept.
- -The Poultry WOW, . .
PIT COMA= TO Humareflnotrmuns. 4.—lt
is very important to have a collar fit nicely
and snugly to the, shoulders of the horse.
It enables him to work with a great deal
more ease, and to apply a great deal more
strength. It preyents galling and wounding,
as the friction is avoided: Collars are so
made, or should be so made, as to Um* the
chief , force on the sower part of the shoul
der. , The horsed= apply but little strength
on the upper part, and for this re On breast
collars are coming greatly Into :
vogue, as
the strength fs exerted on the lo ;part of
the shoulder. To . triake a new coll the
shoulder of the horse, the collar shoal be
purchased of the proper - size; , just befo
putting it on the first time immerse it in vta•
ter, letting It remain about a minute, and
imm_edistiily put it on the horse, being carts
ful to have the Names so adjusted at the top
and the , hottoni as to fit the shoulder, end
then put the horse to work. The collar by
being net will adapt Itself to the shoulder,
and should dry on thehorse. When taken
oft it should be left in the same shape it: oe
cupied On the horse, and ever after you *ill
have a snug-fittimr collar and no wounds.*--
Valley Burner. ,
How Mum St LL KEnP d FIOBSE.-4.
hoise weighing from ten to twelve hundred
pounds will eat about six tons of hay, or its
equivalent, in•a year. ,And„ we suppose the
real point to4ekat,is,
.Whether one can keep
his horse cheaper on - some other Product
than hay. Viis 'ls'an exceedingly difficult
question to answer—it depends so much'On
circumstances: We shall not attempt to
answer it fully at this time, but will merely
say that, in our opinion, three and a half
tons of- corn stalks and two and a hall tons
of coin would keep a horse a year, in fully
as• good condition as six tons of good hay.
We may estimate, also, that it will take
three and tt half tons of oats to keep a horse
a year. A bushel of oats weighs thirty-two
nounds.t, so that it will take over 153 bushels
•tfud three and a half tons of straw to keep
- a. horse a year. it would "take about two
acres of good land to produce this amount.
—Am. stoa, awrnar
T}3.4MMG STEERS.—Ono. used to handling
steers; with view to making oxen of them,
says:
" Steers I handle and yok6 up • the Met
winter before they area year old; and dur- - 1 4
ing the following summer, to accustom them
to yoke and to walk side by side evenly to
ether. The second , winter I put them to a
light sled, and put a small rope around the
nigh one's horns; not to guide them, but to
secure them from running -away from me
by some sudden fright or some other CAUSO.•
I - then, with a light, short whip; proceed to
teach them to draw, to go forward to stop,
to haw and gee. I use few, words with them
and feW motions of The whip, not tryjAg to
teach them too many; hings at once. When
they are a little older,' ',teach them to back
by choosing a piece of descending grOund..
for that purpose, with the empty sled •Or
cart for a load. I never try taploughwith
out a driver till the steers are four years did.
.How TO USE A. Clsr`naho.cE.. Ftirsf
don't waste the stone by running it in wa
ter; but.if you do, don't allow it to Stand in
water when not in.use, as this will eattSe a
soft place. , • , ,
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&ma—Wet thO stone by dropping water
on it from a pot suspended above the stone,
and stop off the water When - not.in use.
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2—Don't allow.thd atone to get oat of
order, but keep it perfectly round by the
use of gas pipe or a - hacker.
Fourth—Clean of: all greasy tools before
sharpening, asirease or 01l destroys the grit.
Fifth—Observe: When, you get a stone
that suits 3,'our 'purpose, send a sample of
the grit to the dealer to select by;' a 'half'
ounce sample is enough, and can' be sent in
a letter by mail.
How TO BOIL COILNTaI 33x..r.—The 'Bea
ton Towne al emistry 'savii: T he
rale
has a Hibernian sound*: don't hpiL it , Tor
coiled beef should • never be boiled. 1t
should only simmer, belag plaagd on a part
of the range or stove where this prams
may go on uninterruptedly front fonr to six
hours, according, to thosize of the Pied&
it is to he served cold, let the meet reinain
in the liquor - until cold. Tough meat . oext,
be made, tender by letting it remain .in the
liquor until the next day, and then bringing
it to the boiling poinvjust beforOservhlg.
Cut won 4 d in advance. It is very. poor
economy to burn wet wood. The. hetitt.ex...
pended iu evaporating. the i 3 ,Muoll,
cheaper whentrobtained--from:the sun than
from afire supported by a portion of Van
wood while the rest is drying. •
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