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DISCOUNT DAY TUESDAYS.
May 16, '66.-ly.
W. E. GAPEN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WAYNESBURG, PA.
'eyOmcs In N. Claik's building,
. feblO'ddtf
k A. VcOWHiat.. ' J. J. nDVFMAK.
M'CONNELl & HUFFMAN
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law
'; r lYatnesbwg, An'
i ta-OmoB in tlio " Wright House," East
doore. Colleci!ons, &c, will receive prompt
Attention.
Waynesburg August 26, 18C2. tf.
lewis r.au"3r,
TVEALER IN Books, Stationery, Wall Paper,
U Window Paper, &c. Sunday School
Hooks of all kinds constantly on hand, Way
nesburg, Pa., opposite Post Office.
May 9, '66.rly
IV . B. HCI'FHAW,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
OOM li BLACIILEY'S BMMHNO, WAYNKSnUHO.
WORK made to ordor, in finest and best
style, Cutting and Fitting done prompt
ly, and according to latest fashion plates.
Stock on band and for sale. May 2, tf
-W330L- 3Btl37
WATCHES AND JEWELRY.
MAIN STREET, O1T0SITK -WRI01IT HOUSE.
KEEPS ON HANDS ALWAYS A choice
and select assortment of watches and
Jewelry, Repairing done at the lowest rates.
' p y :
i. Taylor .' "AAS-
' TAYLOR & HAAS.', . .
- Jewellers, No. 8, Campbell's Row.
, . , Waynesburg, Pa
. Having recently received an cxtonsivo stock
embracing watches, rings, cyo glasses,
CLOCKS,
&c. They are prepared to sell ut low rates for
cash.
Repairing dono at short notice, and in good
ityie. Oct 10 am
"SHEEMAN HOUSE,"
JUST OPENED BY
THos. EtmcSLloy
POSITIVELY the most complete Hotel In
our town, Everything combinod to fur
nish the best accommodation ever yet offered
to the public,
Meals fhrnishod at all hours, tablo provid
ed with the best of the season. Also, a lino
ie ertam mloon fitted up and at' ached to tho
housoi and a bar unrivalled for the variety
and quality of its contents Choice wines and
brandies, good whiskey, alo, lino cigars, &a,
forma few among tho prominent items.
Travellers and thoso dosirous of refreshment
Will do well to call, "Tom" still retains his old
reputation of an accommodating gentleman,
.'and hospitable landlord. House, the one for
merly oocupled bv the "Messenger" Olllcu.
May'0,'6.-ly. '
PEOPLE'S LINE
STEAMER "CHIEF
TAIN," It. R. Aiihamh,
Commander, Cunt R.
0. Mason, Clerk; leaves
Brownsville dailv at 7 A. for Pittsburgh,
and leave that citvat bv.tt., daily, .
BTEAMER "ELECTOR," Robrrt Phil
lips,. Commander ,R. O. Taylor, ClorK
loaves Greensboro, for Pittsburgh Mondays,
'Wednesday and FrWav, nnd return on Tucs
day, Thursdtry and Saturday, leaving Fltts-
Ufgl at 2 p. m. . May uytlu.-Om.
. BTB JfOORAPIIY" WIT It AtTT A TKACHKR.
BT8TEM OF WIOTlNtl WHICH WILL
,JX. prove ,of vast Importance to persons
-wElilng to tako notes, transfer sermons or
t speeches Into manuscript. It may bo ao
quired In a short time. Price, postpaid, 60
Acen(s. .Address A. R. WOOD. , .
" ' ' . Box 101, Waynesburg, Pa. .
nv48-Jino."
SL'J
'TVtwler In Books and Stationery, Magaiilnes,
,AJ Dally Papers Fancy Artlcloe, &c Way
', shmrg.Ta. ' .. , . apl,'66-ly
' , 14VEUISTABLE. '
Vheretsoonneoted with the Hamilton House
: A IWrery Stable, with good homes, rtnrrlagos
' and 'boggles for the accomodat ion of the pub
; Ho. Harm boarded, and well attended to, at
inoderaMratM.' 'i J. p. Hpsaar,
:now is the time i
A. J. SO AVERS
Has juat returned irom tho East with a largo
stock of
which ho will sell cheap for cash.
Come and soo : Over Coats from to $.'18
Dress Coats from $10 (10 to 80 00
Uu's. " " 5 00 to 2." 00
Best all wool suits from 20 00 to "0 00
Best Union Suits 9 oo to 20 00
UNDEU SHIRTS. DRAWERS,
HATS AND CAPS,
NECKTIKS, GLOVES,
FINE SI II UTS
And a general assortment for Men and Boys
wear.
Oh 1 do not forget that tho chill winds of
winter
Are piercing nnd cold to tho body exposed ;
Ifyourgarmonts ate torn and let inlhe weather,
Come quickly to Sownits' and get ynursult
clothed.
Room in Allison's building, Waynrsbnrg,
Pa. novUdli.-I'm.
SOMETHING NEW!
MRS. E. S. SAYERS & IIOSKINSON
Have just arrived from Nkw Yrnic with a
large assortment ot lorelgn ana uoinustic
which they propnso to sell at tho lowest CASH
PRICES ! such as Dress Goods, Dress
Trimming, Dress Buttons, Gay's Patent
Mulls, Lndles's Shawls, Furs, Boots
and Shoes, Hats and Caps ; also,
a great variety of nice articles,
at very low prices, for
Gentlemen & Ladies' Wear
Wares of all kinds, nnd n complete varie
ty of tho best GROCERIES. All of
which they propose to sell at I ho very lowest
figures, depending on the quality and cheap
ness of their goods to gain them custom.
G vo them a cull before purchnsing else
where, and they will provo tnat tho above is
correct. Room in Snyers' corner, oust of the
Court House, Waynesburg. nov8'(!t!-tf
NEW EXCITEMENT
IM
THE rilOPOSED IMPEACHMENT
OF
H. SINEH ART!
FOR SELLING CHEAP GROCERIES 1
II
AVING JUST RETURNED FROM THE
city, lie bus opened the largest
New Grocery
in town, no des'res to Inform tlio citizens
of Waynesburg nnd vicinity of tlio care ho
havo taken in selecting stock, having on hand
a Good snnnlv of
CONFECTIONS, TOBACCO, CI
GARS, TAR, nlso. PWOVISI
ONS, BACON, DRIED BEEV
POTATOES FISH,
DRIED PEACHES,
&0., &0 , &0.
Cull and sco him as ho has been getting a
NEW SUPPLY
You will find him accomodating, nud can
sell lower than nny ono in tho place. Be
sure to go to tho right place, in
LEDWITH'S OLD BUILDING
opposite tho Court House, and formerly oc
cupied by tho Post Olllee.
npis,'uii.-u.
EL M. Sayoro,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
Will attend to nil claims for back pay, boun
ty and pensions of soldiei sand their representa
tives. Tho Pensions of the following class aro
Increased Irotn tf8 to $IA nnd 2r per month,
and widows lor children under sixteen years
2 per month each, viz i
ut. Thosu who havo lost tho sltrht of both
eyes, the use of both hands, or otherwise total
ly disabled and Incapacitated from performing
manual laoor.
2d- All widows having children under six
toon years of age are entitled to $2 pur month
additional for each child.
8d. Guardians representing tho minor chil
dren of soldiers aro entitled to tho same Increase
aslf the mother was living. augl,Wtf.
Shci Siilc.
BY vlrtuo of a writ of Venditioni Exponas
Issuod out of the Court of Common I'lcus
of Grceno comity, and to mo directed, there
will be exposed to puullc sale on tho premises
In Cumberland townshl, on SATURDAY, 2d
day of March next, at 10 o'clock, a.m., tho
following proporto, vizi
All the right, tltlo, Interest nnd claim of
defendant, of. In and to a oe rtaln tract of laud
situate In Cumberland township, Greuno Co.,
Pa., adjoining lands of Morgan Young, Win.
Klmrmieek. Petor Uowlt, Rico farm nnd others.
ociitalulng ono hundred and three acres more
or le.ss, about nluoty acres olonrod, and has
orecte;! thereon a frame nnd Stono house, two
tenant houses, frome bara and stabo, an ap
ple orchard on the promises. ,
laKOn 1U UftUUUUUU U HID MI'i.T w
W. Kelievat thosult of Alvln Cloud. Hiram
Cloud and Eloanor Duvall lor use of fuld
Eleanor Duvall, ' ,
erlftho money is not paid down on day
of sale the Bhtrlffls directed to sell thn prop.
isn in w .m " . n nn i.
WAYNESBURG,
i i nuriiTiinrn nr ft nmrn
Auvcniuncd ur a niven mnm 1 1
SIHGUIAR ABD EXCITINO CAREER.
LIFE OF CAPTAIN PRESCOTT DEVOL.
The Rev. S. P. Ilildretb, ot Dresden,
Ohio, iurnishea the Marietta Register
with a sketch ot tho lifo of the late
Captain Prescott Ilildroth Devol. We
m ilio the following extract :
ins eaut.t TuAns.
Preaoott Hildrjth Dovol (no named
by his f;tthur, from his intimate friend,
Dr. S. P. UilJroth, ot Marietta,) was
born in tho month ot March, A. D.
1822. In his boy-hood ho was diutio
gunhod by a t.mdnoss for atlilotio sports,
in which he early displayed a vkill and
strength superior to his youthful com
panions. I Iu was c-ipooially adroit in
tlio uso of tlio bow and arrow, shooting
Rquirrelrt in tho tallest tree tops, aud
sometimes bringing down twenty or
thirty birds in a single morning.
When about twelve years ot ago, ho
was sent to school in Marietta, where
he studied for sovcral years. During
tho period, ho was deeply affoctod in a
revival of religion.
He did not unite with tho church, but
tlio influence of thoso early religious im
pressions may cloarly be seen in the up
lightness and comparative purity ot his
lifo, when mingling, as he did in after
years, with reckless and dissipated mates.
As years pissed, and tho vigor of
youthful nvinhood became dovelopod, he
manifested a buoyancy and exuberance
of spirits which gave him an undisputed
leadership among his comrades. Attor
leaving Marietta, ho beoaine for a time
a student m tho Ohio University looated
at Alliens. As to his proficiency in
scholiiHtio lore, I cannot speak, but
when tho hours tor amusement came,
the citizens ot the town oould distinguish
tho return of Pies Devol from his home
on the Big Hocking, by laughtor and un
usual uproar on tho college grounds.
In addition to physical strength, he
possessed unusual vocal powers.
II1S SKItVlCRS IN Tlltt 1IAI1U1SOH CAMPAIGN.
In the fall ot tho year 1840, a flat
boat loaded with hoop poles and staves
was placed under his charge to bo tak.
cd to Cincini ati. Ho was thou about
eighteen years of age. The boat float
od slowly with tho curront, stopping at
sovernl towns on tho way for the pur.
pose ot trading, and in duo tirao arrived
at Cineinuali. It was in tho very height
ol Harrison's Presidential campaign,
when thn songs and log cabins, and
mammoth bail rollings through tho
Went, were stirring tho people into a
whirlwind of excitement. Here the pe
culiar powers of youag Dovol wero ap
preciated an they never had been before.
He could sing a Whig song in ringing
tones that were hoard a mile off; and
his 8l3Dtoriau voico seamed Dover to
grow weary. Politicians and prorainont
gentlemen of Cincinnati at onoe laid
hold of Rueh a pnzo, and installed him
at one of their best hotels. Ho sang at
mass meetings in tho open air. From
some neighboring platform, near Dem.
oeratio meetings ho sang triumphant
Whig songs in a voico that drowned the
roar of their loudest stump speakers..
Seated in a chair, on a sort of triumphal
car, and borne on tho shoulders ot eight
men, ho waa carriod singing through
tho streets, followed by crowds that
blocked up tho way ns far as tlio eye
could hoo. How ho infuriated Duncan,
the Dcmocratij candidato for Congress !
Passing, in a march of this kind, beneath
his windows, ho sang, in a voico loud
enough to make the glass quiver, a
song ho had oomposod expressly for
Duncan's bctefit, in which wero person
al witticism that oallod forth shoots of
laughter from tho outside hoarers. Ono
night, when attending tho theater, the
nudieii'to, discovering bis prcBonco,
stopped tho play, and yelled oat. "Big
Hooking I Big Hocking I Big Hocking!"
until they forced him to give them a
song. During this campaign he visited
St, Louis, tho papors disoribing the
prodigious excitement produced by bis
singing, wliilo being drawu upon a log
oabin on whools, nnd followed by an
admiring crowd through ' tho public
streets. Betoro returning homo he
went again to St. Louis, aud also to
New Oilcans, '
HIS OAHKKlt AS A lllVKrt MAN.
Through tho iufltionoo of friendships
fonnod during tho politOal campaign al
ready described,! Pres. was nindo an
oflleor on ono of thn Steamboats plying
upon the Ohio river.. . In this employ
raont ho oontlnuod until tbo brtaklng
PA., WEDNESDAY,
out of the Mexican war. On the 4th ot
July, 1840, he passed his homo on his
way to New Orleans, having taken ser
vice on the United Slates steamer Cor.
vctto, one ot the transport vessels engag
ed in carrying troops and munitions ot
war for the army commanded by Gen
eral Taylor.
He went as far west as the Rio
Grande, navigating that stream in the
Government service, having many in
teresting and perilous adventures with
Mexicans on tho wostern bank of the
river, and among many other things
learning from them the use of the hriat.
Returning home in tho fall of 1840,
ho was married in Deoembor to a sec
ond cousin, Sarah', tho daughter of Gil
bert Dovol, Esq., of Lancaster, Ohio.
Not long afterward ho was appointed
Captain on one jof tho finest packet
boats runuing between Pittsburgh and
Cincinnati. One of theso hue boats
went up,' and another down the river
ovoiy day j but it was customary tor
the pasjongers to wait sevoral days for
the steamor commanded by Captain
Pros. Devol.
At this tune ho was about twenty.five
years old. Ho was six feet high, ahd
weighed Bbout one hundred and ninety
pounds, portly, but not corpulent, well
built, erect in his gait, and of command
ing presence He was always dressed
in exoellent taste, and his gontlemanly
fine looking figure attracted the eye
among a crowd. His features wero of
the Roman oast, and his voioe, though
poworiul, was agreeable ia its tono.
Captain Devol was pronounced by tho
mon the most buoyant cainpanion, and
by tho ladies the handsomest man upon
the river.
Take the following instance as illus
trating bis character at this period.
One night at Pittsburgh, Pres. went to
the Thoater, A ma.n had left his seat
for a short time aud gone out. Pres.
coming iu took the vaoant place. Pres
ently the man retumod. a coarse, ruffian
ly fellow, and said to him : "Get out
of that, you are in my seat." Pres
looked at him a moment with his groat
black eyes, and said : "If you had ask
ed me tor it in a gentlemanly manner
you should have your soat i but now I
shall keep it. Help yourself if you can.'i
The man went to call the police, and re
turning with an onioer, stated his griev
ance, Pres. told the policeman that it
the seat had been asked for in a proper
uiannor. ho would give it up, but now he
intended to koen it Tho polioeraan
talked quiotly a short timo, but told
Pres. he must give up his seat, or ho
would eall his comrades and put him out
of tho Theator. Thereupon Pres. blow
his boatswain's whistle, and called out,
"All the boys m tho Theater that bo
long to Clipper No 2. Come HERE I"
Forthwith a dozen stalwart fellows came
tumbling toward him," n'erae for a tight.
"Now," said Pres to the police, ''if you
want a muss, you can have it, and we
will oloan out the Theater. Or, if you
ohoo o to be quiet very well i but Ian
going to keep my soat." The polioo
withdrew, and Pros, said to tho actors,
who had suspended tho performance,
"Now you may go on with your play.''
Tarough the next eight or ten years,
Pros, continued to aot as an officer upon
steimboats, a part ot the time on the
Ohio river, and a part of the time in the
Southern trade, on tho Mississippi, and
as tar downward as Mobile.
Innumerable adventures occurred dur
ing this portion ot his life, Take s few
as samples. A feeling of bitter rivalry
exist od botweoo tho cities of Pittsburgh
aud Wheeling. Pres. sided with Pitts
burgh. A magnificent' wire suspension
bridge, among the first in Amnnoa, had
boen built at Wheeling,' aoross the Ohio
river. Suits at law agains t the bridg
were instigated by tho citizons of Pitts,
burgh, nnd immense sums of money
were oxponded. White the contest was
al its height, Pres, steamed under the
bridge one day, with vary tall chimneys
ereoted on fata boat, that were said to
be eighty feet in height. Tho Ohio was
flooding its banks, and the gigantio
ohiinnoys, of oourse, were knocked flat
npon tho deok, thus furnishing the ottix
zoos of Pittsburgh with a coveted op
portunity of demanding the removal of
tho bridge, as obstructing the naviga
tion' of the Ohio.1 Tho .citizons of
Wheobng wore stirred (uto a whirlwind
of excitement as they witnessed the aot,
and threatened to stono Captain Devol's
boat on its upward pasiogo. Dut no
serious results, either tt jlhe law or from
FEBRUARY 13, 1867.
the mob, followed this hugo, practical
joke.
In those days, fleets of coal bargos,
lashed together by twos and threes,
floated to Cincinnati. The returning
crews, flushed with money, wero often
riotous, Tho butcher kuife, worn at
the waist in its leather sheath, and em
ployed to out bread and meat, was often
drawn in quarrels, and somotimes used
with deadly effect. On ono ocoasion,
when in a sudden quarrol. several were
wounded and one man was killed. Pres.
put the rioters in iron, and returning to
Cincinnati, committed them to jail to
await thoir trial.
Another timo, a riot having brokon
out on the boat. Trcs. ordered his mate
to quell iti oaths nnd veils arose from
tho deok, knives wero drawn, and in tho
center of tho meloo a gigantio Irishman
was flourishing his fisti in the wind
mill stylo, and knocking down his pno
mies like ninepins. Tho mato was
afraid. Thoreupon, Pres, went down
among them, slinging the angry men to
the right and left like children, and
making straight for tho tall loador, seiz
ed him from behind by each elbow, and
trotting his prisoner beforo him as if ho
were a littlo boy, to the odgo of the dock
said to tho pilot, 'Head her in to the
shore!' As tho boat neared tho land,
fres, gave his captive a tremendous
hoist that pitched him into tho mud and
water at the river's edge, and the boat
moved back into the channel, leaving an
infuriated Irshman stamping and yelling
on the rivor bank, far away from any
human habitation.
Iu later years, on his way to New
Orleans, a blackleg committed a misde
meanor, and Pres. promptly put him
on shore in the wilderness. The en
raijed man went to a neighboring town
and wailed for tho upward passage of
the boat. In duo timo it came. VVhon
it landod.Pres. went up to an offioe in,
tho town for the transaction of business.
While there a fnond came into the
room, and. after warning Pres. that his
enemy and two companions, with pis
tols aud bowie knives, were waiting for
him outside, asked :
Captain Dovol, aro you armed t'
No.'
Then take ny pistol.'
Thank you,' said Pres., clinching his
fists, 'I want no weapons but thoso
which nature gave mo.'
Ha loft the offijo, and there, between
him and tho river, stiod tho ruffians
armed to tho tooth. But tho fist was
quicker than the pistol. Before thoy
oould draw thoir woanous Pies, was
upon them. The first man fell like an
ox undor tho butohor's ax; a crashing
blow sont down the second with a
broken jWj a moment attor, tho third
went spinning against a fence with suoh
toroe that his head made a dent in the
board where it struck, and Pros, walkod
down to bis steamboat.
rtEGOESTO TUB PACIFIC.
During tho excitement which followed
the discovery of gold in California ho
visitod that region, making a sea voyage
for tho purpose. In the course of the
yoyage a storm oama up; tho vessol
Struck upon a rock and sprung a leak.
A sailor who was sent below to seo how
much water was in the hold, acciden
tally touched a halo of cotton with his
candle. Instantly it leaped ioto a blaze,
and he ran on dock crying out, 'Fro 1
fire! fire! The ascending flamo and
smoke filling all the hold, confirmed the
wild cry. The Captain lost his presence
of mind, and gave contradictory orders,
Tho crow wero in confusion, and all on
board were giving thonisolves up as lost,
In this terrible omorgenoy, Pros, said to
the Captain, 'Give me command of tho
vossol. I oan save you all, and tho ship
besidos.' The Captain came forward
and directed tho sailors to obey the com
mands of Captain Devol, Ho ordered
the hatches to bo tightly olosod, turned
steam into the blazing hold uu til the fire
was extinguished, set the terrified sailors
to work at the pumps, and saved the
vessel in its last extremity. On board
were a number ot wealthy mon. Full'
of grateful admiration tdward Captain
Devol for tho preservatiin of thoir lives,
they gavo . him a dinner on shipboard,
and prosontod him with a gold watoh,
andapursoof tour hundred dollars
On reaohing California thoy introduced
him to the best society ot San Francisoo,
gave suppors and ' diuner parties in his
honor, and exerted thoraselyos to tho
utmost in rendering his visit among
them Agreeable. He traveled here and
there over the country, aud spent a
short time in examining the gold dig
gings, but on the whole did not like the
society generally mot with in California.
Therefore he passed on to tho Sandwioh
Islands, from thence to China, and from
thenco to Siara. Soon afterward his
frionds heard that life King of Siam had
presentod to him Uo white elephants as
a mark of tlio royal favor, and tho pa.
pers ot this country announced that he
was holding tho offioe of Admiral ia the
Siamese navy, and was engaged n the
work of capturing pirates in the Gulf ot
Siam.
ENTERS THE SIAMESE SERVICE.
In a letter written to bis sister from
Siam in 1857,aftor describing his ad ven
tures in China, and as a Captain of a
Poruvian vessel sont to cruise atler
pirates, he says he went to Bangkok,
whore tho two Kings of Siam gave him
command of a brig sent out to put a
cheek to piratical depredations. lie
then continues :
So I was duly coramisaidnod and in
stalled a full post captain in the navy of
tho two Kings ofoiam to catch pirates.
Well, I got undor weigh for the Gulf,
with one hundred and twenty-five sailors
and marines, and two Coons. These
CoOns are Siamese officials of the Kings,
sent along to see what you do. Bang
kok is situated about thirty tnilos from
the Gulf of Siam, on a river called the
Monara; probably three thousand people
living in floating houses. The entire
population is estimated at about one
hundred nnd soventy 'thousand Siatncso,
Birmcso, Mons, Laas. Mussel men, &o.
Well, I passed iuto the Gulf, oruisod
four days, and at last, in behind an
island, found two suspioious looking
crafts. I made sail tor them, tho brave
Coons looked rather blue. I, thon not
speaking the language, had to issue all
orders through an interperter. I order
ed my chief boatswain, when in hailing
distanee, to ask them to heave to; but
they kept on their course. Finding that
hailing did no good, I gave thorn an
eighteen pound shot aoross their bows.
As yot they paid nd attention to us. I
thon beat all hands to quarters, ordered
the big gun shotted, which was a sixty
eight, an Euglish mado gun; hailed
again, no answer. I thon pointed the
gun myself and firod, tore away her
bulwarks and down went her mainmast.
They r. turned the fire. Hoi hoi say I,
you have woke up at last! They then
showed about thirty men. and got their
boarding netting ready to keep us from
boarding. . I gave them another from
the )ig gun, killing five of their orew.
Thoy returned the fire putting a shot
through our spanker, aud very near the
head 6f ono of my Codhb,' which caused
him to start below. Said I, ,No you
don't! The Coons in my country staud
fire bettor than that. Conle back!'
Which he did, quite ashamed of him.
self, saying he was not used to suoh fun.
1 then gave them a full broadside from
ray big gun, two lonz eiffhteons. and
two short eighteons whiuh perfectly rid
dled them, and unshipped all their guns
but ono on that sido. I oould seo with
the spy glass what I had dono, an to
make a short job ot it, and it was get
ting late in tho evoning, I got all hands
ready tor boarding. I tan slap into
thoin, and led the boarding party myself.
When we jumped on board the piratos
ran bolow, and no lives were lost iu
boarding or capturing. Well, we have
that chap all right! The- leadors were
all Chinese, the sailors Ceyloneso, said
thoy had boen shippod,as they supposed,
sailors in a merchant junk, but they had
boon pirating for some time, unable to
run away, and throatenod with death if
they did not do their duty. We look
all on board, and left the junk at a place
oallod Bo-Chang. The next day took
the other, and as wo could not find any
more, stood away for Singapore, where
we spout about twenty days, getting all
the information we oould about pirates.
HIS DEATH.
After this, no tidiogs from him readi
ed Amenoa, until, about six months
after the event, there came a rumor of
his death -He had fallen sick during an
expedition into the interior of Siam, and
in the wilderness, in the thirty fifth year
of his age. lie had made one suooess
tul expodition,but a seoond proved fatal.
He had been exposod to the miasma of
the jungle, had fallen sick, and there, on
the Mountains ot Siam, with sad surroun
dings, with - no sympathising relatives
nbout him, and no minister of religion to
niter a wora oi counsel or ot prayer, the
earthlv lite of CaDtain Praieott (I. rWn)
bad reached it end ' "" v
NT36.
"ONE DAY IN A PRINTING OFFICE."
Undor this caption the editor of the
Mt. Pleasant (Iowa) Journal gives the
tollowing rather grapluo description of
the daily routino in a printing office,
which will be approbated bj all who are
engaged in the business.
Who, ot the outside world, ever im
aging whijt transpires within the walls
of a printing office during the short
space of twenty-four hours t About 4
o'olook in the morning the 'devil,' with
smutty faoe and inky Angers, leaves his
santanio oouch.repairs to th6 office ;builds
the fires, picks up the type wbioh were
dropped on the floor the previous day
by the compositors! sweeps out, and
puts tevory thing in readiness for the
day's . work. ' About six o'olock 'the
hands' begin to arrivo, and oneby-one
they come in and form a circle around
tho stovo, eaoh telling some inoidont of
the previous night, , and all trying to
get some 'run' on the 'devil,' who stands
in their midst, with enough printer's ink
on his bands to 'work off' a half sheet
bill, and all the time sooldmg about
having to pick up the type, swearing
that he would throw them in the 'spice
boxes' the next morning. By seven o'
clock each one is at his 'case,' and olick,
ofick, felick go the type some telling of
the treachery of Andy Johnson, others
speaking of the noble deeds of the la
mented Lincoln, and others telling a
tale of misery or happiness. No printer
ever goes to work in the morning that
does not think he will 'got up' two 'gal
leys of 'matter' before nigh, and if he
does, be will be called upon a hundred
times to display his patience. We are
taught by the Bible that Job was a patU
eut man, but he never worked at the
printing business. At eight o'olook, the
editor, who is a married man, oomes
lounging into the offioe with a bunoh of
papers under his arm, looking as though
halt the night had been spent in listen
ing to a lecture .from his dear 'better
half,' and vowing that ho is going to
write a letter on 'Woman's Rights.' He
no fc6oner takes his seat until, he hears
the cry, 'copv from some one who bas
finished a 'take.' After supplying this
call he commences his editorial, but only
writos a few lines when he is informed
by another typo that the 'Murder' is
finished, and wants 'copy.' This time
the editor throws down his Den in ancrer.
and tells the printer at his elbow to look
on the Local's table and see if there is
not something for the looal columns.
The typ'd leaves but fefoh returns, fapd
answers in tho negative, saying that he
is glad ot it, and mutters something
about misorubb writing. The editor
picks up a daily, 'clips' and again 'goea
in' ou 'Woman's Rights.' . At precisely
halt past nine the door opens and the
local editor ontcrs, and ho is a complete
picture ot dispair. Of course he was
not out late the night before, but retired
to his virtuous conch at an early hour,
but the night was spent in trying to
think up an item for the next paper,
he no sooner reaohes the stove than all
hands oommenoe telling him something
which they say 'will make a good looal,'
On going to his table he finds a note,
with no naino signed to it, pitobing into
him about some item whioh appeared in
the last paper, and warning him to be
careful what he says about peoplo. Of
course uo attention is paid to this, but
he takes his seat and the first thing is to
get up an item as the 'devil' is out of
copy, and isanxious to 'go on lokel.'
From nine o'olock until night persons
tie continually coming into the office i
some to see a 'print shop ;' some to get
their last week's paper ; some to see if
the editor viants a load ot fael, a hind
quarter of beef, or a barrel of 'krout' on
subscription ; some (who have less brains'
than brass) to inquire who wrote certain
pieces for the paper i some who expect
to make a speech at some meeting,' a
week or two in the future, and want to
know it we will have a reporter there,
some oome up to visit and talk with the
hands, (and to all such we say that a
printing office is no plaoe for callers.')
Amid all this, a tap, a gentle rap; the
knock of a female is heard at the door,
and all hands, devil, foreman ' and com
positors, editor and looal, all start, and
the best walker (which is generally the
devil or local) gets to the door first,
opens it, and invites the fair visitor in.'
She looks her prettiest, politely declines,
and inquires, 'Is my musio bound yet 1',
or 'Is Pa's paper here V. or perohanoe
she will hand us a neat little envelope,'
turn on her heol and quickly leave. We
open the envelope, draw forth the 'gilt
edge,' and oh I 'jolly,' it ia aeommus
nication giving us hark. Ot coarse i
will have to be published and answered,
and who kuows when the quarrel Will
ever cease t Every day in prltttl&r
offioe is a ropetaion of the day previous
Work, work, work, and hsve tfcirWoa;
hundred different peoplo to r'umtt
Who can do it! "
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