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PKOTESSIOSAL CATtDS
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T T. A K U A M Q
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AttonntT At Law
LOCK fiAVEX, PA.
SOTJTHER& WILLIS.
Attorney's at Law, Ridgway Elk con
tj Pa., will attend to all profession
business promptly.
CHAI'IN jTwiLBUIt.
Attorneys ami Counsi lers at Law. Offie
in Chapin's Block, Ridgway Elk Co. Pa
. i ani'-uiar attention given to collections
Snd ali monies promptly remitted. Will
Mso practice in adjoining counties.
auoo. iiranch of the National Claim
Igency of Washington D. C, conducted by
' mens ana wrure. ror the prose-
Wid the Departments of (lovernmcnt at
Washington, D. C. applications for In' a.
lid's Widnw'snnd Mothers Army Pension?,
Boldicr'i Claims for Rounty Money and Ar
rears or Pay, patents. Bounty Land, extra
Pay and general claims against the Govern'
ment or Departments thereof of whatever
eharaetcr. Those wishing applications of
the above nature will be promptly and tstis
factorily accommodated by applying to the
above named firm.
J O II N G II A L I,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Kidgv
'way Klk County Penna
DR. W. JAMES BLAKELY
St. Mary's, Klk County Pa.
DR. W. W. SHAW,
I'mctiers Mt-dieii.es A: .Surgery
CentreilU I Ik Co., Pa.
DR J. S- BOR DWELL
.Eclectic Physician,
Lately of l'arren county IV)
Will promptly answer til professional
alls bv night or day. Residence one
door East of the late residence of Hod.
J. L. Gillis.
3 K. C- ,-
'Co.. Pa.
night or day.
Eakley, Kersey Elk
Will attcnl to nil calls
Jny 21, 18(31.
A.S. VU M D.
, Ktf'tSF.Y, Elk county P mil rromntlv
attend lo all calls io his profession.
HOTEL CARDS.
fred. korTFs!
iaglc Hotel
Luthersburg, Clearfield County Pa.
fc Fredrick Korb Proprietor, hav.
ing built a large and commodious house,
is now prepared to cater to the wants of
the traveling public.
Luthersburg, July 16th 1864. ly.
L VTUER SB C'R G HOTEL,
Lulhctsbiig. ClenrOeltI Co. Fa.
WILLIAM SCriWEM. Proprietor.
Luthersburg. July 27th 1861. tf.
NATIONAL IIOTKL!
Corner of Peach Street and
the Buffalo Read,
i R I K J' A .
ENOS B. HOYT, Proprietor
t"This TTousc is new and Ctfcd up
with e prcial care for the convenience
and comfort of cii'ists, at moderate rates.
SQ?anOD BTABLIfO Ai TACHr.n 138
EXCHANGE IIOTEU
If! ' liirm. Flk rtwn'i Pl.,
DAVID THAYER, Prop'r.
.Tbis house is pleasantly situated on
the bank of iIip ( lirion, in the lover end
of the town, is well provided with house
room an 1 stabling, and the proprietor will
spare no pains to render the stayefliis
uuests pleasant and agreeable.
iRMjwi! J,i 'v 2S. 16 ).
I1YI. iT'uUSK,
Mrs E O- Clements,
Proprietress
Ridgway, Klk County Penna
ROSIEST IfOXf II
Boot-jack Elk County Pj,
II u hiMN.S. P.iop'15.
Rid-way Nov. 28th 1803.
CLEARFIELD-HOUSE, "
CUIIN til OF .U.KK.Er A N It ' A TKR S l'H
Cmifirlit I 'a
GKQ N COLUUltN. Piimpkiktou
ST MARY'S HOTEL
St. Marys Elk County Penna.
M. W ELLEN IX) 111", Prop'r.
5?
E. W. BIGONY, Proprietor.
Omnibus runing to aud from the Depot
free of charge.
BUSIXESS CARDS
FRANK X.ENZ
Y & J h Si,
Ceatreyille, Elk county Pa
A ) O L P II T I M M.
Ceutrev iile, I'lk cminty ls.
tedrleneral Manufacturer of Wagons,
Buggies &C.-ALSO Furniture, fcucii as
Bureaus, Tables, Stanas Bedsteads aud
Chairs. All kiud of Repairia done at
reasouabla rates.
WOODS & WRIGHT,
Lock Haven, Cuntoh County Pa.
I J" VLElls in Flour, Grain and
JU Fd bmt tha Paa02r Drc.
' ill
P. W. BARRETT Editor INDEPENDENT. TERMS $1 25 per Annum if paid in Advance
VOL
1SG1
1864
si
1 PHILADELPHIA & EHIE IvAlL-
I ROAD. This great line traverses i
the Northern and Northwest counties of j
Pennsylvania to the city of Erie, on
Lake Erie.
It has been leased by the 1 mnttha
nin Hail Road Company, and is opera
ed by them.
Its entire length wns opened for pas
senger and freight business, October
17th. 186-4.
TIME OF PASSENGER TRAINS
AT RIPG WAY.
Eastward.
Through Mail Train 12
Accommodation 9
24 p.
45 a.
Lnivfi Westward.
Through Mail Train 11
Accommodation 5
39 a.m.
39 p. m.
IVscnsrer cars run throtish
without
chiinre both ways between Philadelphia
and Erie.
Elf.oest Sleeping Cars on Express
Trains both ways between Williamsport
and Baltimore, and Williamsport aud
Philadelphia.
For information respecting Passenger
business uppl.y at the is. E. corner oUth
and Market Sts.
And for Fraight business of the Com
pany's Asrents:
S. 15. Kingston, Jr. Cor. 13th and
Market Sts. Philadelphia.
J. fV. Reynolds Erie.
J. M. Drill. Auent N. C. R. R. Bal
timore.
II II. HotTSTOX,
Gen'l. Frehht A i't. 1'kiCa.
I H. W.
Gwf NNER,
Gm'l. Ticket Ajt. Phil' a.
D. Potts,
Jos
General Manager, Wmsp't.
QSOLDIERS IN THE ARMY
O and our people at home
Are now offered an opportunity by which
they can obtain a
GOOD & DURABLE TIEN-PIECE
AT A
VKUY L6V FIC-UU.
OCK WATCUKS
WARRANTED TO KEEP TIME ONE YEAR
and the buyer is allowed the
Privilege of Kximination.
BEFORE PA Y.'itEXT TS REQUIRED
Tmitrrvfd Duplex in fufl Rub'f Arfi-oi.
A first class Hunting Time-Poiee of Silver
material, over which is electro-fine plated
IS k. gold, most durihle wrought, makinir
the imitation so fruitless that it cannot be
detected from the solid material by the
most experienced judges ; acids will not af
ect it. London made movement. iMPnov
itn Di'plrx in mi. nt-BY actiox, has sweep
neconda, and is nit to be excelled in generi'
appearance. This is nroinF.nr.v one oi me
ar.sT articles ever offered for traders and
speculators, .'ngineers. Emigrants, and
persons travelling, will find them superior
to any other ; alteration nf climate will no'
affect their accurr.oy. I'ri-jo. packed in good
shape and good r inning order, only S:!-i, or
raenf fiforSi'll.
SILVER DOUBLE TIME HUXTIXQ LEV
EltS REST QUALITY SI LVEK CASES, over
which electro-fine plated 18k. gold, similar
li our Improved duplex, and superior ad
usied movements with "Stop,"' to he used
in liming horses, etc : has Four Indexes
for Washington and Greenwic'i lime, sweep
seeon I. and all the improvements. All in
all, taking its beautiful and fruitless np
pearanco and its superior movement into
consideration, we regard it as decidedly thp
cheapest article of the kind in the market.
Price, in good ruun;u order, $13, of case
of for $'.
gtjyWe ask no pay in advano. but wil
forward either of I hem to responsible par
lies, to any part of the loyal States, will,
bill payable to expressman when the good-
are lielivernl. giving the buyer the privil
ege of examination, nnd, if nit satisfactory
the watch can be returned at our "xpeine
The express companies re' .e mukiii.'
collections on sodiers and oilier disloya'
1 States, consequently all such orders must
be accompanied by the cash to insure at
tention. We make a deduction of two do!
lars on either watch when tho payment i
forwarded in advance.
Money .nay be sent by express at our ex
pense.
THOS. GATPERTY & CO..
03 an 85 I'.ioau St., opposite City Ran 1
- Providence, R I k.
Administrators Notice
Letters of Administration have been
granted in due form of Law, to the sub
ecriber Wm. Mack upon tho Estate of
Elisha .liek, Late of Salem Md. de
ceased. All persons having any claim
against said Estate, ate requested to
present them duly authenticated for set
tlement. Any person owing the Estate,
are requested to mako payment forth
with. WILLIAM MACK.
AdmhUtrntor otht itt of ElUha
Jdcelc, Dectoub.
Jnovllta 1S61
ill
Eidoway Klk County Pknna.,
Without the Children.
0, the weary, solemn silence
Of a house without the ehildien,
Of the strauge, oppressive stillness
Where the children come uo mora,
Ah! the longing of the sleepless
Fur tho soft arras of the children,
Ah ! the longing for tho taces,
Faces gone forovcrtn jre 1
Peepiug through the opeuing door
Strange it is to wake at midnight,
And u.it hear the children breathing.
Nothing but the old clock ticking,
Ticking, ticking by the door.
Strange to see the little dresses
Hanging up there all the morning,
And the gaiters ah ! their patter,
We will hear it never more
On our mirth fors.,kcn Q.ior.
What is home without the children ?
"fis the earth without its verdure,
And the sky without its sunshine;
Lile is withered to the core!
So we'll leivo this dreary desert,
And we'll fihow tho Good Shepherd
To this greener pastures vernal,
Where the lambs have 'gono before"
With the Shepherd evermore I
O. the weary, aolctnn silence
Of a house without the children,
O, the strange oppressive stillness
Whce tlie children vomo no more !
Ah ! the lunging ol'the sleeple-g
For tho solt arms of the children ;
Ah ! the longing for the faces
Peeping through the opening door
Faces gone forevermore !
An Incident of Life.
Now arises before
a terrible phantom,
in a convict's diess.
on his arms and legs.
my troubled gaze
It is that of a man
wuit heavy irons
Slowly he raises
his manacled hands above his head
vengeiuiiy, tnicatingiy, nis gnostiy eyes
gaze in my face with a hard, cold stony
s.are.
See, his lips move, an I aitnougu no
sound is heard I know he is invoking
i he curse of heaven on me, his do.
stmyer.
Hark to the dreadful clanging of his
felon chains chains whijh by right
should be struck off his limbs and rive
ted on mine for he is innocent, and I
am guilty of a crime to which that for
which he now innocently suffers is but
a venial fault.
Twenty years ago Edward Houghton
called me his friend ; but a tune came
heu ho crossed my pith and I with
hideous troacherv swept him awav.
He knew and loved a girl, ou whom
Iliad also cast my unholy eve. My
attentions were received bv the lady in
such a manner as to lead mu to believe
that, but for Edward Houghton, mv
uit would be successful. At that time
was rich, he very poor. On several
occasions I had assisted him with slight
loins and thought that I hud thus cstab.
fished a claim '0 dem md from him the
greatest sacrifice which a man can make
the sacrifice of his love.
First tried my baud on the girl tho
object of my passion. I offered her
wealth, position and all that usually daz.
zles and inflames n woman's mind.
She repulsed uu, not angrily hut' A shudder went ahrouh my Irani
firmly, eom jhit sadly. An ide took at these words.
p issi-ssion of my soul that she Lived me. ; Edward Houghton left me, and I re.
but that she was bound by sum"! promise niained racked with contending em
to inv rival. I resolved at once, either tions. Atone time I thought I woull
by fair me ins or fowl, to undermine his
influence over her, or to remove him
Irom mv path.
In thinking that Edward Houghton
would relinquish his love voluntarily I
was bitterly mistaken. X took an op
poi-tunity to inform him that I had con.
eeived an attachment fu- the girl. I
poke carelessly, us if I had no idea that
he also was a suitor, or that 1 could fail
to succeed.
He ut once told me that my hopes in
that quarter were vain, for that he him-
-el;' loved the girl, auu she loved him in
return.
I dissembled my rage and mortifica
tion at these words, and from that mo
ment commenced a series of -machinations
intended to estrange the lovers.
For months I labored at my unholy
t;isk exhausted all my ingenuity but
coul i not sueceed. IJy meatu of deep-
laid plots I strove in turu to convince
each one that the other was false in
vain for always some accident, or
rather, their perfect confidence in each
other, fru-trated my design and again
and again was I thus baffl.'l. I caused
letters to be forged most damnatory to
my friend letters wnich would convin-
cingly prove his falsehool to the most
truthful and ci ufiding woman.
At least, I thought o. Theso letters
I managed should fall into the hands of
Myra Neville; for eo was she earned,
Satukdat November 19tL 1S64
Thry failed in producing the desire)
effect.
She at once took them to her lover
and asked him if they had been written
by him. . i
He looked at them with utter aston
ishment and dismay; his handwriting
had been so skillfully imitated, that at
first he hardly knew whether or not to
acknowledge them; but on glancing at
thcircontents a flush of indignation came
to his cheek, and he declared they were
base forgeries thehandiwo'k of a secret
enemy.
i was present at tho tiin. an beheld
with imp eit fu-y th faihif i of my
deep laid sctiemes, and saw Myra cling
! confidingly to my arrival, accepting, un
j questioned, his base word, against what
seemed irrefragible proof of false
hood.
Then the demons of hate and jeal
ousy took full possession nf my soul.
With a stnilo on my fiee, but with
the demon in my heart, I took my leave,
resolved, at all hazards, to free myself
of tho in in who was my friend, and
whom I determined ruthlessly to destroy
as mv enemy.
I was lung, very long, meditating on
a plan. At last I invented and m itur-.
ed a nlot worthy of Judas Iscariot. I
Edward Houghton was not in good
circumstances. He was pressed for
money, although on, the death of a very ;
aged relative, he would posses a compe. ;
tence. tie had various small debts
owing sums ranging trora twentv to a
hnnilvM.l nnnn.'sriprhnnu two nr throo
hundred in all. But his creditors, !
knowing that he was an honorab'o man,
and that, in all h iman probability, ho !
would soon he in a position to pay, for.
bore to pre-s him.
I, however, employed a sharp Lou
don attorney to buy up all these debts,
and then to press for payment,
wrotuwasuie cons crnation o Ja.
ward llougtitoo when ho found l.imsclt cii,ent room , (h(j dark fix ft
thus suddenly and unexpectedly press- VoncQ a ,n . T rcnt , ,ow n,,er the sheet T a Fer.
ed. He c ul l not understand it and . , , , y h bp;ir gon ho( fis the m t0 h9 m ,
hid tod tho most remote idea of the;.. ' L. u i .:,.l.,ni,ri,.'.i,.:. , .
means bv which it was brought about
He oonfi led his troubles to use. I
listened to all he had to say.
"How much would clear you of every,
thing?" said I.
How much ! About three hundred
pounds."
"Supposing I lend you tho money ?"
"If you will do so, you will confer
another and lat'ng obligation on me.
I 1111 sure I aud Myr.i shall be forever
grateful-"
At bearing Myru's name mentioned
thus in connection with his, my heart
grew hard as adamant.
We were alone in my study. I re
solved to carry out my infamous de
sign. "I will lend you the money," I said.
I took my cheque book from a drawer
in the beureau, aud hauled in to
him
"Fill up a eheq-ie for the amount
0U require," I said
j "Had you not better do so''
I excused myself by saying that I had
sprained ono of my fingers.
E Iward Houghton tilled up the body
of the cheque and banded it tome for
signature. I took toe pen aud wrote
my name in a feigned, unnatural hand,
imitating the writing o' the body of the
cheque as close as possible.
I 1 handed it to him. He took it. an 1
phued it in his pocket-book ; then uras-
ping my baud, he said merrily
i "Old lellow, you ate a true friend ;
I shall never forget your kindness."
not do thistiiing ; but on the same, day
I met 111 v rival walking with bis arm
around the waist of Myra Neville I
saw th m, and his doom was sealed.
l ' That night I left Loudoi).
The next day the tin quo presented
and although at the b ink. they looked
with surprise at tho strangouess of the
signature, il was paid without question,
for Edward Houghton was known to be
intimate with me, and his character was
spoth sa.
I wrote down to'London for my ne-
count at the bank to the male up. Tho
particulars, as to tho amounts I bad
drawn aud the balance iu hand, were
sent by return of post
Among tho cancelled cheques was
the one I hud given to Houghton. I
returned it to the bank in an envelope,
witn a note, saying mat mere must be
some mistake, for I had never given
bucIi a cheque.
Then I awaited the result.
On the next day a special messenger
arrived by the post from Edward
Houghton, bearing an indigncnt letter.
He had been ai rested for forgery,
and wrote fir me to corao down at once
aud clear hiiu. I did come down at
the examination bforo tho magistrates.
I kissed the bible, and swore distinctly 1
that I bad never signed tho cheque
qutstioo, or givco any one aathomy
to do. ,
NO If.
On hearing this
ivlwnpl Houghton I
he face.
!''i:
me
I perjury,
sternly in
kel
1 iTiiled hel'ire. I'l l' terrible g'lnee
in. 1 lowered in V eve-; O 'fci ij iin I saw
'liin lonk Ike that ;n the fl -sh in the
oiirit !iis ten
ways on me.
)u heirin
hi
eves are
al
ine 'h i' swear to such i
... Klwirl II iiuhto
lerriblo f'als:-h'.
coined to ro.in
liittii-I ' f i )ih file.
,
"What s.iv v
g tllleine I 01 l!l
jurv ginliv or not gu.'ty.
'G.liltv'."
Then Edw-irl U'ei ihtou as s-ynM.v
tod to petri! servini le for life.
As the se ite i.v .vis pr ei i inced a
pieieingshriek ran tlir nih the j-.is'iee
li 'll. It came Irom tho lips of a wo
mill.
'No ! no ! no !'' s' e screamed wildly.
'H i is in ioeenr. in i ici nt ! I sflv so
Mvri loog'ito-i I, his lavvlul lov.
ing wife s ivs so."
I was thuiiderstruok at. thes,! w irds.
DO GOOD,
TlIOt'Sxns of men brevhe. move and
live pass off the stage of life, nnd are
heard of in m ire. Whv? They do
not a particle nf gmd in the world, nnd
none c aid n lior to them the instru
ment of their redemption ; not a wor-1
they sp ike cv.'d lv recalled, and so
thev perished ; the light went our. in
darkness, and they were not rem em
l"u i"lc,u"'
id VOU thus live and d 0
O,
man no
"'nrtal: Mve t..r something, nogooa,
and leave behind you a monument of
V'r,l,n,",'t ,he itorm "f t,n,e c,'n nflvor
u'-.Mtoy. j mi .our ii'iiue, .V'ui oeeus.
will he as legible on the hearts you leave
behind as thest.irs on the brow of even,
ing. Good deeds will shine as the f.lars
of heaven.
-a, A T),iethman thusde.m-ihes an ae-
I to get some beeches to m ike mi io vife
a plum pudding mit ; and ven i gets ou
the tohermost branch I veil from the
lowermost limb mit ono leg on both sides
of de fence, aud like to fetove my out
sides in.
The second ofiioer in tho command
of a band of KonhieW guerillas is a
wmuii. named ;suu Monday. She drcs
scs in male attire, generally snorting a
full Ciui'edeiaie uiiilon.i I ',1011 her
head she wears ajaii.ity plm, 10 1 h it. be.
nfath which escapes a wealth of dark
brown hair, falling around and down her
shoulders in luxuriant, curls. She is
possessed of a coiiii'lv f'l in. ha a dark,
piereiti't eye. is a h.i!. rider, an I a daring
h'ader. I 'rim-1 1 c eiiiee'in ho's.-lf with
a gang of outlaws. -lie wis a"oeia"ed
with the band commando I by the no'o
riou scoundrel, Captain .le-iuiini-. who
met his doom a trag'e -h-i -1 l u-t
time ago, in Southern KenM -lv. I.i-or
Flowers, or Sue Mon ! iv. is a vi-ie' o-1
robber, and many !;i4v. who h ir h.-e.i
so unfortunate as to meet l,tr 01 the
highway, can tes ify wbh what saog
froid she presents ;i nisinl -m l e.mi nan ts
"stand nml deliver." I lov na-ne is he
coming wil.llv k- own. oel to the I.i lie-"
it is always assoeia t. d with horror.
A Pos-.n 'Tli if ih
it with all thy niijht."
1 h i-t to do d"
11 1 a clergyman
I lo Ins s.011 one m u inog.
"So I did this morning," replied Bill,
with tin enthusiastic gleam in hi-- eye.
"Ah ! what was u. mv 1 ining ?" and
father' band ran through his oli.iiriu ;'
curls.
-Why. I wallop.! I Jack El var ls till
he yelled like blazes; you should have
he ir I him holler, d id."
"Ihi I" linked unhappy while h-i
explained th it tuc i;vc.'jt di I 11 it i'.i
ply a c.i-.e like th it, an I concluded mildly
with
' You should not have done that, my
child."
"Then Us'd a woiloped mi," retorted
Bill.
"Better," expostulated bis sire, "for
you to Lave flod from the wruth to
come."
"Yes," argued Bill, by way of a final
clincher, "but Jack can i-uu twice as l ist
as I can." 'ihegool man sighed, wen:
t his study, took up a pen. and eu leav.
ored to compose himself and a KOi'inou
reconciling Practice and Ptccept.
iSJ-A lawyer, somewhat disgusted at
seeing a couple "f Irishmen looking at a
sivsided building which ho occupied
lifted up the window, put bis head out
u&d ii'l'lresseu tnem tnus :
ur.d
"What do you stand there for, like a
pair of blockheads, gazing at my office ?
Do you take it for a church ?"
"Faix," answered on of them, ,:I was
think. in' so, till I saw the divil poko his
head out of tho windy."
in; jcWhy is the letter Y like tbo re.
so , t;oa ) 2C0auE it is io tha oiiddla of
9T,
W U N - ,
r-r f ; V
: . KiWhat tnree vovuli spoil' - o of
the .United States? I 0 A. "
637Why fire Germans beaty peoplo f
They are nil Teuton (two tons.)
flTW'titri is a horse not a horse J
Wheu it is turued into a stable. '
isSPAn acceptance at sight receiving
a black eye. -
ff3A nice thing in bonnets The.
wearer's face.
JvayEvcry man is involuntarily origU
nHl in at least ono thing his manner of
Mioczitig.
hy must a shoemaker fiiilshi
us s'loe at tho beginning ; Jjccausa
ui,
he commences at the last.
&$T young lady should tako heed;
when an admirer bonds low befors het
The hunt beau is dangerous.
ew A young in in who has recently
t.:ken a wife, says lie did not find it half
so hard to get married as to get furur,
ture,
(fTUo-aee Walf.ole tells a story oi1
the L 'id Mayor cf Loudon, in his time,
who. having In-ar-l thjta IViend had the.
siiiaii-pox twice, ut:d died of if. inquired,
if he died t'ifi Ci -t lime or neeond.
J3"rA cotemporury finds fault with
the practice of pn tiiii. Latin inscriptions
on tombstones. But wh it more appro,
prime place than a gravj yard can thcr$
he for a jikad language?
Jti5u V friend wiid to an Irishman :
"Good in irning, 1'atric'l ; this slippc-iy
this morning." "Slippery? and bs
jahors, it is nothing else, yer honor.
Upon my word and I tlid down three
times without gcttiog up once !"
tjfl4.n exchange, commenting on the
lac: that a number of the Cincinnati
young ladies hud been married & carried
away to oilier places, says no city nas 4
better claim ti supply SPARC P.IB3 for
the immense Weat,
trU"Oh, pappa, Dr. Marsh had such
woikto pull m.rl.ei's tooth I'' "Had
he, my son ;" "Yet; I saw him first
try with his pinchers, cad then he put
bis nimith right close to mother's and
pulled it c with hs teeth."
n.The following dialoguo between
hostile pickets ii decidedly good:.
Yank "You fellers are awful ragged,
but I sweow you fight like all giteout."
Re1 '-hugged I fight! I reckon wn
! do. But you just wait till we get na.
I ked that's till-"
RfuTo difceive mnsonitoM. Enter
around so as to prevent their entrance.
undress an I get under the bed, and you
will have a good sleep.
W3U''IIow far is it to Taunton V as.
ked a countryman, who was walking tho
wrong wav to ia -h that town. " 'Bout
twenty. four thousand nine hundred and
ninety nine miles," said tho lad ho as
ked, "if you go the way you are going
now; 'bout a mile if you turu round and
going t'other ray."
C 'Why does the operation cf hang,
ing kill a m in ?" inquired Dr. Whately.
A physiologist replied, "because inspi.
ration is checked, circulation stopped,
and blood confuses nnd congests ths
brain " "Bosh," replied bis Grace, "it
is because the rope is not long cuough
to let bis feet touch the ground,"
rtf'-I w n nevei on intini.nte terms
with the prisoner." said a burgler who
was n-e 1 a a Queen's evidence against
I pal " "He was no gentlem-vn. I've
kn ovn lit in when be wis robbing a house
1 1 1 1 k a g tit'oinan's champagne nnd
go nff with his silver, without leaving a
erd -if th inks "n th- dining-room table,
Ha b-ought discredit on the perfesh.
1111."
vouni minister, in a highly
soirii 111 which ha preached,
elah irate
s'lii several tunes. "Hie cotnruenta
ovs did not agree with me here." Next
morning n noor w un m came to see him,
''fh -ioi"t'oing iu h-T anrmi. She Said
her hn-hiti l heard his sermon, and
'bought it ww a very fiuo one : an I as
he s,ii 1 the c ion.) nr it ors did n it agree
with him." he sent hiiu som jofthe very
best kidneys.
r.in Irishman went into tbo grij,
eery store of Mr. C . and after
looking uroun 1. rcirn ke 1 that he wan
ted something be bar lly knew what, but
hMieved ho would h ive some crackers
They were dime up. be took them, held,
them a minute and then said :
"0 onie to think. I am more dry than
hungry, and would like it if you would
take the crackers back, and let mo bavo
a bottle of beer."
The exchange wis made, nnd Paddy
started, when Mr. C called hitu
back, telling him he had not paid for
the beer.
"Why, yes." retorted Paddy, ' I gave
yon the crackers for the beer."
"But you have not paid for the crack
crs.
"Well," said he, "and haven't you
got the crackers ?"
He left Mr. C to study it out
at his leisure.
iSl- n old Dnteh h vr.nnhnnrlrlnn
j Oo,u"plainiiig to a neighbor ; Slid be, "I
v,;.,. ; ,;, otnnt, r.ioni,.
have a pig paip in mind stuck (atotuach
and somedimes I gits petter and soma,
dimes I gits worser, and ono day I bhust
gits right out on xuf head."
-&8 .n editor having read in another
paper that tho uso of u oertain kind of
tobaeoo, if a man smokes ar ohes, will
make him forget that he owes a dollar
in the world, innocently concludes tbu
many of hit rubsjrihera kava bean
-jrn'.ie3 viti ti wW..