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POIIN 0. IIAMj, Attorney at law, Ridg
way, Klk county Pa. mar-STOfi ly.
criptions done at this office
VUYEIt HOUSE, Warren, Pa., Hull &
Hall, Proprietors. niigO'liti-ly
A
I.P1XR IIOUSK, St. Mary's Yn.. Her
man hretz, Proprietor. rug'J bo
rpilK nrt of JIG DANCING -ml BANJO
i PLAYING taught by G. W. BROWN,
llidgway, Ta. fsepl-l-if
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XKt'l'TIONA', SUMMONS, SUBPtE.
'i uns, Warrants, &c, on hand and for
Bale at tins olhcc.
DR. W. JAMES M.TkELY Physician
and Surgeon, St. Mary's, Elk county
l'a. mar-HJ'liC. ly.
DR. W. W. SHAW Practices Medicine
and Surgery, Centreville, Ell: county
l'a. mnr-UU'fiij-ly.
TAR. A. S. HILL Kersey. Elk county Pa.
Ik I Will promptly answer unprofessional
hills by night or day. ninr--!: dO-ly.
DR. EBEX J. BUSS. Physician and Sur
geon. St. Mary's Elk county Pa.
June-'Jl'tiG-ly.
Toiniod Oil, God Quality, by the
, barrel, at 00 cents per gallon, by
oet lltf J. POWELL.
It VOll want a load of Salt, Hour,
of Feed, you cau save money by buying
of oct 11 tf. J. POWELL.
T .YURIE .T. BIjAKETjY, Attorney and
j Counsellor at law, and U. S. Conintis
osuer. Uidgway P. O. Elk county. Pa.
mnr-tili-ly.
SOUTHER AND WILLIS AltovncyTa
Law, Riigway, Elk eounly Pa... wil
attend to all professional business prompt
ly. ninr-U'i'lHi-ly.
TAR. W. B. H A B TMAxT sf. Mary's".' Klk
j county, Pa. Late of the Army of the
Potomac. Particular attention given to all
cases of surgical nature. mar-JJ'tili-ly.
II" VOll WMlit I1'-- Jane s or Dr.
Ayer's celebrated Medicines, pure, call
upon ihe only authorized aient in Bidg
wny. oct. 1 l-l f J POWELL.
f""' rocfvios ol' all Kinl.
cheaper I linn can be bought at Eric,
ot wholesale or retail, by
oct. 11-tf. J. TOW ELL.
K'EliSKY HOTEL.
. B. WIltELHu, Pm.i'iiiKTon.
Tiiis house is conveniently nnd pleasant
ly loeat"d in the thriving village of Centre
ville. Every attention paid to the conven
ience of guests. 1 :11 18G7if
TUB PI11NT1NO, ueh as Cards, Posters,
Hand Bills. Bill Heads &c, done at
the ADVOCATE OFFICE on short notice
and at reasonable prices.
CI1. YOLK. Manufacturer and Deale
, in Lagir Beer. opposite tho Railroad
Depot, St. Mary's, Elk county Pa.
Mar-'W-lv.
EOttDWEI.L AND MESSENGER Drug
gists, Dealers in Drills and Chemicals
l'aints. Oils and Varnish. Perfumery Toil,
ot articles and Stationary, Uidgway, Elk
county Pa. mar-2J'li(i-ly.
HENRY H. THOMAS, Dealer in nil
kinds of Furniture, Spring Beds and
Mattresses. Picture Frames nnd Collins,
llidgway Pa. Ware Booms on the corner
of Main and Depot Si's, may-1 7'liii-ly.
DR. J. S. BOB DWELL Eleclic Physi
cinn. Late of Warren county Pa., will
promptly answer all professional calls by
night nr day. Resilience one door cast of
the late resilience of Hon. J. L. Gillis.
Mar-l'JXiMy.
kllTASIilNGTON HOUSE, St. Mary's,
I y Elk county Pa., Edward Babel Pro.
prietor. I Ins house ta new nnd fitted up
with especial care tor tlio convenience ot
.guests. Good stabling attached.
Mar-lili ly.
"V-IYKR & BACON, Manufacturers and
Wholesale Betail Dealers in
I'lonv, IVol mill drain,
: 1 A. I h MIL L S. LRUJ. J'A.
Orders solicited and promptly tilled nt mar
ket ratss. utig '.ith-'iii-ly
J01IS 11. II A i.l IAS. K. i. HALL.
MALI, & HKO.
Attoriit'vs - at - I jaw,
ST. MARY'S:
BENZINGER P. (). El k. COUNTY, PA.
September 20, 18(i(i. ly.
ST. MARY'S IIOTEUli. V.. Weilcndwf.
Proprietor, St. Mary's, Elk county Pa.
This house is new and titled up with espc.
vial care for the convenience and comfort of
guests, at moderate rates. Free Hack, to
and from the Depot. Good stabling nt
Inched. mar-SJ'fJG-ly.
PRACTICAL CLOCK AND WATCH
MAKER. ST. MARY'S, Elk county
l'a. Edward McBride, keeps constantly on
band and for sale, Watches, Clocks, Silver
Plated Ware and Jewelry of all descriptions.
BMjuUepairing neatly eieculed, and dune
on short notice and reasonablo terms'
Mar L"J'i;0.y.
SOMJiTIIINCr NEW!
HOUSE, SIGN lo ORNAMENTAL PAINTING.
flMIE SUBSCRIBER W t) U L D UK
1 spectfully inform the citizens of Elk
county hut lie has just started in the
above business in Bidgway, and feel confi
dent that he can please all who may favor
liini with their custom. GRAINING,
VAPMl HANGING AND CALCIMINING
LONE ON SHORT NOTICE AND IN THE
i-.ou fashionable and improved manner and
atyle. Orders left at this Ollice or at the
Bunking House of Souther, Willis Si Souther
trill be promptly attended to.
W. 1. WILLIAMS,
May-17'ritt-lT.
rpiIAYER HOt'Si!,
X RIDGWAY, TA.
D.4YID THAYER, Proprietor.
The undersigned having fitted up a large
and commodious hotel on tho southwest
coiner of Centre nnd Mill streets, with good
nnd convenient stabling attached, respect
fully solicits the patronnge of his old friends
nnd the public generally.
deci:J'uU lj DAY1D THAYER.
rrihc subscriber begs leave to innounce to
the citizens of Elk nnd adjoining coun.
ties that lie has purchased the bnrncss shop
lately occupied by John Suiutz, nnd that he
is prepared to do all kinds of work in a suit able
stvle,
SAl)'lLES,nR;nLESJlARSESS
kept constantly on hand nt prices to suit
the times. Give me a call shop in ihe sec
ond story of Book's building.
ocll-ly. C. LEVIS.
LICENSED A UCT I ON E R.
NOTICE is hereby given that I have tak
en out a license as auctioneer, and
will attend promptly to tho calling of till
sales entrusted to my care.
Any person calling sales without a license
wil be held answerable to the strict lederof
the law. P. W BARRETT.
rec2418CCtf. Auctioneer.
WHEELER &, WILSON'S SEW.
ING MACHINES. The under
signed having been appointed Sole Agent
for the sale of Wheeler & Wilson's Sewing
Machines for Klk county. He keeps an
assortment constantly on hand Machines
sold at Philadelphiaand New Yor prices.
Any parties desirous of obtaining them can
address J. K. WHITMOHE,
March Ol.'GG-ly. at Ridcway, Ta.
HLACKSMITIIINO!
II. S. BELXAP desires to inform the cili
r.ens of Ridgwny nnd vicinity thnt he has
leased J. S. Hyde's Blacksmith Shop on
Mill street, nnd has employed good work
men wl will be ever ready to make any
thing from i buckle to nn anchor.
Particular attention given to the shoeing
of horses. All I ask is a fair trial.
May 17'0(i-l.y.
HI'. OYERIIOLTZER.
. MERCHANT TAILOR,
ltidgway, Klk Co., Pa,
Tho subscriber desires respect fully to in
form the citizi ns of Biilgwny and vicinity
that he is propu.ed lo make to order as weil
as it can be done any where, anything in the
line of his business. All he asks is a fair
trial. Good Fits guaranteed.
J!5,Clolhs, Cassimers, YeMings and
Trimmings of the latest and most approved
styles kept constantly on hand, which will
be sold CHEAPER THAN THE CHEAP
EST. atlgSO.y
Ay SHEllEH.
II . Dealer in
:i?i;i10?, tilc'loJcoiiss, Pr-cj.ioa floJ Siicd
itjitsie. '
MCSiO ROOMS;
Xb. 45, Feral Avevun, Cony, Pe na.
Refers to J. Powell, B. F. Ely, Bidgway.
Ignaiins Garner, Chas. Haigen, St. Mary's,
no ir -2,'U0, Snipd.
A. II. Gray,
A. I. Wilcox,
R. H. Emkbson,
E. F. Aoams.
QUAY, WILCOX & Co.
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
ST. MARY'S,
Opposite Alpine House, Elk County Ta.
DEALERS IN
Flour, Food, 15uttcr, Choose,
Feed, Corn, Salt,
Fish, Fork, Ham, Powder,
Canned Fruits, llcef,
llcans, Nails, 0 lass
AND STAPLE GROCERIES.
December 20, 18G6 ly.
Tip:ell.li)joiS.
milE SILVER SKIRT.
JL MORE DURABLE,
MORE ELASTIC,
MORE graceful:
And will keep its shape and retain its place
better than any oil er Skirt.
This new and beatiful style of Skirt (Pal
cr.'ed March 7, 1SH3.) was awnrdtd by the
Great American Institute Fair, held in Xcw
York, October, 1SG5, a
SILVER MEDAL,
being Hie Highest Premium ever given for
a Hoop Skirt.
The Steel Rpring.s are wound with fine
pbi'ed wire in place of a cotton covering
which will not wear oil" or become soiled,
and the whole skirt may be woshed without
injury or fear of rusting, and will be as
good as new.
The Combination Silver Skirt
This invention combines with the ordina
ry Skirt the advantages or our Silver Skirt
the bottom hoops are the same as those us
ed in the Silver Skirt, the covering of which
ca u not wear off, while the upper ones art.
covered with cotton. No lady having once
worn one of our Skirls, will be willing to
wear any other, US the lower hoops of all
other kinds are soon injured and soilced.
The best mnteeials arc used in their con
struction, and, from their durability and
neatness they are destined to become a
Favorite Skirt.
Manufactured solely by the
Silver Skirt and Wire Manu
facturing Company,
30 aDd3-', lL41tt'L.4Y ST,
NEW YORK.
T. S. Spirit,' Sup't. Aug 9th-l
Select S t 0 r 5 .
WRONG R.IGHTED.
BY CLIO STANLEY.
lie was a man suoh as you rarely moot,
and, at the same time, a man whom Few
could understand. Some ay ho could
only be read by a woman, yet I think
most woman would ha"C failed hero.
He was slight, and rather below the
average height of men, yet with a look
about him that indicated ;reat nervous
vitality. His hair was a light brown,
curling away from a broad, white fore
head, under which his deep-set eyes
grew bright or dark with every passing
emotion.
Just now he stood in a hVf shadow
made by a lighted curtain io the parlor
ot the IJclleview House, watchin? the
dancers as they swept by to the mad mu
sic of the waltz. Presently his eyes
flashed as if with a new inspiration, and
ho almost clenched his hand on the win.
dow-scat behind him, and in a moment
more Annabel Lyle swept by. It was
this woman whom Philip Stanley had
been watching (or, but now that she
had once crossed his vision, he felt him.
self deprived ct all power to look after
her.
He had spoken to her but once, al
though they had been three weeks un
der the same roof ; but people said Miss
Lyle was an accomplished coquntte, and
Philip Stanley was not one to rush head
long into danger. Ho would wait un
til tare of himself.
To-night she was more radiant than
ever, and she knew it too. Few women
of her character can live an hour in a
throng, and remain unconscious of their
power. There was an ease in her every
motion that reminded one of a bird on
wing, and while her Iigur8 was almost
perfect, her face was fasinating. That
was the only word for it. The slum
bering fire in her dark blue eyes, the
scarlet beauty of her parted lips with
always such a charming curve upon
them ; tho little bluo and crimson veins
that never fail to denote a highly emo
tional nature, and tho pink color bloom
ing in her cheeks were rare iutensity
all comblni-a iu mars uur tacc me most
beautiful in the room. Her hair hair ot
pulid gold drifted in tiny, lustrous waves
ovei fairer cheeks and fairer shouders,
unconfioed save by a broad band of blue
velvet, just flecked with gold. It was
her will to swear it so, and, while the
women could find na fault with it except
that it was peculiar, the men fairly rav
ed about it. Neither of which moved
her.
And to-night Philip Stanley decided
to brave fate, and with a slow, careless
step, ho moved down tho room as the
dancers paused ' lie was passing his old
friend U'aiburtou, with eyes that took
in all bfijon i him, and the nest moment
he fouud himself face 'o faco with tho
ouly woman who had ever possessod the
power to move him out of his self con
trol. Slip was naying, " I envied you
the power to remain quiet by that far,
cool wiudow, Mr. Stanley, whilo we were
all doing penance for our overcoming
love of tho merry tune and step." So
she c( seen him, and did not seruplo
to acknowledge it. "It was pleasant,"
he returned, whilo a quiek thrill of rec
ognitio.i ran over his nerves ; "won't you
come for a breath of this delicious uight
air r
She took his offered arm. and drawing
her shawl closer about her, its fleecy
folds wrapping her beauty like a sunset
cloud, walked with him through the
crowd that pirted and closed again after
their retreating forms, out the open win
dow, on, down to the very shore of tho
sea, lying before them iu its unquiet
splendor. If they heard any of there,
marks which followed thein. they neith
er of them showed any consciousness of
having done so. They walked quietly
ulmig, appparently listening only to the
sad music of the waves as they fell aud
broke at their feet.
"You are quiet," ho said at length. "I
wonder if the time and place exeicise a
bpell over your mind so?"
Is' that your own case ?" she return
ed gently.
'Yes, there is a feeling of actual re
pose steals over me as often as I wander
here. 1 feel somehow alono in tbo
world ; alone, yet uot lonely."
Pol hinder the spell V she asked
now, half laughing, yet at the same time
strangely moved.
He drew a little nearer to her, as he
spoke almost below his breath. "One
could scarcely be lonely where Annabel
Lyle brought her magical power aud
sweetness of her presence."
She moved back a step with a little
startled air of astonishment, but as she
lifted her eyes she bccamn almost pow
erless under his burning gaze. Was he
made to trifle with her thus? She
would givo him no chance of triumph,
though.
"Go on," she paid, with a mocking
smile ; "even flattery may be pleasant,
coming from Mr. Stauley'g lips."
IIo word aud toue grated harshly on
his car, but ho would uot forbear yet.
"Docs Miss Lyle believe oil such words
more flattery ? Can no D'an speak thus
and be sincere ?"
Sho began to feel a ftrange fear, that
yet wis not altogether fear, in the pros
enco of this man, but tho tremor passed
not beyond her heart, fr eyes and lips
wore firm as she asked half laughingly.
"Shall we teturn ? It is surely gi owing
chilly here, and wo are some ways from
tho house."
"If you desiro it, certainly," and ho
m i Jo a ruovctueutas if to draw her shawl
about her, for one end of it w is trailing
along the sand, its little llcei-y b ills
swinging silently to tho Bound of tin
wind aver the water. Put she repell
ed hiiu, and threw it carelessly ovor hor
arm.
They found some of thoir late com.
panious laughing and talking as they
came up the pia..a, but Philip Stanley
paid little heed ro them, going by with
scarcely a worJ in exchange for their
jests and hastily disappearing io the
shadow and silence of bis own room.
And Annabel Lyle was .she unmov.
cd by this ruan's earnestness? She
thought for a time, half sadly, that he
srcmerl different from the idle devotees
ot fashion surrounJiug her; but when
Ouy Warburton came up to her, smil
ing, and say iug, "Has Miss Lyle really
Tullen a victim at last, and to such a no
ted heart. breiker as Phil. St.inley ?"
sho threw asido the last remnant of her
unwonted sadnessof maimer, and became
once agaiu her old self the belle of the
ball room.
Yet day alter day, as they met and
conversed, sho felt an inward thrill of
regret that such apparent nolnl.ty of
character and high-minded sentimunts
should not only bo assumed, but f jr a sel
fish purpeso tho gratificatioa of the
man's pride of power in subduing u wo
ntau's heart; while he, gaining daily in
sight into her motives and real desires,
felt his faith in womanhood purified aud
his love for one woman increased a thousand-fold.
But what need to tell of tho countless
times when these two met this man and
woman with such strange power over
each other's lives and hearts, yet one of
them, at least, with a pride so stronj? nd
suspicious tlial it vtuuiu uut jiciu iu per-
suasion, but dashed aside, cnee and again,
the untasted cup of happiness from their
lips. '
What joy and grief, wh it sorrow an 1
fulfillment, have been sung by poet
tongues all over the world ; yet uot one
human soul has ever yot told tho capa
bility of happiness or woo tuat existed
in a brother's soul. Only each one
knows its own history, and the tongue is
palsied by the knowledge, so that from
the pale lips no words tall to enlighten
the careless throng !
Hotter so ! better so '.
It is a strange truth, and one difficult
of comprehension, that some loves, how.
ever pure iu the ideal, tiro but the reali
zation of an intouse sellishuess, with no
enduring, sclf-sacrifioing pow;r about
them. Put not of this kind was the
love Philip Stanley telt for Annabel
Lyle. It had become, somehow, the
key.notc of his existence, to which all
tho melodies of his life must be harmon
ized or bo recognized only as discords.
Would Annabel Lyle forget the few,
faint words, traced with a trembling
hand, that had come to her the morning
bciorc her departure, telling of his love
so true and sincere, awaitiug but her
word to become the devotiou of a lifo.
time? the could never forget, yet lor
the rumored hiut whioh had grown into
a certain certainty iu their little gossip
ping world, she had resolved to cast it
aside: so that sho went home, uf'tar all,
tho betrothed bride of Ouy Warburtou,
and the uext Christmas was to witness
their bridal.
Speedily tho preparations went for
ward, aud the weeks lengthened into
months, and the time drew near.
It was a chill evening iu December,
only two days before tho one appointed
'for tho ceremony, when Aunabel Lylo
sat alone in her room, weeping those bit.
ter tears which a womau she Is but once
iu a life time, when she realizes that she
is not ouly taking upon herself vows
which she cau uot keep, but is shutting
herself out forever from a remembered
paradise. She was reading over agaiu
the little note she had received that sun.
ny summer day at the sea-side, aud then,
as memory became so consciously tender,
she rose and held the noto in the flame
of the lamp, until nothing remained of
it but a little heap of grey ashes which
sho could have blown away with a hasty
breath. Put she did not do it. She
gathered them up, instead, aud closing
them iu a tiuy, jewelled casket which
stood upon a dressing table, sho turned
away to answer a knock at the door.
It was one of the servants in the house
with a pale face, saying over in words
which she only lull comprehended, that
there had been an accident to tho train
on which Mr. Warburton had been ex
pected, and her frieuds feared the worst.
She stood there with a white faco, listen
ing to it all, then hastily throwing a
shawl over her shoulders, and a thick
Veil over her bonnet, she wont out. In
less'titne than it takes to tell of it she
had reached the station, nnd found her
way to where the disabled passengers
wcrii lying, nnd passing on with a trem
bling step, sho paused at length by the
side of the man sho had promised to mar
ry. Put ho had no word for her. lie
was still happily unconscious, nnd her
eye wandered past his to another famil
iar form, which, a moment later, sho had
recognized lis that Uf Philip Stanley
Then the truth nil at once flashed upon
her. Tin's was the friend whom hohad
asked to stand up with him when she
should becoinj his wife I Her brain fair.
ly whirled at the thought ; but in atiotnor
moment fdio had stolen to his side, and
kneeling down, murmured, "Philip, uear
Philip !" almost ns it unconscious of what
she were doing ; but at the well. beloved
voice, both he and Warburton had open
ed the.ir eyes.
She thought nothing ntoro could be
said ; but Guy Warburton, with the fear
of death before his eyes, called her to
him, and told tho story of his heartless
deceit ; that Philip was truly the noble,
honest man she had wanted to believe
him, nnd that his own tale had been one
of deceit, framed only to gain her hand.
Then she walked straight away from
them, back to her father's house, up to
her own room where she spent tho next
hour in unavailing regrets. Guy War
burton recovered, but did not iutruue his
presenre again ; only sent a littlo note of
penitence and of farewell. On the next
steamer ho had sailed for Europe.
And what ot Philip Stanley ? Tho
broken word of tenderness ho had heard
as he lay just at tho poor that opens be.
tween Lilo and Death, became to him
words of life, indeed, and when he could
walk, he went again to Aunabel Lyle,
and laid his heart with all its tried and
true lo.-e a' her feet As ho paused fo.r
an answer, sho only laid her hand iu his
with a half-smile, as she said
"He gave mo a friend, and a true,
true love," but, as the next lino came to
her mind, tho lightness faded from her
speech, and she was but tho earnest, lov.
ing woman. So Philip Stanley took her
homo to his heart, thanking God that
through the mist of doubt and uncer--
.,. i i . ,
sweet fulfillment toward which his soul
had turned with such unutterable long
ing. Ouly ono little year aa;o and to.night
into tho firelight shining clear nnd
bright on his hearth, two shadows fall,
and tho light of tho joyous new year
shines on two faces, on which are written
sweet records of truat and humility, of
faith and patience, and, above all, of be
lief in God's kind, overruling provi
dence. A Good Stoiiy. A soldier of the
west, during the late war, being off duty,
was engaged by a landlord to dig a
patch ot potatoes on condition that ho
should bo lurni.shed with a bottle of
whiskey to begiu with. The landlord,
accordingly, took him to the field,
showed him the patch, aud left him a
full bottle of his favorite beverage.
About an hour afterwards the landlord
went out to seo how his sou of Mars,
progressed in his business of farming.
He found hi in holding to an old stump,
unable to stand without it, his bottle
lying empty at his feet, and no potatoes
dug. lleing quite exasperated, the land
lord exclaimed : "llelloolyou scoun
drel ! Is this tho way you dig my pota
toes for me ?'' "Ha !" says the soldier,
lapping h'S tongue, swaggering half
round, squinting and hiccuping. If you
want your potatoes . fetch 'cm on
for I'll bo d - d if I'm going to run
mund the lot after 'em."
During the iireat speculation in town
rots in 1 :. '.'iii in Mississippi, Doctor
T. ol Vieksbuig, went in largely, inves
tinv; all the cash funds received in his
lucrative practice, and as usual, paid
one third cash, tho balauce in six aud
twelve months, with interest, these being
tho usual terms of buying aud soiling.
One day when tho Doctor was deep in
town lots, he had to answer the call of
au arisfocratio patient, for whom he
hastily prescribed a box of pills, and al
lowing his mind to return to the town
lots, was on bis way out when the ques.
tion was asked, how thcpilli were toXe
taken ? To which tho Pncror replied,
"One-third down, the balance in six
and twelve months with interest.
A raltsman who had dtatik a little
too freely, fell from the raft into the river,
and was near drowning, When his brother
jtnnbed in to his n lief, seized him by the
hair, aud was strugling with him to tho
shorrt, Tho tide was stroug, and tho
brother's strength was nearly exhau
sted, ho was about to relinquish hid
hold when tho despairing one raises
his head above the wat'T, exclaimed,
'Hang on Sam 1 " I'll treat, I swear I
will." His words were stimulating,
and the brother at length saved him.
Tho Philadelphia Mint is producing
bout 2,01.10,000 pieces ot the new lives
per mouth.
BRIEF PAR.AGR.APHS.
A TrtAVKr.Ett'.s Sronv Sotno per
sons relating to each other tho mat.y
wonderful ohjc?ts they hai seen in tho
course of their travels, one of them n.:
sorted that he had seen, in Africa, somu
!mss growing that was ns high ns a
house, nnd appealed to his companion
for the truth of the story ; this his com
panion mado no hesilaton in con firm i tig,
and declared that in tho very snino
field where this grass grew, after having
walkd sonio time, ho sat down to rcsrt
himself', and in the course ol a few min
utes found himself raised thirty feet
from Ihe ground, in consequence of
having sat upon a mushroom that was
growing ! ! 1
An atrocious oiifraga was perpetrated
on Tuesday morning, in Prookiyii, by n
gans: of ruffians, who entered a hotio
occupied by a number of sewing rjirls,
nnd having robbed the inmates, soizt
tho terrified women nnd subjected them
to the most revolting indignities. All
the females wore outraged in a horribio
manner. Had this occured in the South,
it would have been declared a remnant
of tho barbarity of slavery, and be cited
as another evidence why the South
should bo politically persecuted.
O.v a rainy wintery evening, a genUc
mun trnvling in a cab found, on wearing
his destination, that he had no tnouev
with him, so thinking ho' would try tho
honesty of tho cabmnn, he eal'ed out as
ho ran up the steps, "Wait a minute ; I
have dropped a sovereign in the cab, nnd
will get a light and search for it." Tho
words were barely spoken, when tho cab.
man, gave the horse a furious lash, and
drove off at. n violent rate. Tho gentle
man, heartly amused at the result' called
after him repeatdly, but never saw cab
or driver again.
Last week, near Winchester, Franklin
county, a negro entered tho hmwo of
John Conk, who was absent' nnd after
oning furnished a drink of water, seized
his wife, threw her on the bed, and whilo
attempting to accomplish hi:i purposes,
was interrupted by a neighbor boy. Tho
negro fled, an although pursued by men
on horse-back and on foot, with gum ami
similar outrage by a negro, within four
miles of Columbus, had occured a short
time before. The culprit iu that case:
is in jail.
Charles Patterson, beloniriiisr to tho
navy, shot his fister, in Philadelphia, on
the 27th. badly wounding her in tho
head and breast with duck shot. Sho
refused to leave a house of ill fame to
which tho had resorted to escape tlm
cruel treatment of her stcp.m ither, and
he shot her, as ho said, because ho pre
ferred seciug her djad tluu leading such
a lift.
"Conductor," said au over-dressed
dandy tho other day, in an omnibus '
"do not procrastinate but urge your
equine motive power fotho greatest vo.
locity, lor I have an engagement in tint
city at a stated hour, which I must ful
fil or expire." ''.Jem.', shouced tho con.
ductor to the dtiver, "push along. Hori,s
a lunilic iuside swearing away liko
mad."
They have n new institutot: in Lon
don, called "Female Garroters," tint
use a ropo. and seize their victims in tho
streets. We always knew that female
were garroters, but the only weapons
they evet used was u pair of loving
arms.
" No Cards. Snooks says tho wards
"No Cards" are affixed to wedding no.
tiers because tho parties played all their
cards beforo marriage. This is a new
theory and will bo generally accepted.
A paper asks very innocently, if it i-i
any harm to sit in the lapse of ages. U
depends on the kind of ages selected.
Those from seventeen to tweuty.fivo aro
extra hazardous.
The Imperial Court of R-om, France;
has jnst decided that tho epithet
"female" applied to a woman conti.
tuted an insult.
A returned Califomian named Whit
ing, who has been absent for three years
found his wife living with another nua
in Philadelehia, aud the mother ot a
child, lie threw the child out of thu
wiudow, stubbed the woman and fled.
A cotemporarv t-uggets that a lady,
on patting on her corsets, is likt u man
who drinks to drown his grief, becausji
iu so lacing herself she is getting tight.
A little gir! in school being a-e 1 whah
a cataract or waterl ill was, ahi: replied
that it was hair flowing over something,
she didn't know what.
''I wunt to buy a pewing machine,''
said a ladv entering a Mmp. "Do von
want a machine with a feller?" "Sake
no, don't want any of your fellers about
me,"
Tho Merchant's Uuion Express acrenfi
at Auburn lust Fr'ti.Wy, expressed a la I
12 years old to Toledo, Ohio, a choo!
bririjj put tipnij himt th.l id.Ka,