rji1 ; THE TIMES, NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA. NOVEMBER 18, 1879. harmless: and successful denouement of what threatened at one stage to lead to altercation, perhaps to a quarrel. But Jack Newhlggln was not satisfied. " As you bavo daretl rue to do my worst," said Jack, " listen now to what I have to say. Not only did I know that was only the half of a note, but I know where the other half Is to be found." "Bo much tho better forme," said the baronet, with an effort to appear humorous. " That other half was given to shall I say, Blr Lewis V" Hit Lewis nodded Indifferently. " It was given to one Hester Gorrl gan,an Irish nurse, six years ago. It was the price of a deed of which you" " Silence I Bay no more," cried Blr Lewis In horror. " I see you know all. I swear I have had no pence since I was tempted so sorely, and so weakly fell. But, I am prepared to make all the res titution and reparation In mypower, un less, unhappily, it be already too late." Even while he was speaking his face turned ghastly pale, his Hps were cov ered with a flue white foam, he made one or two convulsive attempts to steady himself, then with a wild, terrified look around, he fell heavily to the floor. It was a paralytic seizure. They took him upstairs and tended him ; but the case was desperate from the first. Only just before the end did he so far recover the power of speech as to be able to make a full confession of what had occurred. Sir Lewis had been a younger son. The eldest inherited the family title, but died early, leaving his widow to give him a posthumous heir, the title re maining in abeyance until the time showed whether the infant was a boy or girl. It proved to be a boy, whereupon Lewis Mallaby, who had the earliest iu timation of the fact, put into execution a nefarious project which he had carefully concocted in advance. A girl wns ob tained from a foundling hospital and substituted by Lady Mallaby's nurse, who was in Lewis' pay, for the newly born son and heir. .This son and heir was handed over to another accomplice, Hester Goriigau, who was bribed with one hundred pounds, half down in the shape of a half note, the other he If to be be paid when she announced her safe arrival in Texas with her stolen child. Mrs. Gorrigan had an unquenchable thrist, and in her transit between Lon don and Liverpool allowed her precious charge to slip out of her hands, with the consequences we know. It was the watch borrowed from Sir Lewis Mallaby which first aroused Jack's suspicions. It bore the strange ciest two hammers crossed, with the motto, " I strike" which was marked upon the liuen of the child that Dan Blockit picked up at Kirkllngton sta tlon. The initial of the name Mallaby coincided with the monogram H. L. M. Jack rapidly drew his conclusions and made a bold shot, which hit the mark, as we have seen. Lewis Mallaby 's confession soon rein stated the rightful heir, and Dan Blockit in after years had no reason to regret the generosity which had prompted him to give the little foundling the shelter of his rude home. PRAIRIE ROMANCES. AN EXPERIENCED guide and prai rie traveler expressed the opinion to the writer that there was a much larger number of people annually lost upon the Western prairies than was generally supposed. " I mean by lost," said he, " people who wander away from well known landmarks and are never heard of again ; who die of starva tion and that dread insanity which, gen erally speaking, overtakes the lost per son. Of course, we read now and then of such a case,but there are many which never meet the public prints. It la one of the easiest things in the world fbr an experienced traveler to stray away from camp, but a very different matter to find bia way back again. Once out of sight of tlae wagons and tents, and the whole plain is alike to him. He stands always in a depression, with the ground rising slightly on all sides. It ia an optical il lusion, of course, but it la very like walking in the centre of an immense sheet with its four corners slightly raised. The earth meets the horizon on every side, and presents the same un varying view of waving grass and gray ish brown soil. There is not a mark by which one may be guided. To take the sun for a guide, even on a perfectly clear day, is with most persons only to inten sify the difficulty. Unless one is expert in, sun guidance, he may follow that luminary, and yet continually go round In a circle to the left. The truth of this is proven every year by the recovery of . people who . are found to have only traced a large circle in their efforts to es cape, coming round and round again to the point from which they started. The possession of a compass, moreover, sel dom proves of an advantage to the per son lost on the prairies. He probably never thinks of It until he discovers that he Is lost, and then he has no land mark irom which to take his bearings. I have known repeated instances where persons have been lost on the plains and afterwards found lying dead with a com pass In their hands." " The mental condition of a person lost on the plains is nearly always one of hopeless confusion. Not one man in a hundred retains sufficient control of his mental faculties to help himself out of his situation. And the suddenness and completeness, too, with which many minds give way, form one of the most cu rious phases of their condition. Borne years ago I was guide to a hunting par ty on the Southern plains. Among the number was an Englishman, an Intelli gent young fellow of perhaps twenty-five years of age. He was an excellent shot, but unacquainted with the prairie, and I warned him repeatedly of straying away from the camp. For a while he observed the caution, and stuck close to thecamp. But after a time he grew more venture some, and seemed inclined to take his own course. One day, when we were running buffalo, he followed after the herd Instead of returning to camp, as we supposed. " Upon our return H was missed, and a search instituted. In not more than two hours after he was missed I sighted his horse feeding alone on the prairie. A few minutes after II was discovered sitting on the ground about half a mile away. As soon as we ad vanced toward him he started up and ran off at the top of his speed. I knew what was the matter with him as soon as he Jumped, but the rest didn't. Rid ing alongside of him, I jumped to the ground and took after him on foot. After a sharp run I caught him. He was clean daft. The discovery that- he was lost, and possibly would not be found again, had upset his Intellect com pletely. He struggled like a madman to free himself, but I held on to him. We took him back to camp and tied him fast. Toward night he began to recover and by morning was quite himself again. After that experience he kept close to camp. " A man may easily become lost on a prairie trail, or even on a broad high way on the plains, if he lias no other landmark to go by. In the old days of overland travel to California it frequent ly happened that parties who had camp ed a short distance from the road took the back track in the mornlngj under the firm belief that it was the right one. It is astonishing how quick men will get lost on a prairie. They seem hardly to have time to get out of sight. Sometimes, too, they are found again. Two young Canadians went up the Red river valley, a few summers Blnce,bound for Fort Garry. They had joined in the purchase of a pony and a rickety old cart at Fargo, and Journeyed together. One evening about dusk they went into camp on the banks of Goose river. Af ter Bupper one of them started off on the prairie to look after the pony, which had been hobbled and turned loose. He failed to return. The pony came in all right in the morning, but the man has not been seen to thla day. It is probable that when he left the camp he went in a westerly direction. If he did so he might walk to the Rocky mountains without seeing a humnn being. " As I said, people disappear sudden ly on the prairies, and are never heard of more. But it occasionally happens that people are found also, or, rather, their remains are. The moat singular find of this sort coming to my own knowledge was that of two half-breeds who had been hunting buffalo in the winter. They had wandered far out upon the plains in Bearcb of game, and, being laden heavily with meat and hides, night overtook them before they were able to regain the shelter of the timber. To protect themselves from the cold, they lay down on the snow side by side, and wrapped a fresh buffalo bide tightly about them wltb the green or fleshy side out. While they slept.the overlapping sides and ends of the hide froze fast, and imprisoned them like a vise. Tightly wrapped, as they were, they could not extricate themselves, and ao died of starvation. When found, the two skeletons, shrouded In the stiffened and half decayed parchment showed the manner of their death." Stuck In the Mud. THE Atlanta (Ga.) Dispatch says ; The Ordinary of Dooly County la in a ludicrous predicament. Borne time since, becoming alarmed at the confla gration that destroyed the Court House of Worth county, together with the records, be purchased of a Northern firm a safe sufficient to accommodate the books and archievea of bis own county.: . The safe is about six feet deep, ten feet high, and ten feet long, re sembling very much the one-half of a freight car, weighs some nine thou sand pounds, and is entirely fire-proof. It was delivered a month since in Montezuma, about ' twenty miles from Vienna, its destination. How to trans port it over these remaining miles of hill and dale at once became the popu lar conundrum. A contractor was found, however, who for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, agreed to Undertake the job, and a week since, after infinite labor, it was gotten on four Wheels and drawn by 13 mules moved out of Montezuma in good order. Some two or three miles out the safe got tired of riding, and sat down to rest. Since that time it has remained in the publlo road, the vehicles passing having to take to the woods. In spite of re peated efforts, no human power has suc ceeded In budging it an inch. The con cern still occupies the road, looking in the distance, like a dismounted photo graph gallery. Agreeable to the popular will, three Commissioners were appointed, it seems to take chnrge of the affulr; these Com missioners have Issued a circular, dated "Headquarters of the Dooly County Safe," in which a reward of one hun dred dollars Is offered for any plan sug gested by which the concern can be moved to its destination at a small cost. Your correspondent visited the scenea day or two slnoe, and was received with much courtesy by the chairman of the committee, whom be found asleep in side. Was shown the various plans which had been so farsubmitted,together with the answers and objections which had been attached and filed preparatory to report. A copy of these answers ia hereby submitted; perhaps some one else can come to the rescue : M. LEVELIIEAD. ESQ. PLAN. NO. 1. "Build a railroad from the safe to Vienna." This proposition, while practical, is not, we think, advisable; it would add about two hundred thousand dollars to the original cost, and make the safe worth more than the county ; the safe is the for county ,not theoounty for the safe Signed COMMISSIONERS. B. C. WATEKIIOUSE TLAN NO. 2. " Dig a canal and float her out." This idea is a good one, but nothing smaller than a river steamer will float her. Besides, It is uphill all the way, and it is about as easy to run the safe up as the water. Signed commissioners. TUIP LIGHTLY, EWJ. rLAN NO 3. " Make a summer resort of it, and ap ply the revenue derived towards the pur chase of another safe." The county don't want another one. Signed commissioners. 11. ROUNDTREE T. T. THOMAS (SIMUL TANEOUSLY RECEIVED) PLANS NO. 4. AND 5. " Move Vienna up to the safe." The Commissioners thought of this plan,whlch would necessitate but a small outlay, but the fatal objection is that the Court House of Dooly would then be over in Macon county ; thla would be an unequal distribution of Court Houses, and might provoke criticism. Signed commissioners. E. BRILLIANT, ESQ. PLAN NO. 6. " Rig up a balloon containing 30,000 square feet of silk, get Matt. Thornton, of Atlanta, to supply the gas, and with a block and tackle float it off." The Commissioners never thought of this before and don't think much of it now; still the plan has some good points. The chief objection seems to be the lack of the amount of silk and how far up the safe will go when it starts. There is also an uncertainty bow far down it will come when it descends ; if anything happens, it seems to us that a safe of thla description fulling a couple of miles would make a mountain of every valley in China, and shoot the islands of Polyponesia into eternity. We are not of the narrow-minded class who believe that the 44 Chinese must go." We don't think 6 a safe plan. Signed commissioners. P. NOSEGAY, ESQ. PLAN NO. 7." ' Fit up the concern with a boiler and smoke stack, and run it as a road wagon." We don't think that the plan will work : the machine wouldn't bold steam enough to move it; besides, a burglar could at any time afterward come down the smoke-stack and steal the archives. Signed commissioners. These are all the returns received up to date. In the meantime the Commis sioners live in the safe and pass the time playing old sledge or going fishing in the neighboring creeks. It is now be lieved that an effort will be made at the next meeting of the Legislature to change the county line so as to Include the safe in Dooly ; in which case plans No. 4 and 5 will be adopted, and Vienna moved up to the safe. Four Beaten Reporters. At the opening of the electioneering campaign that resulted in Abraham Lincoln's elevation to the Presidency of the United States, the Hon. W. L. Lancy, then on bis way to the Balti more convention, accepted an invitation to address the electors at an agricultural fair in a small town. The Baltimore newspapers determin ed to furnish their readers wltb the ver batim of Mr. Lancy 's speech, aud five reporters left that city by a morning train for a Junction station, where tbey hoped to catch another train bound for the fair ground. As they traveled along they entered Into an agreement not to take any unfair advantage of one an other, no. matter what opportunity for doing so might present Itself. They ar rived at junction too late for the con necting train, and were in a difficulty as to getting over the intervening half doz en miles of country. They went pros pecting, four thin scribes hurrying in advance of a veritable Falstaff. At last they espied an old-fashioned wagon drawn by a lean horse, and in a few minutes the treacherous four were en scon sed in the vehicle, filling it com pletely. In vain did the man of fat re mind them of the agreement ; his ex postulations were received with derision and the driver ordered to start. The cheated reporter appealed to the countryman, offering to give Ave dot. lars for a seat on ' the dashboard. The offer was accepted, and the man slipped down to help him up. 14 Stop!" whispered he ; " I will buy your horse for twenty-five dollars, cash down." 44 Now," said the new owner of the horse, 44 take him out of the traces, and help me on bis back." It was done; and the horse and rider were soon lost to view. Next day, only one Baltimore paper contained a full re port of the speechifying at the fair ; and four belated Journalists had a bad time of it with their respective editors. Uses of Fiction. Three functions of fiction I conceive to exist '.Instruction, rendered more palat able than it might otherwise be by a coating of figure and strophe ; the con veyance of moral leaching, by means of the oldest known form of illustration, the fable, by which the mind is attracted to the entertainment, or at least consid eration, of truths arranged in pleasant garb, from the bare presentation of which it would turn away in indiffer ence or disgust; and amusement, pure and simple. Let it be here remarked that people are to apt to esteem this last the only or at least the most important function of fiction. These are np arbitrary distinctions; the first two are founded on Biblical precedent and authority, for our blessed Lord made use of fiction in the convey ance both of instruction and moral teach ing. Witness the parables of the talents, the virgins,the fig tree,the sower, Peter's vision of the sheet, the drag-net and the grain of mustard seed. The third func tion, while I would " not esteem it the greatest, neither do I lesson its import ance as compared with the others. The mind of man can no more keep up a strain of labor without cessation, than his feet and banda can be bound, Sisyphus-like, to unremittent tasks. So In structions must Interchange with amuse ment, and to lead a healthy moral and intellectual life our reading should be chequered after this manner. How it Is Done. One of the objects of Interest at the present moment to the lounger in the Strand, London, ia a copy of an English newspaper displayed in the condition it reached a subscriber in Russia, after passing through the hands of the Rus sian authorities. An article on Russia is completely obliberated. The manner in which the Russian authorities man age these things is wonderfully simple and effectual. They take a printer's roller, covered with printer's ink, and run it up and down the objectionable columns till not a word can be deci phered. Pleasing the Boy. Some days since a Detroit father pur chased a boy's tool-chest for his son, a lad of eight, who seemed to have consid erable mechanical genius, and up to date the boy has sawed off but three table legs, eight knobs from the bureau, bored about one hundred holes through the doors ,and three through the piano case, and by the aid of the glue pot be has stuck the fam ly supply of napkins firmly to the par lor carpet. . , . A man's true wealth hereafter la the good he does in this world to his fel low men. When he dies, people will say, what property has he left behind bim. But the angels who examine him will ask, 44 What are thy good deeds that thou hast sent before thee ?" Feeble Ladles. Those languid, tiresome sensations, causing you to feel scarcely able to be on your feet ; that constant drain that ia taking from your system all Its elastici ty ; driving the bloom from your cheeks; that continual strain upon your vital forces, rendering you Irritable and fret ful, can easily be removed by the use of that marvelous remedy, Hop Bitters. Irregularities and obstructions of your system are relieved at once, while the special cause of periodical pain ia per manently removed. Will you beed thlsV . .40 St SELLERS' COUGH .SYRUP! 60 Years Before the Public ! Pronounced by all to be the -moat Pleasant and efflcacloua remedy now la one, for the enre of Coughs, Colds, Croup, Hoarseness, Tickling sensation of the Throat, Whooping Cough, etc. Over million bottles sold within the last few years. It gives relief wherever used, and baa the Dower to Impart benefit that cannot be had from the eongh mixtures now In use. Bold by all Druggists at 25 cenU per bottle. SELLERS' LIVER FILLS are also highly recommended for curing liver complaint, constipation, slck-hcadacbes, fever and agne, and all diseases of the stoma oh and liver. Boldly all by all Druggists at 35 cents per box. 40 ly R. E. SELLERS & CO., Pittsburg, Pa. J. M. GiRvm. J. II. OlSVtH J. M. GIRVIN & SON., FLOUR, GRAIN, SEED 6l PRODUCE Commission Merchants, No. 64 Month Gay, St, BALTIMORE, MD. We will pay strict attention to the sale of all kinds of Country Produce and remit the amounts promptly. 45 lvr. J. M. GIRVIN & B'OS. JOSSER & ALLEN CENTRAL STORE NEWPORT, PENN'A. Mow oiler the publlo A RARE AND ELEGANT ASSORTMENT OF DRESS GOODS Consisting sf all shades suitable for the season BLACK ALP AC CAS AND Mourning Goods A SPECIALITY. BLEACHED AND UNBLEACHED MUSLINS,. AT VARIOUS PRICES. AN EXDLESS SELECTION OF PRINTS! We sell and do keep s good quality of ' SUGARS, COFFEES & SYRUPS And everything under the head of GROCERIES ! Machine needles and oil for all makes of Machines. To be convinced that our goods are CHEAP AS THE CHEAPEST, IS TO CALL AND EXAMINE BTOCK. No trouble to show goods. Don't forget the CENTRAL STORE, Newport, Perry County, Pa. DRUGS. DRUGS. JACOB STRICKLER, (Successor to Dr. M. B. Btrlckler) PHARMACIST, NEW BLOOMFIELD, PENN'A. HAVINO succeeded the late Arm of Dr. M. B. Btrlckler In the Drug Business at his Store-room, on MAIN STREET, two doors East of the Big Spring, I will endeavor to make it in every way worthy the patronage of the publie. Personal and strict attention AT ALL TIMES given to the compounding and dispensing Physi cians' presciptions, so as to Insure accuracy and guard against accidents. BEAR IX MIM ' that my stock has been recently selected and care taken to have everything oi the BEST QUALI TY. The publie may rest assured that ALL med ic! nes that leave my store shall be as represented PURE and UNADULTERATED. I BATE CONST ASTLY 05 HASD HAIR OIL and POMADES, HAIR, TOOTH and NAIL-BRUSHES. BURGEONS, TOILET, and CARRIAGE 8PONGEH, PUEK BOXES, TOILET POWDERS. CASTILE and FANCY SOAPS. PERFUMERY OF ALL KINDS, Together with Fresh and Genuine Patent Medi ciues of every description. ALSO. Segars, Tobacco, School Books, &c. ORANGES, LEMONS & BANANAS, In season. Pure Wines and Liquors for Medicinal Purposes. Terras, Strictly Cash. By strict attention to business, I hop to merit the confidence aud favor of the public. JACOB STRICKLES, Ph. G. April 29, 1379.
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