THE TIMES, NEW DL00MF1EL1), PA.. OCTOBER 20, 1880.
course you will come lo us now Hint
you Hie able to do to. I think we could
make you more comfortable," glancing
around the homely, rather poverty
stricken little room, "and then we aro
all actually dylUR to see you."
"Thank you," Bald Joe, "hut I'm
more than comfortable here. I shall
not change my quarters for another
week Certainly." '
" Hut you will surely come to us la
season for Thanksgiving. Indeed, we
cannot be thankful without you. And
we shall Invite (he other cousins, too, of
course," with a imtronluc.lng smile at
Kmlly.
" Then I am afraid I shall be the
means of causing you to he In an un
grateful state of mind on that day, for
Kmlly agreed last night to marry me at
Thanksgsvlng. I shall be obliged to go
to the city then, the doctor thinks I
shall be able to do so, and I felt that I
could not go and leave her behind me,
though I am not afraid that any evil,
lying report could have power to sepa
rate us ugulii. Emily has forgiven me
for being such a fool as to have believed
the old one,though It seemed very plaus
ible, and we are very happy." And he
gazed into Miss Sawyer's face with In
tense meaning.
Khe grew white to the very Hps.
E2 fur Mis' Rollins an' me, we can't
accept your kind Invitation, neither, ez
we're both goln' ter Boston ter visit a
while," said Aunt l)ebby, raising from
her seat, and making a low courtesy.
ii pr'ttps your folks '11 be able to come
and see us agin, now, though," she add
ed, "seein', thanks to Mr. Ash ton, we
own this fann.Hii' the Clark place jlnln'
It, an' Mis, Kolllns hez a sum In the
bank, too. Life Is awful freaky Kate
Bawyer, an' proverdence is curus, but
when folks ain't jest what they'd orter
be, they glnerally git their conie-up-pance.
Not that I ain't dretful sorry
for you, an' yer disappointed ma, ez
well."
Kale did not once turn her head until
she was in her own room at home, a
mile Mixl a half away, and the look of
anger that flashed over her face Bhowed
how great had been her disappointment.
Her mortification and regret was still
further increased, as she saw the happy
wedding party leave for Boston a few
days later.
A Perjured Witness.
I THINK about 1840 my friend Brou
son Murray, who then lived at Deer
l'ark, La Halle county, sent for me to
come to Ottawa and defend his hired
man, who, killing a neighbor in a quar
rel, had been indicted for murder. A
, sudden quarrel had arisen, and the pris
oner, seizing a hickory stake from his
sled, had struck the deceased, one hard
blow on the head, producing death.
I eat down to the trial, supposing I
had a clear case of manslaughter, and
one free from difllculty, and the only
question would be the extent of my
client's imprisonment. There was no
controversy about the quarrel and the
blow, and that death was the result.
These facts having been proved, the
prosecution called the ofllcer who had
arrested the prisoner. He was a large
muscular man, very dark and sinister in
his appearance, and as he took the stand
I saw him scowl at the prisoner, who
was an impulsive passionate Irishman,
in a way that startled me. I immedi
ately asked the defendant if he ever had
any difllculty with the witness, " Yes,
the witness hates me and threatened to
have me hanged," he replied.
After describing the arrest the witness
was asked :
"Did you on your way to the county
jail, have any conversation with the
prisoner in regard to the killing, and if
so, state what he said." He replied :
" On our way as we were, riding across
the prairie, I asked him what made him
strike the deceased, aud why he struck
so hard, Prisouer answered : " D
him, I'm glad he is dead ; I have long
had a grudge against him, and I'm d
glad I have killed him."
" Take the wituess said the state's at
torney ;" in the tone of a man who has
made out his case, and he had. The
witness had supplied the proof to change
the killing from manslaughter to mur
der, and unless I could break down or
contradict him my client was lost. By
one of those impulses which I cannot
explain,but which all of us have experi
enced, I felt that the witness had been
swearing false. I knew it, but how
could I make it manifest to the jury t
The terrible confession was made, as the
witness Bald, when he and the prisoner
were alone upon the prairie, and there
fore there was no possibility of contra
diction. " It is a lie, every word of it,"
whispered the prisoner. I knew it per
fectly well, but how to prove It V
I lgau the cross examination with
out a plan ; at first putting a few ques
tions quietly, aud studying the man
whom I bad never seen before. After a
few unimportant questions, asked to
. ain time aud try and make out what
wanner of man he wag, I led him back
to the confession. I asked him if be
whb sure he had repeated theexact words
of the prisoner. He replied : "I have
not altered oue of them." I saw he was
one of those who, if he once swore the
horse was sixteen feet high, would stick
to It. . I then asked him to repeat the
confession, which he did, aud as I ex
pected with variations. I then called
his attention to the fact that some time
had passed between the confession and
the trial, and then asked hhn why, if in
his direct evidence he had given the
identical words, he could not now on
the stand repeat them twice in the tame
way. He thought it necessary to
strengthen his statement and raid :
" I wrote down at the time what the
prisoner said, so I might not forget it,
and I have got the paper yet, aud I have
read it over to-day, and it Is the very
words I first stated."
I knew he was lying, I felt It, and I
arose and asked him sternly, " Where
is the paper 1" Tell me Instantly."
" In my pocket," suld he.
"Produce It," said I. I knew that
lie had no such paper. He turned pale
the sweat rolled down his face.
On my repeating my demand for the
paper, he refused point blank.
I repeated, " You have sworn you
wrote down at the time, on paper, the
statement of what 1 the prisoner said ;
that you have brought with you that
paper to court ; have read It over to day
and that you have it now in your pock
et. Is that true V"
" Yes," said he falteringly.
"Then," said I, " will you produce It
and let me see it Y"
"No," said he, " no lawyer shall see
my private papers."
" Is there anything on the written
paper besides the memorandum of what
the prisoner said?"
" Yes, on the sume papers are private
writings which no man shall see."
" Hold the paper in your own hands,
then, so that I can see and read only the
memorandum. Have you any objection
to that?" said I.
"You shall not see any of it," said
he. He was sinking deeper aud deeper
in the morass.
" Very well," said I.
" Perhaps you will allow the judge or
the jury to see It, if you don't want me
to see It?"
" Nobody shall see It," said he.
" This has gone far enough," said I.
" You have no such paper and never had
and I now ask the court to make an or
der that you produce the paper or be
committed to jail, until you do produce
it.
The judge made the order, and as the
hour for dinner had come, adjourned. I
knew that my client was saved ; but
not by any skill of mine, but what I
hardly know how to characterize. But
I think we old lawyers often see results
which indicate that there is something
outside of ourselves or any known
agency, which sometimes leads to the
triumph of truth and the protection of
the innocent.
On the coming in of the court the
witness was forced to acknowledge that
he had no such paper, and the states'
attorney said :
" I will not ask the jury to place any
reliance upon this witness."
A verdict of manslaughter and a short
Imprisonment was the upshot of the
trial.
Tricks of the Race Course.
THE defeat of Bend Or,on whom odds
were betted for the St. Leger last
week was neither the first nor the most
remarkable disaster that had befallen fa
vorites and their backers on the historio
Town Moor of Doncasted. The little
town for which resident of. the county
of broad acres has so warm a corner in
his heart has seen, since first the stake
called after " Handsome Jack," St. Le
ger was run over its course, some of the
most sensational and scandalous epi
sode recorded in the annals of English
racing. Doncaster in the olden time
was a famous resort of the nobility and
gentry during the race week ; indeed,no
other race course is as rich in interest
ing reminiscences. It was there that the
Prince of Wales rode on a memorable
occasslon side by side with the Earl of
Clermont, whom a loyal populace took,
in his hood and wraprascal, for the an
tiquated Princess Amilia, His Royal
Highness being lustily cheered by that
loyal populace for his pious devotion to
his grand-aunt. There was cub-hunting
in those days in the morning, and after
the races, (which began at 12 o'clock,)
and dinner it was de rlyueur to attend
the theatre. The county magnates went
up to Doncaster in lumbering coaches
with surprising retinues, and it was an
unending cavalcade which poured out to
the Moor. And after the races, when a
North Country horse had won, the inns
saw queer scenes, such as the late Lord
Glasgow knocking down the waiter and
bidding the landlord " put him in the
bill," or the smashing by a patriotic
Yorkshire baronet of all the mirrors in
the house properly to celebrate the suc
cess of a friend's horse. And half a
century ago a North Country horse had
to win. " Win, tie or wrangle," wa
the code not unfrcquently adhered
to by partisans of the North against the
representatives of the unpopular South,
and never was this more conspicuously
shown than In 18125 when Fleur de Lis,
afterwards a reuowned cup horse, was
run into and knocked down as she was
winning so as to let up Mr. Walt's
Memmon, the favorite. The Leger of
the year before was marked by an at
tempted fraud which was singularly de
tected and signally thwarted. Mr. Gas
colgne's Jerry had been so highly tried
that his owner and Croft, the trainer,
knew he could not be beaten neverthe
less money was laid against the favorite
by the hatful. The trainer was perplex
ed beyond measure at the confidence of
the layers, but on the eve of the race, as
he was walking by the turnpike gate, he
observed a post-chase drawn up for a
moment to pay the toll, and the light
from the lamp hung on high, shot Its
unmasking rays into the Interior of the
vehicle. The head of Itldsdale, who,
originally a Yorkshire footman, rauked
then as a great potentate in the ring was
thrust from the window, and conversing
by his side in the back of the chaise
were revealed the well-known face and
form of Edwards, the famous jockey
and one of a famous family of Jockeys.
Croft instantly had the secret, for it wbb
Hillsdale's party that had been foremost
in their hostility to the favorite; but
not a word did he or Mr. Gascolgne
breathe to living soul. The day came ;
Jerry was saddled and Edwards had his
foot In the stirrup, when he was " In
vited" to dismount, and Ben Smith
sprang Into the saddle, and steered the
favorite home an easy winner. The
ring was hard hit, and the late Mr. Geo.
Payne, then a young man and heavy
better, lost 30,000. It was thus that
the Duke of Queensberry foiled the con
spirators who had bought up his jockey
in a 10,000 match. " What a nice
horse I" said his Grace, as he saw the
animal saddled ; " I guess I'll ride him
myself," and throwing oiF his overcoat
showed himself in silk and cords, and
mouuting the horse won with ease.
Start Her up, Jimmy.
AS THE Overland Express was snort
ing through Alameda, California,
on Its way to New York, the engineer
suddenly whistled down brakes, the
conductor frantically Bhouted and jerked
the signal line, and with many a jar
and Bqueak the long line of cars was
brought to a stop.
The cause of this "sudden fetchup"
was a fat old lady with a red face and a
green parasol, 'who had planted herself
squarely in front of the engine, and
made the most frantic signals for it to
pause.
" What's the matter ? Anything on
the track?" said the engineer excited
ly. " Nothing but me," said the old lady
stiffly.
"Has there been a smashup? Is
there there a draw bridge open ?"
"Don't poke fun at me, young man :
I want to see the proprietor."
"The what?"
" The man who runs this thing the
captain or whatever you call him."
" What do you want with the con
ductor?" " None of your business. I want to
see the head man the boss and at
once."
" Well ma'am, said that functionary
running up, watch in hand, what's up?
What can I do for you ?"
" You go through to Chicago, don't
you ?"
" Why of course. What of it?"
" Know my eon Bill Bill Sklnderson
there.
" No. For heaven's sake get off the
track, you old "
" Don't sass me, you red nosed gorilla,
or I'll inform on you. Deary me, I
thought every body knew my boy Bill
prominent man there runs the biggest
fruit stand in town, and hands offl
you rascal. Don't dare to touch me.
I'll move when I'm a good ready."
" Well, then hurry up. What do you
want ?"
" Oh, I thought you'd change your
tune. Well, I wish you'd just stop
over a day or two at Chicago and look
up Bill, and tell him that little Marian
Jane's janders have kinder worked
round into fits, and there's more hopes.
She's Borter "
"Start her up, Jimmy I" yelled the
furious conductor ; and If the old lady
hadn't hustled up her skirts and hump
ed herself she would have had a first
class case of damages against the com.
pany. After that she stood apoplectlo
with rage, shaking her parasol at the
disappearing train, and announcing her
determination to go right over and see
Gov. Standard, the very minute the
dishes are washed.
Father Is Getting Well.
My daughters say, "How muoh better
father is siece be used Hop Bitters."
lie is getting well after his loug suffering
from a disease declared incurable, and we
are so clad that he used your Bitters. A
lady of Rochester, N. Y. 43 2t
SUNDAY HEADING,
A DINNER AND A KISS.
" I have brought your dinner, father,"
Tua blacksmith's daughter laid,
At the took from her armi a kettle
And lifted Its shining lid.
" There's not any pie or pudding,
Bo I will give yon this t"
And upon hi toll worn forehead
She left tho childish kins.
The blacksmith took off his apron
And dlnod In happy mood,
Wondering much at the tavor
Illd in his humble food
While about him were visions
Full of prophetic bliss "
Out he nover thought of magic
In hta little daughter's kiss.
While she with hor kettle swinging
Morrlly trudged away,
Stopping at tight of a squirrel,
Catching tome wild-bird's lay
And i thought bow many a shadow
Of life and fate we would mist,
If always our frugal dinners
Were seasoned with a kiss.
Putting Off.
A preacher determined to preach ou
the text, "Now is the accepted time ;
now is the day of salvation." While in
his study thinking, he fell asleep, and
dreamed he was carried into hell and set
down in the midst of a conclave of lost
spirits. They were assembled to devise
means to get at the souls of men. One
arose and said, " I will go to the earth
and tell men that the Bible Is all a fable
that It is not divinely appointed of
God."
" No that will not do," said another ;
" let me go ; I will tell men that there
Is no God, no Saviour, no heaven, no
hell," and at the last wprds a fiendish
smile lighted up all their countenances.
" No, that will not do ; we can not
make men believe that."
Suddenly one arose, and with a wise
meln, like the serpent of old, suggested,
" No, I will journey to the world of
men, and tell them that there Is a God,
that there is a Saviour, that there is a
heaven yes, and a hell, too but I will
tell them there Is no hurry ; to-morrow
will do, It will be 'even as to day,' " and
they sent him.
Don't Shilly Shally.
There is an anecdote told of Wendell
Phillips which it will do our young men
no harm to remember. It is said that
his wife, though a confirmed invalid,
has always been an encouragement and
an inspiration to him. When about to
leave her sick chamber to make some
stirring Bpeech she was wont to say to
him, " Now, Wendell, don't shilly
shally." How much this has had to do
with his Incisive and never uncertain
utterances it might be hard to say. The
words however, shape themselves into
a motto not to be forgotten. Whether
you are engaged in the active business
of life or indulging in the precarious
luxury of making love, "don't shilly
shally." In this peculiarly advanced
age, when " things are not what they
seem ;" when we adulterate every thing
from food to religion, when the word
shrewdness is received as a sufficient ac
curate synonyme for honesty, the great
want is that uprightness and downrlght
ness which means what It says and says
what it means. If you want to succeed
in life try the virtue of that higher law
which commands you not to Band your
sugar and not to shilly shally.
Out of the Garden.
There is a beautiful garden in which
God places every child that crosses the
boundaries of life and enters this world.
It is the Garden of Innocence. It Is
like the Eden of Adam and E ve. A tree
of the knowledge of good and evil is in
it. The fruit of the tree of life grows
there. Satan has found his way Into it,
too. No angel is there to drive the child
out. God does not forbid it there. But
there is one door out of this garden. It
is the door of Bin. And out from this
garden of Innocence, through this door
of sin, into the realm of guilt, the chil
dren are passing, one by one. They
find this door without guidance; for it
is wide, and always open. They cross
its threshold without compulsion.
What a mercy it is that the canopy of
Christ's atonement hangs over all this
outer realm of guilt into which our dear
children are straying with heedless feet I
What a joy It is that on the thorniest
road and In the darkest ravine the Good
Shepard is going to and fro, " to seek
and to save that which was lost 1"
rHTEvery other quality is subordinate
and Inferior to wisdom, in the same
sense as the mason who lay the bricks
and stone in a building are inferior to
the architect who drew the plan, and
superintends the work. The former
executes only what the latter contrives
and directs.
43 Knowledge cannot he acquired
without pain and application. It is
troublesome, and like digging for pure
waters ; but, when once you come to the
spring, It raises up to meet you.
JUSSER & ALLEN
CENTRAL STORE
NKWPOJIT, l'ENN'A.
Now ottor the publlo
A HARE AND KLKUANT ASSORTMENT Of
DRESS GOODS
Consisting tf alt shades suitable fur the season
BLACK ALPACCAS
AND
Mourning Goods
A SPECIALITY.
BLEACHED AND UNBLEACHED
MUSLINS,
AT VARIOUS PRICKS.
AN ENDLESS SELECTION OF PRINTS'
We tell and do keep a good quality of
SUGARS, COFFEES & SYRUPS
And everything under the head of
GROCERIES I
Machine needles and oil for all makes of
Maohlues.
To be convinced that our goods are
CHEAP AS THE CHEAPEST,
IS TO CALL AND EXAMINE STOCK.
" No trouble to show goods.
Don't forget the
CENTRAL STORE;
Newport, Perry County, Pa.
NOTICE!
THE undersigned would respectfully call the
attention of the citizens of Perry county,
that he has a large aud well selected stock of
HARDWARE,
UROOKKIP.S,
DRUGS.
WINES & LIQUORS.
IKON.
NAILS,
HORSE and MULE SHOES,
STEEL,
IRON AXLES,
SPRINGS,
HPOKES,
HUBS,
FELLOES.
SHAFTS.
POLES BOWS,
BROOM HANDLES,
WIRE,
TWINES, &C.
Also,
Taints, Oils, Glass, Plaster,
and Cement.
SOLE, CALF, KIP and UPPER LEATHER,
FISH. SALT, BUG ARS. SYRUPS. TEA 8. SPICES,
TOBACCO, CIGARS, and SMITH COAL.
John Lucas & Co's.,
MIXED rAINTS,
(ready for use.)
The best Is the CHEAPEST.
And a large variety of goods not mentioned,
allot which were bought at the Lowest Cash
Prices, and he oilers the same to his Patrons at
the Very Lowest Prices for Cash or approved
trade. Ills motto Low prices, aud Fulr beating
to all. Oo and see him.
Respectfully,
a. m.
BHULER,
Liverpool, Perry Co. Pa.
FOUTZ'S
HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS
Win ear or prevent Dtniu.
Ho nones will die of Colio, hurt or Lro f
v. If Fonu't Powders srs medio time.
Foatt's Powders wl 1 1 care snd prevent Hoe Choi.1 ra
Foatrt Powders will prevent Oirll 11 t owu,
Fouul Powders will Inereme the nunntlty of mllic
and cretin twenty per cent, snd make the butter tna
sod sweet. U
FonU-s Powders will core or prevent almost cvibt
Disias to which Hones snd Cuttle are subject.
Form's Pownaaa wiu bivi Satisfaciio.
Sold everywhere. t
DAVID l. foUTS, Proprietor.
SAX.TIKOILB, Jdd.
jv For Sale by 8. B. Smith, New Bloomfleld,
Perry County, Pa. 4 iy
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HOP BITTERS.
(A Medicine, not a Drink.)
COHTAIXS
hops, Btcnr, mandhake,
DANDELION,
Aro tb PmtvsT Aim BsflTMrmcALQUAU-
T1KS OF ALL OTHAA lilTTXX.
THEY CURE:
All Dlieftieiof theStomich, Bowelt, Blood,
Liver, Kidneys, and Urinary OrgAn. Ner
voiuneaa, BWpleainessaod especially
X OUUMO lUUiyiJUUl.
$1000 IN COLD.
Will be paid for a ease they win not tore or
Help, or loraoyining impure oriujuriou
IUUUU 111 UlCUIe
Ait your drafrirUt for Hop Bitten and try
Uiem before yon aleep. Take 110 Cher
D T. C. It an abtolnte and Irrealitlble cure for
uruxuteQDeM, um 01 opium, tooacco ana
oar colic.
Mfl BXD TOM ClBCTLAB.
All ftkatv mU br e)rri.u.
Hop BltWn M fe. C., fUebMtor, N. A Tomato, 0U -
October 12,1&KM(
JOTICE!
In the Oourt of Common Pitas of Tvrry County:
Willliax Jacobs rs. Matilda Jacobs.
To MATILDA JACOBS, Respondent:
Madam Please take notice that the Court of
Common Pleas of said County, has grauted a rule
on you to show cause why a divorce a vinculo
matrimonii should uot be decreed In the above
ca.
Returnable on last MONDAY of October next.
September 7. 1836. CY.BIwUL
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