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YOL. 22. NO. 19.
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tlies, Etc., Rtc.
alrowHville. Nebraska.
JOSEPH SCHCTZ,
Clocks, Watches, Jewelry
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BROWS' VILLE, TEBRASKA.
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5 Repairing of Clock. Watcbea and Jewelry
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tob want a new machine, or a new cabinet
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Metropolitan, when visiting Lincoln.
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untied to all customers.
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Eobes, &c.
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E. HUDDAET'S
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Saloon and Billiard Hall!
THE UEST OF
Srandies, Wines, Gins, Alcohols
ncl "VVJii sides.
to.-inIaiu Street, Opposite Sherman
House, BrownTlllE, Nebraska.
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.PLASTERER,
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The Cow that Would Learn to Hop.
The little bird sat on the steeple top,
And laughed and laughed till he thought he
should drop,
At the old brlndle cow "who was learning to
hop,
Of Frogsjle the danctn? master.
"Now follow me close," said Professor Le
Frogge,
"Don't stand there as stiff as If stuck in a
bog
If I learned to hop while a mere polly wog.
Cannot yon learn ?" was what the frog
asked her.
Then off went the frog, with a skip and a
plnxge.
Plump in the frog-pond as light as a sponge.
The cow cave a toss of her head and a lunge,
And followed the dancing master.
"Quack, quack." went the ducks and the
glossy green drake;
"Good senses ! old cow, what a spatter you
make;
Can't you go somewhere else your hop-lessons
to take ?
Pray tell us," ducic and drake asked her.
The little bird sat on his tall steeple throne
Tne ducks warn off to a corner alone
While froggie gasped out from a green mossy
stone,
"What a life leads a dancing master 1"
The birdie laughed low, and the birdie laugh
ed high
That little bird laughed till he thought he
should die
"Dome up here, old cow, lot mo teach you to
fly,
Oh, won't yon?" the little birdie asked her.
"Good cow," croaked the frog, springing out
from his stone,
"Can't you spread your legs so?" theold cow
gave n groan.
'Some things are impossible, sure, I must
own,"
She answered the dancing master.
"Soo-ok Brlndle Hi ! Brlndle come out of
that pool ;
Stop cutting your capers don't act like a
fool.
Cows ware made to stand still by the maid's
milking stool;
Don't you know that?" was what the boy
asked iier.
V. W. Christian Advocate
PEIDE'S PUNISHMENT.
Cecil Sutherland sat by her win
dow, looking; at the bit of blue
sky, with the leafless branches
of an elm outlined against it. Bhe
was a handsome girl of twenty-five,
with a dark oval face and midnight
hair. Her eyes were the most notice
able features of her face; they could
go ft en and shadow forth a wonderful
depth of womanly love, or they could
look merciless and cold as steel, when
pride held its iron hand on her heart.
At presentvtiiero-was.a- cold,glittex.In,
their dark depth, and her small mouth
had a determined expression.
"I wonder if he thinks I shall over
look this neglect ?" she said, with
her eyes still fixed on the blue sky,
over which a lleecy little cloud was
sailing slowly. "He has ceased to
loe me, that is evident. I have
humbled myself, sufficiently. I have
written him three letters, and now,
after a two weeks waiting since the
last, there is still no word from him.
Well, if he does write now I will reg
ister a vow that I will send back bia
letter unopened. I will accept no
tardy restitution. Iso one but myself
knows what I have suffered through
his neglect during the past weeks, and
I will not yield oue iots. I can be
"Soft to love, but hard as iron
When despite on me is thrown,"
and my pride, which is ever the aid
of tortured love, will not fail me in
the hour that may come."
She rose from her seat with an air
of resolve Fettling over the rare beau
ty of her face. She walked to the
sjlass and contemplated her face a mo
ment. "They tell me I am beautiful," she
said, "and I know it is true. I am
rich, well-born and accomplished.
Why should I be neglected by a lov
er? Why should I stand insult from
anj man ? Perhaps he did not get
my letter,"6he continued doubtfully,
ub some wuiaperei tenderness of her
lover came to her thought b' a subtle
association. The momentary tender
ness died. "I will not allow any
such tenderness to rule me. If he
did not get mine he should have writ
ten. Letters were never mislaid be
fore. He haB found some new face
and turned aside to worship it with
man's proverbial fickleness. I am a
fool to make excuses for him."
She opened a drawer of her dressing-case,
and took out a photograph.
It was the face of a gentleman, dark
and handsome like her own, with a
mouth whose lines betokened a will
before whioh her own, strong as it
was, would be puny,
"He looks as if he could be hard
and cold," she said, "though he was
never bo to me. By this face one
would never think he could be dis
honorable. It is 6trange how easily
we can be deceived. Well"
A rap at the door and two letters
were handed her. She tossed one
carelessly aside as the other showed to
her the familiar handwriting of the
gentleman In the picture, Howard
Wellington. How she longed to
break tVlft inn1 ' Rho tx-aa in rinnnmrnr
I breaking the vow which she had made
half an hour before. .Nothiug but
pride kept her back.
"I mnst not allow curiosity to ruin
my resolve," ahe continued as ehe
turned it over and over in her hand.
"It is probably a note telling me he
has found out he does not love me. I
will not risk the mortification. I can
think of nothing more dignified than
to return this letter unopened. He
will see that I am not to be trifled
with. I will not relent now if I die
for it."
Ah if afraid to trust herself longer,
she drew her -writing desk toward
her, and penned t short note, which
jehe inclosed with the letter ja the en-
velope, and directed It to Mr. Howard
Wellington, care of , New York.
Without waiting a moment she put on
her hat and shawl, went ont and
dropped it into a letter box before she
had time to change her mind.
'There, it is done," Bhe said, as she
re-entered the house. ''If he neg
lects me he shall not triumph over
me
!
But in a few hours her mood chang
ed, and, woman like she began to fear
she bad acted too rashly in the mat
ter. Howard Wellington, 'pale and weak
from the effects of an exhausting ill
ness, sat in an easy chair in his room.
For weeks he bad hovered between
life and death, insensible most of the
time. When Cecil's letter was hand
ed to him he opened the envelope
with quick, nervous fingers, as he
recognized the handwriting.
"My darling,'' he murmured,"how
I wish you were here. Your soft
touch and loving smile would almost
make me well again. What is this ?
Nothing but a note and my letter re
turned?" and he uttered a low cry as
if a knife had pierced his heart, for
there, instead of the expressions of af
fection he had expected were the
freezing word :
"Mr. Wellington : Your letter
came too la'e. Whatitscontentsmay
be is not of the slightest consequence
to me. You have forfeited my love.
Take your dismissal it is what you
have been wishing. Cecil."
The shock caused a sudden change,
and although the doctor bad eaid that
morning that he was doing finely?
when the nurse came in be was in a
fainting fit. But recovery had pet in,
and he soon began to rally again, and
day after day grew stronger. All the
reserve force of pride in his nature
came to his aid, even as it came to
Cecil.
T tt-?11 T,rtf eofilr n omloTiiitlnn '
J II HJfc CEWIl til WA(..UIIUl,.IU,
bethought. "She has ceased to love
me, that is certain, and the cause can
be of no consequence to me. Perhaps
she has grown angry at my long si
lence. Why did she not say so ? I
would write and explain that I have
been sick, but the i;one of her note
forbids me. I will be as proud as she
aye prouder.
"Why,- Cecil, I never knew until
to-day that Mr. Wellington had been
at death's door," said one of her call-
rersxtO-Gecilift. fw .vgnftkRnft-r.rfi,
"I should have thought you would
have mentioned it."
"I didn't know it. How did you
hear?' and Cecil's lips grew white as
she remembered the returned letter.
"Bert was at the commercial house
where he is employed, and heard
them speak of Mr. Wellington's be
ing sick. He inquired and found that
it was Mr. Howard Wellington, of
Philadelphia; so of course it is your
friend. They thought him dying for
weeks; Eome sort of fever, I believe.
The doctors eaid they never knew
any one to be so low and yet re
cover." Cecil's face was white as marble,
but she managed to control herself.
"He is better now?" she asked.
"Yes, recovering slowly," said Miss
West, noticing her agitation. And
then she told the next lady she called
on that she believed all was not ex
actly smooth between Cecii Suther
land and Mr. Wellington.
As soon as Cecil was alone she dip
ped her pen in the ink, and with
trembling fingers wrote :
"Dear Howard : I never knew
you had been sick until to-day. For
give me for sending back your letter
unopened. I thought you had slight
ed me. I was desperate. I had writ
ten you three letters asking you why
I did rot hear from you. I suppose,
now, you were too sick to know any
thing about them. When yourscanie
at last, I had lost my faith in you,
and pride would not permit me to
open it. I would gladly undo the
deed now, if I could. Please write
and tell me how you are, and let me
know that you accept mj' apology. I
shall be all impatience for your ans
wer. Cecil."
"He may Bend it baok unopened,"
ehe thought. "It would serve me
right if he did."
But day after day passed and it did
not come back, neither did an answer
reward her waiting.
"He is too proud to forgive me. I
might have known more than to have
asked it. I must try to forget him.
Heaven help me, for It is not so easy
as I thought."
So when Sylvester Hammond, who
had loved her long but hopelessly,
asked her again to marry him, ahe
consented.
"The world must never know what
I oarry in my heart. Mr. Hammond
is noble and true; why should I not
marry him and hide my disappoint
ment? I can never love him, but I
can respect him." Accordingly she
acquiesced in his wishes for a speedy
marriage, saying
"I should like it better; I do not
believe in long engagements."
Severaljweeks had passed since Ce
cil sent the explanatory letter to
Howard, and he was now his old
time Eelf again. He bad crushed out
hia love for Cecil, that had been inter
woven with his nature, by the over
mastering will that characterized him.
He could not forget her entirely, but
he thought her heartless, and school
ed himself accordingly.
One day, while hurriedly tossing
over some articles on his bureau, he
upset a bottle of ink that he had left
there carelessly; the stopper flew out
and a stream of the dark fluid ran
down behind the burean. He hastily
pulled it out from the wall to ascer
tain the amount of mischief, but
nearly forgot the accident as he found
lying there close against the wall an
unopened letter with his name on the
baok. He opened it hastily. It was
Cecil's note of explanation. He was
puzzled. He looked at the date and
then Tead it.
"Good Heavens!" he exclaimed.
She wrote this in explanation, and I
never received It. Wrote three times!
I never saw the letters. I wonder
what became of them? I'll see if
Jane knows anything about it, or
about the others.'
He went in eearch of the girl, who
happened to be in a room near by.
"See the mischief I have been in,"
hesa'id, showing her the ink. "Can't
you make it all
right
again ?
I'm
sorry to give you so much trouble,"
and he slipped some silver into her
hand.
"Oh, yes, I can take It up in a few
minutes," said the girl, cheerfully.
"How do you suppose this got be
hind the bureau ? I just found it
there; it had never been opened and
it is several weeks old."
Jans took the envelope in her hand.
It wa3 long and narrow, and directed
in violet ink.
"Oh, I remember bringing this up
one afternoon, and laying it on some
papers right here where I thought
you would see it as soon as you light
ed the gas. I remember the long en
velope and the violet ink as well as if
it were yesterday."
"Well, I suppose I came in in a
hurry and pushed it awkardly behind
the bureau before I lighted the gas, in
tbe"Bame way that I upset the Ink.
But I find, by reading this, that there
were some letters that came to me
while I was sick, that I have never
seen. Mr. Simmonds opened and an
swered all the business ones. These
were friendly one3. I wonder what!
he did with them ?"
Jane looked profound fora moment,
then went to a paper rack In the corner
and took out its contents. Under
neath all the reading matter lay three
letters. She gave them to Howard,
who was watching her eagerly. They
had been opened, but proved to be
the ones Cecil bad written to him.
"Mr. Simmonds told me to put
them all carefully away together un
til you got better, and then give them
tovou."said Jane regretfully ; "but
I forgot all about it.'
"Never mind !" he said cheerfully
p5 there Is.no real harm done,'
an
atfUoVn rereao"T3et3r
AH the love which he had thought
dead rushed back with overpowering
force.
"I don't wontier she was angry.
She thought I was neglecting her.
Sne ought not to have sent back my
letter, unopened, but I can forgive
that. I know that she is proud and
sensitive. Let me see. I oan take a
train this evening for Philadelphia.
I must see her at once."
Time moved altogether too slow for
his impatient fancy. He reached the
city too late to call that evening, but
he decided to call as soon as practica
ble the nexi morning.
Aa early a3 etiquette allowed, How
ard ascended the steps of her bouse,
rang the bell and asked for Miss Suth
erland. He noticed that there were
three or four carriages near, and that
there seemed to bean unusual stir.
The girl gave him a cvjizzical look
when he asked for Miss Sutherland,
but S2id nothing and showed him in
to a back parlor.
"No name," he said; "tell her a
friend wishes to seo her."
Cecil, in a rich traveling dress, look
ing cold and stately, opened the door
and entered. She -uttered a slight
scream as he came toward her with
outstretched hands and face radiant
with gladness. But the words "My
darling!' died on his lips as he un
derstood by her manner that some
thing was wrong.
"What is the matter, Cecil? Tell
me for the love of Heaven ! I never
got your letter of explanation until
yesterday, and hastened at once to
you."
"Oh!" she moaned, dropping into
a chair. "Why did you come now?
If you had only come before! but now
it is too late !"
"Too late !' he exclaimed. "What
do you mean ?" and his foreboding
heart anticipated the answer.
"I was married last night," she
said, in cold, calm tones. "I thought
you were dead to me. Don't you see
I am dressed for my bridal journey?
Didn't you see the carriages ? I have i
sacrificed my happiness to pride. I
must bear it now as well as I can."
"I was proud, too," he moaned,
with white lips. "I should have
written again and explained. Oh,
Cecil, this Is cruel cruel !"
"We must both live it down," Ehe
said in a steady voice. "My husband
is an honorable man. I must be true,
though I do not love him. Good
hy!" They clasped hands a moment, and
she was gone.
Cecil met her husband a few min
utes later, looking pale, but self-possessed.
"And old acquaintance," she ex
plained. "He was quite surprised ot
And me a bride."
So Cecil went on her bridal tour,
haunted by an undying regret.
I favored the strike at first," said a
fellow on the east side ; 'but when the
order came to close the saloons, I im
mediately saw that the strike was a J
great crime. lb had a revolutionary
tendency. Sir, when I see one side,
under the benign influence of law
and order, the saloons kept open and
flourishing ; and on the other side,
when I see, through the effects of the
strike, the saloons closed, I cannot
hesitate what position to take. lam
for open saloons, and law and order,
every time !'
RET. ALFRED TflOKPSOS.
The Pastor of an Illinois 3L,E. Church
CouTicted as a Thief He Hobs
the Confiding YFife of
a Clergyman.
From the New York Sun.
The Rev. Alfred Thompson, pastor
of the Primitive Methodist Church in
Elgin, 111., was proved a thief in the
General Sessions yesterday, and sen
tenced to five years in Sing Sing. He
is a young man, with a smooth face,
not indicative of great mental power.
His manner and dress were in keep
ing with bis profession, and he exhib
ited plenty of audacity. The com
plainant, Mrs. Ellen Cobham, wife of
a Presbyterian missionary in the West
Indies, is a young, intelligent, edu
cated woman, and her demeanor on
the stand was ladylike. She testified
that she was married to the Rev.
William Cobham, in Hampshire,
Eng., in August last. He was under
engagement to goto the West Indies
as a missionary, and was compelled
to start about two weeks after the
wedding. She and her husband ex
pected to live many years in h.3 cho
sen field of labor, and they decided
that the wife should, before settling
down there, come to America and vis
it a brother who lives in Kansas.
This brother Is a Methodist clergy
man. So the pair separated, the wife
to come to this country, and her hus
band to go to the West Indies, where
they are to meet next winter.
In the steamship City of Richmond
the prisoner was a passenger. He In
troduced himself, said he knew eome
of Mr?. Cobham's relatives in Hamp
shire, and proved to her satisfaction
that he had charge of a church in El
gin. He was pleasant and respectful,
and she fo'uud his companionship
agreeable. He talked much on reli
gious topics, and did nothing that
aroused her suspicion of his honesty.
On their arrival in this city he eaid
he knew af a good hotel where prices
were reasonable, and they went to
gether to the West Side Hotel, at 27
West street. He registered their
names properly, and they were given
rooms not very near each other. That
was on Saturday. On Sunday they
LwonMo6ectraPar"---fl,iiyW4iH!.a
start for the West together on Mon-
day, but on that day the Rev. Alfred
Thompson slipped away. Mrs. Cob
ham missed her money and jewelry.
She promptl' reported her loss to the
police, and detectives were sent with
her to Jersey City, where they
watched in the Pennsv-lvania and
Erie depots. One of the officers
caught Thompson in a broker's office,
where he was exchanging Mrs. Cob
ham'd gold sovereigns for United
States currency. Her jewelry was
found in b3 traveling bag. He had
also bought a ticket for Elgin with
her money.
The clergyman went on the stand
to testify in his own behalf. He made
no pretense of spotlessuess of charac
ter, and was defiant in his manner;
but he denied that he was a thief. He
testified that he had obtained a leave
of absence from his congregation last
'spring
to go to England and return
with one of his children. He left his
wife and the other children in Elgin,
nnr mnrto fho nntirnrH rnraap nlnnp
The child did not desire to come with paImf?; date Palm' 300' Iarcn-
him, and so he started for America P." r ' ,aPPle' ?ear3- The Bra
hnnt hpr rn th vr ho foil ! zjl v,Qe PIm arrives at the age of 150
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in with Mrs. Cobham, aa she had de
scribed, but their relations, he said,
were more intimate than might be in
ferred from her testimony. She pro
posed that they should not return to
their families, but should live togeth
er as husband and wife. They went
to the West Side Hotel as a prelimin
ary, and she gave her money and jew
elry to him. He decided to go home,
however, and slipped away quietly, so
as to escape a parting scene. He took
her property becauseshe had made him
a present of it. She was foremost in
the love-making, according to the
prisoner, who coolly said :
"She is the most loving woman I
ever saw."
"Do 3-ou mean to say that your re
lations with her were improper?"
Recorder Hacket Inquired.
"Well," the clergyman replied,
with a leer, "we all do such things,
more or less
1;
"And you are a minister of the gos
pel?" "Yes."
Mrs. Cobham was recalled by the
prosecutor, -and was asked whether
she had ever made love to Thompson.
Her face was a picture of disdain aa
she answered with angry emphasis,
"No!" Some of the many auditors
applauded, but the applause was
quickly stopped by the officers. Mrs.
Cobham added that there was no im
propriety in her conduct, nor in hia
until the robbery.
Landlord O'Keefe, of the WestSide
Hotel testified that he saw no indica
tions of misbehavior on Mrs. Cob
ham's part; and that the prisoner, on
quitting the bouse, stole from the
office a guest's box containing wom
en's hats. Miss O'Keefe. the land
lord's daughter, gave similar testimo
ny. The jury convicted the Rev. Alfred
Thompson sitting in their seats, a re-
suit that he seems to have expected,
for while on the stand he had appa
rently been desirous only of defaming
the complainant.
"Stand up and ba sentenced, " said
the Recorder. "Well, sir, a
more
filtby beast I never met with, and a
more depraved clergyman I never
eaw. I am sorry I cannot give you a
more severe sentence than five years
in State prison at hard labor."
The Rev. Alfred Thompson smiled
grimly as he retired between two
officers.
A Practical Joke.
A young man of eighteen or twen
t3f a student in a university, took a
walk one day with a professor who
was commonly called the students'
friend, such was his kindness to the
young men whom it was his office to
instruct.
While they were now walking to
gether, and the professor was seeking
to lead the conversation to grave sub
jects, they saw a pair of old shoes ly
ing in the path, which they supposed
belonged to a poor man who had near
ly finished his day's work.
The young student turned to the
professor, saying, "Let us play the
man a triok. We will hide his shoes
and conceal ourselves behind these
bushes, and watch to see his perplex
ity when he cannot find them.
"My dear friend," answered the
professor, "we must not amuse our
selves at the expense of the poor. But
you are rieh, and can give yourself a
much greater pleasure by means of
this poor man. Put a crown piece, if
you have them, in each shoe, and
then we will hide ourselves."
The student, luckily having two
crown-pieces, did so, and then placed
himself, with the professor behind
the bushes hard by, through which
they could watch the laborer and see
what wonder or joy he might express.
The poor man soon finished his
work and came across the Geld to the
path where he had left his coat and
sboe3. While he puton his coat he slip
ped one foot into one of h is shoe. Feel
ing something hard, he stooped down
and found the crown. Astonishment
and wonder were upon his counten
ance. He gazed upon the crown,
turned around and looked again and
again ; then he looked around on all
sides, but could see no one. Now he
put the money in his pocket and pro
ceeded to put on the other shoe ; but
what was his astonishment when be
found the other crown! Hi? feelings
overcame him. He fell upon his
knees, looked up to Heaven and ut
tered a loud and fervent thanksgiv-hjg7"-inr
which bespoke ef -hiw.ife,
sick and helnle. and hia ehtfSren.
who by gome unknown i,and would
be saved from perishing.
The young man stood there deeply
affected and with tears in his eyes.
"Now," said the professor, "are you
not better pleased than if yon had
played your intended trick on him?"
"Oh, dear sir," answered theyouth,
"You have taught me a lesson now
that 1 will never forget. I feel now
the truth of the words which I never
before understood 'It is more blessed
to give than to receive."
The Ase of Tree.
The longevity of various trees has
been stated to be In round numbers,
as follows: Deciduous Cypres, 6,000
year3 ; boabab tree of Senagal, 5,000 ;
dragon's blood tree, 4,000 years ; yew,
3,000; cedar of Lebanon, 3,000; olive,
2,500; oak, 1 600; orange, 1,500; Ori
ental plane. 1,200; cabbage palm, 700;
j lime, 600; ivj. 600; ash, 400; cocoanut
years ; the Scotch fir gets its growth
in about 100 years, and the balm of
Gilead in about 50 vears.
When General Cbangarnier was in
Africa he was Colonel of a regiment,
and was more fearful of a draft of air
j than of the lead of his opponents. tiis
mind appeared to be constantly occu
pied with drafts of air. On one occas
ion the balls were flying thick around
him. An officer saluted and said,
'Colonel, you are exposing j'ourself.'
'True,' said Changarnier, we are
fighting in a gorge.' He turned up
his coat collar.
Every once in a while a strange dis
ease is reported somewhere outside of
this State and attributed to Texas cat
tle. They have sueh complaint now
at Cleveland, O. As we have no such
disease here that any one ever heard
of, and as Texas is now shipping fresh
meats in refrigerators to Northern
markets, and successfully competing
with old arrangements, the dispatch
published this morning is nothing but
a trick of the rude. Houston Tde
grum. There is considerable businese now
done in the West in drying eggs,
which, when properly done, are said
to retain their original flavor and oth
er characteristics. They are heated
to a uniform consistency and poured
in thin layers upon polished iron
plates, when they are plaeod in aqur
rent of hot air, and dry rapidly. They
are then put into hermetically sealed
eans for future use.
There is a cheerful idiot living in
Newton county, Ga. During the war
he made a vow never to cut hia hair
or shave until the Southern Confeder-
i acy wa3 established. He is waiting to
meet the man who hopes to see Har
ry Clay President.
Russian batha!' Turkish baths!'
writes an experiensed correspondent
from the Orient, 'I never saw a Rua-
jslan or Turk who ever took oss.'
A Phenomenal TTell.
Situated about four miles southwest
of Clintonvllle, Venango county, is a
well which, for volume of production,
supasses anything yet discovered fa
that county. The well wis sunk hv
Messrs. M. Brownson, E. O. Emer
son, Perln and Benson, and was com
pleted upward of a month agQ. No
oil wa3 found, but an immense gas
vein was encountered at the place
where the oil was expected. Before
abandoning the well the owners re
solved to draw out the casing. This
was attempted in the usual way, but
it must be stated that casing remains
in statu quo, except that itstuok about
a foot above its former resting place.
As It was elevated to its present posi
tion the fresh water from the upper
portion of the hole rushed into the
well at the bottom of the casing Ic
great quantity. As it did so the'gaa
took hold of it and landed It on the
surface of the earth, after sending it
forty feet above the derrick. There,
in that condition, it continues to gush
and blow to this day, and may for all
time. It is estimated that at Iea3t
twenty thousand barrels of waler are
thrown out daily. It Is truly a re
markable phenomenon. Pitiaburg
Disttaick.
Cole Yaungor,
ColeYeuagsr has become very de
vout, and spends mueh & hkv time
reading his Bible and other religious
books. He eys he is waif satisfied
with his present situation, and thinks
he is just whersjhe ought to be, On
this latter poiat we imagine most peo
ple will disagree with him. The op
inion prevails quite extensively that
he ought to be in awarmerelime. He
elaims to have received eighteen gun
shot wounds during his eereer, and
says that be aud bte brothers were of
ten on the point of surrendering to the
authorities. He denies that be ever
murdered anybody, but says be is ae
cused of killing those who killed his
father a proceeding whieh be evi
dently does not regard aa constituting
murder. StiUwaier JJumbermaH.
The Rev. Joseph -Cook was paid $600
for going from Boston to preach at
Lake Bluff, Chicago. One of Mr.
Cook's charms In the eyes of his hear
ers is his exceedingly inform man
ner on the platform. He will sit qul-
UtlyJwitEChrsJvnaaa. crossed, arid, talk
in the conversational tones he would
use in the drawing-room.
St. Louis has an attaek of mikl hys
terics, and the Globe-Democrat ex
plains why: 'October, that strews
the woodland with falling leaves,
brings to the city a crop of loag-kfged
and long-haired medieal JiedgHngs,
and with their appearance we know
that the body-snatefaing season has
set in.
At a church where there was a cell
for a minister, two candidates appear
ed whose names were Adam and Low.
The latter preached an elegant dis
course from the text, 'Adam, where
art thou ?' In the afternoon, Adam
preached from these words, Lo, here
am I.'
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An exchange says : 'Doa't tell a
married man any jokes on the boys,
for he will tell his wife, his wife will
tell her sister, and the sister will tell
all the rest of the girte.' There is a
vein of subdued meiasoholy about
this bit of wisdom which is very
touching.
If pegged boots are oocaeteaally
dressed with petroleum between the
soles and the upper leather they will
not rip. If the sole of hoots aad shoes
are dressed with petroleum they will
resist wet and wear well. The pegs,
it is seid, are not aOeeted by dryness
after beiug saturated with the Mqeid.
A hint to mothers : Begin a early
a3 poseihie to teach yoar iafaots to
gargle their throats. The wwk will
be difiieolt, bet tbe vale of it wuld
be apparent is ease of a viait frew dip
theria or scarlet 'ever.
A youtT gentteaiaa of Kilkenny.
meeting a haadeome mflkamaM, eaid :
'What will you take for yourself and
your mik, my dear?' The girl ia
stantly replied : 'Yourself and a gold
ring, ir.'
Professor Marsh, in hie xfashville
addresses before tbe Amerleaa Associ
ation for the Advancement f Sclenee,
declared that 'to doubt evohstian to
day is to doabt science, aad seiaaee is
only another name for tretb'
It's astonishing to one who reade aa
ohkuary, to reflect bow ntuefc acaise
people will lavish upon a dead man
whom, in his life time, tbey aright
have cheered aad encoeraged by a
tenth part of it.
'Avoid that which you blame oth
ers for doing,' says one of ear wtee
men. Well, things have come to a
pretty pass if a man eaa't kise Ms own
wi fe. Dsrriek.
There's something in tbis eigar
that makes me siok,' said a pale little
boy to his sister. 'I know what it is,'
responded the little girl, 'it's tebaek
erl A charming female writer says,
'The men like to p4k the ladies to
pieces.' It fe eertaktly very pleas
ant soma times o take them apart.
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