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    THE HERALD.
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PLATTSMOUTH," NEBKASKA.
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VOLUME X.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1871.
NUMBER .T2.
THE HERALD.
ADVEivrisixa hates.
HENRY BCECK,
DEALZB IN
Iia x-ii i t lai? e5
SAFES, CHAIRS,
Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads,
ETC.. ETC., ETC.,
Of All Descriptions.
METALLIC BURIAL CASES.
Wooden Coflinn
Of all sizes, ready-made, and void cheap for cash.
With many thanka for past patronage, I invite
all to call and examine my
LARGE STOCK OF
Xiiniituro unci Collliiw.
jau'-M
MEDICINES
AT
J. H. BUTTERY'S,
On Main Street, bet. Fifth and Sixth.
Wholesale &ud Retail Dealer in
Drugs and medicines. Paints, Oils,
Varnishes. Patent Medicines,
Toilet Articles, etc., etc.
rTTRESCRIPTIOXS carefully compounded at
all hour, day and night. 35-ly
J. W. SHANNON'S
Toed, Sale and Livery
STABLE,
Main Street, Plattsmoutli, Neb.
I am prepared to accommodate the public with
Carriages, Buggies, Wagons,
AND
A Ho. I Hearse,
On Short Notice and Seasonable Terms.
A HACK
Will Run to the Steamboat Land
ing, Depot, and all parts of
the City, when Desired.
janl-tf
First national Bank
Of Plattsmouth, Nebraska,
SUCC ESSOR TO
Tooth, irmimv fc Clnrlc.
TollV FlTZHKRALD..
E. li. DOVEY
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T. V. Evans
, President.
Vice-President.
Canhier.
Assistant Cashier.
This Rank is now open for business at their new
room, corner Main and Sixth streets, and ar. pre
pared to transact a general
BANKING BUSINESS.
Stocks, Bonds, Gold, Government
and Local Securities
BOUGHT AND SOLD.
Deposits Received and Interest Al
lowed on Time Certificates.
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EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
Condensed from Teleznms of AomjMvni Dates,
Books, Stationery, Pictures, Mnsic,
TOYS, CONFECTIONERY,
Violin Strings,
Newspapers, Novels,
Song Books, etc., etc.
TOST OFFICE BUILDING,
E-if PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.
Monday, Oct. 20. To a recent com
plaint of the Spanish Ambassador that sup
plies of arms and other materials of war,
manufactured in England, were frequently
shipped to the Carllsts, Lord Derby, Foreign
Minister, has made reply that the indefinite
continuance of the war in Spain showed a
lack of patriotism and energy, and if the
Spanish nary wad vigilant thclanding of
arms for the CarlisU would be impossible
. .The following arc the official returns of
the vote for State officers at the recent elec
tion in Indiana: Secretary of State Curry,
Republican, 104,955; Neil, Democrat, 182,-
053; Bowles, Independent, 15,755; Stout,
Independent, 2,9Sl. Auditor 'Wildman,
Rep., 165,303; Henderson, Dem., 181,333;
Prcscott, IndL, 19,053. Treasurer Glover,
Rep., 104,971 : Shaw, Dcm., 181,3); Bennett,
Ind., 19,035. Attorney-General Denny, Rep.,
106,153; Buskirk, Dcm., 178,859; Beele, Ind.,
18,584. Superintendent of Public Instruction
Bloss, Rep., 104,953; Smart, Dem., 180,986;
Graham, Ind., 18,844. Judge of the Supreme
Court Osborne, Rep., 165,716; Broole, Dem.
and Ind., 198,080.
Tuesday, Oct. 27. In a letter in reply
to the protest of the Pope against the perse
cution of German Bishops, the Emperor
William says Germany has done all in her
power to live in peace with the church at
Rome, but that he is bound to pro
tect the State against the violent at
tacks and conspiracies of the clergy....
The United States Supreme Court at Wash
ington has denied the motion to ad
vance the Granger cases. The decision will
put over the first case as far as March or
April next..... George Reynolds, of Salt Lake
City, has been indicted for polygamy uuder
the Congressional law of 1802, and held tobal
in $2,500. This is the first indictment in that
city under the act of Congress, the prior in
dictments being under the Territorial law. . . .
At its recent session the Missouri State
Grange decided to loan money to outside par
tics to establish an implement manufactory at
Booneville, without interest, pledging sup
port to the same in the purchase of imple
ments.... At St. Louis, a few days ago, Lizzie
GofT, nine years of age, attempted to kindle
a fire by pouring coal oil from a can upon
burning paper. The usual result followed,
and she died in six hours.... The Demo
cratic aud Conservative State Central Com
mittee of Louisiana have addressed a com
munication to Gen. Emory protesting
against the action of Maj. Louis Merrill, of
the U. S. Cavalry, who, on the 23d, at Shreve-
port, made an affidavit for the arrest of a
large number of citizens of the State for re
fusing to employ voters who would support
the Republican candidates. The committee
claim that the offense charged by Merrill is
one strictly cognizable by the civil courts and
appertains in no manner to the military ser
vice.
Wednesday, Oct. 28. Madrid dis
patches announce the sailing of reinforce
ments for Cuba. ...According to the recent
school census of Chicago, the population of
the eity is 395,226.
Thursday, Oct. 29. The preliminary
examination of Count von Arnim was con
cluded on the 27th by his release on 100,000
thalers bail. A Berlin dispatch of the 23th
says he would not be permitted to leave the
country.... The cotton mills at Over, En
gland, were burned on the 28th, together
with ten operatives The Episcopal
General Convention, at its recent session in
New York, adopted a canon against ritualistic
practices by a vote of 72 to 5 At the elec
tion in Baltimore on the 28th for members of
the City Council the Democratic candidates
were electedthc majority in the city being
about 10,000.
Friday, Oct. 30. John Laird, the well
known builder of the Confederate steamer Ala
bama, died in London on the 29th, after a pro
tracted illness.... The German Reichstag was
opened on the 20th by the Emperor in person.
private letter has been received at Wash
ington from Dockray, the American who was
arrested by the Spanish authorities in Cuba.
He gives an account of his sufferings on
shipboard, and states that he has been sen
tenced to a penal colony in Africa for a term
of ten years, but that he hopes to be released
before long through the intervention of the
United States Government.... Thursday, Nov.
20, has been appointed by the President as a
day of National Thanksgiving Gov. Les
lie, of Kentucky, has offered an aggregate
reward of $9,000 for the capture of a band
of masked ruffians who recently shot a
young colored girl and committed other
outrages on negroes in Shelby County A
report that Oliver Dalryuiple, the great wheat
farmer of Minnesota, had failed is pronounced
by Mr. Dalrymple himself to be entirely with
out foundation In New Orleans on the
afternoon of the 29th a collision occurred
between Gov. Kellogg and Maj. E. A.
Burke, of the Naturalization Committee of
the Conservatives, which grew out of a
correspondence between them relating to
the manner in which the votes of citi
zens who had been naturalized by the
Second District Court should be cast, the
Governor having instructed that they be de
posited in separate apartments or boxes. As
Gov. Kellogg was riding in his carriage with
Judge Atocha, Maj. Burke stopped him, and
while engaged in conversation drew a whip
and attempted to strike the Governor, when
the latter fired a pistol at Burke, who retali
ated in kind, firing three or four shots.
Neither party was wounded A fire
at Greencastle, Ind., on the night of
the 28th destroyed thirty buildings in the
business portion of the town, inflicting a loss
of $358,500, on which there was an insurance
of $132,900. The fire started in a furniture
factory, and is believed to have been the work
of an incendiary.
Saturday, Oct. 31. Kuhlmann, who
had confessed the crime of having at
tempted the assassination of Bismarck, has
been tried and convicted, and sentenced to
imprisonment for fourteen years in the house
of correction and ten years' suspension of
his civil rights A Dublin dispatch says
Cardinal Cullen and the entire Catholic Epis
copate have issued pastoral letters denouncing
the late address of Prof. Tyndall, before the
British Association, as a revival of paganism
The Milford (N. II.) rive Cent Savings
Hann has suspended, with liabilities of $500,
000, covered, it is believed, by its assets...,
A recent boiler explosion in Isaac Roder's
saw-mill at Lancaster, Ind killed two of
the proprietor's sons, Timothy and Will
iam, and severely and probably fatally in
jured another son. A man by the name -of
George lied die was also badly injured. The
building was torn to atoms, and fragments
thrown in every direction. The boiler was
blown into a thousand pieces, some of them
being fouud half a mile away.... Extensive
forest fires are prevailing in many sections of
Southern Indiana and Ohio, and some towns
are in great danger of being destroyed.
THE MARKETS.
October 30, 1874.
NEW YORK.
Cottok. Middling upland, U4UXc
Livestock. Beef Cattle $10.73&12.75. nogs
Dressed, $7.758.00; Live, $5.MK&5.75. Sheep
Live, $4.25fi.25.
BBSADCTcrrs. Flour Good to choice, $5.15
5.75; white wheat extra, $5.756.15. Wheat No.
8 Chicago, $1.01(3,1.03; Iowa spring, $1.0&1.04;
No. 2 Milwaukee spring, $1.041.C6. Rye West
ern and State, 24c. Barley $1.3ai6.
Corn Mixed Western afloat, &ia,m'ti. Oats
New Western, 5Gj.')c.
Provisions. Pork New Mess, MXX&!i0.25.
Lard HS.14!4c Cheese 12'.4155ic.
Wool. Common to extra, 45&t8c.
CniCAGO.
Lm Stock. Beeves -Choice, $5.255.75;
good, $4.0O&1.73; medium, $J.2j3 75; botch
era' stock, $-3.0033-23; stock cattle, $2,250
3.25. Hogs Live, $5.7&S-:. Sheep Good
to choice, $3.754.50.
Provisions. Butter Choice, 3K&38C. Eggs
Fresh, lS30c. Cheese New York factory,
1516c; Western, ll15c. Pork New
Mess, $19.5019 60. Lard 12U&12;4c.
Bri ADSTtrrrs. Flour White winter extra;
$5.0tK&7.00; spring extra, $1.50(5.25. Wheat
Spring, No. 2, 83&S2SC. Corn No. 2, 71
71c. Oats No. 2, 4&340c. Barley No. 2,
$1.171.17i4. Rye No. 2. 8338.1c.
Wool. Tub-washed, 4557c. ; fleece, washed,
40f)0c.; fleece, unwashed, 273v15c.
Lumber. First Clear, $50.0033.00; Second
Clear, $t7.0049.50; Common Boards, $11,000
12.00; Fencing, $11.0012.00; "A" Shingles,
$3.0003.25; Lath, $2.0002.25.
CINCINNATI.
BBCADWum.-Flour $4.a"O5.00. Wheat Red,
$1.05. Corn 75078c. Rye 94c. Oats 50355c.
Barley $1.1501.35.
Provisions. Pork $20.0003060. Lard
12013C.
ST. LOUIS.
Lrv Stock. Beeves Fair to choice, $4.50
5.50. Hogs Live, $5.0l)5.75.
Brbadstui-fs. Flour XX Fall, $1.2504.75.
Wheat No. 2 Red Fall, $1.051.0fi'4. Corn No.
2, 6SO70c. Oats No. 2, 48S49c. Rye No. 2,
8082c. Barley $1.0501.10.
Provisions. Pork Mess, $19.00030.00. Lard
1213c.
MILWAUKEE.
BRBADSTurrs. Flour Spring XX, $5.2505.50.
Wheat 8pring No. 1, 92093c ; No. 2, 86
87c. Corn No. 2, 74.3.75c. Oats No. 2, 45
46V4C. Rye No. 1, 87&90c. Barley No. 2, $1.10
&1. 12.
DETROIT.
Brbadstctts. Wheat Extra, $1.171.17J4.
Corn 79080c. Oats 48049c
TOLEDO.
BRBADSTurrs Wheat Amber Mich., $1.04
1.05; No. 2 Red, $1.0301.04. Corn
Mixed, 7374c. Oats 4849c.
CLEVELAND.
Brbadstuffs Wheat No. 1 Red, $1.0801-09;
No. 2 Red, $1.0301-04. Corn 77073c. Oats
S0O51c.
BUFFALO.
LrvK Stock. Beeves $4.2506.25. Hogs
Live, $5.506.12'4. Sheen $4.0004.5 .
EAST LIBERTY.
Livk Stock. Beeves Best, $6.256.C0; me
dium, $5.0006-00. Hogs Yorkers, $5,753
6.00; Philadelphia, $6.7506-90. Shwep Best,
$4.3004.75; medium, $3.7504.25.
The Explosion of the Steamer Brook
ljn.
The propeller Brooklyn, Capt. Harvey
Brown, of the Northern Transportation
Company's line, bound from Ogdensburg
to Chicago, exploded her boiler yester
day afternoon, about two o'clock, just
after passing Fighting Island, complete
ly shattering the vessel and causing the
death of thirteen persons on board, be
sides maiming and wounding eleven
others. She sunk in about two or three
minutes in twenty-five or thirty feet of
water, only about six or eight inches of
her pilot-house remaining out of water,
to which nine persons clung lor safety,
and Mere soon released by the propeller
Cuba, while eight others who were
thrown into the water were picked up by
fishing yawls from the shore. All but
six were injured, and were brought to
the city and taken to the Marine, Harper
and St. Mary's Hospitals.
1 he Captain f Tafriktlnt he was on deck
at the time, and that several men were
within a distance of a few feet from him.
At the first shock of the explosion he says
it felt as though the boat had struck a
rock. He was thrown to the deck and
partially stunned. He jumped up as soon
as he could, and began to realize the fact
of the explosion. He saw the boat sinking
rapidly at the center, and jumped into
the rigging and hauled out the cabin boy,
Albert Gibbons, from a cabin window.
He also assisted the first mate. Daniel
Ityder, who had an arm broken by being
struck with allying missile, to the top of
the pilot-house, to which place all on
deck hastened, as the boat was completely
under water in less than five minutes.
There .were nine persons on the pilot
house and they remained there about fif
teen minutes, until released by the pro
peller Cuba, when he came with them to
this city, lie subsequently started back
at four o'clock with the tug Oswego to
look after the remains of the wrecked
vessel, and also to see if he could find
any of the bodies of the lost or pick up
any who were supposed to be left on
the island. He, hwever, only found the
body of a woman, which was tied to the
island, and, a Coroner having been sent
for to hold an inquest, he determined to
leave the body there. The Captain said
the Brooklyn was going at a rate of
speed of about ten miles an hour, which
is not an unusual speed for the boat, and
that he was not racing.
Our reporter had a conversation with
Fred. W. Stevens, Riley Franklin and
John Mullane, passengers of the boat.
They say that the steamer Cuba was
several hundred yards ahead or the boat,
and both were going at apparently the
same speed. Two of the men heard
Capt. Boardman, who was on the deck,
say to Capt. Brown, of the Brooklyn,
that the Cuba would keep ahead, and
Capt. Brown replied: 44 She will read
the name of our boat on our stern before
we reach Detroit."
Missing and supjosed lost: Mrs. Peter
Rabbin and child, four years old, of Og
densburg, passengers; one lady pas
senger, name unknown, from Cleveland;
two Frenchmen, passengers, names un
known, traveling from Ogdensburg to St.
Louis ; John Morley, first cook, Ogdens
burg; second cook, name unknown,
shipped at Oswego; James Romaine,
wheelman, Cape Vincent, N. Y.; William
Hilliard, second 'engineer, Ogdensburg;
Michael Huck and James Phillips, fire
men; Mike Hanley, deck hand; Samue
Anderson, porter, Renssalaer Falls, N.
Y. Total, thirteen.
The propeller Brooklyn was built at
Cleveland in 18G6, and was therefore
eight years old. She was considered a
first-class vessel, of good speed, and in
one of her trips has, it is stated, averaged
between ten and twelve miles per hour
from port to port. She was valued at
$45,000 and was insured for half that
amount. She had on board a full cargo
of general merchandise, sixty tons of it
being for this city, and the balance for
Milwaukee and Chicago. Detroit Trib
une, Oct. 23.
THE MILFORD BANK ROBBERY.
A Family or Seven Penona Bound
The Cafcliler Taken to the Bank A
Cool and Audacious Affair.
From an interview with Mr. F. T. Saw
yer, of Milford, and the members of his
household, the Nashua (N. II.) Telegraph
gives the following account of the rob
bery of the Souhegan National Bank, at
-uuioid, a lew nights ago:
The desperadoes effected an entrance
to Mr. Sawyer's house by turning the key
in the piazza door with a pair of plyers.
They then ascended to the second story,
probably by the front 6tairway, and pro
ceeded at once to Mr. Sawyer's bedroom.
Mr. Sawyer was awakened by having a
hand placed upon his throat, and a voice
coolly said, 44 We want you, sir." The
hand of another villain was placed upon
the throat of Mrs. Sawyer at the same
time, and presently she was rudely taken
from her bed with her infant child and
placed in a chair. She resisted with all
her strength and cried out until choked
to silence. The cries of the child ap
parently made the men nervous, so much
so that they made several threats of vio
lence if it was not "instantly hushed
up."
The struggle with Mr. Sawyer was pro
gressing all the while, two of the ruffians
having him upon the side of the bed,
forcing handcuffs upon him, a gag made
of a piece of broom-handle, with a hole
to breathe through bored in the center,
was thrust into his mouth, and a 44 twist
er" put upon his neck. He was then al
lowed to put on his pantaloons (from the
pocket of which one of the thieves ab
stracted $20.00) and slippers, and a coat
was placed upon his shoulders. He was
handled rapidly, but it did not seem to
be the intention of the men to injure
him.
All the gang were masked, and Mr.
Sawyer thinks all were barefooted ; they
had dark-lanterns, a full kit of tools, and,
apparently, a thorough knowledge of
the premises, and the number of members
(seven) of the household. During the
struggle with Mr. and Mrs. Saw
yer their attention was called to the
screaming of the servant-girl, Mary A.
JJrodenck, in another apartment, wnen
two of the gang made a bold push to
44 quiet her." She was seized by the
"head and an attempt was made to
smother her, but she struggled and
fought like an enraged tiger, and was
not conquered until they had dragged
her from her bed by the hair of her Head,
choked her to silence, and handcuffed
her hands behind her. la the mean
time the two boys, Fred, aged twelve,
and his brother, aged six, would not be
quiet, and one of the men took one under
each arm and hustled them into a closet,
and the girl in after them. The closet
door was then fastened with screws, and
several holes bored through it to admit
the air. The work of disposing of the
other inmates of the house was rapidly
accomplished by other members of the
gang. Mrs. bawyer was nanacunea,
and with her tniant cniid ana oldest
daughter. Bertha, placed in the closet of
her sleeping-room, the desperadoes first
placing chairs for them to sit in. The
door was fastened with screws, as in the
first instance, and six holes bored to ad
mit the air. One of the ruffians ex
pressed concern lest there was not
enough air for them, so two additional
holes were bored. .
Two men were detailed to watch the
inmates of the house, and the others
(Mr. Sawyer thinks there were twelve in
all) conducted Mr. Sawyer to the bank.
The two men that stayed behind made
themselves perfectly at home. They
sauntered about the house, and talked
pleasantly with Mrs. Sawyer, advising her
to keep quiet. They hurried Mr. Sawyer to
the bank as soon as possible, crossing the
suspension bridge and passing through
yards and cross-lots, and demanded to
know where the keys were. He told them
he had not got the vault keys, and when
he refused to tell where they were the
twister was given an extra turn, and
he was made insensible. At the bank
Mr. Sawyer was again asked where the
keys were. One of the men said: 44 Curse
you, you have lied to us twice. We ain't
going to lose our summer s work. JNow
own up." The twister made him insensi
ble, but upon reviving he concluded that
his safety depended upon answering their
questions, and so he told them they
would find them in his PostofJJce box.
He was placed in a chair and guarded
while two of the men went to the Post
ofhee, broke a light of glass, thrust a
hand through, turned the catch, hoisted
the window and jumped in. After this
they unbolted and opened the front door,
obtained the keys and returned to the
bank. Mr. bawyer opened the vault,
when they proceeded to examine its con
tents. Une ot them asked, previously,
if there was $00,000 in it, and seemed
quite disappointed to learn that the
amount they would probably make out of
the job was so small.
As near as can be ascertained without
the statement of all the sufferers the
total loss is about $100,000.
The robbers (having given Mr. Sawyer
in charge of two companions whose duty
it was to take him home, which they did
as lively as circumstances would permit)
coolly locked the outside door of the
bank building and separated. On the
tramp home Mr. Sawyer noticed a watch
man at one of the mills, and the ruffians
fearing some difficulty gave the twister a
turn that rendered him again insensible.
He was hurried forward, however, and at
his house conducted to one of the bed
rooms, placed in a chair, his legs bound
to the rounds, the chair fastened to the
bedstead-post and the bed fastened to
the floor by cords made of strips of
sheets and tied through the eye of stage
screws, which were screwed into the
floor for that purpose. This was to pre
vent Mr. Sawyer from reaching the win
dow to give an alarm. The adventurers
then thanked him for the services he had
rendered them and hastily departed.
Mr. Sawyer thinks the whole programme
was carried out in forty minutes, and that
it was alter three o clock when the job
was ended. '
During all this time the prisoners had
done more or less screaming. Mrs. Saw
yer had exerted herself beyond her natu
ral strength to regain her liberty, had
marked and thumped the door with 44 her
bracelets" and endeavored to release her
self. Bertha, imprisoned with her, was
very cool. The boys and the servant
girl were demonstrative, using their
voices in loud cries for liberty. Master
Fred finally succeeded in dislodging the
casing of hi3 coop and getting out,
whereupon he cut the cords that bound
his father, and with great effort took out
the screws that secured the door to the
closet in which his mother was captive.
An alarm was quickly given. The con
dition of the family at seven o'clock this
morning when the blacksmiths had suc
ceeded in liberating them from their
handcuffs was not so excitable as might
have been expected. Mrs. Sawyer, who
has a bad mark upon her throat where
one of the ruffians choked her, was a lit
tle nervous. She displayed great cool
ness, however, and entertained all com
ers. Mr. Sawyer was suffering from ex
citement and nervous prostration. The
children were laughing and relating their
adventures to admiring friends and
seemed as happy as though nothing un
usual had happened.
D02PT ItUX IN DEBT!
Don't run in debt never mind, never mind
If your clothes are all faded and torn;
Fix em up, make them do; it is better by far
Than to have the heart weary and worn.
Who will love you the more for the set of your
hat.
Or your rnfT, or the tie of your shoe.
The style of your biots or shade of cravat,
if they kuow you're iu debt for the new f
Good friends, let me beg of you, don't run in
debt ;
If the chairs and the sofa are old.
They'll fit your backs better than any new set.
Unless they are paid for with gold.
If the house is too small, draw the closer to
gether. Keep it warm with a hearty pood-will ;
A big one, unpnid for, in all kinds of weather.
Will send to the warm heart a chill.
Don't run in debt dear girls, take a hint;
If the fashious have changed since last season,
Old Nature is out in the very same tint,
And old Nature, methinks, has some reason.
But just say to your friendn, I cannot afford
To spend time to keep up with the i'axhion;
Mv purse is too light aud honor too bright
Gents, don't run in debt let your friends, if they
can.
Have tine houses, and cloth) nr and flowers.
But, nuless they are paid for, be more of a matt
Than to envy their snnsniuy nonrs.
If vou've money to spare, I've nothing to say,
nend vour dollars aud dimes as you please:
But, iniod you. the man who his note has to pay.
is the man wno is never at, ease.
Kind husbands, don't run in debt any more,
'Twill fill vour wife s cup lull of sorrow
To know that a neighbor may call at your door
With a bill you muxt settle to-morrow.
Oh. take my advice it i good, it is true!
mm lewt you may, some oi you, auuui uj
I'll whiwper a secret, now, seeing 'tis you:
I've trieu tt, anu know ail bdouc it.
Bnying a Railroad.
The fact that fruit cars are hauled
from San Francisco to Chicago for
$1,500 per car reminds the editoi of a
little story:
Shortly after the completion of the
Union Pacific an old friend of ours and
an inveterate wag, Ed. liay, who owned
a Dig ranche in t-arson Valley, JNev.,
came through to Chicago, and while in
the citv concluded to buv a carload of
agricultural implements for use on his
farm. He visited the Union Pacific office
and inquired the price of a car, and the
agent, taking his address, promised to
drop him a line giving him rates. In due
time the notification arrived, the figures
being somewhere up in the thousands.
Ed. read the note carefully and then sent
the following reply:
Dear Sir I regret that I was not a little more
explicit in my language yesterday. Your figures
would imply' that you understood me as being
desirous of bnying your railroad, whereas I wish
only to hire one car one trip. When I demre to
purchase a railroad I shall hunt one that Is held
at lower figures than you hold yours.
E. Rat.
The result was that Ed. was hunted
up, and negotiations entered Into by
which he got his car at a reasonable price,
on the ground, we believe, of being a
resident of Nevada engaged in building
up the country. Georgetown (Col.) Miner.
"LITTLE JOE."
BY JENNIE WOODVILLE.
Tom Wise, a great big, handsome fel
low, with a heart of the same order, w as
standing at the corner talking to a friend.
He held a cigar to his mouth with his
left hand and with his right had just
struck a match against the lamp-post,
when at or rather under his elbow a
voice exclaimed cheerily, 44 Busted agin,
Mas' Tom!"
Tom threw a glance over his shoulder
and there stood 44 Little Joe," a small,
misshapen negro about fifteen years old,
with crutches under his arms and feet
all twisted out of shape, his toes barely
touching the ground as he hopped along.
He had on an old straw hat with only a
hint of brim. There must be some law
of cohesive attraction between straw and
wool, for little Joe s cranium was large
while the hat was small and set back
much nearer the nape of his neck than
the crown of his head, yet held its place
like a natural excrescence or a horrible
bore. Joe had met with very few people
mean enough to laugh at him; for,
though he possessed all the brightness
and cheerfulness and pluck ot detormed
people generally, there was a wistful
IOOK auouL ins eyes wuitu ma v nui ui
height and his position on crutches inten
sified (indeed, perhaps, created) by keep
ing them upturned while talking with
any one taller than himself; and this
was generally the case, for there were no
grown people so small as Little Joe. His
shirt was torn and his pantaloons ragged,
but to gild these faded glories he wore a
swallow-tailed coat with brass buttons,
which some one had given him, whether
from a sense of humor or a sentiment or
charity let the gods decide.
"JJusted agin, -ias- lomi"
44 What 4 busted' you this time, Joe!"
asked Mr. Wise.
44 Lumber, Mas' Tom. I was in de
lumber bizness las' week, buyin' ole
shingles and sellin' 'em for kindlin';but
my pardner, he maked a run on de bank
leasNvays on my breeches pocket an'
den runned away insse I. Ain t you
gwine to sot me up agin, Mas' Tom?"
44 vv hat business are you going into
this week?"
44 'Feckshunnery," replied Joe, taking
the quarter Mr. Wise handed him.
44Dis'll do to buy de goods but 'twon't
rent de sto', Mas' Tom."
44 What store?" asked Mr. Wise.
44 Dat big sto' Hunt an' Manson is jes'
moved outen. Mr. Manson say I may
hab it for sebben hundred dollars ef
you'll go my skoorty."
Tom laughed: " wen, Joe, l was
thinking I wouldn't go security for any
body this week. Don't you think you
can do business on a smaller scale?"
Joe's countenance fell, and he suffered
visibly, but a cheering thought presently
struck him, and he exclaimed, disdain
fully, 44 Anyhow, I ain't a-keering 'bout
Hunt an' M'anson's ole sto' der ole seb-ben-hundrcd-dollar
sto'! I can git a
goods box an' turn it upside down, an'
stan' it up by de Cap'tol groun's, an'
more folks'll pass 'long an' buy goobers
dan would come in dat ole bto' all de
year. Dey ain't spitin' me!"
As Joe limped oft to invest his money,
his poor little legs swinging and his
swallow-tails flapping, Tom's friend
asked who he was.
44 Belonged to us before the war," said
Tom. 44 Poor little devil! the good Lord
and the birds of the air seem to take care
of him. I set him up in business with
twenty-five cents every week, and look
after him a little in other ways. Some
times he buys matches and newspapers,
and sells them again, sometimes he buys
ginger cakes and eats them all; but he is
invariable 4 busted,' as he calls it, by
Saturday night Joe! O-oh, Joe!"
Jqe looked back, and, with perfect
indifference to the fact that he was de
taining Mr. Wise, answered that he
would 44 be dar torectly," continuing his
negotiations for an empty goods box ly
ing at the door of a neighboring dry
goods store. 44 What you want, " Mas'
Tom?" he asked on his return.
44 Miss Mollie is going to be married
week after next, Joe, and you may come
up to the house if you like. I was afraid
I might forget it."
44 Whoop you, sir! Thanky, Mas' Tom.
I boun' to see Miss Mollie step olf de
carpit. But, Lord-a-mussy! dem new
niggers you all got ain't gwine to lemme
im"
44 Come to the front door and ask for
me. Cut out now, and don't get busted
this week, because I shall need all my
money to buy a breastpin to wait on my
sister in. Come, John, let's register."
Joe's glance followed Mr. Wise and his
friend till they were out of sight; then he
turned and paused no more till he reached
an out-of-the-way grocery store, in tne
window of which were displayed samples
of fish, and soap, and calico, and kerosene
lamps, and dreadful brass jewelry, among
which was a frightful breastpin in the
shape of a crescent set with red and
green glass, and further ornamented by a
chain of the most atrocious description
conceivable. Before this thing of beauty,
which to him had been a joy for weeks,
Joe paused and lingered, and smote his
little black breast and sighed the sigh of
I poverty. Then he went in. 44 What mout
ob der winder?" he inquired.
44 1 don't see any gent in the corner of
the window," said the proprietor ol the
store.
Joe took the mild pleasantry, and in
quiring. "What mout be de price o' de
pin?" was told that it might be anything
from nothing up but it could go for
seventy-five cents.
He stood again outside the window,
looking sadly and reflectively at the at
tractive Dijou, then seated nimsen on tne
curbstone, his crutches resting in the
gutter, and thoughtfully smoothed be
tween his finger and thumb the twenty-
five-cent note Mr. Wise had given him.
44 Ef I takes dis, an' de one Mas' Tom
gwine to gimme nex' week, dat'U be fifty
cents, but it won't be seventy-five, so I
got to make a quarter on de two. Ef
Miss Mollie knowed, I 'spec' she would
wait anoder week to git married, an' den
I w ouldn't run no resk o' dese; but I
ain't gwine to tell her, cos I know she
couldn't help tellin' Mas' Tom, an' I
want to s'prise him. MasTom is made
me feel good a many time ; I want to
make him feel good wunst. He don't
nuvvur come dis way, an' ain't seed dat
pin or he would ha' had it 'fore now."
Then Little Joe bestirred himself and,
obtaining the assistance of a friend,
took his dry goods box up to Capitol
Square. There he turned it upside down,
spread a newspaper over the top and
proceeded to display his wares.
A pyramid of three apples stood in one
corner; a small 6tack of peppermint
candy was its vis-a-tis; a tiny glass of
peanuts graced the third, and was con
fronted by a lemon that had seen life,
and was more sere than yellow. But the
crowning glory was the center-piece an
unhappy-looking pie of visage pale and
thin physique, yet how beautiful to Joe!
He stepped back on his crutches, turning
his head from side to side as he surveyed
l he effect, took up a locust branch he
had brought with him to brush away the
Hies, and, leaning against the iron rail
ing, with calm dignity awaiting coming
events.
His glance presently fell on the figure
of a negro boy, who stood gazing with
longing eyes on the delicacies of his
table, and it was with a strange feeling
of kinship that Little Joe continued to
regard the new comer, for he too had
been branded by misfortune. He ap
peared about Joe's age and should have
been taller, but his legs had been ampu
tated nearlv uo to the knee, and as he
stood on the pitiful stumps, supported by
i, short cane in one hand, his head was
hardly as high as the iron-railing. He
had none of Joe's brightness, but looked
ragged and dirty and hungry, and evi
dently had no Mas' Tom to help the good
Lord and the birds of the air to take care
of him. His skin was of a dull ashen
hue, and the short wool which clung
close to his scalp was sunburnt till it was
red and crisp, and formed a curious con
trast to his black face. One arm was
bare, only the ragged remains of a sleeve
hanging over the shoulder, and it seemed
no great misfortune that his legs had
been shortened, for he had hardly panta
loons enough to cover what he had left.
He looked at the pie, and Joe looked
at him. Presently the latter inquired
seriously, "Whar yo' legs?"
41 Cut oft," was the answer.
44 How cum dey cut ofl?"
44 Feet was fros' bit. Like ter kill me."
44 What yo' name?" asked Joe.
44Kiah."
44 What were yo' ole mas' name?"
44 Didn't have no ole mas'."
44 Was you a natchul free nigger?"
44 Dunno what you mean," said Kiah.
44 Fore we was all set free," explained
Little Joe. 44 Wos you born wid a ole
mas' an' a ole mis', or wos you born free?
-jes natchully free.
44 Free." said Kiah. thus placing him
self, as every Southerner knows, under
my Lor'! Dat pie sholy do smell good!"
44 lou look Hungry," saiu joe graveiy.
44 1 is," said Kiah, 44 hungry as a dog!"
Negroes are generous creatures, and
Joe's mind was fully made up to give
Kiah a piece of pie ; but before he signi
fied this benevolent intention he rested
his crutches under his shoulders and
swung his misshapen feet almost in
Kiah's face. He leered at mm; ne
grinned at him; he stuck his chin in his
face, and made a dash at him with the
crown of his head; finally snapping his
eyes and slapping hi3 sides and swinging
his heels to the following edition of
44Juba," repeated with incredible rapid
ity and indescribable emphasis:
Rubv-eved 'simmon-seed
See Billy hoppiu' jes' in time;
Juba dis an' Jnba dat,
J una killed de yaller cat.
Koun' de kittle o' 'possum fat.
Whoop a-hoy! whoop a-hoy!
Double step o' Juba!
Forty pounds o' candle grease
Settin on de mantel-piece.
Don't you see ole Granny Grace!
She look so homely in de face.
Up de wall an' clown de 'titiou,
Gimme ax sharp as oickle.
Cut de niter's woozen pipe
What eat tip all de snassenners!
Git up dar, you little nigger!
Can't you p"at Juba?
He stonned suddenly and grinned
ferociously at Kiah. Kiah gazed stolidly
back at Joe. Then Joe stepped to the
table, took up a rusty old pocket-knife,
and cutting out a piece of the pie handed
it to Kiah. Kiah bit off a point of the
triangle with his eyes fixed on Joe as if
in doubt whether he would be allowed to
proceed, but finding that the liberty was
not resented he eagerly devoured the re
mainder, drew his coat-sleeve across his
mouth and said 4' Thanky." And thus
their friendship commenced.
It was very touching and beautiful, the
attachment which was formed between
these two unfortunate creatures. Neither
could perform the lalor or join in the
sports incident to his age, and they
seemed drawn together by the attraction
of a common misery. Every day some
little service, pitiful in its insignificance
except to themselves, some little humble
office from one to the other, some little
act of self-denial perhaps the saving of
a few cold potatoes that had been given
to Kiah. or the sacrifice of a buttered
roll that Joe got at Mr. Wise's every day
some little thing served to cement this
friendship which gave to each a conipan
ion who did not mortify him; and they
became inseparable, Joe taking Kiah to
the little shed where he Spent his nights
and making him an equal partner in busi
ness during the day.
The next time Joe came to be set up
he gave Mr. Wise a knowing wink and
said mysteriously: 44 Don't you go buyin'
rrk hrooin trt u-'qt trfc 1a lirpd ("1 i n 1M:1'
Tom."
44 Why net. Joe?"
44 Cos ain't no use in two bres'pins, an'
dar ain't no tellin' what mout happen
'fore dat weddin' come oft.
Mr. Wise laughed, but he had no pre
monition that Joe had entered into a sue
cessful negotiation for the grocer's ex
ecrable crescent, and the shock was
therefore unbroken when on the evening
of his marriage Joe entered his dressing
room and presented it to him with an air
of pride so pitiful that it wouia nave
made a woman cry.
Tom was fully as much surprised as
Joe had anticipated, and affected to be
as greatly delighted; and when he had
completed his toilet of faultlessly quiet
tone he pinned the horrible thing in his
shirt-bosom, and thanked little Joe for
the gift with all the gracious courtesy of
his fine nature.
Mr. Wise was to 44 stand" with a friend
of his sister's, who was a guest in the
house, and as they fancied themselves
verv much in love" with each other they
had agreed to meet in the parlor an hour
before that appointed for the ceremony,
that they might enjoy a quiet tete-a-tete
before the assembling of the guests.
Having finished his toilet he accordingly
went down and was soon joined by the
ladv.
They promenaded up and down the
parlors, and again and again her eyos
rested curiously on the pin, but she made
no allusion to it till her feelings had ue
come entirely irrepressible, when she in
terrupted him in the middle of a sen
tence to inquire what on earth it was,
and where he cot it. and why he wore it.
Then he sat down by her side, with
lace curtains shimmering in the twilight.
and long mirrors reflecting alabaster
vases and oil paintings, and the air heavy
with the perfume of flowers, and told her
about Little Joe of his shapeless feet
and forlorn life, his empty pocket and
grateful heart. And she agreed that it
must be dreadlul to be so poor ana ae
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formed, and all that, and of course he
ought to be grateful, but really nhc
thought Mr. Wise rather morbid in his
philanthropy when he could wear that
brass moon before five hundred people
only to please a little deformed negro.
41 Perhaps you do not understand,"
said Tom, gently,'4 that I have given Joe
permission to witness the ceremony (I
believe I told you that he was the per
sonal properly of my mother, and a favor
ite with her), and he will certainly know
whether I wear this pin that he has
worked for, and gone in debt for, and
probably starved himself for. Will
there be anyone here save jourself
whose laugh I dread enough to induce
me to mortify and disappoint him?"
44 It will make us both ridiculous," said
she, haughtily.
Tom quietly unfastened the pin and
placed it in his vest-pocket, and with it
disappeared Miss Annan's prospect of
becoming Mrs. Wise, enviable as she
deemed the position.
44 1 have no right to include you in my
sacrifice, if sacrifice there be," said he,
with grave courtesy, and referred no
more to'the matter; but as soon as he
could leave her he sought his sister, and
requested that the honor of standing
with Miss Annan might be conferred on
Mr. Marshall, and himself allowed to
take Mr. Marshall's partner, she being a
little girl on whose pluck and good-nature
he could alike rely. 11 is sister had
no time to enter into particulars, but
made the desired change, and Mr. Wise
said to Miss Annan: 44 1 could not sacri
fice Joe, Miss Emily, I could not sacrifice
you, so 1 have sacrificed myself, and am
a volunteer in the noble army ot mar
tyrs." When, however, as the bridal cortege
passed through the hall, he saw Joe
nudge a fellow-servant with his elbow
and point out the pin, he felt repaid,
though Miss Annan was holding her
head very high indeed.
1 he next morning kittle Joe came ny
the office: 44 What did de folks say 'bout
yo' bres'pin, Mas' Tom?"
44 Say? Why, they did not know what
to say, Joe. They could not take their
eyes off me. That pin knocked the
black out of everything there. The
bridegYoom couldn't hold a candle to
me," said Mr. Wise, and Joe laughed
aloud with delight. 44 Did they give you
your supper?"
44 Did dat. Mas' Tom; an' I tuk home a
snowball an' a orange to Kiah," said Lit
tle Joe.
Late on the evening of the same day
Mr. Wise was about leaving his office
when Little Joe's crutches sounded in
the doorway and Little Joe himself ap
peared, sobbing bitterly, tears streaming
down his face: 44 Oh, Lordy, Mas' Tom!
oh, Lordy!"
44 W hat is the matter, Joe?"
44 Oh, Lordy, Mas' Tom! Kiah's done
dead!"
44 Kiah! Is it possible? "What was the
matter?" asked Mr. Wise.
"Oh, Lordy! oh, Lordy!" sobbed Lit
tle Joe. 44 Me an' him went down to de
creek, an' was pi ay in' bapti.in', an' I
done baptized Kiah, an' oh, Lordy,
Lordy!--an Kiah was jes gwine to bap
tize me, an' he stepped out too fur, an'
his legs was so short he lost his holt on
mean' drownded; an' I couldn't ketch
him cos I couldn't stan' up widout noth-
in' to hold on to. Oh, Lordy! 1 wish 1
nuvvur had ha' heerd o' baptizin'! I
couldn't git him out, an' I jes' kep' on a
hollerin', but nobody didn't come till
Kiah was done drownded.
44 1 am sorry for you, Joe ; I wish I had
been there. But, as far as Kiah is con
cerned, he is better off than he was be
fore," said Mr. Wise.
44 No, he ain't, Mas' Tom," said Joe,
stoutly; 44 leastways, Kiah uidn t think
so hisse'f, cos ef he had a-wanted to die
he could ha' done it long an' merry ago.
I don't b'leeve in no such fool-talk as
dead folks bein' better off dan dey was
befo'."
Tom was silent, and Little Joe went on
with renewed tears: 44 1 come up to ax
you to gimme a clean shirt an' a par o'
draw's to put on Kiah. You needn't
gimme no socks, cos he ain't got no feet.
Uh. Loruyi on, Jjoruy: sooueu i-iiitie
Joe, 44 ef me an' Kiah had jes' had feet
like some folks, Kiah wouldn't ha' been
drownded!"
44 Take this up to the house," said Mr.
Wise, handing him a note, 44 and Miss
Mollie will give you whatever you want."
44 I hanky, sir," said Joe. " 1 Know you
ain't cot no coffin handy, but you can
gimme de money an' I can git one. I
don't reckon it w ill take much, cos Kiah
warn't big."
Then Mr. Wise wrote a note for tne
undertaker, and directed Joe w hat to do
with it.
The next day was cold and dark and
misty, and the pauper s hearse thai con
veyed Kiah to the graveyard was driven
so fast that poor little Joe, the only
mourner, could hardly keep up as he
hopped along behind it on ins crutciics.
The blast crew keener and the mist
heavier before Kiah was buried out of
sight: the ram was falling in torrents that
drenched the poor little cripple, sobbing
beside the grave, and the driver of the
hearse, a cxid-hearted Irishman, said to
him, 44 In wicl ye, or get up nere oy me,
an' ye're a mind to. I'll take ye back."
But Joe shook his head, and prepared
tr linn hark as he had hopped out.
44 Thankee, sir," said he, 44 but I'd rather
walk. I feels like I would be gittin' a
ride out o' Kiah s funeral."
The wind blew open his buttonless
shirt, and the rain beat heavily on his
loyal little breast, but he struggled
against the storm, and paused only once
on his way home. That was beside the
goods box that he and Kiah had for
a stall. Now it was drenched w ith rain
and the sides bespattered with mud, and
the newspaper that had served lor a cloth
had blown over one corner and was
soaked and torn, but clung to its old
companion, though the wind tried to tear
it away and the rain to beat it down.
Little Joe stood a minute beside it and
cried harder than ever.
For several days Little Joe drooped
and shivered and refused to eat, and at
length he sent for Mr. Wise, but Mr,
Wiie was out of town, and did not re
turn for a week; and though, when he
got home, the first thing he did was to
visit Little Joe, lie came too late, ior joc
would never again rise from the straw
pallet on which he lay, nor use the
crutches that now stood idle in the
corner.
His eves brightened and he smiled
faintly as Tom entered like a breath of
fresh air so strong and fresh and vigor
ous that it made one feel better only to
be near him.
44 Wrhy, Joe! how is this?"
The little cripple paused to gather up
his strength; then he said: " liusted agin,
Mas' Tom, and you can't nuvvur sot me
up no mo .
44 Oh. stuff! Dr. North can if I can't
Why didn't you send for him when you
found I was away?"
44 1 dunno, sir; I nuvvur thought 'bout
it."
Turning to the woman with whom Joe
lived, 44 And why the deuce didn't ywi
do it?" said Tom angrily.
44 1 didn't know Joe was so sick," said
6he. "Tain't no use sen'in' for no doctor
now. I jes been tellin' Joe he better
not put on making peace wid de ixird
44 1 don't reckon the Lord is mad wid
me, Nancy. What is I done to Him?
didn't use to cuss, and I didn't play
marbles on Sunday,, cos I couldn play
'em no time, like the" boys dat had feet."
44 Ef you don't take keer you'll be too
late, like Kiah. I ain't a-saying wnere
Kiah 13 now 'taint for me to jeoge,
haul Nancy "but you better be a trylnE
to open de gate o' Paradise."
Piping the words out slowly and pain
fully Little Joc replied: 44 1 don't b'lecvo
I keer 'bout goin less Kiah can ret in
too; but I 'spec' he's dar, con I don t eo
what de good Lord could ha had agin
him. Ho oughtn't to thought hard o'
nothin' Kiah donccos he warn't nuvver
nothin' but a free nigger an' didn't have
no ole mas' to pattern by. Maybe He'll
let us bole in. I know Kiah's waitin
for me somewhar, but I dunno what to
say to Him. You ax Him, Mas' Tom."
He spoke more feebly and hia eyes
were getting dull, but the old instinct of
servitude remained and ho added:
44 Ain't you got nothin' to spread on the
flo Nancy, so Mas' Tom won't git hia
knees d'rty?"
Immediately and reverently Tom
knelt on the clay floor, and, as nearly as
he remembered it, repeated the Lord's
Praver.
"Thanky, Mas' Tom," said Little Joe,
feebly. 44 What was dat ole mis' used
to sing? Oh, Lam o' God I come
" ." The words t eased and the eyes re
mained half closed, the pupils fixed.
Little Joc was dead. LippincotCa 3Iog
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San Francisco claims fifty-three mill
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A key that fits everybody's trunk Tur
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Bktteii slip with the foot than the
tongue.
No man can truly feel for the poor
without feeling in his pocket.
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Wk think old maids the most charm
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All who advertise do not get rich, but
precious few get rich without it.
Pie parties are the latest novelty la
social circles in the Middle States.
A Geouoia editor explains that to
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A iooi opportunity never waits. If
3'ou are not ready some one else w ill be.
Ik you desire to do a paying business
be courteous to customers and advertise.
It is wonderful how readily people be
lieve anything they would like to have
true.
He that makes every man his enemy is
a fool ; he that has no enemies is a sim
pleton.
How short-sighted a man becomes
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A teuson is almost sure to forget tho
golden rule when receiving too much
change.
The merchants of Prescott, Arizona,
have agreed to sell no more goods on
Sunday.
Ik you want to " get the drift of things"
go into the room wnere your wne is
sweeping.
The last novelty in tewing machines
is one that will follow the thread of an
argument.
We are iudged by the meanness of our
actions, not by the nobleness of our
thoughts.
The Japanese 'make boats of paper.
But our Western rivers are covered with
tow boats.
A few feet below the earth's surface
the temperature is nearly equal all over
the world.
A niibosornEit has discovered that
men don't object to be overrated, except
by assessors.
A Catholic prieHt in Ban Francisco
has just got 1,500 names on the pledge of
total abstinence.
A man in Cincinnati, advertising for a
situation, says: "Work is not so much
an object as good wages."
Men who travel barefooted around a
newly-carpeted bedroom often find them
selves on the wrong tack.
The handsomest bonnets are of black
velvet, relieved by one bright color in
ribbon, flower or feather.
A im)y has just died from a dose of ink
out Weft. An ink west determined the
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getting their ascension robes in readiness
for an aerial excursion next mouth.
The receipt by the stage lines and the
hotels at the White Mountains, the pwt
year, have been about 1,500 ,000.
You often hear of a man being in ad
vance of his age, but you never hear of a
woman being in the same predicament.
By a recent invention, called the quad
ruple telegraph, four messages may bo
simultaneously sent over a single wire.
"Men scorn to kiss themselves,
Aud scarce would kiH a hrntbcr;
lint women want to kip mi bad.
They kies aud kis each other."
Grindstones arc considered safe prop
erty to invest in, because if you cannot
sell them for cash you can always turn
them.
Small men are generally plucky
men, and a Bantam rooster with one eye
will whip ten times his weight in Cochin
fowl.
In addition to the various palacothcria
of late discovered in New England they
have numerous specimens of diphtheria
there now.
A good judge says you can most
always trust a blue-eyed woman without
regard to the length of her finger-nails.
Brooklyn Argus.
A New Hampshire woman when dying
made her husband swear on the Bible
that he would never marry a woman with
a sharp nose.
What is the difference between the
outer wall of a bridge and two nice young
ladies? The one is a parapet, and the
others a pair of pets.
The Dodge gold mine at Lisbon, N. II.,
produced the other day a nugget of gold
valued at $400. This seems to be a
dodge worth knowing.
44 He who giveth to the poor lendeth
to the Lord." Some folks give fo little
one would think that they were afraid of
lending to strangers.
Ouit best soils would in time become a
desert nearly as barren as Sahara if kept
in fallow without a green thing to shield
them from the heat of the sun.
In Virginia the fine for robbing a mocking-bird's
nest is twenty dollars. The
offender may be arrested without warrant,
and the fine goes into the school fund. "
Little boys begin to look forward to
that period of thanksgiving when it is
permitted, as Ike Partington says, to
"fill themselves to their utmost ra
pacity." About the coolest robbery that Boston
has seen for a long time is a man who
went to the Public Library building and
borrowed tools from some workmen, re
moved the copper lightning-rods, labor
ing at the job several hours, and having
loaded his spoils upon a wagon rode off.
The workmen supposed he was acting
under orders from the city.
A mono other good things it is possible
to have too much of, i filial devotion.
The son of an editor in Pennsylvania, ac
cording to the Philadelphia Ledger, has
been recently convicted of arson, being
prompted to commit the crime by a de
sire to make interesting local news for
his father's paper, lie had not counted
on the additional item containing the
news of his own conviction.