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FtthHihurt Eti7 Thandav. JASPER PACKARD, Editor orr lcs: HO ham's Block, LaPorte Street, PLYMOUTH IN D. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:

1T.XIABI.T I-H ADVANCE. On- j-esr. I. VI ..00 Ol. Postagt Pepaid. Cefy Directory. POST OFFICE DIRECTORY. Ofl.v open fism 7 a. to 8 r. . .Money Order sod Register office o;-u from 7 a. klr.a, MAILS CLOSK AS FOLLOWS: Uotaf East, 9.00 a. a. I Going Wmt, t.X p. x. Tsuv" mail, 8.00 p. k. 1 Thr S ai-iil, 8 00 p. m. north, -"' p. a, I South. U."9 a. x. Br.ai mail arrive Tuca .ay an.' lay, V a. m. do do departs do do 1 r. a. Wolf Creek. Massnlcu. kw, Mirmont, Montt-r.iy sad W"inmsc, arrive Tuesday, and Fridays a: 11 a. x . it: depart mums lays at 1 p. b. Walnut Hill ani Lake;!'- departs Mmdsys, Wadnesdaya and Fridays at 7 a. a.; arrivaa Tuesdays, Thursday and Ssi'.rdays at z p. a. W. M. KENDALL. P. M. CHURC H DIRECTORY. Mbtxodist Episcopal, Rxv. J C. Stei-BESS, Paster Preactj .ng evt-rv saiibath, at 10-3 a. a., aad 7 jc p. M. isuuday school at l-.':40 p. a. las Meetings, at raetk, a. a., and 13 x. Prsyer meeting, Weekly, on t'hursday, it T p. x. deal Piss fhe public are cordially invited. txcaaTTiBisx, Kbt. A. Taylor, Pastor, ins? ererv Miharh. at hail usAt ten a X 0 ' -Ma si S.btuih School at f. . I'ravr sseetitig, Wednesday , at r. n. sssis lias, She parvus cordially invited. . Tusxas. Episcopal, Rtv. Dr. ITrxE, lector. Divin ssTTlce every - ;':! st H:3i a. ., and at 7 Jo p. m. beats free to all. Sunday .!.. Hi and sxie caws at 13. 30 p. a. SOCIETY DIRECTORY. Axsxici s Lorwie, No 1, I. O. O F., meet, every Thursday -v-moj st 7:3" o'clock. Kesident a 1 iiaiUag brethren are cordially invited to att et. d ROBT McCUsHTa. - H B. RiBTKS.Secretary. pLTSOVTa CwX-.sm.eiiv. K. T., No. M. Stated caBolavea the second iharadsv in each month C. K. To an, Kec. H. b. 1 haTBB, K. I . Putx-lth Coci.cn, No. i i. R. a. s. M. stated i csnvocutisns Ute eecwo i Wr-.lnotUy in each i month P. JcboNALu, T. 1. M. . V.- Paxsox, Rxo I rLTionTi (.hatter. :no. st, k a. .m. Tjueo esajvocations the first aad third Mondays in ech "thA .... w-lilL M- K- M r i raraocTB Loimb, No. 149, A. F. st A.M stated iniuu. cations first and third t rida r in eai h ith. J. A. I'alxcu. w . M. A. ViMKBrss, Sct'y. KiU-wiBBixa Loimb, So 433. A. S. J S.U. Sti asasiunnicatioBS Um first and thin! rsssaa! la each asoxth. J. K. HocuuroN, NT. M. J. 8. Be.dkb, Sect -. -... t n.T Jso cth t haft. l. u r.asrn -ar u. t . iee; mo uri eaie i e.o u m.'tiui ; t aaunic Hall. Müs. 11. A. w ORB. . M. W Hot'OUToS. Siec'y. WBtSMESm DIKtl TORY. OR. J. M. CONFER. Physician and Surgeon, Wiii bs p!'.is-j to re-eiv his patients at Six aw (, Blee, uwr tl e , .- - Jj rue .sti're, id roc Ol tacK, stair1. Wfl ! may le fouad. or. at his rcaidsuoB on Miei MreO.-asil hours. Si I PARKER HOUSE, nLTMOI. i n, ld 0 8 Oodir-. proprietor. The X fivonts resort of ail trsreicr-,. oood sample to sad from ail trai s. n!yl JOHN S. BENDER, ATTORNEY AT LAW. AND NOTAKY Pl'BLlC, UUOIT HOC. PLYMOUTH . 10 Kay-cial attention fi.en to 'he settlement of eststes, and partite. a of lauds xlH the c;ie Hon of .lain,, and lorscjosure ot uio ta s. RessHtaace irotr.pt. Uni DR- A C. HUME Jocctaar u A.o. Bort OfBc sseoad story. Tost Offlce K;i!ibf Teeth, sPoas ooe " s full set. su cheap that the rich sie' Sur can al! get theta. OMcshacrs sill day. lynl ' -si i - - - - - . W KELLE Y , atassaii j ia.1 na? a nn 1 It'OilOLiUl III A - a V 1 . MO INSUSASCC AGENT PKOMPTLT COL1.K. TE I. IIIET oppicb: OVER THE PtoT OFFICE. lynl A. C . 4L A. B. CAPRON, AtrmfiT7S Rr floilTlsft lnrs r A.T LA. V. REAL ESTATE AGENTS. srrica lTXl WHBCLIR'X B! oi . I'LYMiil'Tll. INK. SNYDER BROS.. Attorneys and Counaellora at Law Real Estate and Iusur.i: Agents. Col lection a sp. eialty. Offi -e ...er Hawtey's hoot inl Sho Store. I'lyuuuth. I rel. l'.-ly. MRS. DR. E. W. DUNLAP, arc I 0 EOPATHIC PH V sie I W USD DKST1ST al Oflt " corner of Mirhi hi 'an n r.nJ laPorte treeta. .rhia's l.lock, i'lytuoutii, liel. lt.t CHARLES C. DURR, SURGEON DENTIST jM0 srer Humrirhonspr Disi's.entrsnce between Be.-aer S Wolfs sad Burk a 1 out: a. iaapactfxllr solicits s al a- r.f p.fr ji.- (r ,iu ";yiuj;B and rictnitr. Ssuafj' lion guaiai-tevd. Mr. B. HESS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, AN U 50TAUT rtBLiC, xta attend protapCj ta all professional basin ess M-.rssi-d to bim. Particular attention r -n to real wAWMm Snsmrss, tltlea examined ami qnn till. uleUons cuaile and promptly r-mitte.l. Basal No. 1, osr th Post Office Book Store, Post Wire him k, nyaaxth. lad. . Unl AMASA JOHNSON, TTOirtlTATLAW. Prouint att.nt.on riven I .o cllectiona.s.-tilr-ment of .V-etlots' estatee ud fsanlianabipa, (feeds, mortgagr-, nnt other onrscts drawn ap sd'! s knuw . n-nts taken. OfSee tea bock ft loan's hardware store. DP.J.A. DUNLAP. PHTSIOIAJV AMD SURGEON. frfals Uiseases xpon the a;ost improved sad s..ieuUS. plan. Ollic in torbin' 'ock. J. S. REEVE. J PgnCl OF THE HEMS, an 1 At'orney st Law. Ofloe la .'. i.in'i- Hlo.k. i'lyruoatb. Indiaua. falsi It C. H. REEVE, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Loea'ed in MM. Co'lections and "onveyBn:i.iji a spe -i-ality. Buys and sells real swtaM eonuateBion. Iiisur.-s live and trastrty in A. 1 teta pxnies. I'esirah! real estate for sule the if aad B.joinit.(E. Nlvi-tj J. R. LOSEY. JEWELER. Clocks. Watches and Jewelry r'viirci pn-uu-tly. un l in i workmanlike manner. Keeps for sale Clocks. Wun nes, riate.l Wrare. Jcw-!ry. Gold Peas and full Meek pertaieH-S to kk trad. Oeeupiea iart of Hawley boot ft shoe store. Miehiaaa St.. Mymouth. Indiana. June.)-75 A. R. PHILPOT. Al'ATCHKAKEB ft .rLWKr.I.I.. on Mi.-hi-T gan street, four loorsaoathot I'arker House. Keeps constantly on hand tic- fMBBOt Watert.ury and SLxaoaMW ' loeBa. Parlicuiar StteBtloa giveat' r pairing. All work warranted. itayl-7 C. M. 8WYHART, M. D. , J ELECTRIC PHYSICIAN' A- BtJBG-B V, and j dealer in Drugs and Me.ln-ines. orii.-.-and resld ne cor. Freaeh ft Main streets. Tyaer City, Indiana. Oir.ee Ml mf all hourx. - j-75 DR. B. RUDORF, Ctrman Physician and Surgeon, From Goettinjpn. In Hohaai's Block. Oflcstimes.ttqlia.ro.; 2t..p.ai. rotate Residence with M. Klintfh uncr. n . P O. JONES, Attorney at Law. A Dist. Prosecutor prompt attend'." gftnM to all eiaiuis aed eoiBtions left in bis .are. tutte hi .'raer f myr hUk I'ttwM ln-.

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JASPES PACKARD. Editor. VOItoXX. NO, 15. efeet Qottrti. COI LD VOL ? n nr. id my tchrl to Schoo!, And me thn th the drifts carrll ton; C "ilJ 1 thiak shy he hupced me so rli-wly ? If I couldn't, how could I ? could you? At eve h- tii-d under my chin My homl, with its rintmns an bin; Why hr icnr.ni in my ft-r could I t. If I Coulan t, how could If could yon? He SsM mi- my py ijuite Jhlsck, Arjd the brightest of any he knew; I b!usheii and lked down could I help it? If 1 Soaidu't, how could I ? csuld you? Be left on aiy heok wann kiss. Then off ith the lightning peed fl?w ; If I could I'd have s..,Me-l In in undly; If I couldn't, how coidd I? could you? 'Twai long years agi; and since then H- ha, tf bsa sasas ssesssj asal sssss; And now I lein c!o... a his w ife, T- lu breast, (.'an ! hidd it? Could Jon ? geltet giant. From Harper's Monthly. THE CRIME OF ABIGAIL TEMPEST. IFrom a MS. found among the privat fami&SSSSSiSSSr , paper of the hue .ayers Beverly, Lao,., o illiumsburK. in Virginia. Whether I, Agne. Conyers, spinster be wr nc in committiai? to writ . ' . . V5 I i' ' 'IIIlI tllUS eXIiOslflT tO thl ktl(Wl- , 1 , 0 ... edge of those who may come after w uie, a secret which others who hare Ä IhAm. MA o,,,i eal, and which. lental discovery )t-en ascent forseek forever to com but for my accident thereof, would have been ever hidden from human knowledge -whether tmAA T h- wronr, in wo ' doing I leave to others to iud"e For '7111m a i . i l . I ; ii i . h i n lo 1 1 , ' i - i ll mvseir 1 leel U t Wlthlll 111V feel not within mv own .... mind the power to settle clearly this. W m I u uesl ion. ureatlv as I have 8trjver, to di-em th. iust mswer thereof For i in my heart as peradventure in the hearts uf ali who hold a secret unshared, is the craving to cast off the burden of the secret so held by unveiling the same to the eyes of another. Wheref re. if i ertaiti 0enonfl into whose hands tin - pre-ent writing ; may fall shall feel themselves disposed to cavil and condemn in this thing, I would pray that they, for eharity's sake, impute not the same to either lightness or motive of UI, Itllt : r t . . i la . v i if , , t I r ii whereby we are urgetl to impart all W-a.--BJ.aVWV-SU1l- l Olli UllUUiJ ecret knowledge of oar OWO to the understanding of another, thai thus we by no means go in silence down late that Valley of the Shadow wheie

it. the darkness of the grave doth haughtily. swallow Up All UtpOkea kDOWkdg. I And now come I to the more imIt was the tiist week, of the mouth . mediate matter of my narrative.

of April, 1773, wherein John Coriyers did set sail for England in the good ship Elizabeth. This date I do rem.rn.tp for th reason tht it ii t BSSV. IUVV If 1"! i UV I i Ii i IMIV Sb as a - this time always that the purple hceafa sees la oar garden did yearly ! .... ... come into blossom; and that on the day her re hit. departure we did walk here tugcther Rhen he did pluck the ant Soxfm mmd preeeat thm same to ma with a miMuiis and eoui tlv a .i ; i.5j ... a. .; i... l not that he was taking from ami not m 9 gtTing unto im my Hearts ease, I which led over th- seas beneath the Sails of the wliite-witi"ed Vessel that : did bear him unto a sea fortune and a new Tate. W hat was the fortune we did of a surety know beforehand' ... .. but for the fat. , that was huply for u I tlUle C.ilicealcd ill Wie lUltire. : I -. , ,. . I m - Fuir win. Is sitavsi im onr nr-avers favored the Elisab th, and iu midsummer came tidings of John Conn y.-r's safe arrival in the mother c untry. Thenceforth he did write often lata is elegant in style and eo-iect in sentiment, djaooarslaR of atl that did befall him most new and pleasing of both court and country life. But moit h did mieak of the i fknlHtM ,,f the nobility and gentry in the neighborhootlof the Conyers estate, whereon he did chiefly reside, and of the kindness and courtesy wherewith waa by them entreated. And it was ia one of these letters the third aal now count them before me that he lid firHt mentioD the name of a certain Mistress Abigail Tempest 0f ; Marton. whose estate did lie adjacent to hix own and ,.f whose rrrin and i . A 1.1 a. k.. AAA I urBUl acuuiupusu tlicni-, um u.u thenceforth seem never weary of dis cours'ng. cj that l knew in my own heart that the destiny of John Con yers was fixed; and in the mitist or my suffering even to this present moment hcrctofoie unspoken I did ! pray, for lo-e of him. that she whom he had chosen might prove bei seir in all points most worthy of and satisfying unto him. nam iwaner spruf enine aroana, and the garden banks were ag iin purple with heart S-i av, then did John Conyers return to us, bringing with him his biide. How well do I recall her us she first entered our hall door, tall and slate l.V and .-legaut, a very 'pmen in beauty aad grace of mien I I do reesember her costly purple tdoth suit, with lvet lappets so befitting her ty'e. and the heavy blaeh the velvet dark sty pin mac, one whereof drooped low upon her shoulder, whilst the o her towered above her brow, as symbol ical of the wearer's uuite.i gra. e and majesty. I can SOO, as I saw then, the proud, glad smile of John CJoeyers as he. presented her to his pai -

cnts aud to his elder sister, my cons- j way, used for no other purpose; and in Anne; and how my honored uncle j since the general's slay we ladies of did advance and welcome her with a tic family had refrained from entere ourtl.' bow and salute, whereunto ing the library, giving up that also to

she court esied low, and bent her head as might have beseem, -d a sovereign to a subject. And then my cousin John turned to me and impressed up Ä on my brow a cousinly salute, and

.said unto his wife, "This. Abigail, is I As I turned the door knob I found my cousin Agaee." Whereupon she ! that it was locked; and whilst I stood did glance curiously at inc. and bow- hesitating it did seem as though I ed again, distantly, seeming uncoil- heard another door, that of the gen-t-eious of the motion I niude. to a ral's room within, also softly closed.

more friendly frroftincr: ami thence

forth I felt that between my cousin Jobn'i wife and myself existed no sympathy and no love.

And truly ere long this was what "Oh. it is you, Mistress Agnes," "Can you make it out, Aggie?" It was a little past eight of the we all felt, in a more or less degree , said she, carelessly, yet with a slight : asked my cousin .lohn, earnestly. , clock when I was startled by what, all save J bn Conyers, whOM love Hash, as I thoug'.it, of vexation at be- I spelled slo.vly whut words I could seemed a dark shadow quickly er isscould see no defect or tlefieieney in j ing interrupted. "I came hither to j discern. j ing the room from the entrance door his lady wife. Yet was she proud and write whilst Folsom" (this was her Certain betw$m ten aiul tnhl- toward that of the general's room. I

; cold-hearted: and I could see, despite her studied civility, that she did look down upon us plain colonial 1 folk, contrasting us doubtless with I .1 . . 1 1 , 1 , . t .

tne imeu ano nooie or ner own iaua, geuerai, 1 Knew, wouiu avn irimu iu- peasjiy. with whom she had been wont to con- day. I hoard Colonel Conyers say as 1 "I an make out no more," I made sort. And yet she was herself, as we much as they rode away this moru- ; answer, turning the paper over and knew, but a distant kins-woman of j ing." Oftt to the light, so as to Mag forth the noble family of Tempest, a poor j "I feared he might have returned,' the Impreesjons in plainer retief, Vibut worthy curate's daughter, who . I answer, "since I fancied I heard the cept yes, here is one word scfc." had once been governess in the fami- j door of his room closed but BOt." "I tL Ought so; but ate you Certain, ly Of ail carl; SO that she might with I looked at the door as I spoke, and Agnes? And are you sure that it is a more seemliness have congratulated saw that it was .'oeked. name that the L is u capital, I herself upon her alliance with one of "It was doafcttasa some other door." Baeaaf' John ('Olivers' standing ar I prospee- ; she answered, Indifferently, turning Yes, the k w;ia ch'. ily a capital, tive fortun his father, my uncle, away to the tire, "since I have been Colonel Conyers looked closely, and being wealthy in world's goods, and j here for some time, alone, as you , was convinced. John his only son; to say naught of , see." j "Agnes, whose writing is this?

the true nobility which he did bear within himself, and which neither wealth nor worldly honor could purchase It was about this time that mur-I murs against his Majesty King George the Third arose in the colonies; ana it was in tne year following that, as lllsiorv snowetn, me iroUDIM v 1 l MA .1 u . a 1 a a t a l a a. 1 n oil iiiaoM om w.fushsw , oiuumi i of these shall I here make no men- . . , . m awW w wtuwaraewi aaua present, IssxTTatlta. I neeil not say that on the lirÄt "prising of the colonists, John Conyers, as did become a true Virt'h.ia gentleman in whose veins ran . aa a a a a a Bs. . ' the nob,e id lo"aI b,ood of tue Cav ali-rs, v.as one of the first to draw his sw .rd in defense of his country. And . .. . . , !

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wnen r.ne news came oi tne lanoing ,,f i .. I , i . i, r . .. . I. ...o.. " ai i B a . . . Colonel Conyers Uul straightway go forth to meet them at the head of 'ich a number or men, both gentle- . . m m ...

men ana iowiv tjrn, tnougn ail equal- ane bd cast into in- nie, at tne same me tua. xi; mu ij msu i. hs sssvh ly earnest in the cause, as was a instant that she turnel iier back edges together, but they did not cot -goodly sight to behold. And this theieunto. with In-r face toward the rtSpOOd. Yet something on this se--lid hi against the will and wishes of doorway, thus screening the burning I Ottd fnuoaebt dki appear to interest his lady, who would fain have per-1 fragments. him even more than the first. MMttsd Mai taat to re, ist tymimy iffj ooisin lohn Conyers came in, I "Agg.e," said he, turning BUddChly was reiellion, and that to defend looking hurried atid anxious. He agai to me and 1 saw tbea that heone's Oppraed country was the .seemed a little suiplised at seeing us, was quite tuoved "Aggie, lock the crime of a traitor. I had well seen aad said, directly: doer. And now come here; pick up from the first that this difieivnce of "Has Colonel Beverly been here, 'every one of those bits of papT, even his lady's opinion from iiis own did Abigail?" ! to the least, and bring them to me."

sorelv grieve John t'onvers. as also w - vex his father, my honored uncle, and that thenceforth Mistress Abigail was that thenceforth Mistress Ahiiail was looked coldly upon by some of the families of Notfolk borough, whom bad herseii aaecea to regard Ai"' betw-t-u AmciU . and Eng l''1 lasted six year-. It was now in the year 1-61. when the British, under IsOrd Corn Wallis, had pressed 0 at my back info Vilgiliiit. Bad were fotlowing up, aad threatea-V..i-f..lt- V. .i-l.-t. iu'ii ml 111. unr .'"i"', .w,,,.,..,,, .... ..... rounding country. Ceiieral OeOtgV WuhlllglO, ut great and beioeed aeeaxsaadet in-chief, had left his ar'".V near Yorktown, and was OOOte .OWIl to Norfolk With intent tO Siltv,y the position and defenses of that " imm J' i entreaty of my uncle, did agree to tal P nis bodt ut our house durifig those few days. My cousin. Colnel John O nyers, was thereupon recalled, and as one well acquainted ii-.t-t of the eoniitii'- nml Ii.- at tri "i'h the country, uml with the matT T , !.. .-,.,... ....i.......-,.r,....l 3 oi loimi .i.iji.r,, . iipin. ewug, unu . ... ....... 1 11 I 'the IlKe hesioe mat tie was uciu in great trust and laeot Oy the general for his bravery and just judgment a. t I was nppointed to atteml UpOB arid consult with the general. And daily did thoM two ride forth, with others' nceompernyiagiaad retam ssad-Btnla I ' ec' an toil-worn, ftt seeming never ' mtmS to ,e but up long hours with j 'charts and papers in the general's ! room, whereunto were none adn itted save l,IÜSC F ""ai,JN,'u "y the general himself; and of these j eeeae were eera nad gentleaofl llL''1 (Hrrce, and KMSt otlieiswre ra-ired und uncouth ligures, peddle rs llKt' "Wemieaa, rwcntng an occasional glimpse of whom, WOOxk red wherefore they shoald be adasltted unto t,,e presence of our great com muuder; though my eouain John, haOflaa MMBC SUCh WOfdfl fall ft'OUi - my ups, om smiie, anu say, ion would rievet recognize a diamond in the rough. Aggie.-' How through aU this Mistress Abigall did hold herself aloof; and whilst M,y aunt ami my eonsln Anne and "ivsclf, proud of our noble guest, did m I x a a nal ntteat him with all honor, she, though she might not be dlseourte0,IS 10 noow a gentleman, did meet ins courtesy with eo!l reserve, BS a ffthej leader In aWM against his rrightlul sovereign. Not that she now , dared thus express herself; but we j knew her sentiments of . Id, nor had she since given cause that we should fancy them aught changed. Thus was it when, on the fourth day of the gaaerars stay with us, I, having cause to consult some book j (and I do now remind me that it was that worit of fare beauty and wlsdoaa, Dr. Johaaoa's Baaaehm), did take my way to the library, the which was at the back of the house, overlooking the water, aad adjoining the apartmeat appropriated to the general. I Ttiese tWO rooms might be arrired m only by n long and narrow passagethe use of our honored guest. Yet now, Knowing gal De was out, ami would not return until deep into the night. I thought it no harm to enter ... . ---- - - - the. library in search of my book.

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PLYMOUTH. I wondered what person eotxM he ttorcln. tkttd WM tn delicacy Sboat rej tiring, when the library door opened, and Mistress Abigail did tippear. English maid) "should air and ST - range my apartments, and it Lad qiute escaped me my having locked the door against Interruption. The ' 1 T t . . . I J rt I mounted upon the library steps and searched the shelf where I knew the Rasselus to be a thin little volj ume, bound in red morocco and gilt, As it pi oved. it had slipped behind the row of books, jut of sight: and ! whilst I did search, WatreSI Abigail stood close to tue tire, oaring ner 1 t 1 . . I T , naCK lOWani me, ami 1 SVUJU nee, . ..v. r . ... ; ;....!.... iiiuuii a iniiavn iv iiui 111 'ui uvuuii , that she was busied with some small i. ,.., ymtmm wa saaa wsasaaag uasiw ssssrvss awn held. Presently I heard a quiek, nun tread advancing along the passage, and the next moment it was the door. I st.it ted, half guiltily, at bea . S X W M 1 "ht there; and so, I did Mistress Abigail. EHw fancied was at that instant tt at ing in two a sheet of a.sa.s !. a - - I paper wmen sue nein ; anu so si.o-i as . l... I I tl,.. f.. t-t..i. o aaar tk ....... .... - s . i door, ami recognizea it, as oio i, as that of her husband, she hastily tors this paper into rragments, me mm .& A..ak . s "No." she made answer. "I under r stood from yourself that h would be with the ffenaral all dav. and von with the general all day, and you also." "So I had thought." returned he; butbut that has happened arhlcfa has changed our plans. I wrote to Colonel Beverley aa h mht ago - being then separated from him -to meet l. "r Ht n a parson horn I wUhed , hill) tO Me. It is n w folly twelve,"' he added, pulllag forth his watch. and anxiondy examining its springs. "What has hiippened? impiircd Metres. .V.igi il, star diu- beside him I .1 I. ..I.;,.. ..-.I ;..,..!...! tll, iHwisaj m s-aaass lingers soothingly through Ins hail', "Hare the British advanced t" He took the hand in his own. and did tenderlv uraea it to his Hoe. S he answered. Still With that -IIXIOUS look, "Something worse, lovt And mm , sfCT, reatdied my ear. UI doubt. Ahl gail, that we have a traitor in our midat, and yd know nol wlicr ! i seek for him. Secrets which we supposed safe are, we lad, known to the 1 .. I. -.,) im m l..ur v. .!-. tvlii.-ti li.,w enemy, and I fear that even a plan of m . . . .f f . .,., otll loruiK'iiuuii. is in war posses- . glotl. "But how could you know this! asked she, .pd.-kly. mm m 1 A fat- - IIa.' lie hesitated B moment. Willi a ill tie halT-playful smile on his Up, "The Chinese ay that woman must eot ash qwastloet, he made answer then; 'and these things are not fitted for your sex. Let the ladies embroider und plav on their harpsichords whilst we of the sterner and harder sex ngm ior ana oowiki mem, as is our duty and our privilege." He thereupon drew bet down to him and Usjod her, and then she did preeeatiy hastily die ga e herself, gameing as ner own waten, sau say ing something about all appointment arttk her aiantna-Btaker at halt peat twelve. And so she left the room, taking with her her portfolia I was still bll-ded ill tile search af ter my oooK, ana my couBin eonn uiti not appear to notice my presence, He sat in my uncle's great arm -chair beside the ftre-plaoe, looking weury ami anxious, and occasionally he ; would panes to Ustea, as expecting some person. Pkeseatly he drew out . .as . . a pem-il, and stooping down, pmted ap a fragment of paper which lay on tne rug at nit icci. nan nioaeo beaenth the lower rim of the bran feeI ., 11.. v.... ,1..1 .. ... i:,.i.i.. .. :.i o.asueo O.H it llgnt. v.. tu bis little finger some particles of dusl and did hold the pencil suspended over it for an instant with a thoughtful look, as one who considers before ; writing. And iu that instant I, almost unconsciously looking at him. I having my attention drawn by the j unwonted expression of trouble and j aaxiety on his face, did observe his j eoaotewaaee to change, a look of 1 sarpriae did first appear thereoa, git ,,ig pi see to one or interest, and then ,,r bewilderment and sagoranai. He looked dos-ly at tl... i.it of paper, , turiiiug it in various wavs and lights, j nad thca he SUddealy looked up and 'd: "Come here, Aggie: I want you." Whereupon I went unto him, and be did hold the paper before me. 'Youi eye- are better than mine, little cousin. See if you eau decipher a 1 U a niese . muaciers, Aad I, looking closely, did perceive that upon the bit of blank paper were marks am impressions, not in pencil or ink, but of a pencil which bad been used to write upon a sheet, or paper laid above this. The paper was soft and thick, and the impres - sion. made with a hard and sharp -

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pointed pencil, was deep and distinct, I being only somewhat oonfaecd by reason of more thai one sheet hiiving been written over it. 1 night ÜOOjPSf'l houae Manoj.' , Why, what is all this about, cousin John?" I asked, bewildered. j "Go an, Aggie," lie said, breath1 . 1 . . Who dropped this bit of paper there ; on the floor V" "Mistress Abigail, I answered, "did tear a sheet of paper just before you entered, and tin ew the fragments in to the Ire. He looked at me steadily and sternly ! atfaA iAf mv Bxarl fas Kaa .ti awsssasssi saw. . ; rtniskl mmA ocnciiii, 114 tvii' vrfc.,.;n uuuo. unu 10sei tn n. "She di 1 as I say," I replied, calmly. "I know not that the writing is hers. There are other hits of the paper;" and with my slippered foot I moved slightly the tender, from bea. a s as. B neath which peered the etlges of the torn fragments, which from either haste or thoughtlessness, Mistress a t -1 i l . ..i. I I .1 Aiugan nao not uuseiwu neu mc r,'t wi-re consumed i rs a . I I f a I inn tnoaH conyers sioopcu down and plotted Up alio. her bit, wmen ne examinco as ne nau uouc I S a Tl 1 1 a I . s XS a. L. 1 .. ii us a at-Miga .M....s. .o WU(IU 1 -,...-. cs--.ii-sat -R-eaxx I . I . I Couyers to make and 1 looked at him in tome wonder, the which did not es ape him. He rose up, and placing both hands upon my shouldera, lid look into my eyes with a clear and serious though troubled gase. "Know, Agnat he said, slowly. and almost solemnly, "that a man's honor and the honor of hill family do oftentimes require of him to do that which under other circumstances wouM DC of itself tlishonor." I had no doubt of John C'onycr's Iinmir jin.l t lierefore did T Mm h.-li. -t gathering together the SCtltteied fragmentt and pinelng them oaths taWe before him; Rhereupooho proded to arranse them Carefully. etlgetoedge. atiu- pieces lie xnut Itted together, and 0ef these M pouted with a strange intent eagerliess. Suddenly he started up, and I saw that Iiis face was as white as B sheet. He - aid no word, but did walk out of the room ami along the postage and up the bar k staircase -a thing unusual with him - straight, as I T I ...1. ...... .... ....I. ...... I ' i aiiva uj ine oiini in ins looisn-jis, ... . ..... .m . . to tne iipai imenis oi uis wik-. rn-s-ently 1 Heard him coming liasiuy down, and, through the open floor, his .t. al l. lt 1 J B . . T - 1 . , voice 111 lilt IUlll, spcahing W l oi.stuu. Where Is your mlaSVSesf ' "Mlatreaa Abigail, air, is gone out but a short trhlle ago." "Whither?" he demanded, abruptly, and del nly. I "Thai I know not, thr. She but bade me to have her dinner draaa mid oat at six, as she siio.u.i return late." "At six." he said, slowly, and iu a ton of dlaeppolatflteat Then be same harriedlv Bflaia Into the HbfaTf. ami wiinoui noticing me, tnatenea his cloak and hat find went out. A I monsent thereafter I heard the sharp, heavy t amp of als horse as he rode almost furiouety away. He had left the bits of torn paper still upon the table in the order In which he had arranged them. 1 would not look thereupon, knowing that they hehi some secret the ahi.-h I, e had not seen Iii to BXOOae to mv knowledge: wherefore I .wept tin in - mU) .,,, ,.ook of Sente- , , which I did reach down from an ttpper slirlf ,, jjaclng the tame in its . Should Le aak for these ph b ot I could thui dirccl him " , wen t,; t.m. y,., iui t,. time my tongue seemed repeating the words I had read, "Certain - betv. on lea aad midnight- Cooperli boose Magog -Leech,' whilst my mind un consciously strove to attach thereUBsome definite m.'aniti" At six o'clock we met at dinner n,y un-de aud aunt, my cousin Anne ad I, with one or two familiar quests. MIstreea Abigail came in late and hurriedly, for the which she graciously apologized ; and I did notice that bei manner was less easy, bet eyes more bright and resUosi than was tin ir wont Of late, and that uftentiines at some sound in the hall. or when s.nldeniy addressed, alio did start aad change color; aad so soon as could be done with propriety, she did h ave the comnany and retire to her own room, wi llst 1 repaired again : to the library, being led thither by an impulse winch 1 could in no wise have defined unto myself. I would not light the oindjes whi di stood in ieadiu. s on the table, but did seat myself idly in my uncle's arm-ch dr. I c mid not feed, for my mind erai imp e- c 1 and excite I with a v. gu j anxiety and dread of I knew net 'what; aad therefore eould 1 do

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naught save gaze upon the lire, and listen to the sounds in the hall, as one after another, visitors did come or depart, )m not heard the opening of this door, and neither did the footsteps upon the Turkey carpet make 1 sound scarcely, SO that in my sudden surprise I called out, "Cousin John!" T" hf Cnntinue-1.) talked Himself to Death. He got off the morning traiu the day and meandered up in the city, ntid stopped in front of a Hue looking residence off Ifanson street. He opened the gate, walked up to the mA wnlUJ k k ..11 t m. Sf UIIM J'41i' VI I lit. I .lg. XII 4.1 IUU" Dssnt he step ed quirkly inside. "You fee," he said to the astonished girl. "I much prefer t.i do my talk ing inside. It is so unpleasant to j tnt( font closed in ! wK,n onjy K1f through. one's fa 'o :gli He walked into the arlor. and the 1 frightened girl went to inform her ; miatreas that a sewinf? maehine man. , - o ------------ Or hook peddler had gained access to the house. The lady entered the j room, and was greeted by the young man as foltowa : "T cy call me a blessing- the la- ! lies do, and I am madam. I am a j labor-saving benefactor to the whole s x. I have a little invention which j am l0trodaalDg a perfect little om u fa In.l(,.un a amM siivtr. w!lic.h wHl B ' D B plated, gilt point style of allow you to wear the new pull- back dresses, as easily as breeches." "What lo you mean, sir; de manded the lady. "No longer, mmfam. will you have to take v uir meals off from the man- . I . You can sit lown as easily as In the old style barrel-shaped dresses. When you travel you won't have to lean tip agiin.t the watercooler, nor sit on the sharp edge seat arm. The little invention which will that f.iciiiate your movement retails for only $, It is called the semicylinder, doubl lupiex, non-conuuc-i . t or. magjoal pull buck dress-fastener," and he opened his satchel and took out a half metal and woodeu concern. ....i,, (11V 1 Von i.h.ee it under ,. , ,, , ... vonr s cu ts this wav il utrat Hf? with ". .. . , lo S . I . t . t :l 1 1 I .-III I VV 1 1 1 II V . ,1 1 , l.'Sl II. sit down pull the right hand string, whicii you can have come out in your pocket, und k ! down you lioat gently, until you teach the chair. If you destfe to get into a carriage, drop the Invention by pulling this string, put loot t','nt T u the spring, und you'll uraelf in the carriage in an inThe lady called her husband to see the new ii.vcn'ion, and the agent explained its workings to him. As the husband's eye fell upon the agent, u wicked thought Hashed through his brain, and he determined to be renoged. Thh tx !-: a new invention. began the agent, "to enable ladies to draw ' back th. ir skirts much tighter than s . . s at present, ami, at tne same time, al- , low them to tit down. It is called the hlgh-fangled, drawback mmd squeeze together, new modus peretuft. Ladies say I am a !abor-sa'-nig benefactor, that I am un seer j.lstjl,r ; "VVnit" ' shouted the husband ph ase explain its workings ayaiu." The ag.-nt did so. "Why that would make a good holster."' "Yes, answered the agent, but it is more particularly designed for la di.-s." Tie-' busband sent for his daughter to examine the invention. This Is a new unparaleUed, upright ggjmdnnl. qnaiTi ihnprrfi, perpen j du.llIstr two degrees outh by fo.ir t W(.ht extni strong, sling together and qunh up pull-back dress iuven I am whloh j mi Kiung for otlly fi. I Tdlra enll me a "Hold on," shouted the husband and father, "until I call my other daughter," and he waltzed out of the room and returned with the hired girl and the chamber maid. "Yon see ladles," began the agent. j "this is a flop over and stund-you-up matrical. tr anient, two strims to the rieht and one in the center, invention for pulling back your skirts," aud he went on for half an hour, duiinir which the husband slipped Over tO the next house and induced the inmates to come over and hear the agent talk. He returned with six women and four children, juat as the ageat was winding Up for the fourth tune, bseorung one person into the room at a time, he had the agent tell each one about the "invention." He Stations 1 a small boy out in the hall, with a lead pencil, who was instructed to make a mark on the wall every time the agent repented the story. The stock he had bought was ex h" ' m in hausted about noon, when he sent a messenger around the ward to send the neighbors, and the agent was I kept telling his story without inter mission till near midnight, As the sun disappears behind tho Weatew horizon, the agent began to ihOW IgUS Of faiigue, but the bnaIand eras as treeh as ever. Eleven 'minutes to twelve clock, the agent who had just completed his yarn for j the two hundred and sixty-first time. -first time, A n-iu. nf A glass o i face, and looked up and gvpcd. ; water v. as thrown into his j the husband told the boy to rush iu a half dozen more persons, for he thought he could finish the agent now in about an hour and a half Tiie boy left to rouse up the neighhorhood, to find half a dozen who had not yet h'-ard the story of the "invention." When he was absent, ftvqeent stimulants luid to be given I the i geut to prevent 1dm from lai'it

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iug. Shortly, the boy returned, saying that no more m-ighbors could be ! found, as they hud all gnne on an ex eursion. Tiie husband on hearing this was in despair, but he had the agent rep nit the story to hi n a couple of times, a couple of times to the boy, and once to himself. When he had Bnlshed, he was so far exhausted as to be unable to sit up. A tlemlish smile stole across the features of the husband as hj: said Young nmn I have hoped for this

moment. I have been haunted al- j out through the tempest iu the di- supposed to be the fiiat in th world most to death by agents. The last rection whence the awful noise pro- combined .-.11 the requirements for man that came along swindled me ! ceeded, and encountered one of our king fiuished cloth from taw cotout of $2, and I then took a terrible I German citizens shouting at the top ton- In 1790 there were only twentyoath I would be revenged upon the i of his voice, like one crazy : Te Post oflk' in whole country, next man that attempted to seduce "O mein aaur-kraut! Mein aaur- anJ "D to 13T. the rates of postage me. Know, then, that I have induced ! kraut!" were twenty-five cents for a le-ter

these persons, who have listened to j fOWt eloquence, to come iu, that I i miifht turn vour own weanon a7.iirist j - v - - t w O " f'U- You have talked yourself to death Thank Heaven I have sue - 1 ceeded in my revenge. You can live but a few moments longer, but before you die I pray you repeat that well known storv. The agent braced himself up Batafnat the sitie of the room, a class 1 of water was tfiveu him. and he be I w ' j gan : "You see I have a double duplex And he was dead. The coroner was summoned, and Bfj inouest held, the iurv returninxt a verdict that the deceased came to his death by too much circumlocution of ! the jaw," and the? contributed their fres to the husbatv!, and caused a j diploma to be awarded him aa a tesj timonial of the good he had done the public. Auy one passing Munson street can see a sign hanging on the front door of a fine looking inausion, which reads: agents Brw are. Danbury Xeus. Letter From the Slate Centennial Committee. Büftr XpttbHoan.' Dsaa Sm: To I this date there has been repotted ! from Marshall county, as of eontrihulions to the State Centennial F'.tnd, . . . a... . only the single Item of $10.00 .Vom the county schools. It is possible that other amounts have been raised and not yet remitted, but, if not, will it not be possible ' """-i i to have vour count v more justly represented iu this most most i.nporI . A l. ! 1. . ,.i . . . . . I ..-ill taut wont one which m sl ami iu result in accomplishing great good for every interest within the StateThe art it des for exhibition are coming in from every part of the State, and there is now no doubt but Indiana can muke a very creditable exhibit of edueationul work and of its varied material resources. There is not, huwever, a sufficient amount of money Ver contributed to pav the very economical expenditure for the State Headquarters' Buiiding and for the srraageaseat, transportation and care of the articles for exhibition. Tt will he unfortunate if the exhibit .hail fail in anv department from this cause when a trifling effort j.. the part of the citizeus. or even of . ' , . . .. , ... ... 9CIBIW1 VIIIIWICII, nui icioiij iMiuicit uii . .g itVil A number of counI eoatiibated their lull share . , t.iliz...w of shoes i. which have not will certainly regret U ll'l iiivt j - - it as inH him when the real ehaia.-ter eT CI aud importance of this greatest of the world's. expositions is more clearly undei stood. The Managers and Slate Committee tir serving the State ut their individual expense, and are carefully Lroardini' the. expenditure. AVill not some public spirited lady or goatlo man take this matter in hand in each community, and setts! their friends to arrange for some kind of public entertainment, or for a direct can vass among your citizens, on behalf : of the State fund. Such measures have met a nroniDt response whereev. r adopted, and no doubt will in VOUr COUtlty. Not Only Should this , .. . ,:, .....1 have attention in the larger cities and town, but iu the smaller towns and villages, and in the country as well. Contributions in anv amount mav be made by individuals or communities, aad should be sent without delay to J M Ridenour, Indianapolis, Treesurer of State Committee. There can be no good reason for the longer l tention of funds which have already ' n raised in the hands of local I Committees, and there is a ptessing immediate necessity for it here, as a i . very large share of tho expenditure must be made before May 1st. It is al -o . iggested t aM lo vI committees or individuals having art.cl. s intended for the State exhibit that the shipment must be made im mediately as they must be it Indianapolis by April 5th. at the latest day. It is required that they shall be at Philadelphia by April 19th. Shipin- nts of this kind should be sent at once to rrof. E. T. Cox. care of Gibson s Warehouse, Indianapolis. E. T. Cox, I J M Hun' v'.i u S COm' ., All oommumcations, except with remittances, should be addressed to Chat. W. Greene, State Agent, at Indianapohs. 1 - Thsre Is something sensible in the . . following that is worth sotting j down: The young woman who deLi .i i.i.uu. i.benitely goes lately to rhnreht, at - : tract attention as she scrapes down the aisle is a foolish virgin The ; young man who plasters his hair j down to a low, retreating forehead, bridges his nose with eye-glasser,,and wears a loud capc, when ho comes lo , a late concert, and strikes attitudes . at the audience before the door while he glares at a s'at, and then takes to it with a proud air of a prize ' mule st a country fair, is a snob.

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j Einlosiouof a Barrel f Sour-Kraut. ; About 9 o'clock on Sunday night.

when the storm was at Its height, a tUMM many and great A 10 111. number of the inhabitants of the a 180 Fulton took out the rtrst jat"Hill" were startled by a report re- , for the invention of a steamwn nihil ng a salvo of artillery. High boat. The first steamboats which above ill the din of dashing rain and asscia regular trips cross the AiUndetonating claps of thunder it rose, to Ocean were the .Sil us and Great and for a few moments it seemed to W estern in 1830. The first applicnthose that heard it as if the judg- ti m. to piaetical use of gas for illument day had come. In a few min- mination was made in lTO. In Wtt,

! utes some of the most daring darted j All endeavors to pacify him were unavailing, and while some took ehnrce of the nucprnldp m in nthrv , - ssssssxssj Q ii.i-'v n.viv aaa.asa v . . . entered the buildiug. Here a scene , presented tse f that eonin etc v beffr- j . 1 gars description. On the lounge sat j the "frauy" a picture of despair, en , deavoi ing to "unkrout" her new drcas.while three children.nearlv covered with sauer-kraut, were flying . about the anartment takinc handfuls of the stuff out of their mouths, noses and eyes. Every article of furniture in the room was displaced, and over the door and all around was kraut sauer-kruut. It soon transpired that a large bar- ' rel full of kraut had been brought uo from the cellar to the fire to be j thawed out,and the head being close- j ly nailed on, the gas generated had no vent, and exploded with terrific I force, bursting the barrel and scat- ' tcring the contents in every direetion. The entire apartment was for the time being converted into a strange phantasmagoria. From every piece of furniture hung fesI Ds of sauer kraut like Florida ' moss in Southern forests. The superintendent of the gass works gives II as his opinion that the catastrophe Wm caused bv "the oxvoenated iv.

lophoriutn being precipitated amor- ' the audience exceedingly by shouts phously on the categorial section of of applause, interspersed with exclathe elpytical cylinder, thereby caus mations of. "Go it, old fellow!"

lag a sudden rododendron on the ho iii igereous conglomerated mass wj,jeh caused the sauer kraut to expiie." We are pretty much of the aame opinion as to his conclusion.

though we do not exactly agree with come upon the stand. The iuvitahis premises. We sympathize with tion was gretdily accepted by the our unfortunate friend in his io.s.and youth, who, on arriving on the

hope that it may prove a warniug to ( otherg un(,,.r similj.r eircum8tÄncea ... (r;,.i,, IVV A Pair of Lively Boys, Now Actors. They were boys, then; one tall,: blonde and lazy, the other short, j dark and active. It was Sunday . ... a . a I " everyone niu gona to tne hjse few doon aboveThey were alone, without cards or ! checkers or books, but Hatan came to i the rescue. A certaiu pi oposal was drawled by the long chap, and eager- I accepted by the short one. They the" put on their hats and coats.; armed themselves witn a otoom, a pail of water and a dippet , and weut forth into the still, bitter cold of the I ..:,.!, .... i -- J ,i, ... , ,i, i ... uu'öCUHJ' : 8We,t a broad uath over the slonini? i ar. S o siewalk tjuite free from suow; over this they poured a dipper ef water, then waited. In a few uiin.it it had frozen; then auothsr dipper of. water and another wait, until the path waö glass-like in it icy smooth1 ness. A whisk of the broom s. -it a light covering of snow over it; the work was done, and the godless laborers gathering up their tools, scrouged themselves down on the doorstep and conversed pleasantly. Presently the door? of the rueetiughouse opened, and two lines of Friends, on made up of males, the other of females, came out. These lines, eouiing dowu the steps separately, met aud mingled in a crowd i on the pavement for a few natHiuuts, then broke into twos and three, and came gravely down the sidewalk. the stillness of the night 1 ..- ..-..-vi..., kn ., uih-w.i ,tn....i. t .,.,.-1 DOS 1' umi in a nuavn. nu..i. unu ' two suorts that were as one. A female Friend flew to the rescuewhack! The whole congregation, ,uu'd with wonder' !lhnK d0W1J 10 the scene of iwwler-wüack! ! wnuck ! hack! groans and snorts, meet and tnous uiiea tue air.aiid, wan cnecKs Li.in.-u w un tears with checks sU-ined with tears of laughter, they sat on the step and "look it in," those sous of Belial, since so well known to the world as I n .1) I .1 ' s I I I, 1 fl A Men-ice to Hie t niun. Behind the cry of "bloody shirt' Southern eriminals have hid theraI selves, and Northern journals have misled the people by putting into pioniinenoe i6sue of little value, but J which served to cover from sight the names of mea who had done deeds of infamy, doeds of bloody wickedness. Io the largest cities of the Union the "influential" press will find that it eannot continue to sneer out of notice either murder or the murderei. It has made a mistake. The oondi- ! ti0n f the Soulu is a urce ot n!l" ; tional danger, for which the people ; hfM reoreant journals rapon.iEtUtors n(1 oorrMpon,, ,nt8 who impudent,y tol(, thHr r,ftders thal t he news of the lawless state of the South was the fiction of the "bloody shirt" have deceived the peoole, and deceived the people who trusted a people who trusted them willfully and ancaciously. aud . . . ' , the re, ilt of the deception by the , press under the pretense of their iin - press under the pretense of their undertaking to pronounce Southern bloodshed as "bloody shirt" fiction is a South sti4J disloyal in a great meas- ! ure, which has defeated the great obi jeot for whicii the war was fought and the sacrifices borne, and the public debt Ulider Which We Stagger has i brought little fruit. Th T)mw.-vi. The Dem :h to-dav w - 'v-mx ' states of the South to-dav ar . tandiug menace to the Union

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SPACK. it 1 I u o I n 1 'd Spnare tli $3 $5 tlf Tori SniMies I t1 : I Ti.ree S . i t a :s ift M 2s a tonr ttjasrr Fivr Square Oiisfoiirth rc;lnmtr. I Uu third i.itanm... I S t)n-lmll crrfamn ' 1 One rjlomn I IS IS, M, IT jr.! Ml One inch c msütnte. a tenure. Sperial pis'-" or dunble '.0111111 rotn ten to twenty p-r cenltrs Iax al notice ten c rt. twr line fnr the (Irtt ion, ind tlve resits p-r line iorecry auimeq nst-rfion. Channel of a Century. The nineteenth entury has wit- , "'ere was in Nalthani, Mass., a mill over 400 miles. In 1807 wooden j flocks commenced to be made by machinery. This Ushered in the era r fheup clocks. About the year 1H3M . Ul l u n' i'iwibw , "ej10 was consti ut icu. ui ict tue fllst experiments in photography wore ma,,e Daguerre. About 1850 the first xPri busioess ws . established. The anthracite coal business may le Said tO have begUU 1 .L . . I T .1 in 1820. In 1836 the patent for the) invention of matches was granted. In 1855 the first telegram was sent. Steel pens were introduced for use iu 1803. The successful trial of a reaper was made in 1833. In 1847 F.lias Howe obtained a patent for bia ni sewing macuine. ae mat suc 4 , , ' I ' I A . cessful method of making vulcanized 1 rubber was patentedjn 18T9. In Anecdote of Jadre Petit. XP .asBV.a4 Many years ago, while Judge Petit, j of Indiana, was canvassing his dlstrct for Congress, to which position it aa a i i a ? succeeaea, aua wtien ne was ia the midst of an eloquent a ldress to a , h"S assembly of voters. one of the dass of jeculiarly smart Alicks, so often found in such places, having posted himself in front of the speaki er's stand, annoyed the speaker and "Them's my sentiment:" "Give 'em hell!" etc. This annoyauee became unbearable. The judge, peering into the crowd whre the noise came from, invited the enthusiastic vouth to speaker's stand, was confionted hy the judge, who in that loud commanding tone for which he was distinguished, said: "Young niau, do you ever read the oible?" "Yes. judge, I do." "Do you believe what it teaches? "Yes, of course 1 do." "Did you ever read th .t passage in which Christ told Xicodemus that he must be born again?" "Yes, oh yes." "Do j'ou believe in that doctrine? "Oh yes, of course I do, judge." "Well. JTOMg man; go home and into yoiu cioset.and on bended knees. pray Almighty God that )ou may bo born agidn, and let the burden of that piayer be still-born, you darned fool!" No further disturbance at t'.iat meeting. Tiu and Itritattaia Wars. No dishes fare harder at the hands , . f t Via i iiaTr.i.ri-inta.l KiiiasaL AOtme r.e " A " " " " vv"' " -1 K..lr tknn tin rl i aal t no Tri r f trt 1 a'1 " l4" ,M1 sooner tarnished than china by cold greasy dish water, they ate usually left the last on the list to be washed, and but parliuliy dried, and, aa a consequence, soon become dull and rusty. Then when the "claring-up time" come, they are scoured with ashes or sand, taking off in the process the outer coat of Un. and very soon look worse than before. Let uie give a better way. Rub the dish thoroughly with soft soap, wash in hot, clean suds, rinse with boiling water, dry with a clean towel, aud there will be no occasion for scouring. This is equally good treatment for articles of white metal or Britannia ware. Killed ByTknife-lhrower. Julia Barnard, a passable vocalist, clever danseuse, and a very pretty girl, met with a tragic death in Helena. Montana, the other dav. She was stauuuig aga nst the b mrd while actor was showing his dexterity in h dgiug her in by hurling knives into the board. Six knives had been stuck Ireiieath each arm, just above each shoulder, at each, side of the head. One more awaited to be planted just above her head. The aim of the thrower was too low. The knife penetrated he brain, and the gul sank down o die on the stage. Th mttm is under arrest. J?ocI"v Jfounta',n iVeie. I-nglanJ' return to Specie Psyaents. EngliloJ scie psvments Eefc. sfth, Ifff. The report of the Buhon Committee, recommending a return to sj-ecie iu two years, was rejected hi 1811. April .7. islT. the Bank Directors gave notice that on the ne M ot Mm u would pay cash ffm: aU 1 and 2 notes dated prior to January 1st. 181 Ö. M.ttti rs-immediately improvtd' rt"'1 '" l s W" VUjm" for K' adual lesundiou of specie liavinetifa wllleli IS- tu li'fu..l wl in .. I "-Ts. S TBSSS.SS tu.-' pvm , ' , . ''" u 7c " , , u.10' vustasweil. A c i ies4oiidetit, notion n,,. facts. subsoiuTto Horace Grei lu.,' mnvin, aan. . nie u ii Gree-ley-s maxim, that ..The way esumB is to resume. ! Near the Month of It. In pluee where they are digging for tulphur t Steamooa Sprifigs, Nevad.. the trronnH rWnmaa to hot at th i x.i. . ... .k... a. uvtii vi tuui kj i ii v 7 i r-e-1 ati ' i tea .nrkmsn h.a t- hunHls tka ...ink,,. with, ioog handled gd .cbfork

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