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^ b far orjrn caps I * em ■won, i. l » I.T.LBHlFjBirBlPrphi f f ' gkmzzxjk -■fty.ggae.wM.W3g>. IMIIMB CABD8. A- X- BUinjUl CO.. ■' OfTlIWARK DMALKMt tit tTOTBtt HXATKMA ifCMK-rcn.rnm.\ueoaz*.dc Tin-Roofing a Spselalty. A ML MWHIT A HH. Mum. Tin war* , Hiriwtn, Cutlery, ate. fate, rrtata^ —,(>».»*> OxrHOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN, MHMiTgn,».R ■ucEona, ttarahant Tailor * OHk, in Coll rarahbteg Goods. ^ 1 •"•sacs,. rOWTRACTORS A BUILDERS. AolMUMi met. **w* far air, x. l. HOTELS. PHILADELPHIA. PA. OK). J. BOLTON Jtaoraiarut A DOLTO** HOTEL, HanWmti, IV - MTTTS™^DAKUL T. B RATTY, {m E itrmi, Attorney and Counaallor at Lav CM* M*7 Court Haas. N.J. IrSta-ST**" "*" *■*" ***"" ATTOR KIT ATLAVAKD MAS. T1S IK CHAMCXRT. ^KsiNnrM. car< »v aw. • BEATTYi^ ■" ■ I. "SASUL y. HATTT, *■*' tai ■ >v. m VALTfaB A. SI—IW. to. 0-n.ttggJJr Mfrrs^^ rfpyapqgteiaS DANIEL P. MATTY. ♦ »wi»«n».iir»mai.m. atlantic hotel, ] CAB EAT CRT, XL ■ spas- ; WTiMSAmiATN,

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• jNylWN wfca. Ill KtiahTj 1 fctatafaraMta: Z »A li|*N, Ki.ltM . wni? aa— id A. fa. »' !>IlbMUtfalll>AUA.>Nll • _*zr* mm*~ **"" Wkoa (o— aor Tim. n naL M < . r«U>jpM. WW. .odtij '»««, . at»ht • O'w botfa prvrsll. •far—, *" ** *J"' ' . I • p~os I : .2Z2E^°,ew i; at his mercy. j BalaMa IfailfaoM villi vboa Uua ' dory ia afaoaai axalaainly romnnl ■ Umx bad low bau . elaariy mwfaM i diflnaiKV of opiaim oo naarly maty ( nlal qaaatioa oo vhfab tbay bad mt ■ rttab j ( b— jn.til.bl. bovieid. ud dovo- n ri*fct murder. T« tbay bad urn!. • <dmy of aaob otbv. and vbaa tlmy ad, ■ ' vbkfe badbaaaratbarfmqwUyof lalA J U-Td-AUdUvtbvpl— ully^o^ , ; • natation via iaadvrtratlr raiaad apoa n whir* tbair rim am pretty oartaia to . ba totally at eariaaaa, ThaaldvoflU J Hia father had bora a ammalmt noted .. •eoeafa makv iiftbe Pruaeiaa town of B Halle, where Otto bad been employed . m a boy ia halpta« to nod the peodacte of Ibe paternal akill at a rviain port- T ahop ant far from the rrnaaabla uairv- ,, dtyahieh forma the ebiaffeatara of the , qoaiat old fam by tlm Haala. Otto'a ,, •dooalkm had boao, boverer, by no p eo maeb ne»Uw«ed at miakt be b ifaferral from bit bumble pouituu. ia k '■tb-T . y bim, foeaook hie father 'a roof, and Joined ^ atmopof maolbxpleyata tbU be m- „ —nteiad in a aaaall loan not many . afcM. lfa. Hnn mooaU— -toJ. from Kotaebtie, or to tab i bit tfaefr top. " plan— and maaeniv pgaer far the per- . Eeeai ae a iild, Otto bad erineed a ^ dnoUrUkingformdkinN ,.o tb. top. " mil of a rary k%b aUl vbieh formad jr ooaaida of bit father', aardm. A. time .. *a»t tb» paanno for climbing to ^ dmvmon.bttgbt.bm.mem ttmn, m £ io lend bitten one omaeiun to aanompeny a dating norkmao ia bin eeeaot fto oi Wlb.^— Abe— mk of a .tt^bhortmt than, that uZr>^tt!mJd.2!5't?5 ^ aridity aa tthr mada fay ona of fca it, aannl aanpa.j fan taneb Idm Iba art of nlUagnpoalbalighfaanpA So eattd- « oonelyamd (aarttmly, fatdaad, did Otto „ * — i *-■' -| |

" *re yrma bad hardly etapaad tea bA. 1- k, hi- ■■P—fa 1. erery oapiltt in « " ™ ttfav a at wad aaay h2 mattra faonr cd tbia kind that be majrtbe - Hfillln Ufa at Lyoaa, of Wafcr Knight, the other individual referred faa 7-.tttbee.tett. The mm aMhi met UPttK mo. affam, .hither Otto had pma to ralin n we. hot lengthy ana »f hie atny'ia that eity lAmt ha beoame . ibe bmhand of hia tarty lorn, Qraicfcao. a fttr-hafrad Onvaa girt, -Mb a mmpMa fat vUab irory-vbii. and the : . Levnmbonrg. Ham. Qttal.tl.mm. , i ' be eat down to bit daiatlynrraagad de- , • Aemmr. from wbieb ha Mfc Band. , ***** **J 1 ■ I ■ » I. far Mm fan. 1 ma gUdtohna. aw <me mm him. , 1 ' ! m« fc,TT 71 tepmrtabl ' •fa-mamarffcrttptttthtifa. ■ §Sir^Sz£r ; S?55S:i ^ - - i nZZ!2£ '

Walter Knight tuned bam Oretehaa to the epe^m. tad looked at bim with a . rtodied arpn—ioo at earartead oa hia tern, aot aamiwd. bovarv, with a ttmda ofanaoyaaee. Unhaa a man ia ramarh■a a. to tha ineoma yittdad byfaeafota Boom aaah faaAing aa tbia prompted Iba Eagfchmia to raply, *!Ut a (oroml a ba|fa: "Why do yon aak that, InUtmaau; u are yon diaaattefcd with Iba pecuniary * raanlteof folloariag yoatr own calling, and do yon wiah to begin tha etady of my prof ma ion, at the eloaa of your Paha . "No," auawered the other, quietly " my parformaace on the high rope ia each time I appear, ami I don't think there m any other way open to aaa of getting eo largo an Inaotna with m little . rteb.- ! "80 litUa riah!" echoed Wallet Knight, railing bra eyrbrowa. " Oh, | yta ; now I oalch the spirit of your grim , humor. Then ie merely Um risk of tailing bom a height oorwdmnbU greatthan that of thia burnt, and in aacfa a way mMtrng with certain death. " I "Xvaa .Hading to the rary remote I lb ante I arm ban of losing a single thaler of what I once earn. It would not be an wan I to iaraat my seringa in boataaaa, yon know." explained tbeOerI "Bat, Otto, we bar. aBoagh-ob. to endanger your life," pleaded i with a alight aUrer and an anxtona glaan U Ibttr gneet. " When we Srat apoke at marriage. { you told rue thai it vu my , my daring, mads yot Ion ma, which ban mada me (irauae and yielded plenty of money, with 1 shuddering mid Otto, ia a coAd, herd roam, 1 which brought a atertled axptanmoa into bar deep bine eym. " Tea, at fir. I. dear Otto : but now that I am your -if. I ormid vteh that you wan anything rather than what yon an," aba answered, aaraeetly. "That ia a pity." be said, aaaeriagly. ftw yon will han to be roc lent wi*b way of lile foe Iba next few yean, anyhow. I like ik To me then ia no i risk in it, I ma walk upon a tope at any height with jntt n mart mfety aim ttep arrom the Sore of Ihia room. Bat here a peopea.1 to maka to yon. my ' ha added, turning to Waller ; "and one which I think may 1 made eery adrnntageona lo yon, I : been getting fin hundred franca I extra anight daring the peat week for thia new exploit of mine with the wheel- ; ' bat tha man I wheal oeer the | ' rape bat fallen pmddaoly in. an I an ji told Udav ruing, and it raid Ink. m. ' wtOr nam eooagb lo lake hk^pl— ■ Kow. until the parson I apeak of nror- ' nock of a efanrub vben I wm a bor-I em , I willing lo dieide the ratra .om 'which 1 1 , am to get, with yon, if 700 win agree lo I my wheeling you mm.s Iba rape ia the < barrow, during tea performances of tbe < next twanly deye. Too woald ban 1 nothing to faar in my hands." 1 "Oh, no ! do not noomnt to that, ■ Knight," said Oettttua. quickly. 1 "To. would tarn giddy, und-anfi I c at all uppenn of Otto'a new font, I for yon might— " , tha ttrnnge look of oxpattnncy , •trirh wm eitthle in bar hnaband'i fans ' " W"A- go 00. Ho might, whatr . aeked Otto Infatewiann. ia a low, aSeefy , roten. "Why. U I land giddy I ahoald ,, Iba Ion of yoar Ufa m —1 mm. , own. That ia what your vile mean., I " ia manna, I

J IN' ■■! I." broke in Warier Knight * •'Nnt Idmt-I think that would b. at ttl j likely, if I had determination enough to " Ton ban nettrw courage enough. I * u few momenta' nleJ^lunng ehttb 0 bo flxnd hia eym aranhtagiy on Iba feer ♦ of hiafrieod. "Mbapapn. 1 murage t Om ybn mttga yoenttf with - implittt eonfidrnce into my hmfc, ud • regard yonraeU a. a bttng ^e hm no • tight hi ban nay opittoa a fa •bout tha pmttbOtly ef fkOng. mn • Umt which I may ehoom to mm- ' «T >>f For onr andartekiag baipltea' wttaa, without tbe power of > I'Mfcl mumm— it,' md depmdmt ' upon m. ia enry ranpmA Ikk. up 1 ywnr mind to be all thia, aad I cm aa- - awer for it that yon win be aa afa an— . > myou an -the p. 1 ii. foment. - might abat fcam at tbe ! ■ aterting pomt; bat I dent think you j ~Ubn>tfcmfcm.-iat...„I.IOtto j ; "Ibm< wear fall any ) "Thm I m. qmte willing teehett , ! repemdhaok. Bain- | | « ■■■> it." mbl Otte eteaty etmwiy. , ' ! j ttde aw aha ether, IM faeciUipd,br \ my own aaba te dvep the keadlm of the , JJ "1-;. ! SiiSJss&SisiK , ttatthfaaehmtt,. « £3«gfc! , ■■■■■fifbtett htm j, ' *• a w —w aad tem , teakafcbabalfckhkNibfi t ' I— ' ma la 5

aalyoaaadaaatend that than wfflbansl faa nsadwhm we appear baton tha paMto lis 1 to-night," mil Otto, da ; " PviaUy, I take tha risk ia 000 ■k- ttdmathm with the gate." anwerud the ad i They parted a few minutm later, with te. ' man oonhal expre— »-u» cf good faaiing bo i oa tba^ait of Otto than the painter had ad orwr baton rcottnd from has friend. I Otto aoon after want oat aad walked ry now nightly performed. Ha orartook , g, , Walter Kmgfat, who had stopped to apeak lo owe tt tbe aeteea at the theater, ita bat whan Otto had tamed into another 1 atreot. and nearly reached tha bottom of 1 ], it, be turned sal retraced his steps- be I bad forgotten te bring with hia u pair 1 ] of mint shorn which bo wire during a, hi. dangerous performance. Who. , at Within a few yaada of Us own door, be J. anwtbefigwn of a asm upon the steps', in the aot of pulling the bdl. It was w thai of Wall* Knight Tbe Oerman , b toothed him ca tha shoulder and laid iu .. m a Ibin, atrniaad roim, " Returned again of ao aoon, my dear friend ! Why, bow . 1. did yon know that I should turn back a for my shore ?" "I didn't know it," replied Walter, , a — p'j- j 1,; "I believe you " aaid Otto, quickly 1 , d eupprnaing the outburst of a bitter ' , j, Uagh into which bo had born batnred. r and changing it to a eongh. "I mm# book for my umbrella, whioh ! , 1 left here." explained the painter. : "I rather think yon hadn't ooe; we ! . d ttmll are." „ They entered the bouse, hot their , I "Ah, evil," mid Walter, aa they 00m , | ' mom rrnckod the attest, "I must hare , . loft it oa mo of Um tables at the cede. " ' d Otto mriod. and thm ho a^. with , . . aomething at eagrmem in hia manner: 1 * " Ton will not fail ma at the last mo * 0 . mont to-night f XI would not do to dis- | * appoint a large audience in carnival ' time, you know. Thai kind of thing ia ; " . apt to make ooe unpopular, aad might . I I Walter laughed aa ha Bald: ^ I " I am too maeh in wiat of the mooey ! u ■ i la mim Ike ehanm of aamtng tech a . J| — li^." !„ B | Again they parted, to meat in an (l j hoar 'a time far the mbaanal. No I . J I sooner had Waller piusl Ihruugh the j, , preliminary ordeal thm ha limtcnad Ir. n Ida lodging aad wrote a lengthy let- b r terto hia mater el Pimlioo. An excerpt , , , from his eptetls will aufBrieotly indimte „ , ! fca nature of its contents: . 1 "80 with this money I can pay off tl r I tha liability that poor Charles hm eon- r - treated, aad premnl the arratt that he u , j dreads ao much. With tha be lance I 1 if , | shall return next moolh to London, and , marry my faithful Sally. Bat do not d. 1 j any a word about all Una to bar. I wOl ! do that myself 'when the proper time fc - Having placed a po— age stamp upon ■ | thia tetter, he pat it into the hremt 1 j poeket of bis coat, intending to drop It > missive into a Aoilc bum Uttrra, tl • which war lot into the wall of a honor tl 1 clom |o hia own raaideuoe, not long I after he danmodad to the hall door sod had jntt opened tt when be mwGratebm bl steading wit boat. She wes pate, and 1 eyelids had that ndn— which faeUa h, of many team. It seemed to Warier thai aba had baen waiting irresolutely ; "Harr Knight," abesaid, in a harried Vfa vaface. •peaking m tee alway did to turn te ia bar native teaga*., "Itersmoc m tmttyooinU *° 1^*^^°' " cmnot toll you all my remnoa foe dreed- to aamof fatal mult Bat believe mo nc ebeo I my that yoor life— " " Til ere ia we the iltohteat vtafa it k. r„ slightest risk if

^ does what ia right," said a -ttoa. " She tornad with a half snppnmsd 0 —ream, and mw that her husband wm almost atbsrttda. He had cwoaaml over onparettved from aa arehvay nearly op- * potttr, when ha had been hiddesi from ■ view vUtehiawife lmd bean vaftirg. ' • cheerful weU modulated voim. "ana ' rwwmrd iov your aoatinnad soxtety aboal ' my good friend's mfttywe ttmll in* 1 t-yuwwilii.diigoorp-totmmmjuni- ' self tbteavesuag. Let m go bona now, * my littte wife, it tt almost lima that I " should psegan for the npa. I shall [ expect te tea pa," bo -Acted, m be . aoddml to Walter Knight, " in an boor's lima. Tha hsabaad of OrwScbm than ted bar away by ctev-mg ooe of ber 1 arms just above the aibaw. Walter Knight thought It sontewbal Steele that she ahoold exhibit so maab 1 ami.. inpiLlluf ths ridtem 1 tbuot to ran. whm bar hasbaad wm * mgiitly i, tea httut of encountering a • *q"JI1y ^Tc.. ** y°— I the oomrue she bad jvst tekao had bmn •teMhtth^ fa— lad^alltefr ^ald* * 1 pott kia lttteftlltrs^rib* tenrnd atta whan ha had matlaktetebm aha^tt> flTb^tt tfc 1 xrho had nsmned it frame— aef fca '| Fnmfcspkmah. |— mi.img ■■ ■ i^' fc— 'liiTT I fayCfcl Nfc 'mmotttb. mums, te fcttr lntt.ijmnfc Mn wg.TTn'i" fc'nl^Lfcld ' : faa fcaoNfc, tad at abttgbt httfa , Mfc hatsm fctttt fct Ittty attfcg, — bms— M -A fct ^fc— W

> , " Listen, bat do not morn; Um aligbts oat movvmrat cm yon put woald be the signal lor you da-fa,- wm atterwd by - Otto in a tooe almost fierce, s [ " Than I will take particular care aot ' to wink even," answered Walter, flrmlr 1 " Now, attend. Your secret te known f to me." said the rope-walker. I " What mem r aeked Un ether, is a 1 looo of wonder. I, "The secret of you lovu." 1 . "That can ban ao interest tor you, t j Inklcmann," rejttuad Walter, who now " Too think that I don't Ion ay wife r : aufficeuily for that, do yon r demanded f ; Otte, in a deep voice, that had eomeI I thing tragic in ita notes. " Ton shall r j aoon be undaoriead then." ti "I think nothing of lbs kind," n1 ! plied Walter qntekly. I " ImmateriaL Ton ahal' die all the ' [ same within Um next few minutes " I I " Aaa yon mad V cnad Walter, on 1 had suddenly broken out. \ I " Tea, I think I am," aaid Otto bitterly, "but thai ia not lo the pus i pose. To be brief, my wife, hm bean false to tns Your return lo my house to-day. whan you un-xpeotadly encountered ao, ber anxiety foe yoor | safety, them and fifty other things that have noticed— all prove my suspicions " What frenxy ta this which has i seised youF" " Remember that you are completely at my mercy and make a clean breast of pare aocidestt by tbe embrace, and I ' shall be avenged. 1 have anspeoted Too . for sometime put, but not till today did I feel quite [certain. As 1 I look down upon you silting there. I aan i peeping from the brea— pocket at your east, u I was putting yon into' Um barrow. Now, tell me how loog this | been going 00, or I will drop the , handles I hold, and send too headlong ' below," Thia last sentence ws. hissed 1 through Otto's clenched teeth. that thick broken voice, which process la ; a throat parched by feverish ! Toar^wito? even if I hmT^ ! ! when ahe was Preulieu Schnlta I 1 would never have made any imprenaioo : on my heart. 1 am, in fact, engaged lo world beside, and thm eery letter j yon apeak of. which I forgot to post an 1 "Then lei me are it," aaid Otto, doubtfully j wete 1 lo move," replied Waller ! Knight a "All falee; a mere trick lo gain tune. " " Wheel me lo Um other ttde, and 1 solemnly promise lo show you j letter. As to the umbrella, ask at I cafe if I did not find it thrro an hour | The applause had gradually subsided, Um strains at 1 large military band still rendered thrir vosoea audi- 1 bis to none bat themselves. I "No. yon would than escape me; bnt, | atop. I ran balance you with one hand, j resting a leg tt the barrow no the rope, | the -her band I can take the 1stmy purpose, if you aaa hand it lo me caddy over your left shoulder. Bu : to ooe aide or Um other, if you would not loose yon life sooner than I intend." 1 The letter was handed open lo Otto j aoe 1 riser was nanuau open to uoo ,

m Inklemenn. amid tha ficah on (borate tt j applause from tha audience, who anp- 1 id posed that this new and difficult fret ! ia bad bean duly practiced tar tbair < Itter " Now you on monler mat" —ml ; 1 ■ Walter Knight, "if yon abocme. but my j last words wOl be, I'm quite innoeen. . ' * tt tbe charge yon hm made against 1 1 U " Tmaeatmfied that ywn at least are 1 * not lo blame. Perhaps I have been al- 1 [' together mistaken, " said Otto Inkle- ' i mans, donbtfnlly: aad than ba-wbaalsd ' 5!£S£,"-»»»-te— ; •j But Walter did not agaiu trutt hialii. 1 to the rope-walker, and Um painter had 1 " UMtwfora to v-t two years longer see 1 r I ks wedded Um wnmsn tt Us cboAos. * Um caj^tt^jtolte^^tttitt^to ' , ia reputed to bs lbs able- opsrnktr in ' that tins, and is known by Um rotexqrat J tt " Tha Ooidea Hand. " Tfada-tttt-tt ' j bar husband wort is coocert, rod have 1 j quite a European reputation. B-rtin. ' , Tirana, London aad Paris have te tarn a «— «ke —.tt Ibttr axpklte; fanfcad, ! tbatedy boaatt lhttttMh.nmd.llM ' . tear tt UmwhtU. h Paris they have ' j sprat eleven yasrm, but, ttioagb robotng I ' **•*' y* ^ I harlttket. Tha "OaidM Hand" fot- ; tested «ba, gl.rad^tt.taew. ' eadvd by Msdma# T"B— 1 issst gtacafwl- * ; \ ' mteraTtfc^^Id hT* fan.fai I * ; giifall I the edtera tematt fctrafcj J ti ■TlMfcMlfaWfct'^.teviw > ta Wmnfca anteny pahfc tt fcn tea- fa raran rata. bras, step ^ • I taatasb^m ett » tea. eMterara^tt^' ' I 'te'tra.a ■ • .

hi- Tha Btttle tt tha fifrdn. ^ I wfll gin aaaemnnttt s battle, wifauaasad by my broth, sad ma. in which quite an army at birds an engaged on «* each aula. We wan mare boys, jutt belr ginning onr life te Um woods witfcbow *» radqwie., and. early ia Aba morning tt one of Iba first dare of Jans, were in n 1 • rust fore— in s valley tt north Georgia. We came npon a sort tt natural orchard of wild mulberry trees npon whioh Iba A fruit w. beginning to ripen. The "* eedge-gn. tt that region grew in dense ai. tufts under Um trees, and between three w— spread a carp— at abort witii gimr. •J Through the mid- of all thia rna a clear "" spring-stream, a yard or ou'ia w.ddt, •" tumbling among ita stood with much bubbling and gurgling, as i! sought the ■*- Goose wetter, a small river wis*- white plane- trass we could see . UUle way off. be Hare ia tbia otahaad Iba battle was raging We had heard it hag before we □a reached the spot. Wool -peck era, bl aeon jsya grosbeaks. Woe birds, cuckoos, thrfiahos tt three or four kinds, fly -catchto era and chewinka, all flying back aad i». forth, in aad out, round and round, ■a their feathers* turned wrong way, and ae their voices appercoUy boar, with rage, n- Here a aap-eoeker and a nnthatoh fintor tered together 00 the grass engaged in at madly packing at each other's ayes; os there -. bine jay and a grosbeak, like muffs of turquoiee and ruby sprays, gaycomposed of two or three cbewinka, s ; ly brown .brush, a fly-rather and a cuckoo, ui everywhere, the rnstlr tt etruggting a- a -age and tha ncaone afanekmg tt inmartial ripplea Now aad than a oowrd >0 bird, fofiowed by tia rictonooa enemy, II whisked pa— ua into tbedark ncea— a of the woods. Tbe reddening mulberries m hung untooohed on the dusk trees. Tb* n danrtng swarms of ephemeral fllsa had j, by tha r— 1-eycd flycntcfarr or soberM feathered pewee. The pots of the tap- „ sucker were fall lo overflowing with the M sweet juice tt the vigorous young trees, m but he notice.! them not. All buaina— el was forgotten. I: w. a ear-rival of fight Tbe painted flnebee swept thia way, the Ig sombre thrushes flew thai way ; and now and thee, careering through the orchard .fa like some black-mailed ml-plumed t_ knight of old, we mw a great /fytotomua ia pOsafur th- giant of the wood pecker n | tribe, charging upon the lines his tt foes, :s [ uttering his loud lattlecry. What this a WW allpbout We could not aseertaiu. O Tlie |irica at a wooden backet haa cause, 1 II a bloody war amung mra ; no doulit „ aomething less noteworthy had started a tha tumultuous straggle yetwreri the r- btnla. Bui Um en.l of the laltle came in a mo— rave tenons wsv Hmldenly, ,. w if by some spell tt magic, Ibe din ceased, tbe w.uga were still, aud then „ ooe by one and two by two tbe birds ,r filtt— 1 away till In all tie- orchard a jay Uttering its mellow too- loo- loo, ami a I sap.su.-ker tending its pofa were all wr n "* temmle.1, not even a broken leather, ( left 00 the field of t—tt In. — A }>}tlrtaH s „ ; •w~,/ I, ! A "omaa Art lag as Kheriff. ■I In annoanctng Rm recent drath of tbe 1- widow tt tbe late ex- Sheriff James H. I Latty, of Dew Moinea, Iowa, the Ifavk ■■ cyv, of th— place, recalls scar interI. | eating incidents in her life U f.dlosra : fa "At one time a dnqierado, routined in l- | in ana of tb* cells, -tempted to escape r by making a man tt straw reclining • upos. his couch as usual, while the flesh ' ! and blood prisoner secreted hiaaell in r ' an empty call aad awaited tha advent of A I Mra. Latty, who, in Um absence of her " i husband, entered Um jail room la lock • > j np Um prisoners lor tbe night. When j j up Um prisoners the

I 1 she came ta Ibe cell containing tb. man - j of rvTsw, a vary clever imitation ai a 1 * ma - Sleep, she called hia name, - I and getting no napoo., entered ! ir and detected Um obeat Instead el I tiding fr» outside help ia aa emergency , r I which plainly lndio—1 a plot and a ( t 1 Prisoner, te h— k jail. 'uL Latty quietly proceeded ta Iba other call and , marched the prospective fugitive bark ! . 10 hia sail and looked Um np. Aa he . a heavy, mtmoolar man. aad tha I deputy sheriff a slender, light- but It , woman. His eTtdaatth-narre triumphed OTW tha°k ^rawoiy courage was [ fly from the hands of jratteT^Cta another oooattoa, two young men ia a sail refusing to step tha profane and bniatar oa. language, the deputy ratered the sail and gave them a aottad flogging , with a whip until, with lean ia tbair ' — ^a^ht^E^^n— tite ' praoadtag iaesdaafaa, una the taking of a prisoner lo tha penitentiary a lew day. ' ago. A — who had boa srrw-ed lor atrahag a oarptt bag — tha owia. dap— ; fcia aifay, la— January, nasntrwal a* fce Inafattem of Um diatritt court te iiap.i.iaimra tafa Uiep-iilaa- ' Uary. and waalakra to Fort Madiaoo by I MraLtttyU— -i^-ithote ray . to Wardra H— J** ' tt Iba wardaw and lbs Fbrt Madaouian. ' ; knew no'bewada. ' Aflfriwfafci WB. Ob* Bans it CM— Canada, wraths' D— fci. Jta«fa rad fata. t. faa. — ■ | >m —7- . rad bag— -fca raw yara ' , wrtb teatesa, ap tar l llklal in fca 1 •y ta fcraN Mfa bra to ate. ' sH tat M ll ta tee wvdda* afa a —Mfc fcrafc ta n gtera haaa. Of ' jfc^i^V»«rFMBrali to j ;fc*fc» F-tal fci -A tar afcrai.i ZLI-PZVL' ; ^"W-'riww.MS.ww

Oatrtfagal Tom it- Tha O-ncinnaiti OaoMt at a recent eh data aaye : About nine o'clock yaater eo day morning, - Um Oioba rolhng mills. »- on Front -tratt. near Um foot of Park. »w a -nail band connecting tha governor tt the angina with the large east Iron fly, slipped off its pulley, and —used in. tha flywheel te ramlva with sncfa I ear rd _ ful vsdoeity that it flaw te pieces, ebootbe' ing imman. holts tt iron — every he tangent. One large piaee wm thrown ae forward through tbe roof of tha build a a ing aad into tbe river bank, a distance of n one hnodrod Tarda Another large ar piece was driven backward through the h, roof, flying aero— the street, and fall°h tag through the roof at a building in he tha gaa works, broke Inroogh the second to and flrat floors at tk* building, aad *- lodged in Um oellar. Another, and the •- 1 mo— destructive of all, wm itesh i I wa v* straightforward a di— anos of probably a e- hundred feet, where it made a bole a a, foot in diameter in the forward end of a h- boiler. On ita way it struck a large ul shearing machine, some of the fragd, meats of which broke tbe right leg of >d Hugh Coker. an ashman, and injnrod a aim otherwise In tbe body. The volume t- of escaping steam from the boiler -aid in ad William Bryan, the engineer, from '1 head to foot, although Le stood in the 1* engine room fifty or ai— y fe— in front y- tt the bailer, wbare ha wm engaged in at trying te readjust the band. Hia father, 0, mill, was —rack in the face with some 1. splinters, and injured .lightly, «ngug 1— ly enough, although ueariy a 1- hundred oUier men were in tbe imine- " dials vicinity of Um .codec I, no oce d el— was hurt. Mr. Juno. Elataer, r, who had been — Um mills on basin*—, if ! had joat left tbe spot where one of the 1* before the accident happened, d The flywheel wm tt about twelve feet d in diameter, aud wrigbed prot-bly Ira ie broken spoken aa aaa sale, aad the 1. ragged hnb on Um other. Tb* spokes — are from six to eight inches in diameter. L Tbe wheal wdl be replaced to-day or d Aa lafllaa KabMt brier le Triads. J A recent traveler describes the annual " " rabbit drives " at tbe Pint* Indians in w Neva a : From flve^ hundred to a thou- ^ u Yd-|wd fence is "Jot l np. made tt alight ' d Mpltngv, -una. whu-L i. atretobed a 1 '• wulr-m—d led net. worm 01 hemp or *' by weights ; aud idBbe angle tt Ibis in* ' * [maitn— , while the rest of jUie laml. <n | 11 eluding tbe squaws and children, ate— I * off to hnnt tbe game. At a dint— — of T ten or twelve miles from the trap they ( wide seno circle, ami with whoops and , '• yells, falls te he-tng the sage-brush, or , low saplings, if the ground be wooded, | will sticks aisdcluha. That the fright- , raed rabbits start op by the btxndrnd, ami an forthwith chased by th* shriek- ^ ing. ^booting .hunters, with wild flour- ^ tailing of sticks ami waring of all their " rags, down towards the trap. Orad-a- * ally contracting their ranks aronnd the ' \ drove of flying -rest are., tbey cloee ' them lairjy into the netted ineloatue, 0 whenoe escape is tmpaa—bie. To add te * their bewilderment, the men 1 itlim the ' trap -art np with yells rivaling those of t the hunters outside, and the luckless r ' rabbits, dashing themselves s gainst the r 1 net 10 force a way out, fasten their e ' hernia in the mrabee ami are fixed these. 1 When every ooe is s prisoner tbe brave t 1 - huntsmen nnellv ntsfae the tour of the V " tour

" net. and with their stack, dispatch the * fakma, whsch tbe aquawa in tbair tarn | collect ami "peek "home to ibe lodges. " Aud thra loUow. a grvU l-t os rabbit : meat, aad after th— Um aqnawa have 7 I tbair baaula foil at work in tb* making j tt robes ami doaka out tt Um raft, | downy, grav aktna. Ami the rabbita 7 that are " left over." ao te apeak, among Z the — ge-brnah, have a re- from perar- . ution until Um next falL Tbe Indiana " ' ralae a rabbit-akin robe very highly, and * mnch prefer Uiem toblanketa, though rt . takes a good deal tt Uma aad patience te | make ooe. Tbia work, however, ia all J -looa by Um aquawa, aad in taken m a ^ fritafaTT'<"°"** 1 The iMsspep—a are eellaeting peers dsafar lor Um settee of the egad Mr. _ Lota in marrying Mra. Htcks in New . York. Ths Philadelphia BaUctta cites ; eighty years old. who maniad a womb ■ drag ami lraneb Um aiek people tt Iba r town. Ahtaeknmitb ninety yean old. t to Um aama plana, took lor a bride a j girl tt eightaect, —id aoaapod Um — i- ' ah tie th- be married whan at tb* age ' h— Tbrost^Tip'^Dotb— 'mr**—1 ttafl 1 tt a aoidisr who 'had served ia Um were, , and — Iba age tt eiaaty-ffvu —HI cm 1 ita a ball— ia hia aoaa, taking M hia vfc a girittflffaaaa. In Hi II ml In ITta Mr. , rita a wewMa tt twenty, ami wm ennita , tetaueb on mrab taotafcn ra tha , fctaPjfcj At. ^'"fctttatarafaoq— Ry [ , tt tb. gnsra rata Bnrafa ta flta ytak ,tt tfa. htatal grata. tataMd fatafta , te, kimtttaraMtaA taff*x Afa*. B yen want te bwy a tagfcotafc— tag iissasga t *MM ■ I I ra tano»a; - iba i

STAfi' WJTKl capi - or J?B^_ffrifrnWC AfMealf iaflkl par cent, water rad 87." tt dry sub— arnoa. ; There an 1,800,000 argaris mada anaa- „ ally in tbe United Statea. d A pretty hood— childhood. A mrwe >■ A Swedish exploring expedition will 7 -art tor tbe north poi* in May. ° Messrs. Flood k O'Brien, Um great ' mind owner* of Nevada, propcee to send _ to tbe Pari, axbibitsoo ooe aolid brick tt It is suggested th— one reason why —fa n many marxiagm turn out so unhappily j la bsraua* lb* bridegroom ia never lb* a There are about one million operate# a sepagwd in tbe iron' tndnatrire tt tb* a United St— an. The entire value of manufactured iron fa.- ooe yrar is 8900.- • The priori pal article# exported from '- Um United State* te Europe are grate, J pork, lata, savings t«nk presidents. • Mr. Smith, who ha^ lo lug a eeutUe tt coal np —re three time* a day, reads ' srith prospective joy lbs snnonucemrat th- the coal-fields of the world will be exhausted tb 2,000 Joan. , The (iddeet day ! — tfaac^sntsfa fosr , Ti wto te fartgfater ." • a distance of nine miles, are now lighted ' — extinguished by electricity, in leer 1 than fifteen acenoda, by or* man. An inquisitive boy in Iowa wished to ' whisxta out tt tb* mnaale tt a gun. ' Hereafter he will travel through thia ' beautiful world ornamented with a ' Tb. aggie,—* steam motive power - ' present in na* id the world ia S, 600. 000 rnginraTamd 10,000,000 bora* power tn j 18,600,000 km powrr. °* , Tb* love of glory, the free of shame, the design of making a fortune, lb* de- , sire of rendering Ufa easy and agreeable and tb* humor of pulling down other | people are often the cause of that valor The ITteconrtn JVweaer rays At a . Slate, an old teacher being asked whetb1 or this country wm a IVtms-raey, re- , plita: " So; hot il would have been if , Mr. Tlldeu had been rlccted. Hinre- : Hayes wa* elected it is a Republic. " ' good and elrnaly order, ami everything ' ucat ID the place, than to allow the ac- ' cum ti latum of decaying matter, — I afterwards te be compel)— 1 to clean it all led air superadded. — fbsns/ry UtntlrThe Cipenasp tt Stanley "a ere— Afrijouroeyvinrt cOnclmlrsi, have bees about 8118.000, borne equally by Ibe New York Jirratd ami London TWcyrapA— more than any previous Afncai 1 expedition, private or goverumratal. ami giving more complete and Importa— reanlta titan any other. The Romans seat some seventy wagons with Turkish wounded te Erxcroum the other day. with General H.ymann's compltmeuu to Mukhtar Ih - ha, woamled, here are yours. Head back the wagons, aa I need tbesu." The a were all sent back after diacbarwhe wagora after

ra Her* ia a poem on a meUm, by m . Persian po-, A.lached of M era : ^ kmfasrfsr lbs tangea. far lbs rys a ptetnr* as Liabig an winM : Tbe following in n >d trsnstetion of a paragraph found fat tb* H wriUngs tt Profaeror Von IAaMg, Iba distinguished German chemist : Tb* dl white wine* an hartfnl In tb* marram re tMgaageaademmUriara. Tbstaroagar fat Um band, but tbair efccfaa art ctay tt short daniioa. Sharty snd strung r tb. gwo— abty tt wum^. ad tiMy hsvw . r, hiatal hrevy aad dall. bet Ite nas doM to fl-h. Tb* drinker, tt wMtay and m brandy an going ta mrtata death. a plnte*1— " Rock rill*. Oonn., recenUy. k- Montgomery, orcnoer in a gingh-x. I* mffl tban. who bad bora ta poor bask* 1* for coma Uma, applied to to* Hartford - bospstel for Ii ilnint, Md S wm brand ^ that Um | ling landing freyt Um L ** 1 i" tei' ^la'Ti'iV IhTba'to/^Tta'^^t «1 liquid tbrongh thia tabr. He gradual]. M wntata away, bnt wm ta hi* plane ia Use ly ■mfcwfcfl.httMi hndtnd. " A Ill I I afa Um Nil mini r- (Ta.) Tfqi^rl fattir tb. facBcwrag ra— ■* fctotafcnwra; "Onrantanra— nfci * tadtaM taBfcTfc*!^ UTu!l*sA»^ ■ k IB ,1,1mm Vera eta my— d*. g 1 Mra* tatan fararara— ta liil link Ita I *~»"***~*7r~* ^"7" d rad bfrtaM MA rad -bb.fcg ^jra» • tafcfcaftta fcntafatatakta taMfcfc I n etatagB tatafafc^^ra Wta— —