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FRANK P BEARD, Publisher. VOL. X. I PEAR NOT. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. NO. 33. TUB PEijKkVpXpEB. ? 7 ?y I'l'HIilHUKU AT CAMOfH, I. O. | FRANK P. BEARD. Publisher To Corrmiwiidcnto. . AUcouimuiUcntloiu for tilts paper should bo ac companied bjr the daiiw of tho author, not neccs tartly for publication^ but U au ovldouco of'^ood faith on tli? rart fljjf Wo writer. Writ# only (won* tld?cr tlMp*pi<r. Ho porUculnrty careful In siring names ami dates to Ua?o tlio letters plain and dls % Unct. T he Gazette Job Printing Office It DKTTBM prepared than anjr othor oOc* la ton, to execute I n the inoet attractive fty to* *'*17 Jtitrty Uou of Job Printing, auch u Pamphlet*, I ?? i*6^ Dill llcada, I /filer and Mote HnhU, Uw Briefs, Puiten, Dodger*, Circular*, Haud Bill*, WiJdlag. Vle'tlog and Addraae Oardt, VuiluwiOutk 1 >h>|| Av. Work done In Bronte, Red, Blue ana Black The public iuu.?l reiucmber that tha beat lialwap tbo c bo* poet. We do work at Cbarletton Prtoea, and guarantee entire aallafactlon to our patroaa. We keep constantly oo hand tbo largeet stock a* Paj*r? and Oarda In town. : ? . UtfJ-IioS, Who baa not suffered doc* not guot* What pleasure is. Who hnn not groped In depths of doubt and ho**lounoM Huh never truly ho)>ed. Unless, sometimes, a shadow falls Upon his mirth, and veils bin sight, Aud from tho darkness drifts the ligb V;' Of lore at iulorvola. And that moat dear of ororything I bold is low ; and who can sit With lightest heart aud laugh and Bing Knows not tho worth of it. Unless, in some strange throng, perchance, llo feels 1 o / thrilling sweat it is, ' One ye n i>{ look that answers his? Tho troth of glnuco and glanoe. Who knows not pnin, knows not alas I What pleasure is. Who knows not of Iho bitter cup that will not pass, Knows not the taste of lovo. Ohs ju!? that thirst and heart* that fast, And tint tub? faint With faui's'iing, God foudlo^you, and wifely bring Xou to your own at last. IN HAL? AN HOUR. A SUMMKIl IDYL. p *? Just wait for us a little while! We will conio back in half an hour !" NoraU and Bob ha I sal<l, and they had gnnu off into the little wood, hand-in hand, like two children. Bo Missy was left quite alone, to move herself backward and forward in the swing, and feeling horself, to eay truth, rather left put.' Why had they wauted to goroff by themselves? ijjHc wondered. It was fcostri ng 5 of Norah, wheA hot brother had iust to'.ographed to say hotwas coming down that after noon to boo her. How odd", too, that they should want to get away from her. Missy was not accustomed to being neglected. Hitherto she had always boon flr^t with Bob,' and first With Noifth, but since Norah and Bob had become acquainted things bad assumed a very different aspect, and the intense, friendship which had sprung up b"it ween these two threat ened to extinguish Missy altogether. Missy did not like it, but as yet she had no comprehension of its full signifi cance, no duo appreciation or the calamity which had befallen her. At present, she was only aware that Bob preferred NorahV company to how, and that Norah- perfidious Is'orah !? evidently liked lk>b's s'colcty buttvr than that of her d< arost friend. It was very disagreeable, and, to put an ?end to the unpleasant thought, Missy called up hor favorite subject of medi tation, and li 'gan to weave afresh the romantic web of fancy which en circled tho ])er8)n of tho wondrous being of tho future, who was on his Way to win and woo her virgin heart. > She was very young ? only seven teen ? and the assertion of even those few years seemed belled by hex childish appearance. But she was vory pretty, and she lundo a ehariuing picture as she Bat in the swing, in her straw berry-colored dress and large bonnet, with her deop, eorious eyes fixed on -the little gate into tho w.md, and her red li| s hull-smiling at some swoot imagination passed through hor mind. 'So, ut least, t'.iouvht a young man who was c ming n isch'ksly toward hor along th ? dahlia-lxu-dered grass walk, and who did not fail to mark the beauty of her prolilu and the grace of hor movements as she vtirr.-d hers df lazily to and fro by the help of her daintily shod ft o' . Advancing quietly in front of her, he lifted his hat.' bhe was not slow to perceive who ho must b.\ v; " You are Xorah's brother ? you are <;iMr. O'ila^a')," sho said, simply. .^?Norah has gono into the wood with Bob i'or half an hour. "Will you wait for them V ' Mr. O'Hagan had no objection to d'Walfc. lie throw himself down on n ?:arden sent du o by nn-l sat. looking at ho girl, who continued lur half-un i| conscious motion, with an oxpnssion |j| ort Iier fnoo whi h hit rayeil a drgroo of shyness. She felt, indeed, that she f ought to speak, but oventually it was Mr. O'llagan who took the initiative. "You ' seem delightfully situated litre," he said. " llavo you llvod in this place nl ways?" 44 Yes, it belong# to Dob, my brother," rep'iod Missy, brielly. M'$' " Then you are Missy, of whom I havo ofttn heard?' 41 Yes. I am Missy. And you aro ;?! Norah's eldest brother, the barrister, 0 1 whom 1 have often hoard." "Why havo Norah and your brother 8ono away without you ?' asked Mr. >'Hagan. abruptlv. "I don't know/' returned Ml?sy. ?' But you must know," said Mr. O'llagan, ip a tono of gentlo authority. "Norah Is your guest, rtnd it is not usual for young ladle 4 to go about alone with their friends' brothers." 14 Norah U doing nothing unusual,0 ?fled Missy, Hushing angrily; for, though she was very unhappy, she did not ohooso that Mr. O'llagan should Bj|%" fault. 44 Bob Is Norah's own friend, and Aunt Caroline sees no harm in anything thoy do. They Uro Very fond of each othor." 41 So It would appear," said Mr. O'Hagan, dryly, lie was somowhat annoyed. Ilo had received an ambigu ous letter from his sister that mryrnJng, | which had made him think it advisablo he should try and find out what she was doing, and now he had come to try, and she had vanished. But she had left it substitute, and to this sub stitute, after a moment's pause, Mr. O'llagan turned. I 41 You must be vory glad," he said, "that your friend and your brothor are such allies. Is he your only brother?" " Yes," replied Missy, with a oto .ound stgh. 44 Bob is my only brother. Mid Norah Is my only frlond. But 1 Mil not very glad,thoy are such friends. "*hoy like to play eho*s, and that is a time that three cannot play; and thoy lko to drive in a dog-cart, and only ifa can 4lt In front." 41 And now they like to go alone knto the wood?' suggested Mr fo'Hagan. 1 44 Vest It is a prosarve, you know, %nd Bob thought it would disturb the pheasants If three pop'.e went through (tlklng; but l.n Paid he and Norah could walk along qulatly and speak ry softly." ??Oh I" paid Mr. O'Hagan, with a jgthontd intonation. 44 Why do you say oh like thatf* led Missy, pettishly. Shp felt glad that Bob was Aot liko Noruu'd brothat who was so old ? Ihiity, at thw very Kait, he must bo? and who tolled such strnpge questions, and made such singular ejaculations. "Miss Missy ? may I call you Miss Missy ?" askod Mr. O'llagan gravely. "Just as you like," she Bald, indif ferently. " Very well, then," he proceeded. "Miss Missy, I want evidence upon a certain matter. This swing is the witness-box, and you are in the swing; arga1, you nro the witness. Now, with nature looking so fair about you, with tho sky so bluo above you, the cool green woods waving to your right, and the gorgeous dahlia-) smiling to your left, you feel undoubtedly that you could not pcsiibly speak an un truth; hence you are committed to speak the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but tho truth. Now I com ifimmn*' Missy gazed at her interlocutor with wide and asUmishing eyos. She checked the restless vibrations of tho swing and pressed her feet firmly on tho ground, while she encircled tho ropo3 with her arms, clasping her hands beforo her. She was puzzled, but not disploased. A lovelier witness, tho young man thought, ho bad never seen. " Miss Missy," he began, " do you know" what flirting is?" " Yes," said Missy, promptly. " Then define flirting." " I did not say I could define it," said Missy, with a little appearanco of pputlng.- ? ' . f4 Then you do not know what flirt ing la." " Yes, I do," cried Missy, "flirt ing is when two people seem to like each other very much, and to livo only for oach other, and then they part and forget one another altogether." "And their Intercourse leaves no mafk?" " No, they havo bean only amused." \u But suppose they have been moro than amused? suppose tlieir associa tion has left a mark ?'* , M Then they have been in earnest." " And wljat is the result of being in earnest 9" I " It is love," said Missy, in a low, sweet voice., She1 glanced downward, and was completely Unaware that Mr. O'Ha gnn's gaze was Gxed upon her, and still loss was she awaro thaKfli breast was swelling with an uncalled-for indigna tion on ner account. His was an im aginative nature, prone to leap to su perlative possibilities, and somothing .In Missy's youthfulness, beauty and naivete; had made him jump to a possibility of the most exaggerated evil. At this moment he found him self speculating about some man who might some day bo only amused with this innocent creature, while she, per chance, might bo in earnest. " I would horsewhip such a follow within an inch of his life," ho s i I, wrath fully, in his heart. Then he suddenly remembered that, at far as ho knew, there was no sucjIi man, nnd ho smiled contemptuously at his own fantastic c< ncelt. Moreover, the present was all his own. "What is lovo, Miss Missy?" ho asked, abruptly. "Love is when tho beautiful yo ith comes," she said, still looking away. " And who is tho b aitiful youth ?" he inquired. He felt curious t> know whether a young man of tlx or seven-and tw.-nty, not bad-looking ? Oh, by no means ha \-looking ? and not altogether stupid, certainly with somo prospects of pro fession^ success, might bo 1< oked upon as a beautiful youth. Perhaps a tin^o of unsmpeAed joalousy unwittingly heightened h:s curiosity. A sort of glow diffused itself over Missy's face; her vision seemed to be lost in the dim recesses of tho littlo chase; her wholt mann'r seemed to bespeak a state of eesta ii/feoling. "Tho beautiful youth, she said, slowly and pemivoly, "is all glorious t> behold, liko tin early son in summer, or liko the splendor of the apple orchards when the fruit is rip >. He Is a peerless knight, clothed with dignity and virtuo and truth, and a burning lire goes out of 111* heart and consumos ail iniquity as ho passes by. He goes through tho world liko Sigurd, redrossing every wrong, and tho hearts of tVie people trust in him, and when ho speaks, or oven when lie comes near, mon and women aro happier and bettor, and littlo ohildren aro gladder and holier. His locks aro bright, as If tho surf had kissed them, and ids eyos are calm and pure, as if the stars so journed within thorn. His hands aro mighty, liko tho restlo.<s north wind, and his feet are rapid, liko tho rushing of many rivers, and his htart is doop ? deep like the unfathomed sea." " And ? " uttered tho young man, breathlessly. He was amazed at Missy's gush of poetlo fervor, and he longed for her to continuo. Ho knew well that in speech was danger. A word might break tho spell ? but a l>r<ath? a breath might oompRHS l.is desire. "If I hung for it, I would kill tho fellow who played her false 1" lie thought. "And ono day," Missy proceedod dreamily, "one day ho will come in tho vernal sunshine, and thrushes and blackbirds will carol as ho draws nigh, and pale shy primroses, and .ho frar grant cowslips, and the nodding violets, will spring around his feet as he moVes, and great joy will bo in his soul. Or perhaps he will como through tho fields When the corn is goldon, and elnstors of rtht* will garland his head, and rich purple plums will fill his hands, and popples will spread a regal carpet for his foet, and gladness will l>e in his mien. Or perhaps he will come at dewy evo rowing over the tranquil mero, and pearls will drip from his oars, and lily-buds will fol low in his wake, and ho will come to shore where tho forgot-mo-nots are bluest, and a tender peaco will bo upon him. And he will reeogni/o mo, and know tfoat his destiny has arrived, and ho will rejoice ? rejoice. And wo two shall link otir hands together, and a thrill of sympathy will unite us for ever, and time will bo lost in the eter nity of our bliss." Bho ceased, nnd hor chin drooped, till it reded on hor folded bunds. Ho remained silent; he was disappointed. He felt It was utterly pro ale to be a barrister ? to be business-like and busy ? to havo brlofs and clients- -to bo astute and practical. He could never attain the petfoc,tlOpa. of the beautiful youth. ' No sun would ever cjndeacend to kiss hid curly ba';';.np star would ever vouchsafe to abide lu his merry eyes; no fiowlra would eter be induced to. spring up round his trim and well-made boots. He must go on In the ordinary Way; tod look for no poetic termination to his career. He was hopelessly common-place ? merely a barrister; there was nothing Slgurd hko about him. " Hut I will strangle that fellow 1" he oxclaimod, vindic tively. lie hardly knew whether ho was referring to the ypung man who, in a possiblo future, might be ainused at Missy's cxponso, or to the benutiful youth; he knew not at all that he had spoken aloud. " What fellow ? Who are you talk ing of?*' exclaimed Missy, starting "Aro you speaking of the l>eautiful youth? Have 1 been ta'king of him all thitf time?" she cried, in an agony. "Oh ! what havo I done? What shall I do? I have told you my secret, and I shall ntver, never bo happy again. Why did you draw me ?,n to talk and ti-11 you a 1 about him? I neve m ant to tell you anything, and n-iu* you ! have led me on to convict myself. | Aunt Caroline siys barristers always make peoplj cmvjct themselves, and you aro a barrister. "You aro a bad man !" fc>ho had got out of the swing when first sho began to spea';; now sho j walked slowly away between tho rows | of dahlia?. When she had gone half u ay, however, sho turned back, and Mr. O'Hagan went to meet her. "You will please to come indoors," she said, coldly. "If Aunt Caroline happened to be out when you arrived, I dare say she lias returned now." Sho seemed suddonly transformed from an elfin child into a dignified woman. In days that came after ? and that came without Mr. O'Hagan being under the ncca-sity of laying vio lent hands upon any other man ? ho recollo te<] this little scene ? the out burst of childish passion and the in stinctive womanly control which en sued ? and loved to dwell upon it. He felt now a? if a jury had found him guilty, but he resolved ?o try and say one word in his own defense. "Miss Missy," ho began, contritely, " I only wanted to talk to you about Norah and your brother; 1 never meant to vex yotf." " I do not caro to talk about people, Mr. O'Hagan," said Missy, severely. "But I must ham something nbout my sister," said Mr. O'l lagan. " What about her?" said Missy, re lenting a little. " I want to know whether she and your brother aro in earnest, or if they aro only amused." " 1 do not know. You had better ask Norah and my brother themselves. I do not.d<s re to commit myself any further," said Missy, grandly. "Miss Missy," said Mr. O'Hagan, and altering his lino of action. "1 plead guilty to your charge. I havo done a mean thing, and all I can ven turo to say for myself is, that your conversation so enchanted mo that I could nut bear to intorrupt you. Is i that any extenuation in your eyas?" Hhe did not answer; her lips were yet tremulous, and her eyes moist with reeont agitation, but tho hard ness had gono out of her faco. Noting this, Mr. O'Hagan pushed his ad | vantage. I ' I am covered with shame at tho thought of my baseness" ho went on. "But. almost before I realized t hat you | were reposing a confidence in me, tho confidence was already mine. Miss Missy, I beg your pardon a thousand times. I cannot undo what is done, but perhaps it may mitigate your dis tress to bo assured that your secret is absolutely safe with me. * I shall never reveal it to a human being." " You are very kind." she said, sor rowfully. " But it wi'l novor bo tho samo to mo again. Nobody know ? not Bob, nor Norah. It. was my ono fair secret, and tho thought of* it con soled me whenever I was sad or alone. It was my dream, which stood over, liko a tender angel, by my side, and it l"lle<l mo to sleep in the night, and broUffht UIO lov in tho mnrninir' nn/1 no'.v ? " "And now," taid Mr. O'llagan, gontly, " though sotnfl ono else knows your secret, it is some ono oiso who honors it, and would fain bo like your ideal. I am n ?t such a very baa man, Miss Missy. Don't you romembor, Portia was a barrister, and sho redressed n great wrong? We barristers do try tc act justly, I assure you. Won't you think kindly of mo when your mind is occuplocl with your sweet secret?" he added, imploringly. "I have a dream, too, and an unspoken secret, and when they are present with me I shall thluk of you ? porpotually." " You have a dream? What is your dream like, I wonder 1" said Missy, wistfully. " My dream IV^iio answered. "It is of tho most DSHutiful damsel who walks this earth; sho is sweeter than Juliet, and nobler than Cordelia, more winning than Hosalind, moro charm ing than Beatrice." "Sho must bo impossible, " inter rupted Missy, smiling and amusod in spite of hirself. "The inexpressive she, truly I" Mr. O'llagan oponed his Hps to speak, and then checked himself. But he felt convinced that his inexpress ive sho was a far likelier possibility than Missy's beautiful youth. Nay, did she not stand before him, and was he not prepared to slay fifty men who might dare a treachory to her? "Homo day I will tell you all about her," he said, "and you shall say whother my secret be fair and my dream bright. It shall stand or fall by your verdict. And now that I have dlscpvered my hidden longing, will you forgivo me?" ?? Yes, indeed," sho said readily. Sho was not resentful. Ilut sho did not quito understand Mr. O'llagan. She knew no longing with respect to tho beautiful youth ; sho was satl fl ~d he w?ould come, and sho was content to wait. Hut this damsel, of whom Mr. O'llagan spoko, was an evident Absurdity, and perhaps this unneces sary 1 mglng win a natural sequence to an abjurdity. Men woro often ridiculous outside their offices and studies; sl'o lui.l hoard Aunt Oarolino say so. However, it was not un pleasant to feol that this man was less Bealdo, poor fellow I tie would never fi nd^Hs damsel, an*' she ought to be sorry for htm. , The j Were sUU standing at the top of the- grass-walk,'" Sttd now Missy, turned Wand, . " ' : "> , " There are Norah and Bob coming out of ttfe wood/' she said. ** See how happy they look ! Bob looks taller or older or prouder ? I don't know what ?but he seems different to tuk What can it be, Mr. O'llagan? A r *. Vorah seems youngor and ?r Ui*r| And there is something glistening on hert> finger? it looks like a Jeweled ring ? ? hut she had no ring on this morning 1 1 And they are talking so joyously to- J f [ether that they do not see us ! They ook as if a fairy had given them some' .shining treasure. What is it, Mr.. O'llagan?" "MUs Missy," said Mr. O'llagan,! oracularly, "I think Norah has mot the! beautiful youth, and I think Bob has J realized his rosy dream, and unveiled his fair secret." "Then, is every one alike?" mur mured Missy, regretfully. "Has every ono a fair secret and a rosy dream?" "Every one, 1 hope- nearly evory one, 1 believe," said Mr. O'llagan. " Lot us go and meet them. They have not been only am used, they have bocn in earnest." And tho prim dahii.V. did not turn aside, but smiled proudly, as the iwo who had played their little drama among them met thoso other two who had been unfolding sweet secrets in the wood for half an hour. Foriuor Eruptions or Mount Ellin. Tho volcano of Mount Etna, in Sicily, is 10,784 foet above sen level. About sixty eruptions of Mt.unt Etna arc recorded, tho most notable within tho last hundred years being thoso of 1792,1811,1819 and 1832. The drat of thoso continued an entire year, the streams of lava then being thirty feet deep. During tho last one mentioned there opened on the sides of the moun tain many flaming mouths in the midst of tremendous explosions and convulsions, prodigious discharges of ashe3, cinders and lava, which overran miles of cultivated fields nnd threatened the town of J Iron with ruin. The river of lava was then twenty mllos long, over a mile wide and forty feet deep. Tho lava which in 1699 overtopped the walls of Catania may still be seen coiling over their summit like a frozen torrent. On that occasion much of tho city and 15,000 of its inhabitants were destroyed. Tho earliest eruption men tioned in history was 476 year.-? before the Christian era. Four years later a vast volume of water is re ported to have rushed down the mountain side. It w;is supposed to havo corao from the crater, show ing, apparently, the connection botwten tho volcano and tho sea. A great eruption occurred in 1852, when mighty clouds of ash-gray dust wero expelled, covering the whole surrounding coun try. From two now mouths on the eastern ilank issued torrents of lava, one moving toward ZaITarana, tho other toward CJiarra. Ono stream was two miles broa.l, in somo places 170 feet deep, flowed 600 foot in a hour or dinarily, but when it approached abrupt cliffs it dashed over likoa fiery cascado. Tho summit at Ktna, baing above tho lino of vegetation, presents, unless covered with snow, a melancholy waste of lava, ashes, lapilli and aoorhe, from tho center of which, in n desolate plane, ancands tho piincipnl cone. Around the base of tho mountain is a produc tive region of corn, olives, grapes and fruits, from t'lreo to (levon miles broad. TtuNicuptions of Etna aro fre quent and imposing. Tit 3 I'lanoforte. Miss Charlotte W. If awos, in a recent lecture ( n thy pianoforte, states some interesting fa.'ts : Tim imd.-rn piano forte was born in 1711, in the mind of Christofori of Viulua, Italy, and is a successor of tho instrument known In Nebuchadnezzar's tiino as the dulcimer. The first piano seen in England was inado by Father Wood, an English 'monk of Home; it was for a long timo without a rival, tho wonder and delight of all who heard It ; but about the year 176U some ingenious mechan ics camo from (i or many to ICngland in search of employment as pianofort.o makers, and this gave the instrument an impetus ; it was a party of twelve, who were hence called ?the twelve apostles. The domand for pianos has constantly Increaiod. Better music has boen written for tho pianoforte than for any other instrument. "VVe need only to sf,udy tho works of llee | thovon to be convinced of tho wealth of harmonious combinations which have been the, means of improving the tastes of tho people, hesldo the exquisite enjoyment which the musio directly dispenses. Years ago piano* forte music constituted a very modest {>ortlon of a musle-sellor's stock; now t fills three-fourths of his shelves, and makes his chief business. Over two hundred thousand compositions for this instrument have been pub lished in America alone. There aro ten million f families in the United States, and ifts speaking within bounds to reckon upon a quarter of a million instruments stationed in these homes, and one can estimate, by tho knowlodgo which he may have of family life In America, how largely tho ainusoments of these families aro at home and within the family circle, where music on tho piano contributes the greater portion of their enjoyment. Could anything elso bo substituted to pro mote the home life In America? Wheio Jefferson Davis Was Csptnr*!. On the waters of the Allap&hA, In Irwin county and near Irwinvllle, la tho historic and memorable camping ground of tho escaping president Of tho Confederate States, The appl? tree under which General Lee sur rendered was cut up Into chunks and scattered as moinentoto oyer the globo. The three troea-^pino trees? under which tho historic Jefferson Davis sur rendered in ifSvln county were strioken by ono bolt of lightning last year and shivered into smithers. If tho owner of those dismantled and prostrat* nines will gat hi r up the debris and bring them to Amoricus ho can sell out at a handsomo profit. ? Amerimu ((/a.) republican. ? Ills Pa>? T. 0 b. "What ails your pa's teeth, asked tho grocery iaan of the bad boy. "|Tho hired girl was over here to get some eornmeal for gruel, and she said yovr pa was gumming it since he lost h ? teeth." i ".Oh, about the teeth. That was too bad, Y ou see n\y chum lias got a dog thai is old, nnd his teeth have all come OUtln front, and this morning I bor riod pa's teeth befoie he got up, to see h! couldn't fix thom in the dog's mouth, so ho could eat bitter. Pa says it itfan evidenov. of a kind henrt for a boyjto bo good to dumb animals, but It's a mean dog that will go hack on a frield. We tied the teeth in the dog's moifth with a string that went around h's ipper jaw, and another around I1I3 undfr jaw, and you'd a dide to see how fun$y he looked when ho laffed. He look&l just like pa when lie tries to smllVso as to get mo to come up to liiu)?0 he can l'ck me. The dog pawed lif ifcouth a Bpcll to get the teith out, and then we gave him a bone with some meat on, nnd ho heg.in to gnaw tho bone, r.nd the te th came olf the plutoiand lie thought it was a piece of tho ' bono and I10 swallowed the te? th. My chum noticed it first, and i he paid we hod got to git in our work pretty qC.ok to save the plnUs, and I think we wero in luck to save them. I held the dog, and my churn, who was better ac quainted with Him, untied the strings and got the gola plates out, but there were 011'y two teeth left, and tho dog was happy, llo woggled his ta 1 for more Teeth, but we hadn't any more. 1 am going to givo him ma's teeth some ( ay. My chum says when a dog gets an appetito tcr anything you have got to keep giving It to him, or he goes back on you. llut I think my chum played dirt on me. We sold the gold p'ntea to a jewelrymon, and my chum kept tho money. 1 think, as long an 1, furnished the goods, he ou>;ht to have given me something be side the experience, don't you? After Hi's 1 don't have no more part ners. you b(t." All this time the boy was marking on a p^cco of paper, and soon afUr ho went out the grocery man noticed a crowd outside, and on going 0111 he found a sign hanging up which r a I, " \V? rmy Figs for Par ties." ? Peek's Sun. 1 he Emperor's Buttons. ? recently published life of the emperor of Germany" occurj' the fol* lowing: As king and emperor alike, for mftny y< ars past, William I. has not appeared in public except while undergoing his annuul water cure at Qastein and Ems, dressed in civil dre3S. Ho invariably wears uniform at home, even wh*n writing lettersinhis study, which ovi r'.c.oks Linden avenue, lier lin's. ?hi?f miliiarv and fashionablo thoroughfare. While actually sitting at his writing tablo ho is acustomed to loosen three or four of the upper but tons of his double-breastod tunic, and to turn back its lapels. "Whenever, however, a body of troops, small or large, is heard approaching the palace, he rises fr m his seat, hastily buttons up bis uniform to tho throat, and ad justs his cross <f the "Order pour lo Mcrite" in fu lis >rtthatit baugsdown over tho coat collar exactly under his chin. This operation, which long prac tice enablos him to perform in a few seconds, concluded, he walks to his window and stands there In full view of his soldiers while they march past. One day an exalted personage,' who happened to bo in conversation with tho omperor when, tho sound of distant drums and lifes having an nounced tho approach of " Grand Guards," his majesty hurriedly went through tho above described "rapid act," took heart of grace and asked the *vuher why ho was so particular about buttoning tho top button of hi? uni form before showing himsdf to his guards, " who, after all," added Prince , " enjoy almost daily an oppor tunity of scoing your majesty face to face. I should have thought, sire, that you would have scarcely deemed it necessary to stand upoi^ceremony with them.0 " That is not the question at all," replied the Kaiser. 44 At the head of the army, I am bound to show my soldiers an irreproachable example in tho way of tenue. They have never seen me with my coat unbuttoned, and 1 do not Intend t!foy over.shall. Fofr, let me tell you, it is the one button loft unbuttoned that is tho ruin of an army 1" The First Uoiold Dollar. Colonel John A. Stephens has in his possession a coin that lelonged to Governor Stephens. It is the first specimen molded T>y the Unitod States mint as an example of the famous " goloid " dollar of which so much has been written and said. Governor Stephens was chairman of the commit teen on weights, measures and coins nnd took a profound interest in tho question of money. The golofd dollar 1& about tho width of a silver half -dol lar, but hardly as thick, and lighter. It has a bronze color, darker than gold, and duo to tho copper in it. On ono ?it o are tho words "United States of America, 100 cents," on the rim, and in the centor, "Goloid, metric. 1. G.; 10. ), P.; 1.9, C.; Grains 14.25." On tho other side aro the words " K. Pluribus Unum,H73," on the rim and in tho center tho head of a female with tho word "Liberty" upon it. The figures indicate the composition, which is the invontton of a man named Hubboll, and includos metal worth just $1 In ftctual value. The composition has nineteen parts, of which one part is gold, (16.1) sixteen and one-tenths sil ver and (1.9) one and nine-tenths cop per.? Augusta ( Od, ) Chronicle. Twenty-five ^ears ago a young Philadelphia wife luuirly orled her oyca out because nhn could not afford to scrape front her wnlni the tins glitly, old-fashioned paper, full of pvueot-ks and pelican* and things, and put a nice, neat new style in its place. N..w her married daughter In weeping l>c cause she can't afford tofiut the pea cocks and pelicans back. Mfn in full of trouble.? -Philadtlp Ma /Venn. The value of the Imports of woo and woolen goods for the year 1882 wa< nearly $18,000,000, on whloh was lovied the enormous duty of nearly $80,000,000. ? HORRIBLE CR ME. | A Front '?r nnwrndo %Vho Added CanulbnU Uui to ho l-rltne of >1 urdftr? Ft vn ?.old | Hrrkcru Killed by 'I hc'r (?t?lJe-Cai> lured iHer Nine Years. A rtc Mit letter from Denver, CoL, t<> tho St. Louis Q I ol-e- Democrat says : After nine years one of the greaust murder myster es of the frontier hu,* been el a red up liy the c ip'.uro of ^fio j murderer at Foit Fi-tteriuan, Wyvm ! ing Territory, and his confession, j which General Adams, of the pob' I office, received hero by telegrapH j The affaif has long s}nco become a j story of crime that for atrocity and (lOiuliHhnuss is n .t surpassed in tlie criminal hi t >ry of the country. Nine years ago, whi n tlie ban Juan ' mining excitvment broke uu\ a party, composed of eighteen frontiersmen, lvft .* alt Lake City to penetrate the new 1?1 lk rado by way of the old Mor mon trad through the t'te domain. On arriving a the confluence of the Gunnison a id Grand riyt rs, early in Fo ruary, they separated iato Uso bodies of twelve and six respectively. Tneir supplies had diminished to so small- an amount that when they were divide! there wis barely rations enough for two days. The larger de tachment followed the Gran.l river t ) I Cochetopa river, while the smaller i crew, whieh consisted of Messrs. Mil ler, Hell, Swan. Humphreys, George Noon and Alfred Packhn, pursued the GunnL.m Hout h. Packha was selected for lutder. General Adams was agent for t-lio Un^ompahgre Indians at Los Pino.s ag<ney at the time. Late -ffi March Pa- klia appeared at the agen cy in an a', most naked condition and starving. Ho was unablo to oat for several days and it required careful melical treatment to save his life. To Gem ral Adams Packha said he had ? been deserted by his companions and left to die in a snow-storm. He was taken to Laguache, the nearest fron tier settlement, for treatment. Two days after tho agency escort departed with him a couple of Utes arrived with strips of supposed meat, which they showed tv> Gem ral Adams as " whito man's fi sh." Suspecting foul play, the general immediately dis patched a second party to bring Pack ha back to the agency as a prisoner. Upon being shown' tiio human flo.sh and charged with murder Packha seemingly broke down, and confessed that the flvo men were killed, one by the other, to provide food for the survivors. One day when ho was absent from the camp hunting, he said, his flvo companions drew lots for death, and Swan drew the unlucky number. The victim was being cut up, ho said, when ho returned to camp. Miller, Humphrey and Noon then fell under the hatchet, and in tho ordor statid their flesh was devoured. Boll tho ? tried to murder Packha, but tho latter detecting him in the act, felled h'mdead with an ax before ho could flro a second shot. Packha wound up his somewhat crooked story with an account of his blind journey through the wilder ness, in which ho preserved his lifo against the winter cold and st< r.ns by carrying from pine ) to place burning coals in a cofTeo-not. Hell's flesh was what ho fed on. Meanwhile d-uring the investigation a straggler from tho party of welve turned up almost dead from starvation. Ho described as nearly as possiblo whero he had loft his companions in a dying condition, and a relief party sent out with food found them in a camp on tho Cobolln river, and they were brought into Los Pinos. On being told Packha's experience th< y refused to crerlit it, and demanded a scout. Packha offered to guldo a party to the remains. An ex pedition of whites and Indians was organized undor tlie leader ship of Ilerrry Lanter. Tho trail was taken across tho mountain toward (he head of tho Gunnison river. When tho north fork of the Ctinnlson was reached Packh^ claimed to bo con fusod, and said he could not direct tliu sxploration any further. lie tried his Seat to lead vho party north. Lanter, growing suspicious, charged him with *he purposo of mis lirocting tho party, and insisted on continuing south, wheroupon Packha drow a knifo and tried to kill him. Packha wan dis armed and ironed. Tho party returned to tho agency, after having failed to discovor the camp, nnd Packha was confined in tho Lagaucho Jail. A few days later he escaped, an I tra:-o of him was never cortainly had again till last week. Threo years ago a desperado was kil cd at Fort Dell an co, Ari/. >11 a Ter ritory, whoso desenptlon correspond o 1 with that of T'aclcha, and it waf, thought that lie had at In t met his death. In Juno, 1874, a photographer from Peoria, 111., named itoynolds, ac cidentally discovered tho bodies of the murdered men in a hem lock grove near Lake Ban Chris tovnl, and only a snort distance from tho present l.oko City. Somo members of tho surveying party who had lingored in tho country visitod the scone and identified tho men. The bodies of four of tho mon ? Swan, Hell, Noon and Humphreys ? wero lying side by sido Two of them wero rolled up In a blanket. A bullet-hole In each hond oxplained tho way of the killing. What refnalnod of poor Mil ler was a few yards away. Tho head was Bovorod from the body and tho flesh had been taken from tho limbs. Thero was evidonco In the disturbed condit'.m tho ground that ho had fought hard for his II to. Tho bodies wore presor ?*ed and easily Identified. Thero was known to havo been about $10,000 In tho possession of tho party, hut not a dollar could be found. There was no longer any doubt but Packha murdered tho men to obtain thoir money, and running out of food ato their flesh. The closl r g chapter oponod last work , when a rrif-mnfcr of tl.o Halt Lako party telegraphed to tho "herlfT at Lako City that he had mot Packha face to facb at Fort Kettermai. The murdoror was recognized as the leader of what has been for some time the most desperato gang of outlaws In the West. Gonoral Adams wat informed of the discovery, and a concerted movement by NhorlfTs Spangler, of Denver, and Hmlth of l>ak? City, and Rharploss, of Choyonne, I resulted In the capture of Packha When confronted with tho details of the (hiding of the bodies and the charge of having rnurdorod tho fivo men for their money he confossed, Villa . ? Laws 500 Tears Agro. The law of the land was hideously ' cruel and merciless, and the gaJlows 'and the pillory, nevir far from any man's door, were seldom allowed to remain long out of use. The ghastly j frequency of the punishment by death to make people savage and ? bloodthirsty. It tended, too, to mako I men absolutely reckless of consequen ! ces when once their passions were ' aroused. "As well be hung fur a sheep | as a lamb'' was a saving that had a ; grim truth in it. When a violent rnf tlan knew that if ho robbed his host in , t.ie n:g;:t he would be sure to be hung for it, and if he killed him he could be ; no more than hung, ho had nothing to ! gain by letting him live, and nothing i to lose if he cut his throat. Where another knew that by tampering with ; tli'i coin of the realm ha was sure to go to the gallows for it, he might as J well make a good light before he was taken, and murder any one who stood in the way of his escape. Hanging went 01: a*, a price which we cannot c< nceivo. lor in tho-e days the criminal 1 law of the laud was not* as it is now, ! a strangely -devisod machinery for pro | tecting the wrong-doer, but it was an | awful and tremendous power for slay J ing all who were dangerous to the per jsonsir the property of the co iiniu j nitv. To hurry a man to d<a'.h with Irs sins and crimes fresh upon him, to ; slaughter nun wholesale for a ts that could not be regarded as enormously wicked, b' o.'ked such as had learned 1 that the Gospel tiught stu-h virtues as , fifer^an 1 'ong-sufteringa'ul g.i\c nu n hopts of ibrgiX en< ss and r? p ntan e ! The church set itVlf njfrr fi-t -U.'&hUo | cious man ?1 ing and branding an<T I hanging tint wa< bciiw dealt out 1 blindly, hastily and indiscriminately to i every kind of transgressor; and iiias much as the clu r .h law and tlie law of the land GOO ye ?rs ago were often in conflict, the church law acted to a great e .tent a* a chock upon the shocking ferocity of tho criminal ccd \ And this is how tho check was exeroisrd: A man who was a clerie was only half amenable to the law of tho land. IIo was a citizen of tho realm and a sub ject ol the king, but ho was morfc; ho owed allegiance to the (hureh, and claimed tho church's protection also. Accordingly, whenever a cleric got in trouble, and there was only too good cause to believe that if ho were brought to his trial ho would have a short shrift and no favor, sf a it justico and tho inevitable gallows within twenty-four hours at tho longest, ho proclaimed himself a cleric, and de manded tho protection of tho church, and was forthwith handed over to tho custody of tho, ordinary or bishop. Tho process was a clumsy one, and led, of course, to great abuses, but it had a good side. As a natural and inovitablo consequcnce of such a privilege ac corded to a class there was a very strong inducement to become a mem ber of that class* and, as tho church mado it easy for any fairly educated man to bo admitted at arty rate to tho lower orders of tho ministry, any ono who preferred a professional career, or desired to give himself up to a life of study enro'led himself among tho clerics, and was henceforth reckoned as 1 elonging to the clergy. Tho country swarmed with theso clerics. Only a small proportion of them ever became ministers of religion; they were Jaw-. y< rs, or oven lawyers' clerks; they wero secretaries ; somo few wero quacks with nostrums; and these were all just? as much cl< rics as tho chaplains, who occupied pretty much tho same posi tion as our cntatC3 do now ? clorgy mon, strictly yo called, who were on tho lookc ut for employment, and who earned a very precarious livelihood - or tho rectors and vicars, who were on the bi noticed clergy, ami who were tho par sons of parishes occupying almost ex actly the same posit ion that they do at this moment, and who wire almost ex actly in the same position as they aro now. ? Nineteenth Cmtwy. Perpetual YVonlhov Table. The following table wns constructed by tho celebrated Dr. llcrschell, upon ft philosophic consid( ration of tho attraction of tho sun :wrt moon. It is conflrmod by tho oxpcrienco of ninny years' observation, nnd will suggest to the obsorver what kind of weather will' probably follow the moon's ontranco into any of her quarters. As? general rule it will bo found wonderfully cor rect: * If tho moon changrs at 12 o'clock noon, tho weather immediately after will bo very ruiny, if in sumutor, and thoro will '?>? snow and rain in winter. Jf between 2 and I o'clock p. m,, changeable in Hummor ? fair and inild in winter. Between 4 and 0 o'clock r. m., in summor, fair, if tho wind is northwast; rainy, if south or southwest. In winter, fair and frosty, if tho wind is north or northwest; rjjiny, if south or southwost. ' Between 10 nnd 12 o'clo -k i\ m., rainy in summer and fair and fristy in winter. Between 12 at night, and 2 o'clock A. m., fair in summer and frosty in winter ? unless tho wind i;i from tho south or southwest. Between 2 and 4 o'clock a. m.# cold and very showery in summer, and snow a:id storm in winter. Hotwoen 4 and 0 o'clock a. m., rainy, both in winter and summer. ISotweon 0 and H o'clock a. m., wind and rain in summer and stormy in winter. Between 8 and 10 o'clock A. M., show ery in summer and cold in wintor. Hetween 10 and 12 o'clock, a. m., showory in summer and cold in win ter. A llappy Chinaman. A rich Chinaman of Bock Springs, Wyoming, to whom his wife lately presoiitod a lino boy, has Wen enter-' tnining his friends with an exuber ance corresponding to his joy. Ho in vited 000 quests. In dotachmonts of 150, to a foast which cost fil/lOO, and inado overybody "dlunk;" and oven tlu-n ho was not satisfied, but an nounced his intention to hold a second celebration tho following week In Kvanston, and a third tho next month in San Francisco. " You are setting us a bad example," as tho algebra class said when tho teacher wrote a hard equation on tho board. ? Ihwlinylon fr'reo i'rWJ, TIT TOR TAT. I This seems ihe drift of the human heart. You say, my sou, wherever yon go; " An eye for au oye, a tooth for a too'h, A word for a word, a blow for a blow." You say you stood by au opeu door, And heard two lad* of six and four I Cry, "Strike m doj, and I'll strike your cat I Tit for tat ! Tit for tat !" Yon 8' y you wnlkod down the garden path, | My laddie, to list to the robin's song; While the pollsters forgot their oono?rtijuit To join in a battle? the woak and strong. There seemed no mercy for fallen foes, There soonied no pity for feathered woes; ! And this the cry that your ire bogat: j "Tit for tat! Tit for tat !" Truo it is that the world, my son, Rich and i n>r and little and great, Give, as yov say, lad, blow for blow, If they h?.i J not the angels that watoh and wait; For overy man hath an angel guide That 1 n^ers in lovo by his restless side ? That whispers of penco in his care'.o.ss ear. And love and joy, if ho will but hear. The under world, without thought or mind? Tho hind or boant of low degree, ? May fo'low its instincts, yot no sin; But ah ! my son, is it so with tiioe? No, no ! Then only in ;;ood for good, And lovo for love, wo inoiUtlj should Follow tho child ven's phrase ?o pat: "Tit for tat! Tit for tat !" j ? Mrs. Ij A. Kidder, in Baldwin's Monthly. HUMOROUS. .10 go<aip is liko ft bicycle, la that 1 she in exceedingly liable to iuii ft per r Tn.vP UMii ? Pifk. It is sanKiWJi lifvou play on au , acc<Tdion ni'nr tin ovstcr7xtHL^^','^()r will open its slu-ll " Whether tlaSk i 18 because it wants to listen or is looking ' for a chance to oscapo i ^ not known. ? i Philadelphia News, ; It rather takes the .spirit out of a man who has bragged to a friend of the sag vf.ty of his setter dog to havo a friend go hunting with him, and be j led by the dog a furious cha*e of throe | miles across .stumpy bogs and finally , tree an excited iuuise cat. ? Boston I Post. According to the Cincinnati En I quiri m tramp refused to saw wood for his d.nner, giving jus a reason that ho was bitterly opposed to tho de struction of our forests and would do nothing to encourage that kind of busi ness. And lie walked off picking his teeth. The Rev. Charles II. Eaton, lectur ing upon "Marriage," said: " Thero are threo elements that combiuo to mako a true majrifige ? health, lova and sympathetic companionship. " Thero Is another little elewttrnt that I goes a great way ? a good bank ac count. ? Netv York Commercial. \ A wngon containing^ calf in a cago, j with a farmer's wife In i barge, was on j the Detroit market recently, according | to tho Free Press, and a butcher with an eyo to veal stepped up and in quired : "Madame, is that calf for sale?" "Yes, sir." "Is ho a Dur ham?" "JIo may be." "Isn't an Ayrshire, is he?" "Like enough." j "Don't you know his breed?" he asked In a surprised voice. "No, I don't/' "Then how do you expect to sell hitn ?" "All I know about tho calf is that his father hooked a justice of tho peace to death and his mother chased a feraalo locturer two miles, and if that isn't breed enough to ask $1 on you noedn't tako him." Tho butcher said tho breed was all right. A Strange Deformity. Probably one of the greatost de formities in the world is that of Mr. Gaultnoy, now living in Taylor county, (ia. There seems to bo nn accumula tion of adlposo matter about every joint in his body, and the nearer tho joints, of course, the greater amount of this fatty matter. Consequently his feet and hands aro enormous ; each of his hands weighing over sixteen pounds, and leing several times largor than his head. lie is twenty-three years old and only thirty-six inches in height. Tho joints seem to have taken away all flesh from the other parts of his body, and tho limbs look liko threads supporting enormous weights, and so great is the weight of his hands that they hang helpless at his sides, he being unable to lilt them of his own accord. This fatty matter continues to increaso and his hands and feet, got larger every year. This man is a great curiosity and there are crowds always at his home to see him. Little Johnny Talk. Ono timo I was in Mister Urily's shop <ind he had cut off a pigs hed and set it on the top of a barl, and ole Gaffer 1/oters he cum In and seen It and ho' sod, old Gaffor did: "Mister Hrily, ynro pig Is a gitten out." Mr. Hrily ho hiked ' and then ho said : '? That's so, Giiffor, you jest tako that stick and rap him on tho nose ford' lie can draw it in." So Gaffer ho tuke the stick and snook up reel nil, and fetohed tho pigs hed a regular nose wiper, hard as ever he cudo with tho stick, and knocked tho pigs hod off the barl and you never seen sech a stonish olo manl Hut Mr. Hrily ho ptendod like ho wesn't a lo;)kyn an olo Gaffer hosed: "Mister Hrily, you must ex CU80 me, but when I struck at thst pig it dodged and cut its bed of agin tho edjo of tho barl." ? Argonaut. Unions wo aro prepared to nssert that all goodness culminates In our selves and recede* from others In exact proportion to tliolr dlst.anco from us, Wo must admit, that our feollngp, nre largft faotors of Injustice In the Judg ments that wo aro all of us only too ready to form. According to a recent npeeeh In tho cortes, tho Spanish army Is surpris ingly " overgoneraled," having ono general to evory 518 men. In France the proportion is ono to 1,666; in Kng lancf, one to 1,759, and In Germany ono to 1,514. At a recent dinner In Now York city tho table, laid for twenty- four guests, was adorned with 750 Jacque minot roses. A gold bowl In tho center of the table waA filled with these flow ers, which formed also ft large wreath at tho baso of the dish.