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DALLAS. PAULDING COUNTY, GA.. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1883.
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NUMBER 41.
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"/ WOULD EA OIE A COPPER PLACE.”
I wonldn* gio * copper plack
Sp* «nf man that tarns his back
On duty clear;
I would n a tak his word or note,
I wonldna trust him for a groat,
Nor lift an oar in ony boat
Which he might Btcer.
When things aro Just as things should be,
And Fortnno gics a man tho plea,
Where’er ho be,
It isna hard to understand
ITow ho may walk through houso and land
Wi' cheerin’ faco and open baud
Continually.
But when, i’ spite o’ work and onro,
▲ man must loss and failuro bear,
llo morits praise.
Who will not to mi fortuno bow,
Wha cooks his bonnet on li's brow
And fight* and fights, ho kentum lion’,
Through lang, hard days.
I wonldna gio an auld bawbee
For ony man that I could see
, Wlmt diuna hold
Tho sweetness o’ his mither’s name,
The kindness o' his brother's claim,
The honor o’ a woman’s fame,
For mair than gold.
Nor is it hard for him to do,
Wha kens his friends aro leal and true,
Lovo sweet and strong,
Whose heart knows not from your to year
The shadow o’ a doubting fear,
Or feels the falliug of a tear
For ony wrong.
But gio him praise, who e lovo H pain,
Wha’ wrong’d forgives, and loves again,
And though ho griovos,
Lets not tho doar ono from his onro,
But loves him mair, and malr, nud mair,
And bides bis timo wi’ hope aud prayer,
And still bolioves.
Ay, gio him praiso who doesna fear
The up-hill light from year to year,
And wha grips fast
* | His ain dear ones through good or ill.
Wha, if 4bey wander, loves them still}
Bomo day of joy he’ll get his 1111;
lie’ll win at lust.
—Mary A. Harry, in Harper's Weekly.
A n&d Indian Conquered by Soup.
, “An Apache, in (till war paint, htalked
Into no Indinq, Softool ;«t Albuquerque,
N. M., on, day. Tho ohildrcn were im
mediately tornfled, nml tremblingly told
us he was n ‘bud Indian.’ They said an
undo of ono of our boys bad killed bis
brothor, and they feared bo bail come tor
rovengo.
“As it wn» dinner-time,” tho lonelier
says, Saw nothing hotter to do than
have llio children marched into tho din
ing-room, ns nsnnl. Wo keep open
houses to Indians at all times and treat
thorn ns distinguished guests, so I rno-
tionoil to our Apncho to tako a sent at
the tnklo.
"He sat down, torriblo in his war
paint, nnd lnid two loaded revolvers on
tho table before him. Tho ohildrtm be
gan to tremble. I summoned nil my
courage nud snid:
“ ‘Put those revolvers on tho window.’
The Apnoko never moved. Tho cook
placed before him a cup of cofTco and a
bowl of soup.
“ ‘Take away flint coffee nnd sonp,” I
commanded, with my lienrt in my mouth,
adding, to tho Indian i ‘You shall not
have them until you put those revolvers
on the window.’
“Trembling for her life, tho cook
obeyed. When the Apncho saw his
dinner removed ho deliberately arose,
picked up his revolvers, and—shall I
ever forgot tknt terrible moment?—
quietly laid them on the window. His
dinner was restored to him; lie a to it in
silence, and then picked up his property
and walked out without a word.
"I did not seo him ngnin for yenrs.
But this last time, on my way homo, as
I was waiting in tho train at Santa Fo,
my terrible Apncho, in all his fenthers nud
war-paint, got into the cor and walked
its whole length, as if looking for some
ono. My blood ran cold. Ho stopped
beside me, gave a gruut of satisfaction,
and broke into smiles. Then nothing
would do but I must vigorously shake
hands. Ho then left tho car, nnd re
turned with a dozen ^otlier braves, ns
horrible as himself. Ho introduced
them all, and all must shako hands.”
An Editor’s Superstitions.
A letter from Newport, says: Mr. and
Mrs. John Jacob Astor, of New York,
have orrivod at tlioir summer residence
Benulicn. It is ono of tho most clinrm-
ing nnd extensive estates on tho island.
Mr. James Gordon Bennett thought sen-
ously at one tune of purchasing the
place, but superstition prevented. There
appeared to be n strnngo fatality with
tho people who owned the place. Bnr-
redo, the Peruvian minister, built it re
gardless of expense, and lived to boo the
Any when ho wanted a dollar. llio two
succeeding owners became impoverished
to 'momo extent. Mr. A. D. Jessup, of
Philadelphia, bought tho place for
8100,000, and in a year moro than
doubled his money, disposing of it to
Mr. John' Jacob Astor for 8201,000.
Then Mr. Jessup went to Europe, and
while *t Cheltenham railway station, in
Twin-ad took up a London paper, read
SbVSSt of President &eU »
assassination and dropped dead. Friends
of Mr Bennett declare that it was super
stition alone that impelled him to refuse
THE fllGIIER GRADE.
at the I)...Mon. Appllrniu. r«
Position, haro to Answer.
The following questions aro asked of
qiplicants for positions ill tho higher
grade under tho United States Govern
ment:
Write a letter to tho President, giving
"our views, oh far as you nra willing to
express them, regarding tho duties and
responsibilities of nil oflieor of tho public
sorvioo which you desiro to enter.
Ono of tho examiners will rend dis
tinctly nnv passage of fifteen lines from
tho Civil Sorvioo act or rules, and ap
plicants will writotlio same ns llio read
ing goes on, as a tost iu copying nnd or
thography,
Writo llio names of the States border
ing on tbo Atlantic, in their order, be
ginning with Maine.
Writo tho names of ton railroad cen
ters, llftoon seaports, nud ilftcou navi
gable rivers.
Express iu figures the following: Fifty
millions, fifty thousand, four hundred
uid seventy-live; nlso, one hundred and
forly-throo millions, ono thousand nnd
one, and ono ten-thousandth.
Write in words the numbers expressed
l>v tho following llguros: 30,0011, Hit); nlso
V 001,300,1.
Give a definition of n verb, a noun, nil
adverb, an adjective, a preposition, a
conjunction mid t.lio phrase “tho gram
mar of the English language.”
The Postmaster at Now York rcoeived
two bags of mail whiok contained 0,801
letters, but one bog contained 1,211
moro than tho other. How ninny did
they each contain ? Give tho operation
at length.
A contractor furnished tho Govern
ment articles ns follows: Juno.8, 1880,
100 barrels of flour at 81.00 a barrel;
Inly 6, 1880, 187 yards of carpet at §1
nor yard; August I, 1880, 1,000 yards at
87r. per yard. Government paid on ae.
■omit ns follows; Juno 12, 1881), $1,000,
Inly 12,1880, Slot); August!, 1880, $00(1.
Slate (lie dealings in the form of a debit
aud credit ncoouut, showing tho lmlniieo
I lie.
To 8-5 of 1 add j of 7-10 and reduce to
lowest terms; multiply tho sum so ob-
lincd liy 2} amt reduce to a mixed num
ber; from tuo product subtract 5-0 and
r. duco to lowest terms. Givo' operation
it length. .
An officer deposits 837,500;’having re-
t lined 21 per cent, on the whole amount
collected. What nmouut did lio col
lect?
A disbursing agent failing owed tho Gov-
rnmentono item of 8308.45 nud another
4 82,901.02. Tho Government agreed
to make a discount of 13per cent, on llio
first item and 11J percent, on the second.
How much was payablo under the agree
ment ?
Divido J of 8-0 by 1-7 of 3-5 nnd sub-
ilrnet 1-7 from the quotient.
Into what three forms is tho Govern-
nont of tho United States divided aud
a hat are tho functions of each ?
What are tho essential ohnrnctcristics
4 a republican form of government?
Givo the liftmen of ton Presidents of
!io United States and tho length of tlioil
administrations respectively.
Anecdotes or f.lneoln.
Ben Perlcy Poore says, iu tho Youth's-
Companion;—Mr. Lincoln wns hardly
installed in the Whito Ilonso before tho
wild hunt for office commenced. Among
ether good stories told of him wns ono ol
a man who carno day nfter day asking
for a foreign mission. At last the Presi
dent weary of his fnee, snid: “J)o yon
know Spanish?” “No,” said tho cage!
aspirant, "but I could soon learn it,”
“l)o so,” snid Mr. Lincoln, "and I will
givo you a good thing.” Tho needy
politician hurried home and spout six
months in studying Oliendorf's gram
mar. Ho then reapponrod nt the Whito
Itoiiso with a hopeful lienrt and a fine
Costillinn accent, and tho President pre
sented him with — a copy of "Dor
Qnixoto” in Spanish.
Tho lobby — tlint great devil-fish,
whoso tentacles clutch elnmmily at the
national Treasury—could never get on
tho blind side of Mr. Lincoln. He
treated them with courtesy, hut would
never encourngo their schemes. His
favorite among tho Washington corre
spondents was Mr. S'mon B. Hansconi, n
shrewd Bostonian, who had been identi
fied with tho earlier anti-slavery move
ments, nnd who used to keep Mr. Lin
coln informed as to what was going on in
Washington, (tarrying him what lio had
heard, and seldom asking n favor. “1
seo you state.” said tho President to
Ifanseom ono day, “that my Administra
tion will he tho reign of steel. Why not
add that Buchanan's was tho reign ol
stealing.”
Mr. Lincoln, as I remarked, spoke in
parables, and a story often elided an in
terview which otherwise might have
been prolonged for hours. On ono occa
sion a distinguished visitor was endeav
oring to recall to his mind a young mm
whom he had seen, but forgotten, who
was nn applicant for office. Mr. Lincoln
did not think that tho young man was
qualified for the position, and ho finally
said: “Oh, yes, I know who you mean;
it is that turkey-egg-faced fellow that
you would think didn’t know ns muoli as
a lost year’s bird’s nest”
Fruit In flloM Jan.
A California correspondent « no. lias
groat success in putting up fruit in gloat,
jars kindly gives her process for tho
world nt large.
In the first place she tiAcs tho Mnaon
jar, with porcelain tops, and is always
sure that tho rubbor rings aro porfeofi'
Peaches, - pears nml blackberries sho
makes just sweet enough to taste pleas-
nntly, except Whito Heart cling peach,
which sho preserves and pioklos.
For proserves or jam of any kind the
nilo is three-fourths of a pound of sugar
to one pound of fruit UBed. Plums nml
apricots are made into preserves, Mnr-
mnlado is also mndo of lipo apricots with
tliroo-fourths of a pound of sugar to ono
of fruit. Fruit for pics should not he
mndo too swoct.
Begin the process by placing ntcncnp-
fnl of water in tbo preserving kettle with
the Biigar. When the sugar is dissolved
and the synip is hot, lay in the fruit
carefully and let-it heat thoroughly all
through, but not boil to pieces. At tho
same timo linve a glass jar ready stand
ing on a pinto iu n pan of hot wnter on
tho stove, tho jar full of hot water.
Have nlso tho cover nnd Hie rubber in
lint water. When tho fruit iH ready,
pour out tho water nnd fill tfio jar im
mediately. When full, puss a silver
spoon-hnudlo down the sides of the jm
to cause any bubliles to riso to the top,
and add a littlo syrup if not full. Next
screw on the top ns tightly ns yon can
and place tho tilled jars whore they onn
stand until quito cold. Tighten the
cover by screwing it several times while
cooling. . __
Kentling’s Big tiun.
Tho Hnskill muttichnrgo gun, which
has boon in courso of manufacture at
llio Scott foundry iu Bending, Pa., for
tho past two yenrs,.is finished. It will
l„i shipped to New York and taken to,
Handy Hook to ho tested in llio pres
ence of oflluers of .(lie army and tfavy,
Congress mndo a special appropriation
for this purpose. Tho inventor, J. li.
Hnskill, lias constantly given the work
his own supervision. Many .military ex-'
ports liavo inspected tho gun, nnd pro
nounced it the most destructive engine
of denth, perhaps, over invented.
It is twenty-five feet long, aml weiplis-
twenty-five .tons. It cqpt $50,000. Un-
(lergeatli tho gun nro three pockets for;.
the holding of powder. Each -poclfiivt‘ anil it was soon digcuveiiud.-Unit tlio tnl
• Whioe her mother was tolling a fly
out of the butter, little Daisy asked: “Is
(bat a butter fly, mamma ?"
contains twenty-eight pounds, nml the
nro hosidcs eighteen pounds in tho
breech, thus concentrating tho forco of
ovor one hundred pounds of powder in
plnco of one-fourth tho amount usually
put in tho breech of tho cannon now iii
use.
It is claimed Hint it will hurl a pro-
jectilo twice ns henvy ns those used in
tho ordinary cannon, nnd that it will
penetrate a solid piece of iron twenty-
fonr inches thick and will easily carry
tho projectilo from twelve to fifteen
miles. It is intended for both naval and
sea coast defense. A company with a
capital of 810,000,000 has already been
organized to manufacture tho gun. Mr.
Hnskill is President, nnd John F. Hmytli,
(•x-Insurnuce Commissioner of Now
York, aro some of tho other parlies in
terested.
HIS l’OETOY.
Bayard Taylor never fully reconciled
himself to tho vocation of a prose writer.
He bolioved that tho world should have
demanded nothing of him hut poetry.
Concerning this lie used to tell a good
story at liis own oxponso. During
Mb last lecturing trip through tho West-
era States lie was the guest, 111 n small
city, of tho chairman of tho lecturo com
mittee, a self-satisfied and prosperous
citizen, who mot Taylor nt tho train, nml
carried him home to his own smartly
furnished houso. Whito waiting for the
evening ropast tho well-fed chairman
said, with manifest pride, that probably
Mr. Taylor did not remember him. No.
Mr. Taylor did not. "Why,” said the
chairman, “you xvero hero iu this town
ten yeurs ago this very winter, this very
month, nnd stopped with me, as you un
stopping now.” Mr. Taylor professed
his interest in tho important fact. The
chairman, glnncing around on the
eliromos, tho now carnets, and tho glit
tering whito walls of his homo, said,
“Yes, you see I liavo been prospering
sinco then. Yes, tho world lias been a
pretty good place for me. It has for
yon too, Mr. Taylor. I liavo watched
your courso ever sinco I got acquainted
with yon, ten years ago, and I suppose
I am ono of the few peoplo who. have
rend everything you liavo wrote.”
“What,” said Taylor, “everything?”
“Yes, sir, everything I could lay my
hands on."
“Then,” said Taylor, “perhaps yon
will toll .mo what you think of my new
poem, ‘Lars’?”
“Gosh !" snid tho man, “do yon writo
poetry?”—Itarprr’s Drawer.
Clover.—Each head of clover con
tains sixty distinct flower tubas, each
of which contains.a portion of sugar not
exceeding tho five-linndreth part of
grain. Tho proboscis of tho beo must
therefore bo inserted into 500 clovei
lubes before one grain of sugar can lie
obtained. There aro 7,000 grains in n
pound, and, ns honey contains three-
fourths of its weight of dry sugar, each
pound of honey represents 2,500,000
clover tubes sucked liy bees.
“May I have the honor to conduct
your daughter to tho supper table?”
SAD, BUT ROMANTIC.
A Cllll.lt KNDKAYOlia TO (WANT IIKit
ItlOTlIKK’M 11 VINCI It Kill'KBIT.
Hfce Nlrnln Flon-crn with whirl. In Orrnrntr
Her Alnltirr'N I ill timber nml Is nt l.imt
_ Itlwovt-roil, but l.vt no I’lipunluhril.
[From llio London Ti'lrprsple]
The gardeners of the South London
pablic park had on moro than one oeon-
•fcn discovered that larcenous liberties
bmLbcen taken with tho newly nrrnnged
bMs of snowdrops and crocuses, nnd sat
•Watch for tho delinquent, who was nil
«*ly morning visitor, A watcher lind
WcAiood a small girl, a poor little ragged
urchin of seven or eight years old, who
frequently enmo through tho park as
•oop ns tho gatos wore opened, lint iu
(be always emerged nt the gate of exit
S ipty banded nnd her scanty skirts
owed no slips of bulging pocket ho-
t fttli, suspicion didnot attach to her.
wns not rcmnrknhlo, since tier attire
, Was mndo up of mcro makeshifts of odds
ami ends, that she should wear an old
bonnet many sizes too largo for her, and
it was in the capacious crown of this ar
ticle of hondgonr Hint tho stolen flowers
were bestowed.. Tlio gnrdoner saw tier
pause ntn bed, nnd, after looking warily
about, prodiico from her bosom a piece
of slate fit for digging with, and then she
knelt down, taking off tier bonnet, to
which half a dozen tiny roots were rap
idly transferred, sho placed it on her
bead again nud went en tier way, to ho
presently stopped in a fright mid licensed
of tho potty robbery. It was useless to
4 ciiy it, nor did sho attempt to do so.
lie wont down on her knocB, however—
this timo without producing the crimin
ating piece of slate —aud begged the ] in ill
keeper not to take her to (lie police sla-
tion, because, if her niothur, who wns
ill iu lied, came to hoar what she had
done it would kill her. Presuming that
it wns much more likely that tho child's
story was lint nn artful pretence, anil
that probably her mother had sent her
to steal llio flowers, to bo afterward
converted into biiltouholo bouquets for
salo in tTio streets, tho littlo girl v a-
taken before n magistrate mid put bncli
tor a while tor inquiries to lie made.
The address sho gave wns nt q houso in u
Squalid lmok stroet in tho Borough—at
toast n couple of miles frofti the park
[where sho lind purloined the. suowdro)
A hoy was lately caught shading cur
rants, and was locked up in a dark closet
l,v tho grocer. Tbo boy commenced
„ . .. begging most pathetically to he released
to purchase the place. Mrs. Astor is aI1 g niter using all the persuasion Hint, asked a society gentleman of a luily from
making it a more beautiful place evepjr, y 0llD g mind could inveut, lio pro- who is staying with some
year. --- nosed: “Now, if you’ll let me out ami f r j en( j„ whom she is visiting here in Aus-
3 send for my father, he’ll pay you for t ie tjn “May you tako her to supper?”
currants and lick mo besides. I" e j was the response: “why, of course, and
grocer could not withstand this appeal j ,. ou cnn take me, too. That’s what we
and released the urchin. game here for ."—Texas .Siftings,
■tho child had tolil da-to her mother be
ing ill was quito true. The poor ereatliro
was found confined to her bed in a dark
nud miserably furnished hack room, nml
there she lind lain dying of consumption
since last winter snt in. Tho father was
ill prison nnd tho sick woman’s only
moans of support wns licr two children,
respectively two and tour years older
than tho child iu custody, nud tlioy nil
earned a fow ponce onoh daily by selling
eignr lights nonr London Bridge. At a
glance it wns evidont what hail booomi
of the stolen (lowers. A pioeo of heard
wns fastened shelf-wise ncross tho toot of
tho sick womnn's bedstead, nud on it, in
tlirco or four gnlli-pots, were as many
hunches of crocuses, and snowdrops nnd
wall flowers, each iu a setting of green
grass. Tho poor invnlid hail not the
least suspicion tlint they had boeu dis
honestly obtained, anil the person in
quiring being in unofficial costume and
perceiving ber condition charitably re
frained from enlightening her. “You
nra looking at my gurdeu, sir,” hor while
faco lighting with a wan smilo. “Tlioy
are wild flowers, sir, so my littlo girl tells
mo, hut sho has to go over so far to pick
'em. When tho winter weather went
away and tbo onn entno out I began to
feel that craving for tho sight nnd smell
of frosli flowers that I couldn’t express if
I tried. It is through lying hero so
mnny weeks so drenry anil dull and so
many hours all to myself, I suppose;
hut I know it was no use thinking uliout
’em at tho price they aro when they first
come in tho spring, though I couldn’t
help talking anil Buying that if I hail a
few I felt sure they would do mo more
good than all tho physic. And so, with
out saying a word about it to anybody,
my little Kitty—a mere mito of seven,
sir—sho gets up at five in tho morning,
and before breakfast timo she’s back
with ns pretty a bunch os over you set
eyes on. They didn’t Inst vory long,
poor things, in this stuffy littlo room,
and it seems almost a r.linmo to bring ’em
hero out of tho fields whore they grow,
Imt there's thousands of ’em there,
Kitty tolls mu, nnd I don’t think that
those who have tlioir health to go
snil see ’em growing would grudge mo
just a tow brought away for my share.”
"No one certainly would, supposing the
little girl you speak of comes by them
honestly,” tho visitor ventured. “No
fear shout that, sir,” replied tho sick
mother confidently. “Why, I happened
only to hint something like wlint you
just said when she brought homo tin
first lot, and sho fell crying so tlint 3
didn’t know what to do with her.” So
the kind hearted park official earao away
with his original purpose unfulfilled, and
tho magistrate being informed of the cir
cumstances discharged the terrified little-
prisoner with a caution. Whether bIii;
ran homo and mode confession I cannot
say, but unless sho did so within a week
it was too late, for at the end of nolongei
an interval sho was motherlosB, and it
was my privilege 'to assist iu placing
Kitty anil ber two sisters in n country
home, for removed from tho vice nnd
temptations of London streets, and where
wild flowers in plenty may be bail for
the picking.
When Heurv was courting Sarah In
used to boost that lie had n “boss" girl;
now tlint he is married, lie finds he has
"boss” wife, but he never mentions it.
ROBBING A FARMER.
How »• Fly Hill,” 0 OhlfMfl Thirl, Pnlmn
lllmnriroir no thr Fnrmrr’n Hon nnd with
an Accomplice Hrcurro a 1’ot of Money.
A letter from Glon City, Penn., says:
“Elmer Snyder is a wealthy farmer who
lives a short distance outside of this vil
lage. Ho is a widower, nnd lives alone
with liis servants iu a tine mansion olose
to tho highway. Ho is a prominent fig
ure in political and social oiroles, nnd is
a Deacon in the local Methodist church.
About live years ago his wife died. Tho
eauso of her death was attributed to the
nlmoueo of her only ohild, a boy, who
ran away from homo about 15 years ngo
oil aeoomit of Home trifling troubles with
his folks. Thu farmer is one of the larg
est land owners in the district, and il
was always believed that I10 kept a large
sum of money in tho house. About two
weeks ngo lie presented a flashily dressed,
handsome young man to liis friends nnd
neighbors ns his long-lost son. Bininl-
tnnoously with tho nrrival of tint young
man ugly rumors began to spread about
liis pnst'lifo in Cliiengo nnd oilier cities
rf tho West. It was generally knowi
that young Snyder had led a fast life,
nnd for a t:mo the country pooplo fought
shy of him; but tho engaging manner,
and plausible talk of tho young man
mndo him many friondH, and tlio old
farmor soon hoennio proud of liis hand-
somo boy. Ju a tow days nnolliur rumor
started to tlio effect Hint lie was not Suy
der’s son, but another jHirson who was
trying to imposo upon tho farmer. This
story soon gained ersdunoo from tlio fuel
tlint wliou questioned id Kill t liis earli
farm lifo the young mnn was nlwnys a'
fault. Whether tlieso rumors reaehei
llio oars of tho old farmer or not is nn
known. Tho young man grew iu tin
olil innii's favor and accompanied bin
everywhere. Wednesday a handsonu
nml elegantly dressed woman iinnoeoui
pauled ilrovo, up to tho village inn am
secured accommodations for a fow days
saying sho wiih from I’hilndulpliin, niu
desired a quiot room. While walking 01
llio streut sho rout tho. Intoly rctiiruei
farmer’s son. Tlioy suddenly hceana
intimate, and uutil Thursi'o/ nigl t In
was constantly in horsoeioty. no u m
duccil her to a fow ladies ns Mrs. Dicker
non, of Philadelphia, nnd said she win
llio wife of a friend of liis. On Friday
morning tho servants tn tho Bnyde'i
household were surprised nt tho non-np
penranoo of Mr. Hnydor nt breakfast
and, as lio was an habitual early risor tin
fact caused much comment. After wail
ing uutil 10 o’oloek they dcoidod to eal!
him. Going to liis room they found Hi.
door looked, another unusual foot. They
rapped loudly, nnd receiving no answe'i
determined to lirouk open the door.
First they triod to find young Snyder.
Imt could find no trueo of 1dm. Burst
ing open tho door, tlioy found tho old
man lying full longtli upon the flooi
hound anil gagged. Tlio rojies that
bound him worn wrapped nroiind hi.
arms nnd logs with a double twist, whih
the gag was tightly wedged into Id.
month. Cutting tlio ooriis nud lifting
him to liis tout, they administered re
storatives, When ho had sufficiently re
covered tlio old man said: “That young
man was not my son. I liavo bcoh
cruelly deceived nnd robbed,” pointing ti
n safe which stood in tlm corner of tin
room. Tlio safe had been opened am’
tlio contents were scattered about tin
floor. The farmer went on to toll how
lie hint snt up with liis supposed son 1111
til 11 o'clock and lind then gonn to lied.
He was roughly nwukcnnfl by having n
gag forced into his mouth and before In
could liolp himself lio was hound and
gagged. In the partial darkness ha suit
two figures. After they had securely
fastened him ono of them went to the
bureau nnd coolly lighted the lump. As
soon as tlio light was turned up the farm
er recognized the fncu of tho young
man lio thought his son anil the stylish
woman who hail stopped at tho tavern.
They tooktho safe-key from liis pocket,
rohliod tlio safe, putting the monoy in 11
vnliso which tho woman carried. After
they had taken everything the young
man said: “Good liyo, papa, J will pay
your respects to your son when J gel
hack to Chicago. Ho wants to heal
from you.” Tho pair then left tlio room,
looking tlio door lxdiiwl them. The old
man is completely broken down by the
occurrence. The police authorities wen
notified, nnd a search was madu
for tho missing couple. Not the
slightest traeo could bo found o',
them. TliiH morning ft detective
from Chicago arrived in the vil-
'jige looking for two individuals whose
description tallies exactly with that ol
the fanner’s bogus son and tho flashily
dressed woman who put up at the tavern.
Upon visiting Mr. Snyder the detective
saw that tho young man was not his son,
but an old Chicago thiof and confidence
man, and known by liis associates in
crime ns "Fly Bill,” and who wont under
llio alias of John Peters, Harry Rut
ledge, etc. Tho woman, ho said, wns ft
noted courtesan from Chicago, who is
wanted there for a number of crimes.
The loss to tlio fanner is nearly 88,500.
Tho property consisted of $4,000 in
greenbacks and tho bulauco was iu Gov-
eminent bonds. The numbers of the
bonds liuvo been furnished to tbo author
ities, nnd a largo reward will bo offered
for tbo arrest of tbo tbievos.
A news item says that tlio brain of n
circus employee, found dying near Mid
dletown, * ‘weighed fifty-six ouncoB, tin
same size ns that of the first Napoleon
and of Daniel Webster." Of course lie
was tlio man who wrote tbo circus ad
verlisemcnts.
IRAVELS OF A DIAMOND.
IIKTAII«N OP THR ORIHIN OP TIIR
JKWKL IN TIIR IMPUIUAI. 80KPTHR
UP HUM8IA.
Il.w (1 pn.rnl Mrllkor'. Airiflw iill Urn
Jewel Ikel Msrfe Him mm4 Hie Ueee-eS-
aele Immeseelz ItlcR.
[From the London Truth.]
Tlio following details of the origin of
the famous jewel which adorns the im
perial sceptre of llussia wore furnished
111a during a residence in St. Petersburg
liy n descendant of tho Armoniau mer
chant who brought tha stono to Russia.
Tho ilinmond iu its rough state, formed
tho eye of an idol in n temple near Trioh-
iuopoli, and wns abstracted by a French
renegade, who escaped with Ills prize to
Ponds. Hero ho wandered from town
to town trying to dispose of it for a mod
erate sum, Imt only meeting with dis
trust nud Hiispieiou, At length when
I,lio news of the theft had spread ovor
India nnd reached Persia, fearing arrest,
lie accepted tho offer of a Hebrew mer
chant nnd mirrenderod the diamond for
glO.UOO. Meantime tlio Hlinli was in
formed, not only of tho robls'ry, but also
that tlio thief was residing in hill
territory, niid-hnd offerdd tho stone re
peatedly fur sulo.
At onnn Ids'Rig)moss gnve orders to
arrest tlio mail, dend or alive, and to
seize the diamond. Tlio Jewish mer
chant naturally bocamo alarmed for the
safety of liis new' acquisition, as well ha
that of liis head, nnd gladly sold tho
stono to an nstnto Armenian merchant
named Hhafrns tor 100,000. The mag-
nillneneo of Cntliorino the Great and her
nimrt was a by-word in Armonin and Per
sia, anil Shnfras know right well that if
lie could reaeli St. Petersburg with his
diamond ho would bn nblo to dispose of
it nt a handsome profit. The greatest
ilillioiilt.V was to soorota tho stone ao
thoroughly about Ills person that in ease
of liis arrest it-should not ho discovered.
11 wns -too largo for him to swallow,
so lio solved tlio problem by making a
deep Incision in tlio caff <>f his loft lee,
inserting the stone, and sowing up tho
Wound with silver thread.
When tho out hail cicatrized sufficient
ly to nllow tho removal of tho wire,
Hhafrns began his travels toward Russia.
Had lio known on arriving at Hie frontier
that tho dinmond had been traood to the
Jewish merchant, and from him to an
Armoniav, lio would probably have tried
to eonnnnl liis nntioniqity. Blithe boldly
proclaimed himself 1111 Armenian mer
chant to tlio Shah’s inquisitive officials,
wns arrested, anil consigned to prison on
suspicion. Strong emetics were admin
istered, hut 110 diamond came to light,
llo was stripped naked, plunged into a
hot bath, and then examined from bend
to foot, with no bettor sticoess. Even a
littlo torture wns tried, but Sliafras was
firm; and iu tbo end ho was bundled nn.
ceremoniously ovor tho frontior—liis
petty cash being retained, lie reached
Orenburg, and liora some compatriots
advanced him somo money to reach tbo
capital.
Catherine the Great was short of ready
money wlieq Shafrus offered her Iim
diamand tor salo. Ho domanded $200,-
000 tor it, but tlie Empress could not
raiso moro than $100,000, and though
sho offered 40,000 dessiatina (of tour
acres each) of Clown land in addition to
Ibis sum, Shufrna refused. Catherine
was greatly chagrined and did not hide
her anoyance; but sho was too noble a
character to resort to tho ooerclve meas
ure which a Shall of Persia would have
adopted without a moment’s hesitation.
Sliafrns wns allowed to depart unmolested
and betook himself to Amsterdam to
have liis diamond cut. Here it was that
tlio famous Oount Orlov first snw tlio
jewel for which his imperial mistress hud
sighed, and lie determined to lav it os a
? ;ift nt nor feet. Tho bargain w’itb Shn-
rns was concluded off-hand, for Count
Orlov never haggled. In exchange fur
the diamond (which weighs 18S carats,
and is valued nt $1,500,000) Connt Orlov
promised Shafrus, on liis return to Rus
sia, $350,000 down, an annuity of $2,000,
and a patent of nobility.
Thu Count kept his word; Sliafras the
merchant bccamo Lazarev tuo gentlemen,
unshod liis hills nt tho imperial treasury,
and drew $2,000 a year tor tho rest of liis
life, which, us usual with annuitants, was
a very prolonged one. Before ho died
lio became ono of the richest inon in
llussia. With tho prico of the diamond
lio bought mines in Ournl, land in Bes
sarabia, and houses in St. Petersburg.
Tiie “unearned increment” fn thirty
years made him ten times a millionaire,
imd at tho present day his descendants,
numbering hundreds, ore all immensely
rich. Loris Melikov, former Minister of
the Interior, and Delionov, at present
Ministerof Publio Instruction, are grand
children of the Armenian Lazeruv.
A company lias boon formed in Parie,
with a capital of 8150,000, “for the pur
pose of drugging tho Red 80a to recover
tlio chariot and arms of Pharaoh.
Pharaoh may have owned a pretty gor
geous chariot, but it lifts been in the wa
ter so long that wo don’t believe it :s
worth much now. A much t bettor
one can be purchased for less thnt 8150,-
000. And us for Pharaoh’s arms, unless
they nre petrified, they would be of no
more value than bis legs.—Norristown
Herald..
In n Nowport boudoir: “Ob I be il
such a clinrniing gentleman. Aud be
did not make liis money in vulgar trade,
either. No, indeed I He owns a bonk;
for T have heard peoplo who knew him
speak of it. It is in a Western city
named Faro.”—Philadelphia Times.