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Moffats Life Pills and Phoenix Bitters.

Remember that there but two states OF the systena
state OF health in which the functions Of life carried
with vger and harmony; and state Of disease in which
something nterferes with their proper action What
want is a medic inc that will the OF disease
and bring about condition fhssh with the expense
to the system. The Life Pills and Phoenix Bters
this purpose better than anything yet discovered
ly but The dictate of prudence and wisdom pre-
fer them to all others.
Sold by Proprietor s5 Broadway New York. and by
J. B. Starkw eather & Co. Keneshs, Wis.
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Spftial Slotites.
r. & G. A. Wright's Frangipanni,
THE ETERNAL PERFUME

FFHhKspAhnI Hxfract,
do Soap,
do POmnde,
do Sachea.
This Elegant and Fashionable Perfumery is from the La
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ufacturers Of the Celebrated Gold Medal Perfumery.
For sale by f. ROBINSON,
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MILEIN Y.

tie Most E,ctenSice IN tie Vest.
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4 iidrOsrD oessrrfuroa PSI
AMENpM ENT g..
AnrupnKrr 10. I


Rssslvsdbyf 6snsrsi asssztfr " rrhs stsfs ~
ohfs, Thres.hhhe .of NE msubsrs esetsf 20 eatA
House scneusrins qeteln, Tss,i, be and hereby q
or rejection ofths following anshdinsnt as thbsl.
~ sss cossStIcp ana for he seeoSd sse,ca 9TH.
same Articles and for the third Section Of the elereAth
Article Via Alregular session. q ne esnsrsl AZ.
~, annually. Senators shnll be elected biennialy
and Representatives. annually, by the ceetO ofthsf
respective counties districts on the aeeond Tuesday
OF october. Their term OF ONCE shall nenes Oh
the rst day of January next after their election, ana
that Of senator. shall continue .wS year: and nat
October next sbaHloid their oaees for two yeara
the Representatives elected at tbs taine time shall
hold their Offices for one year Provided, thntseren;
teen OF the Senators elected the second Tuesday
OF October 1857 10 be aseeained By LOT as the Pres
dent Of Senate may direct shall hold theis cales
Cor only one year. and their successors shall BE- elect
ed on the second Tuesday Of October, one thcusuAd
eigh hundred and fty eight, and biennally thefeaf-
the tes for so large that besg ultE
piled by ten, the result shall be equal 70 one or more
r.tlos, additional Representatives shall ee appo,nen
cd such ratios among the Of the de-
eennal period In the following manner: II therebc
only one ratio thon Representative shal be aotiea
Ito the tenth session Of the deccnnial period.
Ifthere are two raiios, Representatives shall besi
lotted to the ninth and tenth sessions; thiee 10 the
eighth, nnth and tenth sessions, flour 70 !he seveaih,
eighth ninth and tenth; II sixth TO the mn, sixth,
SEVENTH eighth, rnth and tenth; fssycn tQthe icqr
fth sixth, SEVENTH eighth, ninth aud tenth; II eight
10 the third fourth nh sixth, seventh, eigbth ninth
and tenth; lfnine to the second, third, folrh, Anh,
SIXTH setehth eighth ninth and tenth sessions Of NE
IN detciiniSs tbe lumber Of II witi.l sny
suaoral district might be entitled In aPy decennlAl
ths fraction shall be multiplied BY ave, and IL fhs Is-
suit be equal TO one senatorial ratio, an additional
Senator shalt be allotted TO said district fsf The ninth
and tenth sessions. be eqnal 10 two such ratios
an ADDITIONAL Senator for the seventh, eighth, ninth
and tenth sessions shall be allotted ~ sach district ~
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AMENDMENT no. 2.

:. Rtsaissd blythe General Asssmbly Of ths State -
OAi0, Three -hlths Of the members elected 70 eaen
House concu rrug therein. that IL b., and hereby is,
proposed 70 the electors OF this State to vote on the
nd Tuesday of October next, upon the approvaoI
rejection ofthe following amendment, asa substitute
for the hh and sixth sections OF tine fourth article Of
the Constitution, viz: SEC. 5. District Courts ahnll
be held in each county oas' once In each year. BY
one District Judges elected by the eleciors
OF separate districts to be prescribed by law who
shall hold their Office for ave years; and during theiF
continuation in office shall reside In the district for
which they elected. The provisions OF the four
teenth section of this article shall apply to District
Judges. The General Assembly may by law authorize
the Judges Of the District Court aud Of the courts Of
common pleas fix the times If holding their resrees
tive courts. Until District Judges shall have been
elected and qualified, District Courts shall be held By
the Judges Of the Supreme Court aud the Courts Of
Common Pleas, asnow authorised. Sec. 9. The Ds-
trict Court shall have such jurisdiction as may be
provided by law tho judges thereof thal have aud
exercise such power and jurisdiction at chambers and
may bo requiredt sit judges of the courts Of Com.
n. Ii. VAN WORRIES, ta
..,f Speaker Of the House of Representatives,.
THOMAS II. FORD,
-' d" -'l President Of the Senate. %
Dated April 81. 1857, ,-r .
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AMEEpMENr no. 3,

Resoisedby the Geserat .assembsy Sftks State Of
Ohio, Three ffths Of the members elected 10 each
branch, concurring therein that 1t be and herebyis,
the following amendment substitute for the
ond and third sections Of the tn eflh article Of the
Constitution. -.
Allproperty, personal and real, shall be subject to
ta&aiion by uniform rule, OF the true value thereof
in money, but such deductions from cEsds may be NJ!
lowed as the General Assembly may deem expedient;
provlded; thatburying grounds, public school hous-
es and all other public PROPERTY. aid all institutions
Of purely public charity, and all houses used exclu.
tion and If the total value Of the personal property
Of any person shall not exceed fifty dollars the sae
may be exempt from taxation. AL property epplnyr
ed in banking shall always bear burden OF taxation
equal to that imposed the property Of individuRlS,
N. H. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker Of the House of ReprsseRtaftves.
THOMAS H FORU,0
President Of ths SsHGts. =,
Oaled April I'D, 1857.
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TREAT SUCCESS is always the most
u conclusive proof Of great merit. Judged by this
lest there s no labor saving machine before tie pub
hsT ne SrSsst s Il iSe United
States. they were exhibited at the late aExpoytoB
universclle' In France where fhsy eatrisd on the
Highest premium; and great mandatory in which
70 make them has been bnit in Paris ''.t'
! IN EVERY BRANCH OF INDUSTRY s
In which sewing Is to be done these machines J,, v
used with immense profit As the speed Of the Rail-
m.eSuss e Sa sewing
5aiIor, shoemaker, dress maker, carriage trimmer,
taddler, halter, etc., etc. should be without eue The
iSiL pToas using ono Of these machines regularly
ONE THOUSANDS DOLLARS "A YEAR.
In all private families whore there,s much sewine
TO be doneY these machjnes are an Invaluable assis
tance Planters and hotel keepeIsoud them Partico-
slmple In their construction and very strong and du-
rabfe, being the only kind OF Sewing Machine ever
be perfectly executed. Thousands Of inferior and
worthless Sewing Machines have been made and cold
under various names, but Singers Machines alone
have been found everywhere 10 satisfy the wants Of
Piai6 printed Instructions for uiiSG tesept with
each machine, from which any one readily acquire
the art Of managing them. The machines packed
securely to 20 TO any part of the world To all per-
desiring more particular Information we WILL on
application BY letter at either of our ocee, forward
copy OF |. NJ. Singer q Co.'s Gazette, paper wncHy
/. N. SINGER & CO.,
Principal once, No. sas Broadway. New YORK.
T.. d, .i,a BRANCH OFFICES.
No. Al Hanovof street, Boston, .-
No. 81 Chapel street, New Haven, CT e..
Goversvilie, MY.
No. e74 Broad street, Newark, n. J. $40 .s.,-.
No. I49 Chestnu street, Philadelphia.
No. l05 Baltimore street, Baltimore. 81.
No. 30 Westminster street, Providence, r. l.
No. East Fourth street, Cincinnati. " -H'.I
No. 65 North Fourth street. ST. Louis.
No. 81 st. Charles street, New Orleans,
No. 90 Dauphin street, Mobile. a -Istat
| December II, ls56-ly ... -
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)5 WITNESSES; OR, THE FoRGER

EO COW VOTED.
-.- JOHN $. DYE IS THE AUTHOR,
Who has had ten years experience as Banker and !
Publisher, end Author Of
A Series of Lectures at the 3rcadtr0y Tabernacle,
when, for ten successive nights, over E
II r $4,000 people, IL +
Greeted him with rounds of applause,
while he exhibited the manner IN which counter I
feiters executed their frauds, and the surest {
and shortest nieans Of detecting them. r
The Bank Note Engrausrs say he is the greatest :
Judge Of Paper Money Hring. :.
n RsATEST DISCOVERY OF TAE PRESENT :
VI Century FOR
EETEcT1NG coUwTERFEiT ByawK BILLS. .
Describing every Genuine Bill in existence, and :
exhibiting ut ginnee every Counterfeit
in circulation. ..'.. =
Arranged so admirably that Reference Is Easy and
Detection instantaneous.
IrPNo Index to examine. No puges TO hunt.
But so simplifed aad arranged that the Merchant,
Bank Ter and Business Man can see all at glance. =,
English, French and Carmen.
Thus each may read the same in his own Native !
'......1 Tongue. = .. .,.. =
Mosr PERFEcT BANK NoTE LIST PUBLISHED. 8
billie Also a list Of q
ALL THE PRIVATE BANKERS IN AMERICA. g
A complete Summary of the Finance of E"fope :
and America will 10 published in each edition, 10.
gcther with all tue I'm poftunt News Of the Day. q
Also u SERIES OF TALES ,
From an Old manuscript found in the East Itfur. +
nishes the most complete History Of k
... ORIENTAL LIFE. -. .
and describing the most pe-plexing positions in
which the ladies and gentlemen of that country e
have been often found. These stories will con. =
linue through the whs9ie year, and will prove The =,
most entertaining ever offered 10 the public. -
s~sFurnished Weekly TO subscribers only, at 81 X
per aunum. AL letters must be addressed % h
+fn ''. JOHN S. DYE. Broker, =
Publisher and Proprietor, 20 Wall street, =
May II. lS57-ly New York, =
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Phalon's Chem. Hair Invigorntofi.

The most complete article OF tho kind ever before Of
fered to the public, Il has stood the test OF twenN
years in this country, and not Of the many hun
dreds Of limitations have been able TO compete with II
Keeping the head clear from dandrn etc. II is ines
tmable In short, IL 10 everything the hair requires
Price nity cents and one dollar per bottle.
December IL I85(r-Bin . g ~ .f.--....I q ... .
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PRENTISS, NOPkIIS 4 COMPANY,
The Age Of Sreism!
IME AND SPACE ANNIHTLATED.

I
L Twenty ye RS ago, goods were from two to six
sidered ample time and merely to show how uston.
lshiug has been our facilities for transportation, we
would state that the large and varied stock of
SPRING " SUMMER GOODS, we only few DAYS
since purchased in New YORK. (aud being later than
usual purchased ut very low fgures,) are rolling
In on US, and not knowing where to stow away such
prices must soon give US room for another stock.
Everybody will please call and get what they want
while the assortmen full.
We would say to those who cannot bring Cheese,
Butter, any kind of Produce that we still take
MoSEY. PRENTISS, HOPKINS & CO.
Rayenna, Nav :. 1857
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AMENDMENT NO. 4.

AmENDiuEN1 NOs 1s fthI 'S8f
Resoiued by the General y1sssmbly Of the State Of
Ohte, Three HnhSof the members elected 10 each
house eoncurring therein, that II be and hereby is
Tuesday Of October next TO approve reject the oi-
lowing amendment asa substitute for the first and
siitulion. Viz: Corporations of every descIiptjett
shalt be created, and corporate powers oii
by general laws which shall define the powers, priyi:
but the General Asselhb may enact special lawsfOr
The relief Of corporations In peeuliar cases. and may
make specialprovsions In regard to corporations IN
cases wherefrom the peculiar location or Interests
such special provisions are required, aud msy ffoh
time to time alter repeal all such laws. as are ~
thorzcd by this section.
D.. Speaker Cfthe House of kspreseafatfrta,
.'-S s' . THOMAS H.aF0RH, f1H
Datea AYtil 3, 1857. y 1,T' 7TI''{
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COWLES & CO..
CLEvELAND, OHIO,

CtEVELAND, OHIO,
HAVE an excellent assortment OF Watches
from 90 TO $500. -'- -
hAyE every style Of Plated Goods, and
VIII warrant them in full. -
~ Rave Table and Picket Cutlery Of the
pssa qaaliss only, and very cheap. -
HAVE every variety of Sllver.ware and
PSI ne highest price in cash for old silver.
Rave large and complete stock of Jew.
eiry ana are selling cheaper than the cheapest.
. HAVE large stock OF Gold and Silver
hess Canes and also every other imaginable styie.
:. - lEAvE an extensive variety of Clocks, and
aad Judge for yourselves "AN ''e s's"'
=. HaxE as good Watch maker as there il
y " ios.d this side Of Switzerland and win do ali
.c a.eh and Clock work, in the best manner,
Dscembet4, 16s6-0m. 1N'f :" 'o"n'
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S. G. TUFTS
Patent PSrta be sci-supportins
F f N G. Z

THIS FENCE, patented April /, 1856,
l. possesses many adv antages over III other fences;
among other advantages may be enumerated the toll
lnwing, viz:-1et. Where lumber is worth 81 60 per
hundred, it costs 90 cents rod less than the
post and board fence. In f1ncing fen acres the
saving will be 33I 90; or in feneng both sides of
railroad, the saving is 1866 20 per mile. cd II can be
made in bad weatner, when farm hands are gener.
ally idle. 3D. The fence being portable, be hanged
and moved without injury, and In short time. 4th.
As tho fence is entirely above ground, 1t will last
without repair twice as long post and board
Farmers of Portage county can obtain the right OF
constructing and using this fence by applying TO the
undersigned The right OF fence for farm Of 100
acres will be sold for SIS 90.
4 sa 'ple Of the fence can be seen in Ravenna III
the vacant lot west of the Town Hall.
.'t4t TIN. JONES,
S.A. TAYLOR.
Ralenna. Dec 4. IPH6.f r,
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TO THE PUBLIC.
THE RAVENNA .-
Carriage $50 Manufacturing
CO M z A N Y
SWIFT-SURE LINE!

Straight ahead, but cool and steady-No excite.
msnt, and no danger Of EXPLOSION!.
WE are now receiving from New York,
w alarge addition to our usual stock Of
Drugs, Paints, Oils, Dyes, Brushes, PerEuna-
cry, Grocirtes, Glass Ware, DC,
including all the popular Patent Remedies in use,
which we propose 10 sell a, such prices rs will give
satisfaction. We sallcontnue heretofore 10 max
proper deduction to such buy in quantities for re-
talng Prescriptions Will be putup correctly and our
customers may be assured that we al xious
TO trade as 10 sell such articles not wanted In
pla % of those we do not keep. Il. .. n.
Eight Dollar Brandy'' for six Dolors, and other
Liquorstn proportion, to those who buyt for Me-
dtefnat use strfetly and honestly. II ? None others
need apply.GL SwIFT'S DRUG STORE,
Sign of the Golden Mortar,
Julyt tS56S opposite the Csurt House,
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For Safts

= ;. FOF SaFtE IINEFI 4 |
A sMtLL HOUSE and lot OF grotind op.
"A peste Dr.. Swlft's on Chestnut street, IN second
squ9e below the Courthouse cal be had for S4g5 No.
ar on terms OF easy credit. Also yery andsome
5u!LDSd LOT on the east side of Main street. Dr.
former residence, 90 In feet front and 400 feet
In depth, and we'll stocked with choice fruit trees Is
offered for sale. This is desirable location and is
convenient to business. gs.1.s, H. G. RANNEY. |
Ravenna, September III, fe56-tf
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lPtralon's NIagtc fH.ir Dye.

One OF the very best natural Dyes in the world. ~
ong use has proved II TO be beyond comparison; and,
being vegetable product injury car possibly
be don0 to the skin. II is easily applied ad can
obtain a black or brown which will defy the best
judges to tell II from nature ITSELF Price 81 90 and
81 50 per box. aL
Made and sold by 3. PHALoN,. at 1877 Broadway,
corner Dey street, and 5l7 Broadway, Saint Nicholas
HoteiN Y, and all Druggists and Fancy Stores In
the United States, " rSlt.s f....... ...
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New AinbrOtypc and Photograph
Rooms.

IT FORD, ARTIST, has Purchased the
l. Ambrotype Rooms in seyn ours BloSks and Is
ready to luke any style of lk eResses ever made
types, Photographs, shpereotypes and Autographs.
Having had longer experience in the business thn n
any operator in town, and as good instruments and
chemicals and by close application to his business,
with thorough knowledge OF all the improvem ents
of the art, he is confident of giving entire satisfaction
10 a.I VINO may iaVoi mn ~ M WIN tne'r Pa'ronuee'
rooms ard examine his large collection ofspecimens,
whether wishing lkenesses or not, and be convinced
that 1t is the place to get them when wanted.
" PParticular attention paid 70 taking pictures OF
Children. All pictures put up in tho most appr0Sed
style, and backed up with the material used by
North, Ryder and Mrs. Short of Cleveland, and all
arstclass artists viz: BLACK vApKrsu that will not
crack, instead Of cheap cotton velvet.
*&+Dont forget the placs, Ssymo Block, oppo'
site the Court House. -
Ravenna, Nov l3.1S56-n
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boots and Shoes.

THE subscriber has Just. receised fresh
j supply OF Ladies' and Gentlefnen.s eastern man
ufactured SHOES AND CATERS, which added sol1n
TO bis stock of home hde work, max es his as VV
eortment complete. He 10 also prepared toF w
manufacture sDything In bis hne, ladies' or e-
tIemens wear, fthe best material and on short no.
tiee. Confident Of his ability 70 give satisfaction the
public are respectfully invited to call and examine
RaveaDa, April %, 1857 WIN. ID. DURHAM.
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Dr.. A. s. CRAFTS,
PHYSICIAN. AND SURGEON,

w OOLD respectfully inform the citizens
W Of this and adjoining towns, that he has per-
Manen!iy located in RaveDna, for the purpose of
his profession, and hopes by strict atten-
uoH 70 eesiness to retain the confidence already re-.
nim oy his patrons, nd TO be able eEtend
ne eiTcbe ol Dis acqaafntance His office Is In the
west END or Fhenix Block, over the new store OF
tomn q Plnney; his residence Is on Cedar street D.
Dosite B. p. Brainerdss:- "SF
kgvennE, A tffi 3b. I35T.tf
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De5eer and HsiI-dresser. Shop under the Collin
nouse. Shaving, Hair .cuttIug, and Sham poo onine
cone promptly and in the mo ST fashionable style.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-01-24

kANzAs.-The following extract is from
private letter written by highly respectable
gentleman in Kauzas whose means Of inform
alton are of the best kind. The letter bears
date at Lawrence, Jan. 8, 1857.
"The Free State Legislature met at Topeka
on Tuesday last,-no quorum in either House
Judge Cato issued a warrant for the arrest of
those Free State members who met last spring.
The officer called on some of them, and sim
ply requested them to appear before the Judge
at Tecumseh, which they did. Examination
was waved and they were set at liberty OH
their own recognlsanzes. The object of their
arrest was either to break up the present meet
ing Of the Legislature, or 10 create feeling
IN the East that the troubles here have COM
menced again, and thus to prevent emigration
in the spring. l hope that it will not have
this effect. [ heard last evening from good
authority that some of the Missourians talk
of blockading the river again in the spring,
but as yet such is not the general feeling
among them.
An immense emigration is expected from
the Free States in the spring. Now is the
time to make money here; there being end
less opportunities, all that is wanted is YAM
kee enterprise. Let there be large emigra-
ton, and there is no danger but that this ter
ritory will become Free State.
Three hotels are now in progress of erection
in this city. Workmen are scarce, and those
that are here get high pay and are well off.
There is but one man in town who conde-
scends to saw wood, although there is plenty
Of such work to be done.''
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-01-24

New ENGLAND UNANIMOUS, After the
fourth Of March New England will not have
pro-slavery Congressman. The new demo-
cratic policy has been the death of them all.
Toucey lost his seat by his willingness to run
after runaway negroes Bradbury repealed
himself with the Missouri Compromise
Wells and Williams sacrificed themselves on
the altar of Friendship for Pierce-Everett S
absence from the Nebraska vote has led to his
absence ever since-James has upheld the adj
minstration to his own downfall-Allen. the
sole remaining democrat from New England,
will owe his place, if he keeps it, to his free
soil sympathies and votes while in the other
House every representative from Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts,, Con-
necticut and Rhode Island is thorough going
and incorporating Republican. Poor en-
couragement for doughtaces in that section
Albany EUening Journal.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-01-24

AN AMERICAN SHOT IN THE PARIS DRBT-
oR's PRsoN.--On Tuesday, Dec. 20, mel
ancholy occurrence took place in the prison
for debt in Paris-in the Rue de Clichy-
where it will be remembered Horace Greeley
was confined. Chas Morey of Plymouth, who
was confined there, while standing at a win
dow overlooking q court yard, was delberate-
ly shot dead by a Sentinel. The latter states
that, having ordered Mr.. Morey 70 leave the
window, and not being obeyed, he fired and
killed him. These hae been the orders upon
other prisoners, and he supposed, but most
wrongfully, that the inmates of Clichy were
to be treated with the severity of criminals.
Mr.. Morey was possessor of the Goodyear
India rubber patents for England and France,
and was universally esteemed. He leaves a
wife and family, being himself only thirty
two years old. The sad incident is the more
fragrant and aggravated, as after a very long
and tedions process, Mr.. Morey had been ad
judged to have been illegally arrested and was
to have been liberated that very day.
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SINGULAR DEATH.-The terrible story Of
Hugh Miller's death, has created deep
gloom in Edinburg, by the publication of the
particulars. But another sad tragedy in con.
nection with his fate, had at the same time to
be disclosed After the judicial and medical
inquiry on Friday, Professor Miller took the
pistol to the gunsmith from whom it had been
purchased by Mr.. Miller. in July, 1856, in or
der to ascertain how many shots had been
fired, and how many were still in the cham
Der. In the masters absence the foreman.
Thomas Leslie, an old and experienced work
man, received the Pistol from Prof. Miller,
and unfortunately instead of taking off the
chamber be looked into the muzzle, holding
the hammer with his fingers, while he turned
the chamber round TO count the charges
The hammer slipped from his fingers, struck
the cap, and the charge in the barrel explod-
ed. Professor Miller still standing out-sid the
counter, exclaimed, That's a narrow es-
eape;" but unhappily it was not So for as
the smoke cleared away he saw the old man s
head gradually droop, and his body then fall
lifeless on the floor. The charge had entered
the right eye and penetrated the brain. Les
lie was steady, trustworthy man, and had
been twenty-five years in his present employ
ment. He has left widow and a family of
eight children.