Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1865-03-16

to have taken life too, when all else were
gone. We are beggers and you have made
us So"
He did not seem to notice Annie's bitter
words. but drew her to him. At first, she
resisted, but his strong arm was arou I'd
her, and there was something in his manner
that soothed the weary girl He told her
of his home-of its beauty, its wealth, and
luxury he said he had come to offer it to
her. He told her of his love that she
would be to him more than all else that
he would shelter and comfort her, and she
should never know sorrow, or trouble, or
WEAKNESS.
Annie listened to the strange, sweet
words. Her life had beer given to Others
She had borne her burdens alone and un-
murmuringly, but life seemed often weary
and full of care. The stranger knew this,
for he could read woman's heart, and he
could whisper words that would soothe
and win.
Hour after hour flew by, and still Annie
listened to his glowing descriptions, and
low, loving words. 1t was past midnight
and the officers voice sank lower as he
whispered:
Annie will you go with me, trust me,
and all have told you shall be yours"
Where shall l go ?" she asked.
! To the sunny South and be my little,
loving bride"
He drew a ghttering ring from his finger
and put it upon hers. He turned, that til ,
light might fall upon the diamond 1t fell
upon his face. 1t was handsome face ;
but as Annie gazed, there was something
there that made her tremble She knew
nothing about that world beyond her home
She had listened and believed the honeyed
words that had been whispered But there
is little affinity between purity and vice,
and one look had reused Annie from her
dream of love, and brought back the reaI-
ties of life. She drew her hand from his
and taking the ring from her finger, said :
" cannot go. God bless you, soldier,
fer what you have done but | cannot go
with you"
The caIm decided tone surprised the low
er, but he did not quit his suit Every act
of persuasion was used, but in vain. The
more earnest he grew, the more decided
Annie became, and when he found pcrsua-
sion was of no avail, he resorted to force
Annic's brave spirit rose as the danger
became more imminent. Her hand was up
on the door, and in, calm measured tones
| she said
" Soldier, you have been kind for this
thank you but blush that | have listened
so long to a traitor-that | have trusted
even for an hour one who believes neither
in faith or in honor. Go back to your com
rades, and remember that weak woman
alone, and in the dead of night dared to
say she scorned traitor"
"4ou snail pay for your scorn, proud
girl if love is eet,revenge is sweeter"
He drew a pistol from his breast, and
! fired Annie saw his design, and moved
quickly, but the shot passed through her
arm. The noise reused the house. and they
! hurried to the door.
Annie was alone The traitor and cow
ard was gone. She was pale and faint from
the loss of blood, but it proved only flesh
wound. And as she looks at it now, she
tells those who come to hear how she was
saved that a traitor may be kind, but he
never can be trusted"
| To0Is-The earliest tools were of the
| simplest possible charac er, consisting prin-
| cipally Of notifications of the wedge such
as the knife, the shears (formed of two
knives working on joint, the chisel and
| the axe. These, with the primitive ham
mer, formed the principal stock-in-trade of
the early mechanics, who were handicraft-
men in the literal sense of the word. But
the work which the early craftsmen in wood,
in stone, brass and iron contrivod to exc
cute, sufficed to show how much expertncss
in the handling Of tools will serve to com
| pensate for their mechanical imperfections.
| Workmen then sought rather to aid muscu-
lar strength than to supercede it, and main
| ly to facilitate the efforts of manual skill.
| Another tool became added to those men-
| toned above, which proved an additional
source of power to the workman We mean
the saw, which was considered of so much
Importance that its inventor was honOrcd
with place among the gods in the mythol-
ogy Of the Greeks This invention is said
to have been suggested by the arrange
ment of the teeth in the jaw of a serpent,
used by Tolus, the nephew of DHdolus, in
dividing piece of wood From the repre-
sentatiOn of ancient tools found in the paint
ings at Herculaneum, it appears that the
frame-saw used by the ancients very near
ly resembled that still in use and we are
informed that the tools employed in the
carpenters shops at Nazareth at this day
are in most respects the same as those rep
resented in the buried Roman city. An
other very ancient tool, referred to in the
Bible and in Homer, was the file, which was
| used to sharpen weapons and instruments.
| Thus the Hebrews &" had a file for the mat
tOcks, and for the coulters, and for the
forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the
goards" When to these we add the adze,
plane-irOns, the augur and the chisel, we
sum up the tools principally relied on by
the early mechanics and working in wood
and iron.
How TO GET RID OF RATs--For some
years | was considerably annoyed with
rats. | tried various "vermin poison"
traps &C. with very little success, until
thought of mode which we adopted for
destroying dogs that used to hunt our rab
bit warren in the old country So got
quantity of broken bottles and window
glass, and with hammer and an anvil,
tritulated it pretty fine Ga stone would do
to pound the glass on y then sifted the
! coarse Dart ont and mixed cunful of tho