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At one time quartette cf friends
dincd weekly together, of whom Ed
muod Kean and Ellison, we think,
were two. After dinner on one dark
winters evening, hackney coach was
called, and the four friends, each se-
cretly carrying small bag under his
arm, entered the vehicle, which was
driven 10 street of the Strand, which
was rot very brilliantly illuminated:
When it had reached a gloomy spos
where the gas lamps were widest apart,
the driver was told to halt and open
the door, and from the steps descended
gentleman in full mourning costume,
cloak and hatband; then another simi-
larly caprisoned, and another. and an
other, but these were not all! Tie
flow of mourners continued, without in
terruption, till the line seemed likely to
stretch to the crack OF doom" The
mufled driver who stood at the. door
holding his arm to assist that strange
company as they alighted, bore 1t for q
while but overpowered at last with fear
and horror, ran off, shouting for. the
watch to exercise the demoniacal pro-
cession. =.
This was a bit of Edmund Kean's
wild fun. He had furnished hisScom-
panions with their funeral gear in the
bag The cloaks, ETC., were assumed
as they drove along, and the opposite
door of the coach was quietly 'opened,
and the steps let down before the occu.
pant got out from the other side. To
slip uDperceived round the back Of the
cuach, and pass nimbly through again
and again before the coachman, who
was Of the true Jarvey type, could dis
cover the trick, was enough To- such o:d
.tagers; and whether they had not "all
melted into air, into thin air." before
tho reused Dogberry could be dragged
from the Matchbox, and brought 20 the
scene of action, mustzbe left to the
readers in agination. z 5s4ossS
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The ianiTribes.


Mr.. Van Horn, from the Committee
on Indian Affairs, has reported q bill to
consolidate the Indian tribes and or
gsnize system of government the
Indian Territory, to be known as the
Territory of Okla homa. The tribes
in such Territory are to retain the
rights secured to them by itreaty t2 Sub
ject to these, the Government of the
Territory is to be vested ina Governor
appointed by the President, q Secreta,
ry appointed in like manner, and Leg
islative Council composed of one mem
Der from each tribe Of more than 500
persons, and an additional member for
every 1000 persons, or by the ehiefs OF
the tribes. as selected BY tribal usage.
Every adult male Indian shall be enti.
tied to vote for or be elected q mem.
Der to the Council. The lawshdo be
passed by the Territorial Conucil shall
not interfere with the tribal .organixa-
tion, nor annul tribal laws, save to 8
limited extent Justices Of the Terri
tory and Courts are provided for in the
usual manner, aud the Legislative Couu-
Gil elects a Delegate to Congress. The
bill appears to aim at combining the
tribal with territorial government, and,
should it succeed, would inaugurate
new mode of treating the Indian ques.
tiou. T
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meal for some hungry, Alligator that
was on a summer tour nortbward. But
a little occurrence the other day seems
to indicate that the dog was victimized
by a somewhat d f-rent sort of creature.
Some fisherman eaue ehta huge cat
fin, weig hing I6O pounds. in the Ohio
near this city, aud Mr. Booth 5eught
Ave or six pounds of the fish for dinRer.
When the meal vas ready bimsolf and
household, numbering eight persons in
all, sat down to pal take of it. Mr.. b.
had scarcely commenced carving the
fish when the sharp, familiar bark Of
jack, the loyt dog, was heard
Every one at the table noticed il,
and there was general rising up to see
the truant; but he was not to be seen.
A general search for him ensued, but
no Jack was to be found. Or, seating
themselves at the table again, before
they had fairly conmenced eating, tho
same bark was heard aud the same
scene ensued, wi b like result as at
first !; and the secund time the bark was
repeated, when Mr Booth threw down
his knife aud fork, completely dumb
founded, and exclaimedA"This must
be the fish thut caught Jack = allud-
ing to the fish of which there was .
piece roasted, on the table. Il il need
less to add that no more FISH Ess tasted
at that dinner.
This occurrence tends to support sey-
eral theories thst are entertained by
different classes of religionists. Il fur
nishes evidence to sustain the theory
that brutes have souls. It proves the
visitation of spirits to The Inhabitants
Of this mundane sphere Italso proves
the resurrection doctrine of g Modus,"
that ths phys cal body becomes fish,
flesh and fowl, as well as vegetable, at
death. The dog Jack evidently be-
came mostly fish. NoundnCEty e M.)
Jonrndl July 25th. q fssnlsass
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Selett gtnrp.
A BASHFUL MAN IN LOVE.

A correspondent of spouting paper
tells the following capital story of q
bashful lovers adventures:
His name was Jackson, we used to
call him Jack for short. Heaven help
me if he should see this story 1 hope
he does not get q paper.
Among many of his misfortunes-
for he was cock eyed. red haired and
knock kneed-he numbered the ipcon-
venient one of fbashfulness5 nevertheless
he was fond of the ladies; although in
their presence he never opened his
mouth if he could help it. and when he
did speak be used both hands to help
him; in fact he was a Nap of great
actions:"
Jack, one watm day, fell IN love; :; he
had just graduated at college, and be-
gan to think he must seek the ladies'
society he was getting to rpe man.
and it was manly to have a"penohant !"
He fell in love with the sweetest, live
liest, most hoydenish girl in the square,
but how to tell his Lowell there was the
rub. He had heard good deal of the
"laoguage of the eyes," aud he accord
iDgly tried that; but when he looked
p riteularly hard at the window where
Miss Emily was in the habit Of sit
ting, some person on the other side of
the street would Invariably bow to him.
thinking he was endeavoring to catch
their eye. He has despised expressive
eyes ever since then.
At length Jack obtained an intro
ducticn through his sister, and with
her he called several times, but she
was obliged to leave the city for the
season, and as each interview only in,
creased his ardor, be determined to 60
it alone.
Long before the hour fixed upon by
custom for an evening visit, he found
himself arrayed in his best. Blue coat,
metal buttons, black cashmere pants.
lsaid pants being a little tighter than
the skin) aud spotless vest.
The journals of the day state as an
item Of intelligence, that the tbermom-
eter ranged from seventy five to eighty
degrees. Jack swears it was a hund
red.
As the hour gradually drew near,
Jack found his nerspiration. and his
courage oozing out together, and he al
most determined to pull off and stay at
home. He concluded, however, he'd
take walk past the house and see 5hoE
she felt.
By the time he reached the mansion
he had firmly concluded not to go in
but bn casting his eye toward the par
lor window, and perceiving no signs of
life, he thought it was probable that
no one was at home, and since he had
proceeded so far, he would proceed
further and leave. his card.
No sooner determined than eonclud-
ed. In reckless moment he pulled at
the bell; 1.-THE darned thing needn't
make such cussed noise.9 g
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The door opened as if by magic, an
the servant girl politely asked him in
Miss Emily was alone in the parlor and
would be delighted TO see him.
o Lord here wss fix go in a darl
parlor with a pretty girl alone! 1t wa
too late to retreat, the girl had closed
the front door, aud was pointing int
the parlor where Miss Emily was.
Being perfectly convinced that nc
choice wa, left him, into the dark room
he walked or sided.
All was perfect chaus to his eye fol
a moment; then from the deepest gloon
came forth an angel voice, "biddins
him welcome and drew near" II
obey the order was but the work OF q
moment, as he supposed, but he little
thrown in his way. He knew too well
that the stream Of love had manv rip
Piles, but full grown snags entered moi
| into his head. Judge then of his as
tonishment at being tripped up' aim ost
at the fair ones feet by a fat'stooi with
plethoric legs, which chance or a care
less servant had placed exactly on his
road to happiness. Over he went, and
as the tailor had not allowed for any
extra tension of the muscles and sim
ews, he not only procured tumble.
but also a compound fracture extend
ing all acrpss that poiut which is in
closest contl lct with the chair.
Having picked himself up as careful
ly as circumstances would allow, the
smothe7ed laugh of Miss Emily not
"settiug him forward any," he at last
succeeded in reaching a chair, and
drawing his coat tail forward to pre-
vent disaereeable exposure, sat him
self down with as much grace as a bear
would when requested to dance upon a
pile of needles.
The young lady was almost suffocat-
ed with laughter at the sad misfortune
of the basbful lover, felt truly sorry
for him, and used all her powers of
fascination to drive it from his mind,
and eventually succeeded so as to ln-
duce him to remark On this rock be
split.
Just at that moment she discovered
she had lost her handkerchief. What
had become of it? She was sure she
had it when he came in. 1t must GER
tainly be somewhere about
"Haven't you got it under you, Mr..
Jackson 2"
Jack was sure he had not, but poor
Jack, in venturing an answer, could
not possibly get along without raising
his hands, and of course he must droc
his coat tail In his anxiety 10 recov-
er the missing wiper, he even ventured
to incline his body so as TO get glnnoe-
at the floor. As he did so, the frac
ture opened. and behold there lsy, as
the lady supposed Ter property.
1t was the work of moment to catch
the corner and exclaim:
"Here it is, sir you needn't trouble
yourself about it. Just raise littles
it's under you" at the same time she
gave it long, hard pull
Alas the tale was told no escape,
nothing short Of special interposition
cf Providence could save his shirt.
But what should he do? Another
and another stronger pull, evincing Oh
the part OF the lady a praise worthy de-
termina il n to obtain the LIST dry goods,
coupled with the request:
Get up, SIR, you're sitting on it,
de ermined him and in the agony Of
the moment, and grabbing with both
hands fast disappearing strip cf linen
which encircled his neck, he exclaimed:
"For Gods sake, Miss Emily, leave
me my shirt collar"
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ALL Is WELL.

'.Twelve O'Clock at night and all is
WE'LL" False prophet! Still and
statue like at yonder window stands
the wife. The clo.k has tol'ed the
small hours, yet her face is pressed
against the window pane, striving in
VAN, with straining eyes. to penetrate
the darkness. She secs nothing, she
hears nothing, but the beating Of her
own heart. Nov she takes her seat,
opens her Bible, and seeks from it
what comfort she may, while tears
blister the pages. Then she clasps her
hands, and her lips are tremulors With
mute supplicetion Hist there is an
unsteady step in the hall ; she knows
it, for many a time and oft has It trod
on her heart strings. She glIdes down
gently to meet the wanderer. He falls
heavily against her, and in maudlin
tone pronounces name he has long
forgotten TO honor. Oh, all enduring
power of woman's leve--no reproach-
no upbraiding-th the light arm passed
around the ,reeling figure, once erect in
Gods own image. With tender words
of entreaty, which be is powerless to
resist, if he would, she eaas him in. 1t
is but the repetition of agthousand
vigils.! It isythe performance of VOW,
with heroism and patient endurance
too copmon every day to be chronic.ed
on earth, too holy and heavenly to pass
unoticed by the registering angel
above.
.AlPs we'll 4" False prophet! In
yonder luxurious room sits one whose
privilege it was TO be fair as dream of
Eden. Time was when those clear eyes
looked lovingly into mothers face
when kind, loving father laid trem
bling hand, with q blessing, ,oa that
sunny head when brotbers' and sisters
voices were heard around the happy
hearth. Oh, where are they now i
Are there none to pay to the repentants
"neither do condemn
thec-go and sin no more !? Must the
gilded fetter continue to bind the soul
that loatbes il, because man is less
merciful than God g11 e' e--
= SALTS well! False prophet! There
lies the dead orphan. In all the length
and breadth of the green earth there
was found no sheltering nest where the
lonely dove could fold its wings when
the parent bird had flown. The brood
ing wing was gone that covered it from
the cold winds of neglect and unkind-
ness. Love was its life, and SO it dro-
pee.
Ais well! False prophet Sin
walks the earth in purple and fine
linen honest poverty, with tear bedew-
ed face. hungers and thirsts. "while the
publican stands afar off" The widow
pleads in vain to the determined judge
for "justice," and unpunished of heav-
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Church Directory.

Religious erviees sre regularly held in
the following Churches in thin place every
sabbath NOR ming and evening.
: Methodist Episcopal Church, corner OF
4th and Church streets. Rev. w H. See
", Pastor. Prayer meeting every Thurs
day evening. -t.-
Presbyterian Church, corner of Sd and
Church Streets. Rev John Robinson,
Pastor. Prayer meeting every Wednes-
day evening.
Lutheran Church, between Church and
Orange Streets: Re7.1. W. Swick. Pastor
Prayer meeting every Wednesday evening.
.Sec1nd Christian Church. South Ash
land Chapel.~ Rev. s E. Pearre. Pastor.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday evening.
United Brethren Church, South Ash
land Chapel. Service every other Sabbath
at 3 o'clock, p. n. Revs. McIntire and
Newill, Pastors .ist3IeFzEoo =ss5L 81
German Reform Church. ssndusky st.
Service regularly every End and 4th Sun
day or each month Rev. Daniel Zim.
,mermans sPpstor. German Sunday School
every Sunday mornig.
: 'Catholie Church Cottage street. Rev.
FsJhersI !. Kuhn; Pastor. Services every
Sd Sunday in each month, at half past
nine O'Clock A. ach
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borrowing.

The man who agrees with every thing
you say, and laughs at every remark
you make, is like friendly dog-he
expects bone at some future time.
The man that fatters you to your
face will asksyou to l,nd him dollar in
a short time.
When a man tells you that your hol-
ses are the best in the county. he means
to borrow one of them, and a saddle
thrown in.
Some men learn how to borrow any
thing, but they are awful dull in learn
ing how to bring back. However, q
person is not expected to know too
much at once-it takes a strong mind
to understand geology and theology at
the same time aitt
A borrower thinks it is about as easy
for you TO come after anything as it was
for him to go after it. This is -''.free
and easy" philcsophy-especially free
A man that would borrow your cigar
wouldn't object to taking your breath
to smoke it with.
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en-, the human tiger crouchfs in his lair
and springs upon his helpless Prey.
Calls well !! All, yes, all is well, for
He who " seeth the end of the begin
ing" holds evenly the scales of ju>-
tice.-"Dives shall yet beg of Lazarus. "
Every human tear ia counted. They
shall yet sparkle as gems in the crown
Of the atient and enduring disciple !!
When the clear, broad light OF eternity
shines upon life's crooked path, we
shall see the pitfalls from which cur
hedge of thorns has fenced US in, apd
in our full grown - we shall excult-
iDely say, Father, -nilt, but as
tL u wilt"
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THE HAUNTED HOUSE.

On the vide, sandy plain that stretch
es its weary monotony between th'
crowded manufacturing villages of Chi
copee River ard the quiet villages oI
Frandy and South Hadley stands lone
ly house ten rods from a lonely road L
is of two stories and an L, Though the
single room in this last is the only room
inhabitable. The two-stoTy part, nG;w Q
ruin, has never been more than p mere
shell.
A.quarter Of century ago Shpbael
Jones put it up, planted little ORCHARD
around it, and brought to it black ey-
ed, high-tempered wife. But he was
at that time an incIpient drpnkard, aud
soon every appearance of comfort and
domestic happiness fed the place ;
and one dismal November night the
wretched wife summoned her neigh
bors from their beds to where the poor
sot lay dead on the fopt of the cellar
stairs No inquest was held none
doubted that he was killed by q fall in
a drunken Fl. in attempting another
visit to his cider barrel. 80"
The widow rented the place to ten
ant who neither kept it well nor paid its
rent. She went with her little boy,
who was not quite an idiot. TO work in
a paper mill at the village then called
"Shipmuck Fer long years she
changed from factory to factory as best
sine could keep her son employend. He
was always harmless and still. He was
always .pbedient when under his moth
er's eyes and working at her side.
They earned more than they spent, but
the prudent peopla of Ludlow, where
they last lived, feared to allow them to
"gain a settlement" and thus render
their town liable for their future sup
port. So they obtained the conseRt of
the agent that the widow and her son
need not keep strict time, aud offered
house, three miles from the factory, if
they would live there. The proud wo.
man understood the motive, and with q
fash of her dark eyes declined their
kindness. But she soon bought hstle
furniture of family that was moving
away, aud re established herself in the
gloomy old wreck.
1t was now late in the fall when the
widow Jones first noticed that the grass
was disappearing from the roadside by
the bars opposite her door. 1t soon
grew obviously worse; and though
bald spot on mans head is no great
wonder, this bare spot. with no hsof.
marks on it, bafied all her ingenuity.
The tence, too, seemed worn. as if by
lcungers leaning upon it. What could
it mean? No human. gathering could
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The church OF st. Peter and st.
Paul is remarkable for its ,spire, tina
loftiest of st Petersburg. Au anecdote
connected with this church, and not
known, believe, out of Russia is too
remarkable to be omitted. The spire,
which rises "lofty aud light and small, &"
and seems fading away almost into q
point in the sky, Is, in reality, termin-
ated by globe of considerable dimen :
sions, on ghieh an angel stands, sup
porting a large cross. This angel, less
respected by the weather than peEhaps
his character deserved, fell into despair.
and some suspicious were entertained
that he designed re-visiting, lninvited, /,
the surface of the earth. The affair
caused some .pneasiness, and the gov
ernment at leugth became greatly per-
picked. To raise scaffolding to such
hight would cost more money than
all the angels out of heaven were worth;
and in meditating on these circum-
stances, without being able to resolve
how to act, a considerable time was az
lowed to elapse. ~.
Among the crowd of gazers below
who daily turned their eyes and thoughts
towards the angel, was milk called
Telouchkine. This man was a roofer
of houses Ga slater he would be called
in countries where states were used),
and his speculations by degrees assum-
ed a more practical character than the
great wonders and conjectures of the
rest of the crowd The spire was en-
tirely covered with sheets of gilded
copper, and presented surface to the
eye as smooth as if it had been one
mass of FURNISHED gold. But Telouch-
kline knew that the sheets Of copper
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Remarkab BILE but true Fish SfO
rY. with Natural Conclusions
Appended.

Some weeks since we related tt cir
cumstance of the strange and sudden
disappearance of dog while thinning
in Hess bayou. The dog belonged to
Mr.. Timothy Booth, and it was suppos-
ed at the time tina. he had made a
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FRAZEE & REBMAN,

Dealers in Groceries Provisions, Crockery'
Glass ware, Wood and Willow ware, Salt
Fish. Butter and Eggs, and country pro
duce generally. Old Stone Corner, cor
cf Ma n & Church SITS.
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PILE & KNOTH,

Dealers in Stoves. Tin, Copper. Brass and
Sheet Iron ware Particular attention
paid to roofing and spcuting- Menfactur-
.ers of the Automatic Clothes Washer, l
door, east Miller House.
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CHARLES g. STULL

Dealers in and Manufacturers of Boots,
Shoes, Leather Findings, Buffalo Robe
SC. good stock always on hand, Store
north side main street, east of Bushnelrs
block.
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GEORGE LOGAN.

Fashionable Barber and Hair Dree ser, has
opened new shop in the building one
door West of the Citizens Bank, where he
will be pleased to see all who desire his
services.
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MiseelIanepus.

RALSTON & VANTILBURG,
Jewellers and Silversmiths, three doors
west of Miller House. Aahland- Gold and
Silver Pens, and choice variety of, jew
elry kept constantly on hand Highest
price paio for old gold and silver. Repair
ing done to order and on reasonable terms,
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N. RECTOR & SON,
Proprietors of The Ashland Mills, manufac-
turers of Choice Family Flour snd Feed
stuffs.-The Best place in Ashland to sell
your grain. Mills on Centre street.
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DAVID BRYTE.
Cooper, near Rector's Mill, South Ash
land
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"a. j. TRAvER.&Co..

Proprietors the Ashlsnd Carriage Fac-'
tory, oil st and Of Ames Letch, Sandusky
s:reeS. A very large stock OF the best made
work in the country, consisting Of Car
.risges, and wagons.
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T n KETT

u. II. hHHHf
Ph otographer, All kinds of work dtne
fr ON a card to life size. Particula ar at
tention paid 10 charging Arbr oiypes and
Photographs Rooms two doors East Of
1st ational Rank. -..--.-
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M n MANS FIELD

NJ a. MANS FIELD.
Sole manufacturer OF Mansfeld's eel ebra-
ted Clover Hullers snd Thresh ers, the best
in the world. They thresh, hull AID clean
from Is to rs bushels per day, Factory be-
low Brmpter's.
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JACOR CAIN.

'~.----< JACOB Calm.
Dealer in ready made Clothing, Cloths,
CassimeIs. Valises, Umbrellas. GeRts
Furnishing Goods, and manufacturer Nf
Mems Clothing. Store in Miller House
B.yck. ....-.-.
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sCHOOL EX.4.METERS.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK.

II. LrTHER, Prest. ]. o. JESsIsGs, Cashier.
DIRECTORS
Hubert Lnth.r. Jacob Grail, 6. H. Top
pink, J. o. Jennings, James Purdy.
Loan money. receive deposits. buy and
n sSil Coin or United States Bonds, remit
money to any part of the United States,
and also to England. ireland, Scotland and
Germany. Sell Revenue Stamps-in sums
Of So at 2 II per cent discount.
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Hard DWARF.
Masonic.

Sta ted meetings Of AshIa nd Lodge No. 81
F, ga. NJ held at lodge room in Mil
ler's Block on fridays. proceeding the
fun moon of each month.Fr1~sS e-
JONAS STEVENS w. NJ
Stated meetings of Ashland Chapter No.
81, r. A. NJ, held at Lodge rooms in
Miller,s Block, first Tuesday in each
month. McCOOL, II. P.
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FREDERICK BOCKLEY,.
Saloon, and de aler in Family Groceries and
Provisions, and Nations Fresh sto;k and
che ap Store N forth side of Main street.