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West-Jersey pioneer., 1869-06-25

A DUTcHMAN OPPOSED TO INsUR-
ANCE.-A certain Dutchman, owner of a
small house, had affected an insurance on
it Of eight hundred dollars, although it
had been built for much less. The house
burnt down and the Dutchman claimed
the full amount for which it had been in
sured; but the officers of the company
refused to pay any more than its actual
value-about six hundred dollars. He
expressed his dissatisfaction in powerful
broken English, interlarding his remarks
with some choice Teutonic oaths.
eff you wish it," said the cashier of the
insurance company, 1--WE will build you a
house larger and better than the one
burned down, as we are positive that it
can be done for even less than six
hundred dollars. To this proposition the
Dutehman objected, and was at last COM
PEELED to take the six hundred dollars -
Some weeks after he had received the
money he was called upon by the same
agent who wanted him to take out policy
Of life insurance on himself or on his wife,
"If you insure your wife's life fer So, ,000,"
the agent said, ''and should she die you
would have the sum to solace your heart"
"Dat be tam p exclaimed the Dutch.
man. You 'seurance fellers ish all tiefs
If insure my wife and my wife dies, and
| goes to de Office to git my two thousand
dollars, do | gifts all de money ?" No not
quite. You will say to me, "She wasn't
worth two thousand dollars, she was wortd
about six hundred. If you don't like to
take six hundred dollars we will git you a
bigger and better uife !p'
West-Jersey pioneer., 1869-06-25
CHAPTER ".
THE RoBBER CHIEFTAIN.


He was the mildest hammered man
That ever scuttled ship, or cut throat
Sybil had passed the day in the robbers den
with her strange companion, who astUnished
her by stating that the captain of the band had
been present at her masquerade. Late in the
afternoon, dinner was announced, at which
several of the robbers appeared, with Mooch,
gigantic ruffian, at their head. Moloch was
the lieutenant of the band, and in the absence
of the captain, ruled with brutal sway. Be-
coming infamed with wine, he took a seat by
the side of Sybil, threw his arm about her, and
attempted to imprint kiss upon her lips.
Sybl struggled in terror, and the gypsy girl
cried out:
ssMen! why don't you interferea He is
rude to the lady!''
aWe never meddle between other men and
their sweethearts. Do we, mates ?'' called out
one.
"No, no, no!'' answered the others.
oOh, if Satan were here!o cried the girl, in
despair.
"SArAN is HERE!" responded a voice close
by.
And the robber captain stood among them
as if he had risen from the earth.
Moloch dropped Sybil, and covered in the
most abject manner.
Sybil looked up, and turned cold from head
to foot; for in the handsome, stately, graceful
form of the brigand chief, she recognized the
finished gentleman who, in the character of
"Death,'' had danced with her at her own
mask ball, and--the probable murderer of
Rosa Blondelle.
While the walls of the cavern seemed whirl-
ing around Sybil, the robber captain calmly
came up to her, lifted his hat, and said:
esprit of Fire, am happy to welcome you
to your own appropriate dwelling placer; an9
then, without expecting an answer, ne turneu
10 Moloch, and said in his smoothest tones;
ssBe so good as to give me this seat, sH.
Ruf Svbil saw that the giant turneo Palo
~ treInbled like the fabled mountain IN iapor'
an a. he left the seat BY her side, and SUNK lnto
another at some distance ,..h,o
anUt The wine oassed freely at the robbers table,
- The men grew merrier, wilder, more up
anar;ons. an Sybil became very much alarmed;
roa r.d not 40 much by the noisy orgies OF these
aud "da jewellers, as by the dreadful gaze OF Mo-
,acb axed upon her from the opposite end OF
tba table where he sat, and the offensive Ian
anage of Satan's eyes whenever they turned
towards her.
At length, unable to bear the trial longer,
she arose from her seat, and courtesying to
these brigands as she would have done to any
set Of gentlemen Of whom she was taking
leave, Sybil left the cavern, followed by Gen.
tiliska, the gypsy girl.
81 must take you to another grotto. You
cannot occupy mine tonight" said the girl,
with evident reluctance.
! "But, oh! why, why may ] not stay with
West-Jersey pioneer., 1869-06-25

THE SECOND BABY Between the first
baby and the second baby what falling
off Is there my country women! Not in
intrinsic value, for the second may chance
to be " as pretty piece of flesh as any"
but in the imaginary value with which it
is invested by its nearest kin and more
distant female belongings. The coming
of the first baby in a household creates
an immense sensation; that of a second is
comparatively commonplace affair. The
first baby is looked for with anxiety,
nursed with devotion, admired with en-
thusiasm, dressed with splendor, and made
to live upon system. Baby number two
is not longed for by any one, except, per-
haps, the mother; is nursed as matter
of course, and admired for courtesy; is
dressed in the cast-off clothes of number
one and gets initiated into life without
much ceremony or system.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1869-06-25

A German forest keeper, S3 years of
age, has just published receipt he has
used for fifty years, and which, he says
has saved several men and great number
of animals from horrible death by
hydrophobia. The bite must be bathed
as soon as possible with warm vinegar and
water, and when this has dried, few
drops of muriatic acid poured upon the
wound will destroy the poison of the
saliva, and future danger.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1869-06-25

A young minister, whose reputation
for veracity was not very good, once ven-
tured to differ with an old doctor of d.
vinity as to the efficacy of the use of the
rod. "Why," said he, "the only time
my father ever whipped me it was for
telling the TRUTH
"Well," retorted the doctor, "it cured
you of it, didn't it?"
West-Jersey pioneer., 1869-06-25

Children are generally happy and con-
tented if left to their own resources.
We have seen boy extract more fun out
of jackknife, a pine stick and yard of
twine than his father out Of half dozen
Fourth of Julys. Let the boys and girls
alone if you want them to have good
time.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1869-06-25

D0 "Captain, what's tho fare to st.
Louis T"
"What part of the boat do you wish to
go on, cabin or deck?"
'.Hang your cabin" said the gentleman
from Indiana, 81 live in cabin at home;
give me the best you've got"
West-Jersey pioneer., 1869-06-25

E An lrishman on his way to Man
chester, N. H., arrived at the forks of a
road, where stood sign board which
read thus: Manchester, four miles" Man
chased her four miles! Be the houly
poker / could have caught her meself in
half the time"
West-Jersey pioneer., 1869-06-25
you' am afraid to sleep alone in this ter

you? I am afraid to sleep alone in this ter
rible place!" pleaded Sybil.
stI have reason, but cannot tell it to you
now. Yes, / will, tool will tell you at all
risks! Then it is this: Ny chamber is not
safe for you! myself am not strong enough
to protect you'll You might be carried off
forcibly from my side! / must hide you
where no devil may find you tonight" whis-
pered the girl.
ssOh, do not leave me here alone I" pleaded
Sybil. elf must stay, stay with mel do
not fear death; but oh |! 1 fear these men! Do
not leave me!''
not miss me, or their suspicious will be
aroused.o
Then pointing to q bed of moss, and recon-
mending her guest to lie down and seek repose
the gipsy girl glided away through the laby-
rinth of caves and was lost to sight and hear.
ing.
Sybl's first impulse was to start up and run
after her hostess, but she restrained herself
and sank half fainting upon the heap of moss.
There was but faint sparkling of light in
the cave, coming from crevice in the roof
through which the moonlight entered.
"Seek repose," had been the advice of
Gentiliska.
Sybil dared not seek it if she could, and
SooAN hoe hoNO iOuuO IL III SIG udus hOuT
after hour passed in trance-iike stiffness and
silence, when at length she fancied she heard
creeping, stealthy step approaching. Nearly
frozen with terror, she listened and watched
more intently than ever. Alone, helpless, IN
darkness and solitude, what horrid fate must
she meet2 The creeping, cautious footsteI
drew nearer, nearer!
Oh, Heaven! it was no fancy! The entrance
OF the cavern was more deeply darkened tol
one moment, and then the huge form of Mo.
loch stood within the cavern and nearly filled
it up.
Paralyzed with horror, Sybil could neither
move nor cry out-not even when the mon
ster approached her, and put his profane hand
upon her face. The above is all of this story
that will be published in our columns. The
continuation of it from where it leaves off here
can be found only in the New York Ledger,
which is for sale at all the bookstores and
news depots. Ask for the number dated June
26, and in it you will find the continuation OF
this beautiful tale. The Ledger has the best
stories of any paper in the world; and Henry
Ward Beecher, James Parton and Fanny Fern
have articles in every number.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1869-06-25

Do ALL in your power to teach your
children self government. If a child is
passionate, teach him by patient and gen.
tie means to curb his temper. If he is
greedy cultivate liberality N him. If he
is selfish, promote generosity.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1869-06-25

The largest man on record in modern
times was Miles Darden, a native Of North
Carolina, born in 1898. He was seven
feet and six inches high. At his death,
in 1857 he weighed a little over 1000
pounds.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1869-06-25

V An eminent divine boasted to Hem
ry Ward Beecher, that he bad accumu-
lated ten thousand sermons. Quoth the
Brooklyn preacher, '.Tell me where
they are stored If there should be
deluge would seek that spot at once as
the dryest of all places
West-Jersey pioneer., 1869-06-25

Can any one tell how it is that man
who is too poor to pay three cents q week
for good weekly paper, is able to pay
fifteen cents day for tobacco and cigars,
to say nothing Of an occasional drink
West-Jersey pioneer., 1869-06-25

"BoBY," said Uncle Peter, as he ex-
amined the points of the beast, 80 don't
see but one reason why that mare cannot
trot her mile in three minutes" They
gathered round to hear this oracuiar
opinion, and one inquired, &c What is It
ssWhy," he replied, " the distance is TOO
great for so short time"
West-Jersey pioneer., 1869-06-25

An Iowa exchange vouches for the
truth of statement that lady in that
village, when quite child, accidentally
run splinter in the thumb Of her left
hand, and was astounded the other day
by having saw log, ten feet long and
twenty three inches in circumference,
iump from her heel
West-Jersey pioneer., 1869-06-25

w "Isaac, my son, let the Good Book
be lamp unto thy path"
aMother," replied the thoughtful
Isaac, ri should think that was making
light of sacred things"
West-Jersey pioneer., 1869-06-25
LUMBING!
VIM. G.. RHOADS,

1891 MARKET street,
PHILADELPHIA.
Steam and Gas Fitting; Pumps, Hand-Powor ARD
Steam: Marble and Soapstone WORK ior fluihpefs'
wholesale and retail. -, co,,,,,os of
Terra Gotta Pipe, Chimney Tops, etc. samples oi
finished work may be seen at my store.
maql4-'69-y ~. -. ~ " " - =
West-Jersey pioneer., 1869-06-25
r1IRNIruRE, FURNITURE !.

n HOVER respectfully informs his friends
and d the e. pabc generally q West and South Jersey
Epsnasass tna snsy It VIII ware gsss
Y to saes @ gd large stock of the modern
styles to select from. .bot his facilities for
Go but employing the best
those IN want of really good Furntur to the
as he much prefers the IS nlmpie siAp
All goods bought at his Warehouse Will pe
ed and fintended for the country W."
with care and dispatched. or HOVER,
No. 2so s. Second St, below Dock "es'siae
West-Jersey pioneer., 1869-06-25
pr. Burton,s Tobacco Antidota

NFs DuFtOH>S l0DdCCU AutluOtEs
&sRRASTED REMOVE DESIRE FOR ToBAccI Is
enrSy ueqetd5e and harmless 1t ppifes and eyichss
the b6 invigora;es the SYSTEM possesses great oursh-
ing anGtrenghening power is excellent TONIC ap-
peer enables the stomach to digest the heanest food,
makes sleep refreshing, and establishes roHsi nesifn; &
Smokers & ceeers for sSsy yssrs cured Lr1ce FMy cit
cents per bog post free Dr. 7 K ABBoTk Jersey City
n T General Agent for the United stages. JoHT r
HFyRY succeAeor to DEMAS BARNESG - Co., Il fark
ROW. AS TAsTIMoN11ELs-
"a BeekIakn st. New York.
an invetera chewer and sker for thirty years,
Dr.. Burtons AndoteN Ny health also greatly improved
~ ~ ~ 4 f. D. SHERWOOD.
send supply of the ASA9oTE The o1e z TeeetSed ere mas
dIs Fsox l 'sSs SFw Sqh11r Gentlemen
of influence here having beeA cured OF the appetite Tor
tobaeco by using Dr. Brtons Antidote, desire sup
NV for the prisoners of This institution:
JOSEPH MAfo, Warden OK n H. State Prison
BANKERS TEsfIMoNY. = Dr. yrton's Antidote for
Tobacco has aoooD,blished al ctqtned N a.
A c1ERerxAjfs TEsrIMosTiiEosE T BSs OF ASTrDorE
'uieu ' ReyZL W. SHoEMAKER, keliey's>Station, Pa.
r,o,, ru4 POLICE HEADQUARTERS, LYN>, MAss.-I
IN ;aey t6iyfv-fue pounds of fesh in hree\nonts by
IegvsdI using ~ 0DA''- WV. L. WAr, JR.
Fsox THE SOUTHERN HoME JOURNAL BALNMoRE
nXra hoy Of Burton's Antidote removed dlNiesire
for t weed from me. take pleasure IN
it to/an our readers. =. l. oLAias, uit
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
I fTradenadyk K Copyrighted.l
West-Jersey pioneer., 1869-06-25
CHEAP FURNITURE.

H4 Nowls the time to buy CHAIRS and FUE-
" NfFURE, Looking Glasses, &C., cHeap
George D. Smith having improved his sarge oNIn IoHT,
story ironront store, No. 62l & 623. North SECOND
st, Phadelphia, will keep extensive assortment
OF Furniture for sale, such as Chairs. Bedsteads,
Tables, Bureaus, Stands, and Looking Glasses;
Also, sofas, Stufed-seat Chairs, Mahogany and
Walnut, wnlcn ne invites his friends to come and
examine lot themselves No charge for looking, if
you do not buy.
Do notforget No .e21 s2s North Second st.
GEORGE D. SMITH.
sep. 13.y
West-Jersey pioneer., 1869-06-25
THE YOUNG FOLKS

Will be interested in the display of pocket
knives. purses, toys, pictures, fishing tackle
nuts. fruits and delicious candies, gum drops
lozenges, fig paste, plain candies, cream bon
hons nut candies, nut drops and fine confeo-
tionery, sugar almonds, solfcrino candy, COCO
candy.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1869-06-25

ssGood Heavens that lady's mistaken
charge has put us all off the scent, and al
lowed the murderer to escape. But it may
not yet be too late Some clue may be left in
her room by which we may trace the criminal
Come, neighbors, and let US search the pre-
misses"
And Lyon Berners, leaving the shuddering
women of the party in the room with Sybil
and the dead, and followed by all the men,
went to search the house and grounds for
traces OF the assassin.
But the search proved fruitless. No trace
of an intruder could be found, nor was there
any evidence of robbery. Furthermore, all
the windows were found fastened ON the inside.
There had been no seay of entering the murdered
sooman's room ercspt By the stairsoay leading
from Sy6ips chamber.
Captain -Pendlcton, an old lover Of Sybips,
and brother of Beatrix, saw that there was
no safety except in instant flight. He whis-
pered Lyon to take Sybil to her room, and
then to meet him on the back piazza. This
was done, and then the captain unfolded his
already matured plans. Lyon adopted them
at once and under the skillful management
of Captain Pendleton and Beatrix, they got
out of the house unseen, and were soon on
their way towards piece of concealment,
known as the Haunted Chapel, where new and
unexpected horrors awaited them.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1869-06-25
GARDEN SEEDS.
FLOWERS uM BLUOMs
from Buist's celebrated greenhouses, Philaaa
Dare's Family Medicines.

CT3OLGAA SE ECA&4N
ia an indispensable medicine for the coming
bsated term. Every family and every tryyei-
Ter should have 1t.
FAMILY LINIMENT, ~~
ofuniversal service for pains or hurts in man
or beast. o,NmyuNT.
The best cure for ringbone, spawn, splint ana
similar diseases in horses.
EXTRACT JAMAICA GINGER
unrivalled as a warming stimulantin colIc, &C.
DARE's COUGH SYRUP,
cou,nosed of tar, wild cherry, &C., has given
ou aaf satisfaction as cure forcoughs, colds, &c
nsa- The public re invited to call at Dare's
nuns nes Store. may Coy, i
West-Jersey pioneer., 1869-06-25
GphZ s191Gm9
IyEEDlCENE ES.
nADG49o

Your attention is invited to the stock Of sta
tionery, perfumery, extracts cosmetics lancy
goods, dye colors, &C.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1869-06-25
Allthe best popular preparations Ofthe day

RaSent1 Medicines.
The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-10-15
DRoF. ED. WITTIG,
Leader OF
WITTIG'S STRING AND BRASS Ban

Can accommodate the puh,g With tie uest " 4
for concerts. halls. parties pAfaicsi Hh' s'''""
on short notice -
Le..ons given on very iuairaW'b = - -.
Re-idence on Washington ~snu"f betNf'h f"'
and Fifth streets, Carr, III mos -, -
y. Music for 5als ETC. 'urnish"o' i''in NJ
eight men
The Portland daily press., 1869-08-27
Notice of Foreclosure.

NOTICE is hereby given, that Peter B. Frost late
IN of Portland, County of Cumberland State of
Maine, dec aased. on the eleventh day OF January
A. D., 1867, by his mortgage deed OF that date re-
corded in the Registry OF Deeds for SAID county,
Book $780, Page 1 conveyed in mortgage to 5ee
Five Cents Savings Bank, corporation estapnsneu
by law whose corporate name is now Inc MAINE
Savings Bank certain lot of land On the northeast
side Of Myte street in said Portland, described as
follows; beginning at the most westerly corner Of
northwesteriy on said street, thirty feet more or
less, to land formerly belonging to Joseph NOBLE,
theIce about northeast on the line OF saiu Nooe,s
land on the northwest side and said foianqs
on the southeast sde and keeping the width OF thir-
Nv fef mo or less about fifty feet to Chapel street
being the same premises conveyed to Martha Ann
recorded: also another lot OF land adjoining the
the above, described; Beginning at the westerly
corner of the brick wall OF the house erected in the
year 1866 by said Peter B. Frost thence northwes-
terly on said Myrtle street, three feet, and from
these two bounds extending noriheasterly by and
adjoining saii brick wall and holding the width Of
three feet, to Chapel street, That the conditions
said mortgage have been broken, by reason wnefeo
we hereby claim foreclosure OF the same.
r MAINE SAVINGS BANK,
Au25w3w34 by Nathl Z. Deering' treasurer
The Portland daily press., 1869-08-27
MARY A. CLENDENNIN,
tOrder of notice on said writ and libeD
Justice Of Supreme Judicial Court
au012W3W32

TO the Honorable, the Court OF Commissioners for
the County of Cumberland next to be holden in
said County at Portland on the fourth day OF May,
A. d. 1869.
Humbly show your petitioners whose names are
hereto subscribed Inhabitants of the town of GRAY
in said County, and liable to be assessed TOR high
way labor thereon, that town way begin ming at
the side HILL at the center of the road leading from
Bphraim Iawrence's house to the County road lead
ing from Gray Corner by West Gray to Windham
and ten rods southeasterly down the hill from the
southeasterly side line Of the County road above
described and ending at said County road near the
culvert southwest of Simeon Skilins house in said
town, would be of great public convenience.
That the select men of said town, upon the writ
ten application of your petitioners after notice and
hearing of the parties, have laid out such way and
reported the same to the town, at a public meet
ing of the inhabitants duly notified and warned; ;
yet the town has unreasonably refused to allow and
approve said town way laid out by the selectmen
aforesaid, and to put the same record.
Wherefore yonr petitioners, considering them
selves aggrieved by such delay and refusal, pray
that your Honor would agreeably to law in such
case made and provided, accept and approve said
town way and direct the same to be duly recorded.
Dated at Gray this third day Of May, A d. 1869,
JOHN W. FRANK,
vi
The Portland daily press., 1869-08-27
Com M L R GAL.


Receipts by Railroads and Steamboats,.
GRAND TRUNK RAILwAY-299 bbls. -four, cars
oats A do lumber, do laths, do slaves, do last
bocks, do bark 173 bds paper, 20 rolls leather, 10
bds skiring 1913 boxes berries, car CATTLE IA bags
spoos, AZ bbls starch car ST. w boards, 275 cans
milk, 20 pkgs sundries; for shipment East 900 bbs.
flour.
MAINE CENTRAL RAILRoAD-6 bdls and 1850
sides leather, boxes beans, cars lumber, 46 bds
sbovels do hoes, al cases carpets 81 boxes eggs
cattle, 50 bags spools % bdls saws car shingles
do boards, do poles, "a stoves, 1903 pkgs sundries
STEAMER MONTREAL, FROM BosToN-9O kegs
nails 81 terces lard 100 boxes soap, 60 bills pork 20
cases dry goods ia crates peaches 505 cases shoes
bbs apples, ITO pkgs to Princes Express, 100 do to
order; for Canada and up country, 1874 bars iron 4s
rolls leather 200 fire bricks 10 bales cotton SO do pa
per stock 43 bdls green hides, 100 do dry hides 90
pkgs to order.
PORTLAND & KENNEBEC RAILRoAD-27 bdIs
paper. 4 cars lumber, 1 do hoops, hides, II bdls
blinds do SASH SO doors, bbls. four5 prs springs
pows, horses, sets furniture, carriage, bbls,
mdse, "a bags waste. tubs butter, cases woolens
and 30 cars freight tor Boston.
The Portland daily press., 1869-08-27

SALE OF POOLS ON THE BOAT RACE.
New YORK, AIg. 26.-At sale of pools to.
night on the International boat race, the bet
ting was about two to one on the Oxfords.-
One bet was made of $1,000 to $500 on the OK
fOrds.
NEWS FROM THE COAL REGIONS
w. r. Storrs, general coal agent of the Del
aware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.
telegraphed to-day that the men had decided
to do the work at Scranton at once. The COM
pany will start work Monday. The company
will sell $4,000 tons of coal the first of Sep
TENDER.
WESTERN FREIGHTS.
There is yet no increase in the rate of tolls
on Western freights.
THE FRACTIONAL CURRENCY.
The National Bank Note Company Today
delivered the full amount of fractional curren-
cy ordered by the government, and will be able
to continue to forward full amounts daily here
after,
The Portland daily press., 1869-08-27
LATEST NEW S
BY TELEGRAPH TO THE
PORTLAND DAILY PHEsS'
Friday Morning, August 81 lS0S'
PENNsYLvANEA.
THE GETTYSBURG REUNION.

THE GETTYSBURG hE-oNioN'
GErTysBuRG, Aug. 26.-This morning the
localities occupied by the second, third, fifth
and s;xtb corps and two divisions of the first
cnrns were indicated. This morning the posi-
tinps Of these corps were fixed. About twelve
hours were devoted to this work, and many dis
nuted points we're definitely settled. A num-
her of the prominent generals who participated
in the battle were present and gave valuable
information. Gen. Hall, of the Sd Maine Bat
tery, which opened the battle on the first day,
has fixed its position to the right of the barn
on the front ridge between The Cashlour road
and the railway cut. The general lines of the
third days battle will be stated o-morrow.
A marble statue representing Plenty was to.
day placed on the monument in the Soldiers
Cemetery. The remaining corner will be occu-
pied by that of Peace. The statues of War and
history have for some time been in position.
MEETING OF MINERS.
=. MAUCH CHUNK, Aug. 26-The Gazettes pub
nshes an account of the meeting OF miners IN
Hazelton to day representing every colllery IN
the Lehigh region. The object was to arrange
o per centage and to modify the rates relative
to allowance of coal to car. The tone of the
speakers was very moderate, and it is consid-
cred that the meeting will decide to allow
full ton as ton, whatever it may measure.