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What Is Life (?


Life Is checkered scene
OF troubles, tolls and cares,
While joys, so thickiy interpreted.
Come TO us unxwares.
II is the hidden spring
That moves the busy throng,
The restless, tireless thoughts that rise.
Lite wings them far along.
These thoughts through ages ny,
And question DER and DER.
The destiny Of the deathless soul,
When ages are no more.
The mystery of life.
When shall we comprehend:
When shall we fully see and know.
Our beings aim and end.
l. it TO sow in tears,
In pain our lot 10 bear.
With cherries nights Of hidden woe.
While none our sorrows shsret
No: It's TO lean upon
The loved. Almighty arm;
He'll help Us bear our sorrows here.
And shield from every harm.
i. (. 10 sit alone
And com nune with our grief.
W hile many n sadder. weaker heart,
lmplores Of us relief,
l. il weary load
To thankless mortals given.
To drag along the tiresome rosd,
And vainlv wish for Heaven,
No: It's TO work for Cod
To gird the armor on.
Nor stay the hand. nor slack the speed,
Till every soIl be won.
l.. +. b.
RAYMOND. Y. H., Feb. 4, 1873
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A Pittsburgh paper wants a real
printers monument erected to Horace
Greeley, to be cast from worn-out type,
which newspaper Offices from all over
the country can contribute, and be
mounted ON granite base.
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"Do you call this trunk" growled
a detected porter. at only needs a
lightning rod to be mistaken for board
ing house." 3fa
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Two Ballots taken out of Detroit
ballot-box had each five-dollar green
back folded inside. d2
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DON'T drive lame HORSES

DRAGD0N and Martins well known stand for.
ID merly occupied by Woodcock and Gould OF
Franklin is now open with a ell selected stock.
Joblng and all kinds work done TO order and win
dispatch. Particular attention Civ en- to Horse
shoeing. Thankful tor past favors | wish TO in
form the citizens of Franklin and vicinity that
they viii always find me in the shop when j am
not in the Franklin House. JOHN w. FICkETT
Franklin, june 10th 1872. tf25
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FOSTERS and PROGRAMMES
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A High Note--On for q thousand dol
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Concluded next week.
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the sense Of freedom and absence or restraint
weave themselves into kind OF existence full of
an untold charm that endures long after you have
quilted the enchanted solitudes.
FAREWELL TO MY RUSSIAN.
We continued to move forward as fast as the OBJ
security would permit, until a gray light began to
appear in the east when we increased our pace
into gentle gallop. AS red flare OF light
gradually mounted up the eastern sky looked
around to see II l was well out OF the clutches OF
Colonel wemarn. Far away to the southwest,
which was still in obscurity, could make ont a
dark object moving forward, which | took 10 be
the rear guard, and which was lost on the
horizon. Concluding we were far enough away,
turned my horses' heads to rhe west and took up
my line Of march towards the Amoo Derya. The
country was rolling and uneven, with very little
vegetation-the sdkS-droL not more tnan foot
high and the wormwood very scarce. There was,
however, good deal Of the fine, wiry, bTownish
grass that is TO be found almost everywhere in the
desert, and which forms the principal support OF
the nocks and herds or the Kirgheez.
We continued at as rapid pace as our horses
could bear due west until nine O'Clock IN the morn
ing, when we stopped to take tea, having brought
a little water for that purpose with US. Here IL
became very evident that one Of my horses would
not 90 more than one day. even with the very light
stopped than the poor beast threw himself on the
earth, already too tired TO seek scanty repast OF
the brown desert grass, as did the others. had
still little barley lett OF which gave him, and OF
which he ate rayenously, afterwards cropping the
grass within his reach without attempting 10 rise.
/ had foreseen this however, and had left nearly
the last remnant OF my baggage at Khala-ata, with
a note TO the commanding officer excuslng myself
for my unceremonious leavetaking, and request
ing him to take care OF It,; and now every
thing l had could be carried by the four
remaining horses. when IL is remembered
that there were four OF us, and that
each OF my three followers had something In the
! way Of luggage, without speaking Of tin Kettle.
40 pounds OF dried, black bread Ak-Mamateg
had bought from the soldiers, and which was des-
tined to serve as sole nourishment for ourselves
as well as horses 100 rounds Of cartridges for my
guns and revolvers and little barley il viii be
readily understood that my personal effects were
OF the slightest possible nature.
Alter an hours rest we continued our march the
feeble horse getting on better than expected
About noon / judged we had made rs miles
that we had passed Colonel Weimarn, who
had probably made his halfway halt at we'll OF
bad water. which had learned existed somewhere
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other means OF reaching the end OF my journey.
turned over every possible expedlent IN my mind
LOT obtaining water without seeing the slightest
chance OF success. At last, however. remembered
overhearing a scrap OF conversation while at
Khala-ata in which mention was made OF another
well somewhere between Adam Koorulgan and the
Amoo, although such well was known to YAM
berry.
WATER OR DEATH.
had not the slightest idea of the position OF
this well, but 1 turned to AkMamaten and told
him TO ask If there was not another well further
on. To my great Joy, soon learned that there was
another well 20 miles further on, called "Ati
Koodook' or the 'Sx Wels;'' that 1t was not on
the road to the Amoo, but some four miles to the
north, and that Kaufman had left some troops
there. This was news indeed and determined to
push forward to AltI Koodook without stopping
at Adam Koorulgan. AS to the troops 10 was
pretty that they were not under the COM
mand OF Colonel WeImarn, and very probably
that the officer in command knew nothing OF my
detention by him. In any case 1t would be an un-
heard-of piece OF Ill luck to fall into the hands of
another such man as Colonel Wemarn and
determined TO take the risk, feeling that
the officer, whoever he might be, would
receive an American with open arms there
fore gave orders to mount and push straight on
without regaining the road, and Keeping
TO the north OF Adam Koorulgan. As was TO be
expected, another contest with my people ensued.
They would not go; the horses had already made
at least 40 miles by the roundabout road we had
taken, and they would never be able to 20 20 miles
further under this hot sun without rest and water
1t was impossible; we would all be left In the sands
with no horses and obliged to find our way for
ward foot. Here however, had no fear OF
attracting the attention Of Colonel Weimarn, and
sternly ordered them to mount and proceed with
out even stopping to discuss the question with
them. They had got 900 rubes out OF rue among
them the day before, because 1 was in their power;
now 1t was my turn, and In five minutes we we're
moving forward.
DISCIPLINE.
would here remark that although was always
in state OF chronc opposition TO my followers
continually goadng them forward against their
wishes there is nothing an Oriental hates 80 much
as being hurried, and no man whom he detests with
In his innermost heart OF hearts as the man who
won't be still, who will be moving; they neverthe-
less, entertained for me, as could easily perceive
very strong liking as well as respect. There
were some reasons for this. IpaId them well and
never refused them money for anything that could
be bought to eat. shared everything had W tha
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between Khala-ata and Adam Koorulgan, and that
| might with safety turn nv horses heads once
more to the SOUTH This ! accordingly did. About
two O'Clock we assembled a low Hill, the highest
and last OF number we had been crossing, ana
which was covered with a growth OF saks-
Ggo, five or six feet high rom which we
beneld low, level plain, two or three
miles wide covered with whItish saline deposit;
beyond, more sand hills, among which, as we soon
learned, were the wells OF Adam Koorugan. We
had been approaching the road for some time, and
had seen In the distance three or four strings OF
camels returning along 1t in the direction OF Khaa-
alta, and here we had come up three or four iegeets
or Kirgheez guides, on their way to Khaa-ata with
orders to pick up all the carnels strayed, lost or
left on the march by Kaufman, and drive them
back They pointed us out Adam Koorugan, but
what were my chagrIn and disappointment upon
surveying the place with my field glass to find 1t
occupied by Russian troops The teCeets informed
me they were Cossacks, who had arrived that
morning from Khalaata. and, as mentally added
to myself, the same Cossacks | had Joined and
quilted so suddenly in the darkness This was
circumstance which, in Dick Swiveer's choice
phraseoIogy, might be called "stunner.u and for
the moment indeed felt completely dumbfounded.
For few moments was incapable OF thinking
aud, TO add TO my discontinue my people, who were
only 700 gao 10 De IN tue rght, Kept regarding me
with sly look OF triumph, which was exceedingly
exasperating. Their only thought was tnat now,
being completely checkmated would be obliged
to return TO Khala-ata or go and surrender myself
to Colonel Wemarn. In either case they would
be spared the trouble and danger OF the present
enterprise. The lmpossbility OF pushing on 10 the
Oxus without water was evident enough. with
horses such as had when left Perovsky might
have done IL, though with df1culty with horses
In their present exhausted condition IL was not TO
be thought or for moment did not even know
the distance that still remained TO be traversed !;
for, as Will be readily supposed, Colonel weimarn
had not given me the slightest information re.
garding the position Of Knala-ata or OF the sup
posed distance TO the Amoo. That IL was not less
than 20 miles, however, thought very probable,
and as cast my eyes over the cleaning sands, In
the direction OF the far-iamed river, how longed
Tor one good Turcoman horsc--one OF those noble
beasts that makes the distance from Astrabad TO
Khlva 600 niles In four days, with only little
straw 10 eat. with one such horse would have
undertaken TO reach Kaufman alone, leaving my
people behind TO follow with the detachment. But
there was no such horse near unless, indeed In
the hands Of their savage owners. VINO might now
5e proving within nile Of me. ana | must seek
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way OF delicacies with them. learned to drink
poled tea as they made 1t for themselves in order
10 save them the trouble OF heating water twice,
ana was every way good-natured except on the
one question of marching-of getting forward On
that was lnexorable; and although they possibly
regarded me as of those inexplicabe pne-
nomcna often met with in nature, or, perhaps
worse stlll-as one possessed OF an itinerant de-
mon, they probably said, "Allah is great,r and
iiked me none the less. Leaving Adam Koorulgan
TO the lett, our way soon became difficult and
tohsome The sand grew deeper and deeper, and
at last commenced taking the form OF huge drift,
twenty and thirty feet hgh piled up In all sorts OF
fantastic shapes exactly like snow drits and con-
tinually changing their form and moving about un-
der the action OF the wind. The fine red sand kept
drifting over US in little Clouds and the drifts were
80 steep and so high that the working OF our way
around, over and through them was most difficult
ana toilsome. The horses sunk nearly TO their
bellies In II, so that we obliged to dismount
and even then they only struggled through by a
succession OF plunges, while we ourselves sunk to
the knees. This continued for nearly two miles,
ana thought how easily slight storm OF wind
might send these huge drifts rolling over us and
bury US twenty feet, without leaving trace OF our
existence. The name or the place, Adam Koorul-
gan, "fatal to men, is well chosen.
A DESPERATE SITUATION.
remarked that even here, impossible as IL NAV
seem, there was more or less vegetation. Here
and there could be seen a shrub OF saks-apoL in a
more or less nourishing state. Sometimes It was
almost buried. showing only few leaves on the
surface OF The sand. Again its short scrubby stem
and immense network of long, fbrous roots, ex.
tending many yards, were completely barred and
exposed to the sun, without much affecting It's
condition apparently, so hardy is the plant It
would seem there Is no spot on the earth's surface
so aria but something Will ind life there. Fortu-
nately. this did not last long, the horses would
have been completely exhausted. After an hours
toisomc march we issued from these sand drifts and
commenced ascending what appeared to DC a low
mountain. but which proved 10 be the ascent 20 an
extensive plateau, far less sandy than the country
we mad Just passed through, aud nom which we
had very good view OF Adam Koorugan. We
continued our course, and after some time began
10 see the marks OF the habitatons OF the Kirgheez
which, as the plateau began to break up into the
usual rolling sand hills, could be seen In every di.
rection. This, although we were now several
miles from Adam Koorulgan, IL the only spot for
miles around where water could DO obtained
They were last years. habitations, however, as the
rumors OF war bad scared them lar enough awav
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aud the mpossibility where they were and
sending back for more water was too apparent to
be discussed Tor moment They could not ad-
vance-they could not stay where they were-and
they dare not retreat. Their position in d single
day had become not only dangerous, but desperate.
DESPAIR IN THE COMMANDERS CoUNsELs.
General Kaufmann passed through one of those
moments OF despair which every general who has
ever commanded an army has experienced at least
once IN his life. Hope there was none, and GEN
era Kaufman was on the very verge OF similar
disaster 10 that which, unknown to him. had over
taken General MarkosoT only a few days before in
the Turcoman desert, the other side OF the Amoo
Derya. lie was saved by OF those trivial cir
cumstances which often intervene in the most un-
looked-for manner IN the affairs OF men ana
change the whole current OF events. Among the
80 or 90 guides in General Kaufmanns employ there
one who had been picked up by the Grand
Duke Nicholas in the Kysii-Koom. He was In rags
and tatters, and mad presented himself to the
Grand Duke Offering to serve without pay. in order
to revenge himself on the Khivans, or what was
the same thing for him, Turcomans, who had cap
tured and murdered part Of his family and car
ried OF the rest to lie sold into slavery. He was
employed TO serve with the other guides and no
further attention was paid TO him. This man now
came forward, and although the other guides de.
cIared there was no water this side OF the Amoo
said he would nnd water in the immediate neigh.
borhood
General Kaufmann gave his pocket nlsk ana said.
"Bring me that full oil water and | will give Won
100 ruDles." They provided him with good horse
and he was OF like the wind. This was at day.
light OF the morning or the 10th, and by a little
after sunrise he had returned with the flask full or
water, foul and nauseous, but water, nevertheless,
that would support life. lie declared he had found
three wells four miles north OF the caravan route
leading to the Amoo, tnat were unknown to cara
vans ana never visited by them, and that the
water such as ~ was could be found In sufficient
quantities to supply the army. Kauniann immedi-
atcy gave the order to march. and, TWO hours
afterwards, the advance guard had arrived and
encamped on the spot, which mas since been called
AltI Koodook, or sSix Wes.n They found water,
as described by the guide. IN three wells at q
depth varying from so TO 100 feet, but very
bad and in insufficient quantities In the last well
they found the body OF a dog which had probably
been thrown there by the Turcomans. But, bad as
tho water was 1t had TO be portoncd out TO the meu
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SAMUEL J.. FLOURNOY,
Special Commissioner


TNO the creditors of Samuel Bumparner. de-
i ceased la pursuance Of decree of the
circuit Court OF Hampshire county, made in a
cause therein pending 10 subject the real estate
Of the said Samuel Bumgarner To tho payment
OF bis debts, you are. required TO present your
claims against the said samuel Bumqarner, for
adjudication 10 Samuel H. Flournov. SpeciaI
Commissioner, at his Office in the said county.
on or before the 18th day Of July, 1879.
this Goth day Of May, 1873
G VI. TAYLOR, Clerk.
May 80, 1873.
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of tAe Circuit C0urt OF uaupshi-e county made
300 cause therein pending D H.i -.t DO rl
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their debts you are required tD present tnnr
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Eeubcu Davis, doc g.. resp e.Ifry ia. HaIit''
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IN chsrge Of large Faculty of accom- plished
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WE AND EAUNnoR.

R@gYoU should be ashamed, husband
to snorc So 'Oh /, is entirely unia,on-
'iOnal; never do it with my eyes open
GgLADGEs Of taste, says a fashionable
writer, make their own boonets. II tina, be /.
SO, what few ladies of taste there are 10 the
town Of Romney.
cgrAN Irishmau in Bridgeport the 9th.
err day was told that his employer store
had burned down, exclaimed, well l can't |
see how that can be, when l have the key
in my pocket
G1-'JAMEs, eaid young wife to her
husband few days after marriage, you
wero honest enough to tell me that the
chimney smoked, but why didn't you tell |
me that you smoked yourself!
Cg-AN exchange says: The Worces-
fer (Mass } papera tell of woman stopping
in that city, not yet thirty years old, who
is the mother of thirteen children Well, !
we should think it was about time she was
stopping somewhere.
GS RECENTLY a young man who was
attending night writing school near Dan
vile, Ohio, was smitien by the charms of
q lady who was present, and at the close of
the school hustled forward TO solicit the
pleasure of cscortius her home. Yes
said the lady, ff you will carry ny baby
He wiltcd, and the young lady walked home
alone.
GS-A CONSCIENTIOUS Pittsburgh man
promised his wife the other day that he
wouldn't drink another drop as long as he
had hair on his head. That very night
he had his head shaved smooth, aud then
got drunk with proud consciousness of
having faithfully kept his promise.
G$t-A Georgia man being asked if he
thought certain politician in the State
would steal, replied: Steal Why, by
Joye, if he was paralyzed and hamsuung
l wouldn't trust him by himself in the
middle of the Desert ofSahara, with the big
gcst anchor of the GrcaC Eastern Steal
should think he would.
G1''Dear me, how nuidly he talks said
Mrs. Darlington, recently, at temperance
meeting. Il am always rejoiced when he
mounts the nostril, for bis eloqueDco warns
every cartridge in my body
81 Mamma, can't we have anything
we want? yes, my dear; but be careful
aud not want anything you can't have.
Eag-Paaoh' thinks that some people are
never conicntoi. After having all their
limbs broken, their heads smashed, aud
their brains Knocked out, they will actual
y 60 toaw aud try to 60, further damages.
E%Why is a stick Of candy like
horse because the more you lick i. the
faster !. goes
Eay- President Grant is said to have lr-
peored ia oxceIlen, spirits at Baltimore.
'Ezccllsn, spirits Ti.ton says, also ap-
pear frequently in him
- a prudent man. says witty
fF'nonman' is like pin his head pre-
vents him from going to- far
RJ- \ little four wear old Girl Of Bran.
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